Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-03-09
THE MONTANA LEGLsLATURE.
Portions of the Fifty-Second and Fifty
Third Days-The Assignment of Credi-
tors Bill.

HELENA, March 7.-When the Council
convened, Wednesday afternoon, 1t went
into committee Of the whole, with Bickford
in the chair. Fl. B. No. 43 was taken ur
and referred to committee, which was in
structed to consult with Congress on the
provisions OF the bill.
n. B. No. ~, relative to limitation o.
actions at law, was taken up. On motion
the COMMITTEES decided to report the bill
back to the council without recommends
ton.
H. B. No. 20, to protect owners OF soda
water bottles and syphons, was recon-
mended for passage,
A bill for paying Accountants Schaefier
and Jerome, for work amounting to $500,
was recommended for passage.
Fl. B. 81, providing for a territorial board
OF examiners, was recommended to be In.
definitely postponed.
C. B. 81, for keeping record Of business
done on county, was recommended fol
passage.
II. B. 81, relating to county treasurers
Recommended that it do not pass.
Council then adjourned to s o'clock.
HousE-wEDNEsDAYA AFTERNOON.
Upon the reconvening OF the House II. B
%, relative to the establishment OF an in
Sane asylum, was reported back by ths
committee OF the whole, recommended tc
pass. and was referred to select committet
OF Saxton, Haskell and Hunt.
II. B. 81, relative to public administra
&,.o rroe ~oooro ,oy,1od fo n ar hv iudiciary
committee:
The House then resolved itself into 6
committee of the whole.
II. B. SO, roads, tolls and bridges. wal
recommended.
H. B. 20, concerning mortgage, trust, sal
deposit and security associations was mex
considered. It was not materially amended
and was recommended to pass.
II. B. "a, as to locations OF mining claim
was then taken up and amended in severa
respects and so recommended to pass.
The COMMITTEES then rose and the Hous
| took up the third reading OF a. B. No. A
relating to lotteries, was passed by unani
nous vote.
The House then took a recess till 7:3'
o'clock.
The House met at 7:3O per adjournment
Hunt, Davis, Gillette, Joslyn and Saxtol
were not present and the sergeant-at-arm
was dispatched to round them up.
C. B. SO, with amendments, was favora
bly, reported by the towns, counties ant
highways committee.
H. B. 3S, was passed by q vote OF 1S to ]
| The absent members then appeared an
the House went into q committee OF tn
whole, Rea in the chair.
C.. B, 12, q substitute relating to draw
kot ban, II w q ounonHa
and recommended for passage.
81. B. 46, substitute for the preventio
and spread OF disease among sheep, wa
Recommended for passage.
Adjourned.
CoUNCIL-THURsDAY MORNING.
| HELENA, March middleton, from tt
committee on towns and counties,
whom was referred the following bills:
B. No. 36, G. B. No. Sc, FL. B. No. SO, an
IC. B. No. SO, reported as follows: c. B.
mos. Is and Sc, without recommendation
IC. B. SO, with amendments, and 8
amended, recommended it do pass; and
B. No. 33, with recommendations, it d
not pass.
Conrad, from committee on grazing an
stock. raising, to whom was referred I'll
denominations OF the Governor for the boar
of stock commissioners, reported the san
back with recommendation that the nom
, nations be confirmed.
Brown, from committee on judiciar
who had under consideration G. B. No. s.
an act tconcerning the publication OF notic
required by law to deposited, reported bas
with Recommendation that it do not pas
also 81. B. No. 81, an act concerning I'll
appointment of stenographers by ii
, district court, with recommendation th,
it do pass.
II Hoffman, from committee ON educatio
and labor, who had under consideration
b. 48. reported the same back, with recor
mendations that it do pass.
3 Thompson OF Deer Lodge, chairman
i committee on engrossmenL, reported.
The following bills, with the amen
fments, were reported and passed to thin
Reading:
! G. B. No. 4s; C. j. r. No. Is; 81. B. 2