Helena weekly herald., 1885-02-26

Montana Law rI4ibrary, was read, and or
r motion of Mitchell the committee was in
2 structed TO report il back. with recommep
dation TO pass.
, c. B. 81, requiring all persons selling oil
giving away certain live stock, 10 give
bill OF sale, was read, and on motion Of
Mitchell recommitted to the committee OIL
grazing and stockgrowing.
Kennedy moved that the committee rise
Carried.
Greene was granted permission to intro
duce bill allowing the Commissioners OF
Yellowstone county to hold their next
quarterly meeting in April
On motion of Keanedy il was passed 10
Its third reading.
Recess till p. m
AFTERNOON SESSION
Council met at ? o'clock, President in the
chair. Roll called
Report of the committee of the whole.
II. J. K. :, for placing insurance on the
Montana law library, was read third time
and passed by a unanimous vote.
ii. Il. 6i, an act to prevent and punish
the indecent exposure of person, was read
and placed on its final passage The vote
resulted as follows: Ayes 4 /; nays :.
III. b. 3, an act to punish and suppress
prize fighting, was read third time and
passed. Ayes 10; nays ,.
4. h. Il, an act concerning sae meeting
of the commissioners of Yellowstone coun-
~, was read and passed by a unanimous
vote
The Council resolved itself into the COM
mittee of the whole, Morris in the chair.
{. J. VI. To the President of the United
\ States concerning the Cheyenne reserva-
I tion, was read, and on motion Of Kennedy.
/ reported back with recommendation 10
pass.
/ II. b. Il, TO provide the schools of Mon
I tana with Webster's unabridged diction-
ary. was read.
Mitchell offered substitute which was
adopted
I Kennedy moved that when the commit
tee rise the bill be reported back with the
recommendatio on that it do not pass. Car
ried
c. b. 60, an act 20 prevent the branding
of cattle during certain seasons of the
year, was read, and on motion, the COM
mittee instructed To report il back with
recommendation 10 pass
H. Il, 20, regulating Assessments life
insurance companies, was read and on mo-
c0mmendation.
Moved by Mitchell that The committee
rise. Carried.
Morris, OF the ways and means commit
tee, introduced c. Il. 73, an act TO amend
sections 10, 26 and %, fifth division revised
statutes of Montana, relating TO the duties
of county commissioners, was read the first
and second time and referred to the Judi
ciary committee.
Adjourned till 10 a. m. tomorrow.
Youse--Forty-FInh Dav, Feb. -.
MORNING SESSION.
House called TO order at 10 a. m Roll
call. Prayer by the chaplain Minutes of
previous session read and adopted.
Speer, from judiciary committee, reported
{. Il. d, bill to ratify and validate GER
tain bonds issued by Choteau couEty for
the erection OF a court house, with recon-
mendation that hill pass. Bill passed TO
its third reading.
Also II. b. So, providing tees for jurors /
on insane inquests, with recommendation /
that bill do pass Bill passed to third |
reading.
Also c. b. 53, an act concerning penal \
ties for crime. with amendments and \
recommendation that bill as amended do /
pass Report adopted.
Also II. +. -, TO suppress dance houses, \
with recommendation that consideration .
of same be indefinitely postponed. Bill re-
committed to committee on Indian affairs 4
Also III. Il. - an act to enable the county .
of Gallatin to issue bonds in aid of the
Bozeman and west Gallatin Canal Ditch
Company, with recommendation that con-
sideration OF same be indefinitely post
poned. Report adopted.
Hatch, from committee on Territorial
affairs, reported III. Il. 20, an act to estab-
lish a Territorial insane asylum, with
recommendation that the bill do pass.
The report was signed by a majority of the
committee. Emigh stated that he desired
10 see some amendments made 10 the bill,
for which reason he had not signed the
report.
II. Il. 20, for the payment of stock killed
and damage caused by fire in operating
railroads, was taken from the table, and
with majority and minority reports placed
on general orders.
Wells, from committee on education and
labor, reported several petitions and asked
TO be discharged from further considera-
tion OF same.
Norton from committee on towns and
counties. reported c. Il. -, an act TO in
corporate the city of Billings, with recon-
mendation that the bill do pass.
Biddle moved that the bill be referred
20 the committee on towns and counties
with instructions TO amend by reducing the
debt which the city could contract 20
$1,000 instead of $4,000. SO ordered.
Also H. b. -, an act TO amend section
96l, fifth division, revised statutes, with
recommendation that the bill do pass.
Bill read at length. 1t requires county
TO contract annually for
medical attendance and for medicine for
the county poor. Formerly the physician
was required to supply the medicine under
his contract and complaint had been made
that the doctors did not prescribe expen-
sive medicine. To remedy this evil the
bill requires that the medicine necessary
be supplied by the county.
Rules suspended and bill passed to
third reading.
Forbis, from committee on elections, re-
ported III. Il. -, an act relating to the
registration and qualification of voters,
with amendment and recommendation
that the bill as amended do pass
On motion of Seligman, the bin was
placed on general orders and made a special
order to be considered as soon as H. Il. 10,
relating to water rights, has been dis
posed of
Nichols, from select committee, reported