The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-02-20
THE CONVENTION.
The Instrument Universally
Believed to be the Most
Complete Ever
Framed.

and future amendments, caused some
delay, as some of the members insisted
on reviewing the clause relative to rail.
road passes.
Collins moved to recommit section 4,
containing the clause, with instructions
to the committee to add county commits
sioners and assessors to the list Of Off
GERS prohibited from accepting passes.
After some other business had been
transacted the committee made its re-
port, which was rejected.
A motion toadopt.section 10 was made.
A call of the house was moved and car
ried, but was finally dispensed with, and
article II. schedule, was taken up and
adopted. s.---=-~
The article on ordinances and the
memorial also, were adopted, after which
the house took a recess until pm.
Burieigh moved that section 10 of
General File No. l6, which came up in
the forenoon session, be put on its final
passage. and on this he moved the pre-
vious question. Carried.
Section 4, of General File No. IL, was
read, and is az follows:
Section 4. Members of the Legislative
Assembly, and all officers, executive,
ministerial or Judicial, shall, before they
enter upon the duties of their respective
Offices, take and subscribe to the follow
ing oath or affirmation, to wit: 81 do
solemly swear Tor affirm that will sup,
port, protect and defend the Constitution
of the United States and of the State Of
Montana, and that l will faithfully dis
charge the duties Of the Office of---
according to law and the best Of my
abilities. SO help me God" And no
other oath, declaration or test shall be
required a. qualification for any Office
or public trust
On motion it was recommitted with in
strucGons to strike ont the words $50
help me God"
The committee later on reported it had
carried out the instructions Of the con-
stitution, and the entire article No. II;
was then adopted.
This completed the adoption of all the
general files.
Hunt moved to appoint committee
to inquire into the matter of the steno-
graphic report. Carried. Green, Hunt
and Waterbury were appointed such
committee.
Fergus, chairman of the committee to
which the petition of the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union was referr-
ed, reported that, although the commit
tee was in sympathy with the general in
tent of the petition, it was impracticable,
owing to the lateness Of the time at
which the petition was presented, to
take any action on it The committee
regretted il, but they were compelled to
report the petition back to the commit
tee of the whole people, with the re-
quest that they deal with it as they see
best.
The report of the committee was
adopted.
Power, chairman of the committee ap-
pointed to select seven additional men,
bers to the committee for presenting
Montanas claims for statehood before
the Congress of the United States, re-
ported the following gentlemen: P. W.
Meadow, Of Billings, and E. W. Toole, Of
Helena, not members of the convention;
and the following members of the con-
vention: Galloway, Mccormick, Mills,
Browne and Hunt.
Galloway said that he wanted to zee
the member of the Legislature who in
troduced the resolution calling the con-
vention, and worked for it, honored with
place on the committee. He therefore
Withdrew his name and asked that that
of Robert o. Hickman be inserted in
stead. The report was thus amended
and adopted.
Mccormick offered resolution ex-
tending the thanks of the convention to
Capt. Mills and Secretary Tooker for the
prompt manner in which they had Sc
cured the necessary printing for the con-
vention. Adopted.
Waterbury offered resolution to the
effect that those members who were
elected to the constitutional convention,
but were prevented from attending on
account of business, be allowed to sign
the constitution, bv presenting their Gre
dentials to the Secretary Of the Territory.
He made warm speech in favor Of his
resolution, but it was not adopted.
Greene offered a resolution thanking
the secretary, assistant secretary, and
other attaches of the convention for the
faithful manner in which they performed
their respective duties. Adopted.
Pemberton offered resolution to the
effect that those members who were
present at the sessions of the convention,
but who are now absent, be allowed
thirty days to come to Helena and sign
the constitution. This was adopted after
being amended so that the absent men,
bers have an opportunity to sign the
document provided they apply to the
secretary of the Territory before it is
printed. Hunt asked leave to present
the copy of the constitution to be signed
by the members.
Proctor moved to put the constitution
on its final passage. Carried, with but
one negative vote out of the thirty-one
present.
Hunt moved that after the constitu-
ton is duly signed it be presented in open
convention to the secretary Of the Ter
ritory, for safe keeping. Carried.
Collins offered resolution to the effect
that members who had authorized other
members to sign the constitution for
them be permitted to sign through such
proxies. Adopted.
The President, W. A. Clark, then put
his signature to the instrument, after
| which the following members signed in
the order their names appear: Burleigh,
Brown, Collins, Carroll, Galloway, Catlin,