Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-03-09

HDr6ry, was f08Q tnlrU Ulm0 ana passed o.
b unanimous vote.
CD. 3. No. 18, providing for compensa
tion OF Frank Shaifer and ]. B. Jerome
was read third time and passed.
g. B. No. 48, relating TO probate practicl
act, was read the third time and passed By
unanimous vote.
G. B. No. 35, relating to text books il
public schools, was read third time anG
passed by vote OF 8 to 8.
Recess taken until o'clock.
HousE-MoRaING SESSION.
A message was received from the Cover
nor, informing the House that he had
signed Fl. j. r. No. 10. to pay for tele
grams, and bill 81, for codification o
laws.
Waite introduced bill entitled an act
providing for the extension Of the north
ern boundary OF Fergus county.
FL. B. No. 20, trust corporation bill, wAt
read three times, placed on final passagt
and passed by vote OF 20 to B.
The House then went into committee o
the whole to consider Fl. B. 40, assignment
OF creditors bill.
Section and 2 were adopted. Section
was adopted with amendments. Section 4
caused some discussion. Whitney opened
it up with an amendment that q portion o
the section be stricken out 80 as to make
the wages OF servants payable before any
other debt. Murray stated that he didn't
believe in such an amendment as it would
open room for fraud. II man was goin(
to make 8 fraudulent assignment he could
conspire with some employe to put in q
claim to gobble up all the assests.
Whitney said he didn't think 80. Ht
knew that the rangers down in Wyomini
and up here in Montana were for severa
years without drawing their pay. They ART
not acquainted with banking methods ir
this country, and they have more conf
dence in their employer than any one else
Down in Cheyenne there had recently beer
q dozen cattle firms who had bursted up
and owed their men large sums OF money
He wanted these meu protected. He him
self had paid men 81, 200 at one time fol
wages which had accumulated at rate o.
$40 per month.
The motion was then put and voted down
Hunt speaking strongly against it.
Murray then amended it to make thu
servant preferred creditor for $500 in
stead OF 5000. Whitney amended to max,
it $4OO, but the original motion was carried
and the section was thus adopted.
Congdon wanted the 5th section amended
in such as to give the Montana creditor 9
priority OF claim On the assets over thu
outside creditor. He thought that the Mon
tana creditor was the first to trust a mai
and put him on his feet and il the maj
failed, he should have the first hold on tn
debris.
Blakely was opposed to it.
Murray SAID il that part OF the section
was stricken out it would destroy the use
fulness of the bill. He argued that th
bankers OF Montana would have no prior
ity over any one else. They should no
have. II merchants in the East hav
equal showing with the merchants OF Mon
tana, the man could 60 East and get credi
on his worth and not become q vassal o
the bankers and merchants of Montana
He believed the section was the very es
sence OF the bill. The competition in thi
territory is not the same as in other state
and territories, and itwas because the east
ern merchant were not given the sam
show as we're the Montana merchant.
Joslyn said that he believed that il tn
law went into effect as it stood there woult
be more failures in this Territory within
the next few months than there had bee,
for five years. The banks were carryin
the most OF the business houses in the Ter
ritory, and they were doing it to allow tn
merchants to 60 along and do business
and this was for the protection OF easter
creditors.
Hunt said by this bill the affairs OF tn
creditor went directly into the hands OF 81
assignee under the supervision OF the cour
Immediately after assignment, which wa
q much more swift method than the ono il
vogue at present.
Congdc IN then withdrew his motion an
substituted q motion that when the com
mittee arise they report the bill back an
recommend that it do not pass. The me
tion was lost.
The committee then rose.
The committee to whom was referred Il
J. NJ. Is. for memorializing Congress rela
tive to mineral lands, reported.
Hunt moved the report be received ant
the substitute adopted.
Great discussion followed this report, il
which Mantle, resigning the chair to sa1
ton, took q prominent part. The Hous
took recess without any conclusion hay
ing been reached.