The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-02-06

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church, sect, or denomination whatever.
Section 10 was amended to read as fol-
lows:
No religious or partisan test or qualifi-
cation shall ever be required Of any per-
son as condition of admission into any
public or educational institution of the
State, either as teacher or student, nor
shall attendance be required at any reli-
gious service whatever, nor shall any
sectarian tenets be taught in any public
educational institution of the State.
The following, offered by Hunt, was
substituted for section IL: The legisla-
ture may provide for the election of all
school officers, including Regents Of the
University, at a separate election from
these at which state and county officers
are voted for. Adopted.
The remaining sections of the article
were amended to read as follows, and
adopted:
At the first general election provided
therefor there shall be chosen by the
qualified electors of the State. four Re-
gents Of the University, who shall at
their first meeting be so classified by lot
that two shall hold Office for two years
and two for four years, and every two
years thereafter there shall be elected
two Regents whose term of office shall be
four years, except as otherwise provided
in the Constitution. The Regents so
elected and their successors shall consti-
tute body corporate to be known by
the name and style of "The Regents of
the University of Montana" Such Re-
gents shall receive no salary, but shall be
allowed all actual and necessary expenses
incurred in the discharge of their official
! duties.
The regents of the university shall, as
soon as practicable and they deem neces-
sary, choose a president of the univer-
sity, who shall hold his office for four
years unless before that time he be re-
moved for cause; he shall be er-otcio a
member Of the board with the privilege
| ofspeaking, but not voting unless in case
of a tie; he shall preside at the meetings
of the board and be the principal execu-
tive officer ofthe university, and mem-
Der of the faculty thereof
The board of regents shall have the
general supervision of the university,
and the exclusive control, direction and
disposition of the lands and moneys
granted to the State for university pur-
poses by the general government. not in
consistant with the terms of the grant
from the government, and Of all grants,
gifts, devises and bequests or appropria-
tions from the general government. the
State, or from any other source what
ever for the exclusive use and benefit of
the University of Montana; and said
board shall further provide for the safe
and profitable investments of all funds,
derived from whatever source, intended
for the permanent endowment of said
university, under such regulations and
restrictions as may be prescribed by law,
| the State being guarantee against the
loss or diversion of any part thereof.
The Committee Of the Whole then
arose, and the convention then adjourn
ed till 10 O'Clock Monday morning.
The forenoon session of the Constit,l-
tior al convention of Monday was fully
reported in the editorial correspondence
published yesterday in the CHRONICLE.
When Dixon, chairman of the com
mittee of the whole, reported upon the
article in reference to the executive de-
partmcnt, Hunt made a speech in favor
of striking out that section which pro-
hibited governor from being elected to
| the United States Senate while he was
still governor. Mills, Galloway, Hedges,
and others were opposed to doing SO.
Quite discussion ensued, resulting in
the section under consideration being
stricken out.
| The question of salaries for executive
officers was also made the subject for an
animated discussion, and they were
finally established as follows: Governor,
$1,000; other officers (excepting lieuten-
ant governor)$2.0O0.
In the afternoon the article relating to
officers, in which all State, county and
municipal officers were prohibited from
accepting free passes from any railroad
or other common carrier, came up for
discussion, and lively, rattling debate
followed Pemberton lin favor of it's
adoption) making particularly eloquent
speeches. The discussion resulted in the
entire bill being stricken out.
General File No. II, providing that
There shall be 10 distinction in citizen
ship on account of SEX" was rejected.
General File No. 13. in relation to forest
fires, was also rejected, as its provisions
were covered by General File No. 6.
| General File No. IA, in reference to
miscellaneous subjects and future amend
ments, was next taken up. The first
division of this report was, with the ex-
ccption of sections Nos. 2, 6 and I, strick-
! en- ont
Section ,, as adopted, prohibits the
legislature from authorizing lotteries and
gift enterprises.
Sections 6 and : (adopted) are as fol-
lows:
Sec g. The general assembly shall
enact suitable laws to prevent the de-
struction by fire, from locomotives on
railroads, or from and other cause, and to
keep in good preservation the grasses and
forests upon the lands of the state or
upon the lands of the public domain, the
control of which may he conferred by
congress upon this state.
Sec. T. The general assembly may
provide that the increase in the value of
private lands, caused by the planting of
hedges, orchards and forests thereon,
shall not, for limited time, to be fixed