The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1889-08-17

permanently located the temporary capital sh
be and remain at the city of Helena.
TUESDAY, AUGUST Convention M
at 10 a. N. When the convention a.
journed Monday they had under consi
GRAFTON proposition Is, on state instit1
tons, and it was again taken up. II
amendment offered by Witter, providin
) tor the establishment of schools in tt
state, which was pending before adjourn
ment, was taken up Hartman's ament
ment to the amendment, providing tn;
one county can have only one instit,
tlon, caused some discussion, when
was put to a vote and lost Ware
moved that proposition Is be adopted
Schmidt moved to strike out section
and on division it was carried; ayes 9
noes "A. kanouse moved to reconside
the vote by which section 5 was stricke
out. (Maginnis said Rev. Talmage wa
in the gallery and moved that he an
his party be extended the privilege c
the floor; carried. ThaWesident appoint
ed Hon. Martin Maginnis to escort tn
gentlemen to the floor of the convention
Whitehall said that he hoped that tn
motion to reconsider would prevail, TO
it this section was stricken out the stat
would have to take care of the pauper
instead of the counties, as provided il
the section. The motion was carried
and section was once more made par
OF proposition Is. Luce moved PROPOSE
ton Is as amended be placed on fina
passage, and the motion carried by vot,
OF 81 ayes to 8 noes. Convention Wen
into committee of the whole with Collin.
in the chair, for consideration Of propo
sltion 33, on ordinances. Several amend
ments were adopted, when Robinson
chairman OF the committee on ordinan
ces, offered new section, providing fol
the election of officers in each county
While this was pending the committee
arose, on motion of Hershteld, reported
progress and asked leave to sit again
Report received and adopted. Recess
till , o'clock. At the afternoon session
the convention again went into commit
tee of the whole on proposition 33, ordi
nances, with Collins in the chair. Rob
lnson's amendment providing for the
election of county and township officers
the first Tuesday in October, 1889, was
read and carried; ayes 33, noes q.
Hogan moved the committee arise, but
withdrew the motion in order to allow
Dixon to introduce a section which reads,
''On behalf of the people, we. in conven-
ton assembled, do adopt the constitu-
ton of the United States" Carried,
Hogan renewed his motion and the com
mlttee arose. Collins, chairman of the
committee, reported, recommending the
proposition as amended for adoption
The proposed amendments we're read.
Eaton asked for unanimous consent for
Consideration OF proposition 3d. 1t was
given and amendments were read section
by section. Section Ii was then adopted:
ayes 81, noes %, absent 4, paired l..
Hartman offered an amendment to the
effect that the ath, 9th, 10th, 18th, 18th
a..i ijth sections be irreyocable without
consent of the United states and people
of state OF Montana: carried. Kanouse
offered an amendment to section ii, pro
viding that IAN uniform system of pub
lie schools shall he maintained, instead
of systems" The motion prevailed.
Loud moved to amend ordinance I by
striking out 'law for territorial officers
and inserting section 5, which provides
for canvassing board. Robinson offer.
ed an amendment covering the same
point more fully, Maginnis hoped the
amendment would not prevail, as it
would make the canvassing board of one
complication, and Hickman held the
same views. The amendment carried
and the prnlrasitieh was placed upon its
final passage. It passed by the follow
ing vote: Ayes "a, noes q, absent 4.
paired 10. Collins moved that the vote
by which proposition 33 had been adopt
ed be reeonsdered and that vote be laid
on the table. Both motions carried On
motion the convention resolved itself in
to committee of the whole for the con
sideration of the general file, Middleton
in the chair. Eaton moved to proceed
to the consideration of proposition 36,
public indebtedness, and the motion pre-
vailed. Witter moved that when tho
committee arise it report back PROPOSE
ton 36, with the recommendation that
It pass as amended. The motion carried
the convention resumed: the chairman
reported as instructed and the PROPOSE
ton was placed upon its final passage.
Conrad moved to add to section 6 the
proviso giving municipalities the right
to incur indebtedness for water supply,
if so ordered by the people, the words
''or system of sewerage The amend
ment was adopted. The proposition was
then adopted as amended. Convention
again went into committee of the whole
on proposition 26, water rights, Joy in
the chair. Collins wanted the section
to read: ''All water in the state shall be
declared to be public property" The
question was fully debated, it's oppon-
ents holding that under such provision
no man could own the water in his own
well. J. r. Toole moved that when the
committee arise it renert back the prop
osition with the recommendation that it
he laid upon the table. He said the leg
islature could deal with the subject, and
he was in favor of relegating the whole
subject 10 future legislatures. Eaton
seconded the motion of Toole in speech.
Motion carried. Committee rose and
chairman reported as instructed. J. r.
Toole moved that the report of the com
mittee be adopted. The ayes and noes
were called, resulting: ayes e. noes Is, Is
absent Is. Hickman gave notice that he
would move to reconsider the vote by
which the motion to lay proposition 26
on the table was carried. Adjourned.
Legislative AppnrtioEment
AS reported by committee to the con-
stitutional convention: Whenever new
are created each of said coun-