The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1884-01-30
Montana Trainers Busily En-
gagged in the Work of
Giving US a Good
Constitution.
What They Have Done During
the Past Week Clearly
and Concisely Pre-
scented.
State Institutions University, Asylum,
and PenitentiaFy.

fourteen sections. 1t was the opinion o.
the committee that comforting upon wo
man the right of suffrage was inexpedi
ent, except in school elections.
Mills from the Executive Departments
Committee reported in substance as fol
lows: The executive Of the State shall
consist of seven persons - Governor
Lieut.. Governor, Secretary of State, State
Auditor, State Treasurer, Attorney Gen
eral and Superintendent of Public In.
struction, to hold Office for two years and
reside at the seat of Government; the
Governor to receive So 900 per year, the
Secretary of State s., 200, and the other
$4,000, except the Lieut.. Governor who
shall receive the same per diem ae the
Speaker of the House while the Legis ID
ture is in session. The Governor, Score.
tary of State, and Attorney General shall
constitute board of pardons. In the
exercise of the veto power the Govern OF
may approve of portions of bills and dis
approve of other portions. The Cover.
nor shall not be elected United State
Senator during his term of Office. The
Lieut.. Governor shall preside as Presi-
dent of the Senate. The remaining sec
tons of the report are such as are en-
bodied in the majority of state constitu-
tons.
Collins. from the Finance Committee
reported as follows: The state shall not
subsidize any company or corporation
nor exercise ownership in any company
or corporation except escheat or forfeit
| ture. The state shall not incur an in
debtedness over 100000 unless authoriz-
ed by law and approved by the people at
a general election, with ways and means
provided for its liquidation within
twenty years, and the money thus raised
must be devoted to specific use. No
company shall become indebted to ex-
coed five per cent of its taxable property
and this indebtedness shall not exceed
$4,000. No township or school district
can incur an Indebtedness to exceed
three per cent. Of its taxable property.
Galloway, from the Committee on APP
portionment and Representation, pre-
scented substantially the following report:
The state shall seEd one representative
to Congress until new appointment
shall be made. The General Assembly
shall provide by law for an enumeration
of the people as basis for new state
apportionment. The General Assembly,
when admitted as a state, shall consist
of IL senators andN representatives, and
after the first election the Senate shall
consist of Fl members and the House Of
As. The Senate and House shall not ex-
coed 100 members before the year 1900
No county is to be divided for represen-
tative purposes.
Galloway, from the Miscellaneous
Committee, offered report upon the re-
solution that no officer shall receive q
pass or gratuity from a railroad corpora
ton or from any common carrier, and
recommended that it be not adopted. A
debate of over an hour followed, and the
report was finally referred to the Com
mittee on the Whole.
The members of the Committee on Ad-
dress was appointed by the President
Messrs. Toole, Hunt, Galloway, Cooper
and Pemberton being named as the men,
beers thereof.
At the commencement of the after
noon session Merriman, from the Com
mittee on Mining and Water Rights, re-
ported, favorably the establishing Of the
office of commissioner of mines. The
commissioner shall be appointed by the
Governor for term of four years. The
report provides for the establishing of q
school of mines, if thought desirable, in
which metallurgy shall be taught. With
reference to water rights it provides that
any person may divert the course of any
natural stream for mining and irrigation,
when not interfering with another who
has prior right to the use of such water.
Fergus presented the report of the
Committee on Agriculture and Com
merce. 1t provides for establishing a
bureau of industrial resources to be man.
aged by commissioner, and prescribed
his duties The navigable waters of the
State shall be common highways, forever
free to all citizens of the United States,
and without fax or duty being imposed
therefor.
A resolution was offered requiring the
Assistant Secretary to furnish copies of
the motions and resolutions adopted by
the Convention to the newspapers. The
resolution was adopted, there being four
voices.
Toole offered the following resnlrti.i:
WHEREAS. 1t is the sense 81 this Con
vcntion that under the Joint Resolution
calling for Constitutional Convention
the right is reserved to it to control its
own printing, and that the Secretary of
the Territory is requested to carry out
the request of this Convention in that
behalf. Therefore,
Be Il RESOLVED, That the Independent
company is hereby designated
as the paper to do that printing, and that
the Secretary thereof forthwith notify
the Secretary of the Territory of the
action of this Convention.
Toole moved the adoption of the reso-
luton, and was seconed. =
Hunt moved to lay the resolution on
the table.
The ayes and nays were called for.
Dixon said it seemed to him that the
resolution under which the convention
was called provided that the printing of
the convention should be done under the
direction of the Secretary of the Terri
tory. This he thought was a sufficient
reason why Mr.. Toole's motion should
not prevail.
The question to lay ON the table was
lost by vote of to %.
The question upon the original motion
then came UP.
Burleigh opposed the resolution.
T,ole said that the convention had q