The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1885-01-24
HOUSE.
THURSDAY, 18TH.

HOUSE.
THURSDAY, 18TH.
A letter was read from "a convict" ask
ing the Legislature to allow penetentiary
convicts on their discharge more than 81 5
worth of clothes and s. cash; laid on the
table.
The committee on stockgrowing report
ed favorably on the bill to repeal the bill
providing for payment for stock killed by
railroads. Notice of bills was given
among which was one by Sloan of Gala
tin to create the county of Park. Bills
to amend the act compensating county
commissioners; to re-emburse w. A. Clark
the sum of $97 paid by him as postage on
copies of the constitution, and to appropri-
ate $4,000 for the New Orleans Exposition
were introduced and referred. A commit
tee was appointed on mileage. The gov
ernor's message was read in sections and
referred to appropriate committees. Ad-
journed.
FRIDAY, 10TH.
Ways and Means committee reported
favorably on bill appropriating $4,000 for
the New Orleans Exposition and on reso-
luton authorizing Ways and Means and
Judiciary committees to employ clerks at
81 per day. Reports adopted and the lat
ter resolution passed. Committee on
mileage reported. Several bills were no
ticed and others introduced and the house
then entered upon the consideration Of the
bill to appropriate $1,000 for the New
Orleans Exposition. This bill was oppcs-
ed principally because it included ali item
of $1,000 for printing done by Geo. E..
Boos & Co., which sum was alleged to be
$500 larger than other firms had offered
to perform the same work for. Some dis
cusslon ensued but the bill passed, Biddle,
Forbis, Robinson and Eastman voting in
the negative. Adjourned
SATURDAY. 18th
A bill was introduced by Norton to set
off a portion of Gallatin county and at
tach it to Yellowstone. Another bill in
troduced was to require county commiss-
toner's prepare and publish an itemized ac-
count Of their personal expenses when on
duty. The judiciary committee was di-
rected to prepare substitute for the bill
to provide payment for stock killed by
railroads. The bill re-imbursing w. A.
Clark $97 postage on copies of the copsti-
tuition passed unanimously. A memorial
was introduced regarding cattle diseases
and the proposed national trail. The
memorial recites the danger constantly
threatening the cattle interests of the West
from infection from pleuro pneumonia and
other diseases of cattle roaming on the
western cattle ranges; that every effort
should be made to induce Congress to
provide ample quarantine regulations for
the protection of cattle on the ranges. 1t
recites the danger to northern cattle of in
fection from Texas cattle fever; views the
proposed national cattle trail as impract-
icable and dangerous, and requests the
President of the United States to imme-
diately call the attention of Congress to
this important measure. Referred to the
committee on stockgrowing. ....
| MONDAY, 10TH.
Several communications were received.
Bills were noticed as follows: to amend
the act relating to levying aud collecting
taxes; to create the county of Pend
Oreille out of the county of Missoula; to
pay c. H. Smell 1928 for reading proof,
copying address and mailing copies of the
constitution. A bill was introduced to
pay Fisk Bros. of Helena $1O8.75 for
printing tickets for voting upon the con-
stitution. 1t seems that through mis-
take 10000 separate ballots for voting
upon the constitution were printed and
sent out and this bill is to pay for the
worthless tickets. Referred to committee
on elections. Adjourned.
TUESDAY, 20TH.
Tingle presented petition from the
citizens, of Dawson county, praying the
Legislature to amend certain sections of the
revised statutes by allowing ranchmen to
sell whiskey when living five miles distant
from town by paying license of S. a
quarter. The committee on stockgrowing
and grazing reported favorably on the
resolution opposing the proposed national
cattle trail. Several bills were noticed.
A bill for an act concerning the levy and
collection of taxes was ordered printed.
Several reports of territorial officers were
were referred to committees. Adjourned.
WEDNESDAY 21sr
The bill to allow ranchmen to sell liquor
at license Of SIS per quarter was report
ed from the committee with arecomenda-
tion that such license be imposed as would
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