Butte semi-weekly miner., 1889-02-16
MONTANA LEGISLATURE.
TH7RTIETH AND THIRTY FIRST
DAYS OF THE SESSION.

ture Does Not Want the Land to Revert
to the Government The Governor
| Signs the Bill Allowing Women to
| Practice Law-Holloway's Name Re.
| jected by the Council-The House Still
Qufbbling Over the Gambling Bill
i HELENA, February 14.-In the Council
yesterday afternoon, Thompson, OF Deer
Lodge, gave notice Of bis intention to intro.
/ duce bills amending section 604 of the gen.
eral laws, concerning assessment life insur-
ance companies; to amend section 2,031 OF
the general laws, concerning town and vii
lage sites and plans; to specify the school
books to be used in the public schools OF
the Territory, and to provide for the max
ing Of county maps.
| Brown, from the judiciary committee, re-
ported memorial to Delegate Toole, ask
ing him to endeavor to have the provisions
which would make the Fort Ellis lands, il
granted to the Territory, revert to the gov
ernment il they were not used for educa-
| tional purposes, stricken from the bill grant
| ing the lands. The memorial was passed
under suspension OF the rules.
RECOMMENDATIONS.
| Council, in committee Of the whole, con-
sidered C. B. No. 81, (gates and bars, and,
with minor amendments, it was recon-
meaded for passage.
The House amendments to C. B. No. II,
prescribing when certain acts of the Legis-
lature should take effect, were considered
and the committee voted to recommend
non.concurreDce in the amendments and to
request conference committee.
II. B. No. 3, creating the Office of fish and
game warden, was considered and with
some slight amendments recommended for
passage.
The committee arose, the council re-
sumed and the chairman reported. Coun-
Gil bill No. 81, and the amendments to
house bill No. 3, were referred to the en-
crossing committee. The house amend
ments to council bill No. II, were non-re-
CURED in and a request made for q confer
ence committee, the president appointing
Middleton, Brown and Bickford as con-
ferees on the part of the council.
Thompson, OF Deer Lodge, from the en-
crossing committee, reported the amend.
ments to the House bounty bill as correctly
engrossed, and the bill was placed on the
calendar for third reading.
SIGNED THE BILLS.
A message from the Governor announced
that he had signed the bill to admit women
to the practice of law, the bill concerning
the employment OF additional counsel by
county commissioners, and the bill allow
ing justices OF the peace to act as police
magistrates under certain circumstances.
The Council then went into executive
session, and when the Council rose the
clerk was instructed to make q minute on
the record that the nomination by the
Governor OF Herbert Holloway as Terri
torial veterina1 y surgeon had been rejected.
The Council then adjourned until 10
O'Clock this morning.
WEDNESDAYS AFTERNOON SESSION OF THE
HOUSE.
House convened at 2 o'clock, at which
the relief the text book commission.
The House resolved itself into commit
| tee of the whole.
Fl. B. No. was reported back from the
committee with the recommendation that
it does not pass. Carried by q vote of
to 6.
Substitute for II. B. No. 6 was reported
back as amended by the committee with
the recommendation that it do pass.
There was communicated from the Coun-
| Gil letter from Delegate Toole enclosing a
| bill which he had introduced and which had
| been read twice and printed. The follow
| ing is the bill:
THE TERRITORIAL UNIVERSITY MEASURE.
Be it enated by the Senate and House OF
Representatives of the United States oi
| America in Congress assembled: That there
| be, and is hereby granted, to the Territory
of Montana, to aid the establishment OF a
Territorial University and Agricultural and
| Mechanical College in said Territory, the
abandoned Fort Ellis military reservation,
| in the county of Gallatin and Territory OF
| Montana; provided, that whenever the said
grounds shall cease to be used for educa-
| tional purposes by the said Territory OF
Montana, the same shall revert to the
| United States.
| With this came Council Joint memorial
back to Congress objecting to the proviso
10 the bill, and asking that it be stricken
out, that the Territory may thereby have
the land vested in it in fee, so that it might
be able to sell any portion of it to raise
funds for the maintenance OF the school,
and considerable discussion followed upon
this, which resulted in a new joint resolu.
tion being framed by the House as follows:
| JOINT PROTEST
House concurrent resolution No. z
Whereas, the Council is in receipt OF let.
ter from the Hon. J. K. Tools informing the
legislative assembly that bill is pending
in the House OF Representatives OF the
United States relating to the granting oil
the abandoned Fort Ellis military reserva.
ton, and enacting that it be donated to
Montana for educational purposes; and,
whereas. said bill contains a proviso that
whenever the said ground shall cease to be
used for educational purposes the same
shall revert to the United States; and,
whereas, said proviso is unjust and not for
the best interests OF Montana: be it
Resolved that the House OF Representa-.
tives, the Council concurring, that the
president OF the Council and the Speaker OF
the House be and are hereby authorized to
telegraph to the Hon. J. K. Toole request
that he urge upon Congress the propriety
of striking out such proviso and amend
| the bill so as to have said military reserva-
tion granted absolutely to Montana for
educational purposes, with the right to dis
pose of any portion thereof as may be
deemed best by Montana in furtherance of
her educational interests"
This was transmitted to the Council and
the House then adjourned.
THURSDAY MoRNINa-N THE COUNCIL.
HELENA, February 14.-Ths Council
was called to order, at 10 O'Clock,
pursuant to adjournment.
Hoffman was granted leave OF absence
for the day.
Brown, chairman of committee on Judi
ciary, to whom was referred H. B. No. 10,
relating to the compensation of justices OF
the peace, reported it back with amend
ments, and recommending it's passage as
amended. Referred to general orders.
Hatch, chairman of the committee on
Territorial affairs. to whom was referred
C. B. No. 9, an act to establish board OF
examiners to regulate the practice OF medi-
cine in the Territory of Montana, met a
committee from the House. who had 81. B.
No. 6, relating to same as G. B. No. 9, and
went into joint committee, and after care.
full consideration had agreed upon a SUBJ
stitute, with "a recommendation that the
substitute be adopted; that no further
action be taken ON c. B. No. 9, AID that it
be laid on the table. Report adopted.
Thompson OF Silver Bow, chairman OF
committee ON Ways and Means, reported
C. R. N. %, to provide for protection of