Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-17
VERY NEAR TO THE END.
THE CONTENTION PROCEEDINGS
VERY LONG AND TEDIOUS.

II -
TERT LONG AND TEDIOUS.
Trying to Secure Rehearing in the Sena
terial Representation Case-Hew Shall
1 Taxes be Collected "A Hint to the Cat
tie Men - Several Heavy skirmishes
HELENA. August 15.-The convention
was called to order at 10 O'Clock, with
President Clark in the chair. After rol
call Winston and Robinson were excused
for the DAY, and Kohrs for several days.
Warren called for decision on his ques
tion as to whether q minority OF the mem
bers elect or majority OF quorum could
adopt a measure, and was informed by the
President that there being no rule to the
contrary, and as it was an established rule
by Congress and in the constitution OF the
United States that majority OF quorum
rules, he would so decide.
/ LII. Cole. member OF the South Dakota
constitutional convention, was granted the
fprfvilege 81 the faor.
Maginnis, chairman of the executive
committee, reported that the committee
having in charge
| THE ARTICLE ON ORDINANCES,
and those submitted by the schedule com
mittee. had divided the article. ]. K
Tooie offered a new paragraph as follows
| to the article on federal relations: 1.-THE
state hereby accepts the several grants oi
lands from the United States to the State
| OF Montana mentioned in an act OF . con.
eress, entitled AN act to provide for the di.
| vision OF Dakota in two states, and to en-.
able the people OF North and South Da
kota, Montana and Washington to form
| constitutions and state governments,
and to be admitted into the union On
equal footing with the original states.
| Approved February 2, 1889, upon the
terms and conditions therein provided -
| The section was adopted.
| Maginnis moved that proposition No.
| 33, the article on ordinance relative to
elections, be adopted under a suspension OF
| the rules.
Luce called for the reading OF the first
| three subdivisions OF ordinance No. 33,
| which was done. He then asked that the
| word wards be stricken out and "polling
| places be substituted.
Collins held that the whole sentence
| should be stricken out as the county COM
| missioners had already provided polling
| places. No action was taken upon the
| matter, and the ordinance was passed un.
der suspension of the rules.
HINT TO CATTLE MEN.
Burleigh offered provision for ordinance
2, provided that this ordinance shall not
be construed to deprive the state of the
right to levy tax upon all personal prop
erty owned by any private citizec, person,
persons or corporations which may have
been driven or carried upon said reserva-
tion for any purpose whatever"
Knowles seid the matter had been con-
sidered by the committee and if that pro-
vision remained the personal property OF
Indians could be taxed. The constitution
had declared tile state had no jurisdiction,
and such proviso would be unconstitu-
tional.
Burieigh did not want to interfere with
the Jurisdiction OF the United States. He
only referred to movable property. He
knew that large herds Of cattle were driven
into the Indian reservation every year and
thereby escaped taxation.
On motion OF Eaton the convention went
into committee OF the whole on proposition
No. SO, schedule, Chessman in the chair.
Section II provides that all territorial,
county and township officers now hold
ing office shall hold their Offices and
be considered state officers after the state
shall have been admitted into the union,
until their successors shall have been
chosen and qualified, and that the state
shall pay the salaries of the justice Of the
supreme court, governor and secretary.
Section Is provides that the governor. as
soon rs the state shall have been ad-
mitted into the union, shall issue procla-
nation requiring the legislative assembly
to convene as soon thereafter as practi-
ca BILE. The section was adopted.
On motion, the committee arose, the
convention resumed, and the chair reported
the article with the recommendation that
it pass. The amendments were considered
and adopted.
Middleton proposed to amend section II
by inserting ''as provided by ordinance.
Richards inquired how a. United States
| marshal could be considered a state officer,
and Goddard asked the same question
| about United States attorney. Middletons e
amendment was adopted and the section
| was adopted as amended.
Section 8 was lost, as the article on the
| legislative department covers the same
point. A squabble ensued as to the advis.
|
States officer who cannot become state
| officer, and several motions to adjourn
! were lost.
On motion OF Witter q recess was taken
until o'clock.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
On re-assembling Collins asked unani
nous consent to call up proposition 81, in
reference to taxation, and offered an amend
ment that the taxes be assessed on proper
| ty where found.
| Kanouse offered an amendment provid
| ing that the state board of equalization
| shall tax railroads, rolling stock, etc.
and apportion the same to the counties
cities and towns through which the roaC
runs.
| Knowles offered an amendment te
Collins amendment which provides thai
taxes shall be assessed according to law
except as otherwise provided in the consti
tuition, and Collins accepted the amend
ment.
| Middleton saw no good reason
wby this amendment should be made. al
the proper place to tax property wa!
where it was found and not where tht
| owner was.
Hogan objected to the consideration o
the proposed amendments. but was no
sustained, as the objection was noted il
time.
Burleigh said it was the
MOST IMPORTANT PROPOSITION
that had come before the convention, al
many persons owning SO many bonds
stocks, ETC., will. before the time comes fo
assessing, 60 beyond the jurisdiction OF thi
state and come back after the assessor wa
through with his labors. and the stat
would be robbed out of it's just dues.
Knowles wanted the matter left to tn
legislature how property should be taxed.
Carpenter held that property could onl.
be assessed when it was found.
Collins amendment was adopted, ant
proposition No. 27, as amended, was places
upon it's final passage and passed under
suspension of the rules.
On motion of Richards, the convention
went into committee of the whole ol
proposition No. 40, apportionment, God
dar in the chair. The article was read b.
sections.
HEAVY sKIRMlsH.
Warren offered an amendment to sectio
2 in substance that each senatorial dis
trict shall have about the same number c
inhabitants.
Burleigh raised point of order that tn