Butte semi-weekly miner., 1889-01-23
DAYS SESSION
3 LEGIsLATURE BEGIEs ITS
SECOND WEEKS work.

4 Bfu for the Payment of Bounties FOL
Certain Stock-Knling Animals Thu
Measure to Allow Women to Practice
An Act to Prohibit Certain
Gambling Devices.
HELENA, January 21.-The Council was
|caIled TO order at 10 o'clock this morning
Ipursuant to adjournment On Friday. Quo
rum present.
Thompson OF Silver Bow was absent.
Prayer by Chaplain.
Minutes OF Friday read, corrected and
adopted.
Notices OF bills we're given az follows:
BY Kennedy-Bill in relation to the duties
Iefcounty attorneys.
By Conrad-Bill for en- act for the pay
fment Of bonntiss for certain stock-kiIline
animals.
BY Middleton-A bill for an act in rela-
tion to laborsr's liens.
President Cole called Mr.. Middleton to
occupy the chair for short time.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS.
Brown, OF Beaverhead, introduced G. B.
No. 2, providing for an act amending sec.
tion 1878, 9TH division. compiled statutes
of Montana, relating to the duty Of assess.
ors to collect statistics. Read second time
by title and referred to the printing COM
mittee.
Bickford introduced c. B. No. 8, to
amend section 754. code of civil p, ocedurer
complied statutes OF Montana. elating to
attachments in Justices Courts. Read
second time by title and referred to print
ling committee.
Bickford introduced C. B. No. A, to
amend chapter 8, fifth division, laws OF
Montana, to allow women TO be admitted
to practice as attorneys at.law. Read Sec
ond time by title and referred to printing
committee.
Kennedy moved to take recess until 2
O'Clock this afternoon. Carried.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Council was called to order promptly at
2 o'clock. Quorum present. G. J. R. No.
5 was the special order OF business for this
hour, relating to the printing OF 1000
copies OF the Governors message.
Thompson, OF Deer Lodge, moved that
this subject OF printing in the resolution as
presented by Collins, of Choteau and Cas-
cade, be indefinitely postponed. Seconded
by Hatch. Lost by tie vote. Thompson.
Republican, of Silver Bow, voting with the
Democrats.
Thompson Of Silver Bow moved that. for
the present, the printing of this be laid
upon the table. Middleton moved as an
amendment that this resolution be post
poned for one week from to-day and made
the special order for Monday, January %,
at IL O'Clock. Seconded by Conrad.
Brown objected, saying that the Governor
was not supposed to send in all his mes
sages by that time.
Middleton stated that with the consent
of the second he would make the time until
Friday of next week.
Thompson of Deer Lodge stated that
to lay the bill on the table was not
amendable.
The motion of Thompson OF Silver Bow
was carried by the following vote: Ayes
z, nays B.
NOTICES.
Brown gave notice that he would intro.
duce bill providing for the permanent
fixing and determining of the boundary
line and point in the Middle Fork OF Stony
creek, where Deer Lodge and Silver Bow
counties corner.
Hoffman gave notice that he would in.
troduce bill regarding the building OF free
bridges.
President Cole announced the appoint
ment OF the following extra clerks:
R. L. Davis, A. D. Brown, J. L. Jeuson,
e. 8. Walker.
Adjourned.
IN THE HOUSE.
Called to order at 2 p. m. by the Speaker.
Carver and Joslyn absent. There was no
morning session.
/ Hunt presented petition from the Mon
tana Bar Association which states that at
q recent meeting of that body held in Hell
ena, it was resolved, as the sense OF tile as
sociation, that the common law SO far as
possible should be reduced to the form OF
statute; that codification of the political,
civil and criminal law and on practice
should be provided for by the Legislature
Referred to the Judiciary committee,
The following reports were received and
adopted:
From Johnson, committee on labor, eGu-
cation and federal relations, with q substi-
tute. Substitute adopted on motion of
Blakely.
From Congdon, committee on printing.
NOTICES.
By Pickman-B;lls for an act to regulate
practice Of medicine and surgery; to license
surgeons and to punish persons violating
this act.
By Rea, to provide for the payment OF
bounties.
By Haskell-A bill for an act to provide
for the transfer OF certain moneys to the
general fund, and to amend section ], ,52S
of the 5th division of the general laws, and
to create Territorial board OF equali-
zation.
Hunt introduced Fl. B. No. q, an act to
prohibit certain gambling games and fixing
the penalty for the violation OF this bill.
Read first and second time and referred to
printing committee.
A message was received from the Council
giving notice OF bills.
On account of sickness in his family, JOS
lyn, OF Deer Lodge, was granted leave OF
absence.
Adjourned until 10 o'clock tomorrow.