Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-21

10 OOuBross-AOO many members ASH
to be Excused-A Halt Called. as
HELENA, August 16.-All the political
sparring and scheming is now ended and
and the convention is now putting in ite
time to the arranging Of what has been
done and making provisions for the pay oil
extra clerk hire. It is not probable the
members will seek to be Reimbursed for
extra time put in which will figure up to
about $4,000. The convention has now
been in session iorty-four days.
Warren Of committee on phraseology
and revision opened the mornings work
by submitting q system in which the
Twenty-Five propositions adopted should
be arranged. which was adopted.
Eaton asked leave OF absence for the rest
Of the session, and also wanted iniorma-
tion as to the signing Of the constitution.
he requested that a blank be left for him
to sign ms he understood it twas to be signed
in alphabetical order, and he would be able
to sign 1t forty-eight hours after the con
vention~ adjourned. Leave was granted.
Craven moved that the committee on
revision and phrassology be granted leave
to sit during the remainder OF the session.
Carried.
THE AMENDMENTS
to the constitution were taken up and
those amending article 1 were adopted.
The amendments to propositions 8, IL
and 10 were adopted. Those amendments
made only slight changes in the reading of
the propositions.
Collins at this point offered a resolution |
providing that absent members shall be
granted thirty days after adjournment to |
sign the constitution. Hershfield objected |
on the ground that the constitution |
would be printed before that time, |
and then moved to amend by
making 1t Id days. The amendment
was accepted and the resolutions adopted.
Collins and Browne asked leave Of absence
indefinitely, when Cooper aroee and said il
any more were granted leave OF absence
the convention would be left without a
quorum, and moved to reconsider the vote
by which the resolution was adopted, as it
gave the members q great temptation to
get excused. His motion was carried.
Warren moved that when the convention
take q recess it be until 4 o'clock. Carried.
j. K. Toole said that in the absence OF
the chairman OF the committee on judiciary,
MIR. Dixon, he had been instructed to re.
port back resolution 81, and also the reso.
luton in regard to the
PAY OF CLERK EMPLOYEES,
the accompanying ordinance and res.
relating to the matter:
Whereas, The act Of Congress approved
February 20, 1889, under which this con-
has been called, has failed to pro. |.
vide sufficient funds to defray the expenses |
Of the same; and, whereas, it has been ne /
cessary to employ additional officers and
Incur extra expense for o systematical and |.
transaction OF the business of
this convention; therefore be it ordained,
that So, 800, or 30 much thereof as may be
necessary, is hereby declared to be a charge
the state OF Montana for the paying !,
officers, employees and all extraordinary
expense incurred in the transaction OF the
OF this convention. Be resolved,
that the chief clerk is hereby authorized
and required to issue q certificate to each I
Of the employees and for the expenditures t
mentioned in the ordinance stating the c
,ervice rendered and the amount due, Il;
which certificate shall be duly certified to
~ the president and chief clerk OF this =
convention, and shall be q valid claim .
against the state OF Montana" C
The report wa received and the resolu- c
ion adopted. IL
]. X. Toole offered the following memo .
ial: =
ITO the Senate and House OF Represen.
;atives OF the United States OF America in \
congress- assembled: Your memorialists, a
he constitutional convention OF Montana, ii
convened and sitting pursuant to an act .
congress entitled, an act to provide for y
he division OF Dakota into two states, to y
nable the people OF north and south Da- y
Montana and Washington to frame !;
constitutions, state governments. and to !.
70 admitted to the union on an equal foot. "
ng with the original states, and to make
donations OF public lands to such states,
approved February 20, 1889, respectfully
S~present that it has been in session since A
he 4th day OF July, A. D. 1889.
That the orderly and exeditious trans.
ction OF it's business has required an addi-
ional clerical and other force not provided I.
Dr. under this act as construed by the at y
orney general Of the United States. and q
he mourning OF other expenses in excess Of
he amount appropriated in said enabling 7
ct, appropriating in the aggregate about n
z, 900: that your memorialists are q dvised :
nd believe that congress intended that the i"
hole amount OF necessary expenses in. 81
urred [This 10 copy.l 81
SESSION.
The convention resumed at 4 o clock. II
aaked by what right the conven. y
ion had increased the pay Of the chaplain v
Then the same was provided by the or. o
anic act. /,
]. K. Toole informed him that the con- b
ention wal not acting under that act. n
The committee on revision reported back W
Propositions 10, legislative district IL, b.
Thich were read and adopted.
Proposition No. IA, rights OF suffrage, and
10. SO, were considered, tonight, adopted
nd reported to the enrolling clerk. !.
An article on the distribution OF power - L
Vas added to the article on legislature. It d
the powers into executive, legis!a. b
i've and judicial. In
Proposition No. 10, the article on execu. n
i've department, was disposed OF and q re- =.
ess taken till 8 p. m. u