The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-02-08
LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS.
Twelfth Regular Session.
SESSION.

| Madison county for the protection OF cattle
against barbed wire fences.
Beach, from the committee on ways and
means, reported II B No a, concerning
licenses, with amendments, the principal one
being to fix the license at $50 a quarter for
each anne dealt. They were adopted. Also,
H b No 81, concerning the 7 per cent. bond
sinking fund, with a recommendation that it
do pass. Also, II B No SO, concerning county
commissioners, with an amendment in the
form of a substitute. 1t was adopted. The
bill changes the term of such officers from six
years to two.
Glenn, from the committee on towns and
counties, reported Fl B No 20, to amend sec
ton 1O77 of the fifth division of the revised
statutes, without recommendation. II B No
40, in relation to diseased sheep, was referred
to the committee on grazing and stock
4 growing.
HB Nc 45, for the better observance of the
Sabbath, was reported back by the committee
on internal improvements without recon-
mendation.
Glen moved the adoption of the amend
ment offered by Harrington which referred the
subject to the city and township authorities.
Chambers said the objections urged against
the bill was two-fold-one was its imperfect
ness and the other was on its general princi-
Piles or unprinclples. This was urged by
those who opposed all progress. They re-
reminded him of an animal he had at home.
When he went to give him oats, he would
cb,,t bic ay.oc aud lon lic nc Tf ho want
in front he would bite him, and he would
never once open his eyes to see the oats he
had for him." [Gleat %laughter.]
Ha%rrington's amendment was rejected by
the following vote Ayes-Bell, Glen, De-
Wolfe, Garlock, Hundley, Harrington, Hauser,
Rodgers. Noes-Beach, Blake, Cham
beers, Corbly, Cullen, Davis, Eastman, Hum
Der, Kennerly, Parchen, Pardee, Powers, Sed-
man, Stedman, Wilson and Mr.. Speaker-16.
The bill was referred to the committee on
y education and labor.
HB No Al, concerning the construction of
statutes, was reported by the judiciary COM
mittee with a recommendation that it be in
definitely postponed. The report was
adopted.
Garlock from the committee of the whole,
on B No :, to create the county of Silver
Bow, ETC., reported the action of the COM
mittee.
DeWolfe moved to amend by substituting
the list for the 18th of May, as the time when
the new county shall 90 into complete opera
ton. He explained that the purpose is to
enable the supreme court to appoint a term
of court for the Silver Bow county in that
month. The amendment was adopted.
Glen offered a substitute for the bill. 1t
provided for an election on the first Monday
in May on the question OF moving the county
seat of Deer Lodge county from Deer Lodge
to Butte.
Glenn moved the adoption of the substitute.
House, moved that it be Indefinitely post.
poned. The motion was not seconded.
DeWolfe spoke in opposition to the subs,i-
tute. Humber said that he did not wish to
remove the county seat. He would prefer
the division on the line now proposed.
Glenn would rather see the county seat re-
moved than incur the expense of two sets of
county officers.
The substitute was rejected, only Glenn,
Harrington and Pardee voting in the afirma-
tive.
The report of the committee of the whole
was a~dopted-ayes %; noes 2-Clem and
Harrington.
The bill was ordered engrossed.
The speaker announced the signing of e
B No 3, to prescribe the fees of witnesses
and jurors in probate and Justices courts; al.
so II b No ?, to provide for the issuing OF
duplicate county warrants in certain cases.
Notices of bills
By DeWolfe, to amend sections A and AZ
of the first division of the revised statutes.
BY Sedman, to repeal article 4 of sections
127, 12S and 129 and the fifth division of the
revised statutes.
By Parchen, to amend the act to Incorpor-
ate the city of Helena.
By Chambers, to refund the 10 per cent.
bonds of Missoula county.
By Rodgers, to amend II B No 4.
By Bell, to enable the people of Butte 10
erect a school house.
By Glen, to amend Section 1OO2 of the
fifth division of the revised statutes.
Bell moved to reconsider the vote by which
HB No 30, to repeal the Law for the support
of the Butte Fire Department was made the
special order.
The motion was decided out of order.
Blake moved that the bill be recalled from
general orders and placed on file for a third
reading. Adopted.
Glenn moved that Fl r. No IN rono.l the
anti-strike law be recalled from general or
ders and filed for a third reading. The
question was divided. The motion to recall
was adopted.
Cullen moved to lay the bill on the table