The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-03-06
lative assembly Of Montana shall constitute
the dictatorN ex-ofioio OF the board Of com

letive assembly Of Montana shall constitute
the dictatoss ~ex-oiicio of the board Of COM
m~issioners.
section /. This party shall have power
to make oil laws for the state Of Montana.
and also power TO appoint all officers for
the state and different counties.
Sec. 2. They shall have control OF all
moneys and the paying ont OF the same.
sec..3. They shall locate oil state insti-
tuition. and appoint officers for the control
Sec. 1. They shall regulate the working
hours OF all persons either employed ny
the state Or by any person engaged in pri-
Sec. s. They shall have the entire con-
troll Of all irrigatinR ditches, canals, water-
ways. and the right OF tonnage OF the same.
Sec. 9. They shall regulate the dividends
declared from mining companies, and when
such dividends exceed five per cent. they
shall divide pro rata the excess among
SEQ. Z. They shall have the right to es-
tablish highways and bywsys through,
over, or under any person or PERSONS pri-
yate property and assess such persons for
the maintenance of the same.
Sec. 3. They shall cause all stock-de-
stroyinR animals to be herded within the
different Indian reservations and to be
kept therein until the increase of numbers
will make 1t safe to collect the bounty upon
a large part yearly without %endangerIne
the extinction thereof.
Sec. 3. That the said dictators Of the
state of Montana are hereby empowered to
regulate, revise, alter, change, increase, di-
minish or abolish all fees or emoluments
pertaining to the various county officers;
and all lobbying, log-rolling. trading.
swapping, wiIe-pullinR and political prom
Uses for future delivery are hereby sncour-
aged by the dictators by and on behalf Of
the county officers interested.
SEQ. 10. They shall have the control Of
all voting precincts, including Boner,
Wilder's Landing and Precinct "a. and
shall have the returns counted 80 every per
son in the state shall be satisfied, and
should any person complain of the result Of
any election they shall be declared guilty
of a m,sdemeanor and be fined not more
confined to the limits of Helena for sixty
days, or 50 fined and confined together.
SEQ. II. They shall have the power OF
appointment Of all judges, whose term Of
office shall be at the will of the commits
sioners and ex-oficio members of that
board, all decisions of such judges shall be
submitted to the board for their approval
judge rendering the same shall be declared
guilty of bribery and punished accord
ingly. ,.,
Sec. u. It shall be the duty of this board
Of commissioners to appropriate twelve
millions of dollars for the purpose OF dis
playing the legislative liability OF Mountains
at the Worlds Columbian fair in 1898 and
to put on exhibit proceeds of the railroad
mineral landof the Northern Pacific rail.
road.
Section 1874 amended by the Kentucky
legislature to read as follows: That five
thousand barrels of Marshal Cronin't
whisky and four boxes in the Coliseum the.
uA-a 49, F~~ Ah~ khSrJ
house to be divided under the direction Of
High Potentate Richard Jockey and
Mayor John W.. Thompson. 1t il
further provided that il these appro-
priations are found insufficient that
Helena's lively suburb, Butte City, may
be called upon to furnish entertainment
and for this purpose Alderman Thompson
m~issioners. Any violation of tho above
section will be punished by five days SEN
tence under the surface of the Missouls
river along with the state university OF
Montana.
Sec. IA. All acts, parts of acts, com.
mands, edicts, dictates, rules or laws con-
1icting with this act are hereby repealed.
after it's passage.
Introduced by the committee OH WAYS
and wherefoes.
The bill was ordered read a third time
and was then ruled out of ord$r.
A committee from the senate consisting
of Senator Thompson, Senator Hennessy
and Miss Rosenbaum, "the senator from
Flathead,'' came in and annonoed that the
senate would adjourn at midnight. Soon
after this announcement cam} a resolution
of thanks for Speaker Comfy, Tor which he
expressed his appreciation. BY this time
many of the representatives had either gone
home or to the Montana club, where they
we're invited Speaker Comfy looked at the
clock.
"What time is it, Mr.. seargent-at-arms?'
he asked.
"Half past II O'clock" replied the SER
geant though the hands pointed to 12:45.
A resolution was introduced making John
w. Pace and HI. j. Mock official bioRra-
piers of the house without pay, and then
house bill 175, the last one, came back from
the senate and the speaker signed it. One
more nervous glance at the clock and
he arose and in an impressive tones said:
The time having arrived for the adjoun-
ment l now declare the house of represen-
tatives of the Second legislative assembly
of the state of Montana adjourned without
date"
Shouts came from the house and lobby
along with another bombardment of tor
pedoes and amid the exchange of good-byes
the Second legislative assembly faded into
history.