The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-01-30

and be subject to the same restrictions.
The General Assembly shall also make
provision by general law whereby any
city, town, or village, existing by virtue
of any special or loca, law, may elect to
become subject to, and be governed by,
the general laws relating to such corpor-
atoms.
The section was adopted without
amendment.
Section 8, prohibiting any township,
city, or other municipality, to become a
subscriber to the capital stock ofany rail-
road, or other incorporation or associa-
ton, or make any appropriation or dona-
ton, by subsidy or otherwise, or loan its
credit to or in aid of such corporation or
association, or to or in aid of any college
or institution Of learning, or other insti-
tuition created for, or to be controlled by,
the State or others, was, after good deal
of debate. stricken out
The next section (the number was
changed to 8 on account of striking out
section 81 providing that in each county
there shall be elected county judge and
two county commissioners, who shall
compose the board of county commission
| ers, was read.
Clark moved to amend by striking out
all that portion relating to 4 county
Judge, and to increase the number of
commissioners to three. He held that
Judge on the board Of commissioners
would in all probability control the
| whole body.
Various other members took the same
view in the case q Mr.. Clark.
Hunt moved to adopt the section with
slight change in the wording mot af-
fecting the meaning) and this was finally
done.
Section 8 was next read. 1t provided
that the county Judge and commissioners
shall hold Office for four years, and that
where the population Of a county shall
exceed 10000 the board of county COM
missioners shall consist of five members
(including the county judge), and that
vacancies may be filled by appointment
of the governor, by and with the consent
of the senate.
| Dixon moved to amend 50 that the
! county Judge shall hold his Office two
years and the commissioners four years.
Adopted.
| Howell moved to strike out the last
clause, "by and with the consent of the
senate" Adopted.
Collins moved to strike out 10000 and
insert 5000 as the population necessary
for a county to have, in order that it may
| elect five commissioners. Adopted.
CLARK moved.to strike ont that portion
providing that vacancies shall be filed
by appointment by the Governor, and
insert that such vacancies shall be filed
, bt election He tho s-ht that The pnaEi-
were the best qualified persons t. ,ie.'isie
, ably
Mills moved to amend ~ inacrtin.
provision that vacane5s on the boar!
shall be flied by the beard itself. Motion
lost
Clarks motion was also lost.
The section was then adopted as amend
ed.
Section 10, providing for county Off
cers-cne clerk, one sheriff, one treasilr-
err. one assessor, one surveyor, and one
coroner-to hold Office for two years, was
next read
Considerable of discussion arose in
reference to the removal (if necessary of
county assessor and the appointment
of his successor. Stephens opening With
ten minutes speech. He was in favor
Of empowering the commissioners to
remove an assessor and appoint sue
cessor.
Mccormick thought the commission
ers should be given the same power in
relation to the Office Of Superintendent of
Schools
Pemberton said if that was to be the
rule it would be as we'll to include all
officers, even up to the highest. But he
did not believe in one man power, or in
giving to any body Of men the privileges
that properly belonged to the people.
Clark concurred in Mr.. Pemberton's
nositIon IN the question |
Mccormick thought that the two Off
ces under discussion when vacant)
should be filled by appointment.
Vivion took 4 different view of the
case.
Stephens's meniment was put to 4 |
vote and lost.
Hedges moved that the first part of !
the section be amended 80 ~ to provide
that the Legislature shall provide by law |
for the election Of the officers named. |
This was adopted, and with one or two
other slight amendments the section was
adopted.
Section IL was amended to read: "No |
person shall be eligible to any county
Office unless he be qualified elector,"
and was adopted.
Section IL, in relation to a Justice of
the peace and constable in each pre-
cinct, was stricken out entirely, as the
same provisions were made elsewhere.
The remaining two sections, providing
that the election of other county, town.
chip, precinct, and municipal officers
shall be prescribed bv law, was, with no
material change, adopted as whole.
The committee then instruced the
chairman to report General File No. l, as
back to the convention, recon-
mending its adoption.
The President then took the chair.
The Chairman of the Committee of the
Whole asked time to prepare his report,
which was granted.
FRIDAYS PROCEEDINGS.
The first business transacted was with
r. ference 10 the report o. the Coltuiit;ee
Of the Whole IN General File No l.
Several amendments were made t. the
report, one being that there should be
five coHntv commissioners in each conn
tv, and that the provision in reference