The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-02-28
DUE HELENA LETTER.

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T Road Supervisor Bill-House
PrOceedings-The Stock
lnens' Bill.
HELENA, NJ. T., Feb. Is. 1885.
The bill tosuppress prize fighting
was placed on its final passage in
the council to-day. DeWolfe spoke
10 support of the bill. He said that
it was . brutal practice that ought to
be suppress sed and he was heartily In
/ favor of q bill that would effiectually
prevent 1t. The penalty In the bill
as it came from the house was i'm
prisonment in the penftentiary not
Less than one year nor more than ten.
The committee reduced it to not less
than six months nor more than two
years, still making it a felony. It
was be lieved that q less severe penal
ty would be more likely to secure
convictions. The bill passed by a
vote of IL to 2, Fergus and Mitchell
voting against it.
A bill introduced by Tingle to pun
ish indecent exposure Of person.
which passed the House was defeated
in the Council--ayes, 4; noes. g..
The House bill for placing insur.
ance on the Montana law library
passed the Council by a unanimous
vote.
: :: COUNCIL BILLS ~ JDUCED.
: By Cotant--To in ,orate the city
of Miles,
=. By Kennedy--A joint memorial to
Congress in regard to the Territorial
'penitentlary.
Green gave notice of a bill for the
protection of hotel keepers and con-
corning their responsibility for val
uables left in their care.
In committee of the whole the bill
introduced by DeWolfe, authorizing
county commissioners to award con-
tracts to keep roads in repair, was
considered and it's passage recon-
mended: It's general effect is to place
county roads entirely under the di-
.rection of the. county commissioners.
TIE bill relating TO road taxes, iE-
troduced by DeWolfe, wa also con-
sldered and its passage recon-
mended. It: changes the law so
as to abolish the provision that
work may be done in lieu Of the road
tax, and requires the per capita tax
OF So 10 he paid in cash. DeWolfe
said that under the present law the
working out of this poll tax is a COM
plete farce, and the public received
10 benefit. As an instance he re-
lated an occurrence in Silver Bow
county. The supervisor called at
one Of the leading mines to collect
the tax. The boys would not pay
and he notified them to appear for
the purpose of working it out. At
the time and place appointed two
hundred appeared without nipple
ments, and spent the day in jolHty
and idleness, without any benefit to
the public. Similar results OF the
present system are reported from
other counties. and a change is
needed.
: The bill introduced by DeWolfe,
for the appointment of road super
visors, was also considered. 1t makes
an important change in the present
system of road regulations. The SUI
pervisors are to b. appointed by the
county commissioners, instead OF
elected by the people, as at present.
passage of the bill.
The Joint memorial to the Presi-
dent of the United States, asking that
the Cheyenne reservation be thrown
open to settlers, was considered and
its. passage recommended.
The committee recommended that
the house bill to. provide public
schools with Webster's unabridged
dictionaries do not. pass.
"A bill introduced by C0tant to pre-
vent the; branding Of stock on the
range except ut the general round
ups was favorably recommended.
Forhis' bill to regulate life jnsur-
ance companies doing business on
the assessment plan Was reported
back without any recommendation.
THE HOUSE.
The bill to suppress dance houses
was reported back from the judiciary
committee with the recommendation
that it be indefinitely postponed, but
was recommitted to the committee on
Indian affairs.
The committee Oh Indian aft airs
was sele c.ed also as the proper COM
mittee to consider Mitchell's bill to
punish wife beating.
NOTICES OF HOUSE BILLS.
By Seligman, - To enable the
county of Jefferson TO erect a jail.
BY Jurgens, ID disestabllsh the
county Of Jefferson and appo.tion
the same to Lewis and Clarke, Silver
Bow and Gallatin.
BY Page-Relating to fences.
Potts introduced a bill authorizing
the deposit OF public money in banks:
The bill relating to that portion of
the Crow indian reservation adjacent
to Yellowstone county, passed the
House.
A bill requiring county commits
sioners to contract annually for med
ical attendant &c and medicine for the
county poor, passed the House.
The bill for the suppression Of con-
tagious diseases among cattle, aud
providing for the appointment OF a
veterinary surgeon at a salary OF
5 1900 per annum and expenses to be
paid out of the Territorial treasury,
passed the House by q vote of 20 to 3,
Baldwin, Speer, and Emigh voting
no.
Renshaw Opera House.