The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-01-24
TlRnIToRIAL ASSEMBLY
Tho Deadlock UnbCoken.
Business Lively In the House
Adveeoe Report On tho Tax
alton az lllnlng Property.

I
/: HELENA, n. T., Jan. ~. 1858.
COUNCIL.
The Council convened at II .. m.
and resumed balloting for President,
with varying results on the Repu6lt'
can side, but the Democrats uni-
formly solid for Stuart. The scat
tering Of the Republican vote to-day
h regarded ~ IN evidence 81
weakening, and It h believed
the coali ionists will nat present "a
solid . front on Monday 60 they
! have during the past week. Sixty
seven ballots have been cast - Gar.
At l:..::sO p. m. the Council adjourned
until II .. N. Monday.
HOUSE.
The House c0nvened It the usual
hour; quorum present. O'0rady,
from the committee on mines aud
mining, reported on that portion Of
the Governors lnessags referring to
the taxation Of mining property, n
vOriDg the taxation Ut Ill mining
property, but the mine should Be
taxed on tho Lasis Of the government
value. and ore product and other
property on the l'asis Of actual value.
The committee do not advise .
change IN the assessment law 1t pres
ent. Mr.. Kanou.e. from the CON-
mittee on Territorial affairs, reported
lavorxbjy On House bill No. II, re-
ommending IN increase Ia the mile
age and PR diem Of county commits
si0nes. House joint memorial to
CoDgrers, M. !, was introduced
By Mr.. Hickman. asking
IN increase Of mileage aud per
diem for jurors and witnesses
In the United States District Court.
The memorial was read . nrst, Sec
ond and third time and passed BY .
unanimous vote. Notice wal given
Of the following bills to bc hereafter
Introduced. ny Mallory, repeating
the law which limits sterifls to two
termr ofOfIice also authorizing Da "
son county to issue court house and
jail bonds; by Allen, exempting
p'stn'asters from jury service by
Wallace, am. ending section lt5l Of
the 18th division II the Revised Stat
ntes BY Blake concerning the rights
of the Territory in civil actions.
House bill -, introduced by For
biz, for better observance Of the !
was read a 6.st aud eecond |
lime, and amended 90 ~ to include !
Offices IN the list Of exemp- |
lions. The amendment gave rise to
'o,ne discussion, in which Mantle
Ook occasion to make some stricturer
lpOn the MINER Office and was
st't down upon by Mr. !,
For: IA.
The House adjourned until ~ a.
n. Monday.
The next holiday will lie the Chi
'ese New Year, which begins on
February lst and continues until the
9Th. According to Chinese custom
~ work will he done during the
holidays, and II Cl,inan,an fails to
ettIe up his entire indebtedness be-
ore the expiration III the two weeks,
'e is put on the list Of "la,ne ducks"
nd Is thereafter d..harred from credit
nlong his Momgoliam brethren. The
nst0n might he initiated BY the
with advantageous results.
The ZMfsE .nOMMiuim inlinla(es that
some time in the dim vista Of til,
;,st. articles ri force and ability on
he Printing till, were found In that
'urnal. 1t should by all means r.
reduce some ri thnse articles, ~ .
'eat to its readers, whose cOnstitu.
Ons have bec',une somewhat de6ili-
'tesi by the attenuatetl diet recently
ished up by that leader II Republi-
III thought.