The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-01-31

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tlces Of Bills - Proceed
ings in the House
County Division
Bills.
Correspondence Of the MrNEs.
HELENA, Jan. %, 1885.
A few days ago Forhis offered In
the House a resolution providing for
the appointment of a joint standing
committee of ways and means to
be composed of the standing com
mittees on ways and meun of the
Council and House, and two add.
tional members on the part of the
Council and three on the plrt of the
House. This resolution was adopted
yesterday by the Council, having
previously been adopted by the
House, and to-day President Arm
strong appointed Barrett and Cotant
a. the additional members from the
Council. Fisk, Eastman and Holt
are the additional members from the
House, making in all thirteen mem.
bers, This committee met for the
first time this afternoon, and organ.
ICED with Morris as chairman. It i,
| made their duty by the resolution to
thoroughly revise all laws r~elatiag to
revenue and taxation, with a view to
their amendment, and also to reduce
and equalize the fees and salaries of
all county officers, and to report their
action by bill or otherwise. 1t Is
thus the most important committee
ofthe session.
The members seem to think they
have q big contract on their hands,
but that the committee IL altogether
too large to work satisfactorily. One
member says that their meeting TO-
day was u perfect pandemonlum, and
another says it was the most unruly
body outside of congress. The sub
ject of licenses was before them this
afternoon, but nothing definite was
reached, except that they decided to
thoroughly revise the whole license
law.
President Armstrong also appoint
ed to day Greene, Buck and Ken
nedy as members on the part of the
council of the committee to visit the
territorial penitentiary and insane
asylum. The members from the
house are Page. T!ngle, Taylor,
Emigh and Speer. This committee
will start on their tour Of inspection
tomorrow morning and will be alb
sent three or four days.
II is feared that In the absence of
Councilman Kennedy the council
will come to a stand-still for want of
bills.
NOTICES OF COUNCIL BILLS.
BY De Wolfe-To amend section
342, fl til division of revised statutes,
relating to judgments against county
commissioners. Also. a bill in re-
ference to filing mortgages. Also. a
bill to amend sections 179 and 1876 of
the code of civil pre- cedure.
Buck intr 3duced a bill to amend
chapter 4, title 10. of the code Of civil
procedure.
The council in committee of the
whole, recommend I'd the passage of
the bill appropriating $l2s. SO to Chas.
Fl. Smell for reading proof of terri
torial constitution and wrapping and
addressing 10000 co pies of the same
to voters.
THE HOUSE.
Fisk presented petitions from 253
citizens of the eastern portion OF
Jefferson county and from 1868 voters
and taxpayers from hat part of
Meagher county lying west of the
Belt Range, asking for the creation
of the county of Valley.
Potts presented the petition of 81
citizens of Livingston, praying for
the study of hygiene and physiology
in the public schools.
Ernigh presented the petition OF 250
citizens of Miss oula county asking
for the creation of Bitter Root county
Potts presented the petition of 50
citizens of Helena praying that the
license tax on commercial travellers
be continued.
Wells, from committee on educa-
ton and labor, reported lack the bill
providing for the teaching of hygiene
and physiology In the public schools.
The report stated that the text
books proposed for the purpose met
their approval, but that they doubted
the expediency of making the study
compulsory.
NOTICES OF HOUSE BILLS,
By Holt-A bill for the appoint
ment of stock inspectors and delec-
tlves, and for levying a tax on live
stock to pay such officers.
BY Biddle A bill in rela' ion to
attachments.
BY Kohrs-Authorizing the trus-
tees of school district No, /, Of Deer
Lodge, to issue bonds for the erection
of a school house.
By Tingle-A bill! relating to the
apportionment Of the amount col
lected for the putli :ation Of delin'
quent taxes,
By Hatch-In relation to the game