The Billings herald. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1882-1885, 1884-02-02

ton in binding form.
Section 8, relates to the legislature
having power Of eminent domain, tax
ing private property for public use, and
that the police powe:s of the state shall
not be abridged for the benefit of cor
poratlons.
Section 10. No corporation shall issue :!
stocks or bonds except for labor done
services performed or money or pros
erty actually received; stock not tss*ss
increased without consent OF persons
holding majority Of the stock.
section II. Foreign corporations must
have At least ono place of business and
resident agent upon whom processes
may be served.
Section II. No street railroad to be
built in any city town Or incorporated
village without consent of local authOri-
ties.
Section l3. No retrospective law for
benefit Of corporations to be passed.
Sections II and Is relate to the right
to construct railroad. telegraph and tel.
sphone lines within the state.
Section l6. makes it unlawful for 4
corporation 10 require from Its employ
ees, AZ condition Of employment any
contract releasing the company from
liability for personal injuries by reason
Of negligence of company or employees.
Section ls. defines the term corpora
ton.
Section 10, provides that dues FROM i
private corporations shall be rA~
by such means ~ m.y 81
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on - .he t;o's reiers!n. TO the ex-
ecrtve apaI .Isent the section prohib.
:. a governor from being elected 10
the United States senate while gov.
ernor.
The salary Of the governor was sstab-
lished ut $500; other officers, except
lieutenant-governor,a at $1,000.
section of the division relating to
future constitutional amendments was
adopted, with slight amendment. 1t
provides that the general assembly may
by majority vote OF the members
elected to each house, recommend to
the electors of the state to vote at
the next general election for or against
4 convention to revise alter or amend
this constitution. Amendments passed
by the convention shall be submitted to
the qualified electors at tho next general
election.
MINING, WATER AND wATEK RIGHTS.
The section appointing O commission.
er Of mines was stricken out, as was that
prohibiting the employ ment in mines
of children under IA.
Section 3, which provided that the
science of mining and metallurxy should
be taught in one or more Of the insti-
tutions of learning under the patronage
of the state, was discussed for q short
time and finally stricken out, for the
reason that schooling in these sciencei
WAS already provided for.
WEDNESDAY, 30TH.
After regular routine business LAM
horne presented petition from th
citizens Of Bozeman asking that pre-
Vision ue Incorporated in the constitu1
ton prohibiting the uss Of public money
Or land for sectarian purpvses,
Mccormick, chairman Of the commit
tee OF this whole. reported back General
File No. 8. regarding public indebted
ness as amended. Tho file was adopted
and referred to the committee on en-
grossment.
Burlelgh, from committee of the
whole reported on General File, Noas
II, II aud IL recommending that they
DO not pass. Report adopted.
Dixon moved that section !, Of tisn-
eral File II, which reads to the effect
that no officer OF any department OF the
state government should accept any
pass or grstuity from any railroad COM
pany or other common carrier under
penalty of forfeiture of Office and all the
emoluments thereof" should be 10
amended as to provide that no railro.
| company or other common carrier
officer thereof should issue, give or
offer to any officer of the state any gra-
tultous transportation or pass, ''undsr
such penalties as may be provided by
law and that no member Of the leKis-
! lature or any other officer should accept
or receive on his own behalf or that o3
| his family or employees any such trans
portion, "under such penalty as may bs
provided by Law, and which may extend
to forfeiture or removal from office"
Proctor spoke against the amendment
and moved to postpone indefinitely.
Stephens, Galloway. Medhurst ana
Hedges made speeches favoring the
| amendment and Vivion. Smith, Penn
berton, Hunt. Waterbury and Toole
spoke against it. A call of the hous
being made for the purpose Of votlHa
| on the amendment one member waS
found to be absent. While the sergeant
alarms was hunting up the absent mem
Der motion to adjourn prevailed.
On reassembling motion to indenn7
itely postpone action on Dixon's amenu
ment was defeated.
Tosle offered substitute, pr0S6si
to include private ind;yiduals as well
public officers in the prohibition. VII
was rejected.