The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1881-02-18
TUESDAYS PROCEEDINGS.
COUNCIL.

COUNCIL.
Bills recommended to pass were:
III b ~, All act concerning diseased sheep
Z b As, establishing boards of health.
Ii b SO, attaching Dawson to Custer county
for judicial purposes.
ii b u, to enable the people of Butte to
build school house.
CB A, to promote navigation on the up
per Missouri.
ii b 80, establishing salaries of District
Attorneys.
ii b %, relating to tenure of office.
G b 46, enabling citizens of Beaverhead
County to vote on the project of changing
the county seat.
III Y, refunding 10 per cent. bonds of
Meagher County.
ii b 90, providing for redemption of fund
ed debt of Lewis Il Clark County.
Hays moved that the Council recede fro m
Council amendment in relation to
ii b 9. The motion was carried by vote
of 3. Cardwell, Kerley and Mitchell
voting No.
Hays introduced the following resolution
which was adopted by a vote of 0 to /:
Resotued, that the Council not consider
any bills introduced after to-day, and that
the Chief Clerk be instructed to inform the
House of the same.
HC IAouoC aIHCiIuIHCui W H ID @Cs pTOtlh-
ing for payment of stock killed by railroads
was concurred In.
Ii b 33, concerning Jurisdiction of Coun-
ties in criminal cases, passed.
Substitute for ii b 20, amending sections
363-4-5 Revised Statutes, passed.
The memorial stone resolution adopted.
A report was received from Committee
appointed to report OH best series of school
books. Superintendent Smith reported i'm
favor of the books of Barnes q Co. Hon.
Hedges recommended those of Appleton & Co.
but said he would prefer seeing another Sc
ries adopted in preference TO seeing 50 inn
portant measure fail ofsuccess; Prof. HOWE
preferred Barnes 81 Co.'s books but thought
no series should be adopted entire; mention
ed other books as being desirable. The re-
port was placed on file.
ii III, game law, recommended to pass.
IL 90, establishing fees of District At
torneys, passed.
H II IL, to adjourn February 2Sth, was
made special order for p. m. Thursday.
Ii b. II, providing for municipal corpora
tions, passed.
Glenn presented a petition from 800 citizens
of Butte praying concurrence of House in
Council amendments to III. b. 9, to create
Silver Bow county.
The minority report of the committee on
II 81, concerning fees of jurors, recon-
mended substitute which was adopted.
The substitutes provides that the county
shall pay jurors and collect fees from The
losing party.
A substitute for Fl b was reported and
adopted. II provides for the leveying the
following tax ON each dollar of assessable
property, viz: for Territorial purposes mill;
for county purposes not TO exceed 10 mills;
for school purposes 3 to mills; for poor
purposes to mills.
IL % was passed. IL requires that %
instead Of 40 per cent. of the money collect
ed for licences be paid into the Territorial
treasury.
HJR, appropriating 5000 for exhibition
ut Worlds Fair In 1883, was passed.
The following resolution was adopted:
kes0ired, That the resolution heretofore
introduced be rescinded and that no bills
shall be introduced after February 18th, and
that both Houses adjourn February 2Sth.
A memorial asking that portion of co.
100000 evidently meaning 20,O00.-ED.)
acres OF the Fort Buford reservation, occupi-
ed BY $500 Piegan Indians, be thrown open
Tor settlement, was unanimously passed
Also II J AL . for building custom house
at Fort Benton.
Also H 3 is enabling Choteau County to
erect Jail.
4 H b 50, providing compensation for attor-
neys IN certain criminal cases, tprovides that
an attorney shall not receive less than so
nor more than $ic0), passed.
WEDNESDAYS PROCEEDINGS.
COUNCIL.
- Communication was received announ-
cling the Governor had signed G b II, repeal
Ing the license required OF assayers; g B 20,
extending the limits 81 GxlIatIn county ID
3 n, concerning deputy mineral surveyors;
q = ~ Tor the lelief * Cornelim HEDGES,