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

costs each sawmiil, he said, rs much as 81 300
per wear to wheel away thu sawdust when
they could as well dump II into the creek !
which he claimed did not hurt the fish. This
additional expense to the mills made lumber |
higher and In the. end the consumers were |
the sufferers. II the Council was unwilling |
to repeal the law as applied to the. whole
Territory he would ask that Gallatin county !
Mt least be exempted.
Cox made speech In which he said there
wm no reason for the repeal asked for. ~ the
law hurts nobody. No conviction. could be
made under It. 1t would be different thing,
he said, to prove what streams contained
fish that would be injured BY the sawdnst In
the water, or for that matter any fish were
injured By It. To prove that the fish were
injured it would be necessary to bring them
into court and hold a post n,ortsm examine
ton, and even then the fact that the sawdust
had injured them would be difhcult to prove.
On the whole he thought the present law In:
operative. but while this was so he would
favor the bill Of the gentleman from Gallatin
county.
Stuart thought that while the bill was 80
CLOSELY constructed that you could throw
dog through &C." this body at It's present ses-
sion would see to IL that some Of the bills
weak points should be remedied. Dumping
sawdust in the streams not only injured the
fish, or rather the fish interests by driving
the fish out of the. small streams, but 1t was
also hurtful to the cattle interests, as in many
cases the surface of the water in such streams
is covered so thickiJ with sawaust and saw
mill debris that cattle or other stock can not
drink from the streams without swallowing
the sawdust and such other foreign matter.
He favored the present law, or rather its pur-
pose, and would therefore oppose the passage
| of the bill.
The committee Of the whole then rose, the
chairman being instructedto' report against
the bills passage.
Council then adjourned until Wednesday
| morning.
The House to-day passed bill AZ, to author
| ize school trustees to issue bonds for the
purpose Of raising funds for the erection Of
of school houses. Propositions for such
| issu ance to. be in all cases submitted to the
| voters OF their district.
| The House also passed bill 65, amending
the act under which the city Of Butte was in
corporated.
| HELENA, Feb. 14-The Councils action
yesterday in rejecting III. b. A, which pro-
vided that any person qualified to administer
an oath to anybody should be authorized TO
swear in notaries public, was, on motion Of
Thomas, reconsidered by the Council to-day,
and the bill will come before the Council
| again.
X Beidler petitioned both branches Of the
Legislature last week for a relief bill to pay
him IS 600 for services rendered to citizens
Of this Territory, and the Territory in gen
eral, in early days-when "X" figured prom
Inently In putting quietus on road agents
and other hard citizens. The Council COM
mittee on ways and means, to which the
petition had been referred, reported on 1t to-
day. The report was to the effect that Will 9
the value of ks services to Montana in the
early days was unquestiond, IL would be
establishing dangerous precedent to grant
him the relief asked. Other citizens had
rendered valuable services to this Territory
at the time referred to, and II this petition
were granted, they too could come in with
like petitions, and there might be no end to
them. The committee would therefore recon-
mend that the petition be not granted, but
that resolution Of thanks be passed instead
Hamilton thought that would be merely
giving hun taffy and not money, which
didn't seem exactly right. Mitchell said so
far rs he was concerned he thought X was
entitled to his 5000 in which view White
concurred. After some further discussion
the committees report was adopted, and the
resolution of thanks which accompanied II
was ordered TO be presented to the House n
Council concurrent resolution.
Mitchell's bill for an act to prevent woman
beating In Montana, providing that any man
convicted of such an offense shall be tied To
| q post or pillar in the most public place IN
the county seat and kept there not less than
six nor more than ten hours with big pla-
card attached to him showing the nature Of
his offense, passed the Council this morning
by o unanimous vote.
Thomas "saw dust bill-Coa ell bill No
8, to repealthe present law for the better
protection of fish--got the kybosh put on II
by the Council this forenoon. The present
law, as will be remembered, prohibits the
building of saw-mills on streams containing
fish, and dumping sawdustinto such streams,
When Thomas (he Ia engaged in the sawmill
business IN Gallatin county, found that the
repeal bill must 20 down, he tried to get In q
clause amending the present law 80 far as il
applied to Gailatin county. But !: wouldn't
go. The bill was defeated by a three quarters
vote.
III. b. II, In relation to the licensing oil
commercial travellers came up in the Council
during the morning hour and was virtually
rejected, action being indefinitely postponed
by unanimous vote.
Mitchelps bill &C.. b. III to make Ii manda-
tory on the keepers of saloons and gambling
houses to compel fninors, boys, to stay away
from such places, whether or not such saloon
or gambling house keeper is requested by
the parents Of such boys to take said action
passed the House to-day without dissenting
voice.
The Council also passed to-day, bill 10, Its
own, to amend the act under which Helena
was Incorporated. The amendment pre-
vides that the city officers who have any
thing to do with the receipt or payment OF
money for the city shall make annual re-
ports to be published In some Helena paper.
In executive session to-day the Council
confirmed the rc-apPointment of d. H. Yves
ton rs territorial treasurer. The Governor's
action In re-appointing this efficient officer
and the Councils action in confirming %
readily dt was done without moment,
hesitation) the Governors action in this mat
ter 10 commended by everybody.
The afternoon session Of the Council was
consumed In discussing Council Bill 0, fol
the relief Of A. w. Tanner, Of Bohemian
who wants 81 900 for services rendered il
1872 In making trip east without accomp
fishing anythingi to arrest and hiring hack Il
Montana, under reputation of Governol
Potts, q man named Callahan. This bill WA
discussed in committee Of the whole, but n,
agreement was reached and the subject viii
be bought up again tomorrow,
Yesterday the Council passed House Bill
10, Malony's bill, to cut Ave mile strip Of
Of Custer county along the south line OF
Dawson and attach ii to the latter
The House yesterday passed. House Bill 90
to amend the acc for tho interpretation o
Butte. The amendment Ii that all males VIII,
bay property tar shall be qualified to vote In
any election On city matters, and that the
city officers now appointed by the mayor
shall be elected instead.
The House to-day had four hours fgh
on the Sunday law in committee of the whole
and 1t was reported back without recomnen