The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-01-19

Burleigh.
6. Military Affairs-Howell, Edd
Douglass.
Z. Finance of the State, publ
debt. the Indebtedness of counties an
municipalities, revenues, expend
lures and taxation. and the Iestri
T tons to he placed on the powers
the Legislature in respect thereto
Collins, Power, Browne, Eaton, III,
S0rley, Proctor, Abascal, Howell
Zone vacancy.
8. Education Hedges, Langhorn'
Stephens.
8. State institutions and publ
buildings Hundley, Waterbury
Douglass, McCliDtock, DAILY.
10. City. county and town organi
zations-Vivion, Carroll. Zone va
II. ApportionmeLt and representa-
tion-Callaway, McSorley, Pembel
ton.
II. Corporations other than mum
cipal-Pemberton, Smith, Hedges
Howell. Fergus.
IL. Miscellaneous subjects and flu
ture Observation-Disclosures, Vi7ion
Zone Vacancy
IA. Schedule-Greene, Waterbury
Oatlin.
Is. Mining, water and water rights
DAILY, Merriman, Eaton, Proctor
Zone vacancy.)
Is. Agriculture. manufactures, com
merce and immigration - Fergus
Carroll, Cooper, Catlin, Van Gasken
II. Reporting and printing, ant
mileage ana contingent expenses
McSorIey, Mills, McClintock.
IL. Privileges and elections -,roole
Van Gasken, Pease.
10. ENDORSEMENT and enrolment
Carroll, Mallory, Hunt.
20. Boundaries, public lands and
homestead exemptions - Stephens,
Greene, lone vacancy.)
81. Revision, phraseology and ad-
justment-Smith, Burleigh. Dixon.
o. On or inances-Proctor, Fer.
gus, Eaton. Mccormick, Greene.
The vacancies are left, the Presi-
dent explained, in order that the
delegates who are absent and have
not yet been sworn in, may oe as
signed, when they arrive and take
their seats.
Mr.. Douglas of Custer offered the
following series of resolutions:
Resolved. That The Congress of the
United States is hereby requested,
upon the application eff Montana for
admission into the Union, to pass an
act granting to the State of Montana
so. 900 acres Of land, for the purpose
of creating and maintaining public
buildings and other internal improve
ments.
Reso1ved, That Congress be fur
,her requested to pass an act grants
ing 20, 900 acres of land for the i'm
provement Of the Missouri river from
the great falls of the Missouri to its
confluence with the Yellowstone.
Resolved, That Congress be fur
Their requested to pass an act appro-
priating 70, 600 acres of land for the
improvement of the Yellowstone
river from the town of Billings, Mon
tana, to it's mouth.
Resolved. That The Legislative AS
senlbly of Montana shall make pro-
visions for the sale or dispo al of the
lands granted to the State for inter-
nal improvements and other pur-
poses, Except school lands) subject
to the ami rights OF presumption as
now provided by law to settlers on
public lands.
Resolved, That Congress be further
requested to appropriate to the State
Of Montana 5 1000 acres of land for
maintaining public schools through.
out the State.
Resolved, That Congress be further
requested to appropriate to the State
1000 acres of land for the purpose of
creating and maintaining a State
college or institution of learning.
No disposition was made Of the
above, IS they were pronounced in
with the rules of the conven-
ion, which declare that "pcoposi-
ions and resolutions proposing mat
,er to be incorporated in the constitu-
ion shall embrace but one subject"
The session, which lasted two
hours, was chiefly taken up with a
iebate on the most expeditions
method of condr citing business. The
twenty-five standing committees
nave each a distinct portion Of the
assigned them, andd
when anyone has dlgested an
the article committed to
It, what attention and revision shall
be given to it before it is incorporated
n the organic law?
A member from Lewis and Clarke
Mr.. Toole) proposed the selection of
committee of thirteen, whic' should
make such amendments and altera-
ions as it might deem advisable, and
hen submit it to the Convention for
NAL action. But this plan was OBJ.
ected to as involving needless de-
Ay. While tue committee is out, the
abors OF the Convention would be
'rought to a stand still
Mr. Toole defended his plan on the
round that the recommitment OF
to the committee that had pre-
ared it would be moving in a circle.
sut the sense of the mem bers, as eiic-
ed in the debate, was clearly in ia.
or o.. the work of the committee, af-
er submission to the Convention,
eing considered in the committee of
he whole and after a careful revi-
ion by the entire body, it might then
e safely adopted for incorporation in
ne constitution.
These daily reports of the doings
the Convention necessarily lack in
~lterest, because its work is vt in
lcipiency, and the business brought
p is of routine character. Very
we may look for matter being
Introduced which will give more
cope to the reporter.