The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1883-02-16

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Legislafiee Correspondents Ner North Vest.
HrLESA. February 1o.-Governor Crosby
has recommended the Legislature 70 make
an appropriation ehe suggests $500 TO pay
the expenses Of commission from this Ter
ritory to the National Mining and Industrial
Exposition which win be held In Denver
next fall, and for. the collection Of ores to be
exhibited there. It Ii expected the Legisla-
ture will make the desired appropriation.
A bill to authorize the people OF Miles City
to erect school building ~ issuing bonds
by the people Of that place st special cleo
tion) passed the CouAcil on Saturday. The
bill originated In the Council.
Councilmaa Writer vest home Sunday
morning in rsspoAse to telegram stating
that his wife was dangerously Ill. In the
Council Monday morning he ves granted
leave OF absence It'll Thursday.
Stuart to-day (Manday) introduced bill In
the Council for an act authorizing the people
Of White Sulphur Spring. to issue bonds u
the amount Of &iej0e0 Ito be decided ON at Z
special elsction) for the purpose Of erecting
| . school house; also . hill to enable ths
commissioners thereby to issue bonds for the
parpose Of furnishing the nsv court house
and completing the jail at white Sulphur
Springs. Both bills were referred 70 the
ways and means ceamittse.
! Bass introduced . bill in the Council to
day for An act to change the name Of The
town of Garfield, Misscula county, to Victor
The reason fct DESIRING change was tina
the Postofice Department rsfused to estab
lish psstofiice there bscanss there is ont
already OF that nspae in the United States
Under Suspension of the rules the bill passed
| the Council.
white to-day iatreduced . bill in th'
Council for an oct to appropriate $500 to pay
dt could only be in pa<t) the expenses o.
Nontana's representative at che Amsterdam
Worlds Exposition. and the expense of col
lectina ores to be exhibited there.
The special coHnittes appointed to ex
anime ths books Of the Territorial Au9ito
and Treasurer to-day reported that they hat
performed that dnty and found the account
all cerrect-but, OF course, that was q fore
gone conclusion.
On Friday the Hssss Pesssd Fl. b. 10, Al
act to create the Office Of county attorney
The bill provides tAst tbs compensation
shall be $500 per year. and fees to not excset
$7oo in the aggregate per year-$1 200 In NIL
The House passed, on Saturday, II. b. So
1 to repeal the existing law which prohibit
any person from holding the Office Of sherii
for more than two terms. This bill provide
that the Office of sheriff may be held by tn
| <or he ~
county see fit to elect him to It, On the sam
day the House passed II. B. 81, concerning
the jurisdiction of the supreme court Q
Montana. Itgives the supreme court juris
diction in all cases within the. jurisdiction Q
the district court, and does away with an oil
law which is TO the contrary, and which
under the organic law, Is unconstitutiona
III. B. 81, in relation to the number Of term
| Of Office which o county assessor can hold
passed on the same day. Heretofore count
assessor could only hold one term, but unde
the provisions of this bill he may hold two
If elected, OF course.
The following bills passed the House to
day tMonday): H. B. 40, which provides tha
county assessors shall receive compensate
not exceeding 2,5oo per year on regular a:
sessment work; also III. b. "a, providing
bounty OF SIS each for bears, lions an
panthers, sl.50 for each wolf, and rs cents 70
each coyote; also II. B. &c, increasing tn
jurisdiction of justices court from 500 (
$780, to conform with recent act Of Cor
grsss; also III. B. II, 10 enable the people q
Dswson county to issue bonds Of 1000 q
authorized by the people at the polls) t
erect court house and Jail.
HELENA, February IL.
Back has given up his contest and gon
home He went Friday morning. So that
the last Of that affair, unless he should max
fght,in the courts for the pay due the men
her from that district. He was paid his mile
age the day after he was unseated.
On Friday the Council passed House bi
q, to enable the people of Missoula an
Steyensville to issue bonds for the purpose Q
erecting scheolhouses, the amounts respect
lively to ST., 900 and "a 900, and the questio
4 Of whether or not bonds shall be issued TO b
decided by the people of each district at
special election.
On the same day the Cornell rejected tn
House resolution to adjourn sire die on tn
LIST Of March, and IL was recommitted to th
Ways and Means Committee with instrut
tons to report on the last day of Februar,
This action was reconsidersd on Saturda,
and the committee named was instructed :,
report on the oath. II Is the impression tina
the Legislature will press the limit and rs
out its fall sixty days.
The Governor on Thursday vetoed tn
Building Association bill on the ground chs
1t gave corporations formed under it tor
many privileges. The House sustained tn
veto and the bill will be modified:
/ Gillette introduced Council bill Frida
concerning electors and their qualification
1t provides that man, to be entitled to
vote for Delegate to Congress, must be res
ident of the Territory one year, Of the count
thirty days, and In the precinct in which b
wishes to vote, twenty days. BY the presen
law man Is entitled TO vote for DclcR ate Q
any voting place In the Territory without n
gard to. the time he has resided in the count
or precinct, or whether he resides there at a
or not. The only thing necessary is for hin
to have been in the Territory six months
Gillette claims-and with justice-that tn
present law affords too much opportunity ia
repeating.
A bill to change the name of johanna
Gusthkssn 10 JOHN G. Holten passed tn
CounAl Friday under suspension OF th
rsles, Mitchell suggesting that II the chang
Gas made fer Che sake Of simplifying Ii
name, hs thought that IL would be well
nnend by erasing John 9. Rolten and wri
f. l., II, - ~ y~Ar gyrS<l Trha ~ug0~sfie