The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-01-31
LEGISLATIVE TOPICS.
Tho Standing Committees Appoint
ed and a Big Batch Of Notices
in the House.
The Senate Will Reside Here
after in the Board of Trade
Rooms.
No Lack of Work Now for the House
Observation-Disclosures Officers
Appointed.

speaker umb yesterday announced
the following committees: Ways ans
means, Beach, Frank, Hardenbrook, Nor
ton. Stebbins; judiciary, Wallace. Crutch
field, Barrows, Higgins, Loud, Goodman
Howey; appropriations and claims, Toole
Day. Beach, Twohy, Eaton, Cory; priv
leges and elections, Woodson. Burns
Schmidt, Horsky, Harrington; agriculture
and stock growing, Burns, Carney, NOEL
wee, Blair, Mitchell; education, Norton,
Wallace, Hardenbrook, Twohy, Henry;
mines and minerals, Penrose, Clark, Breen,
Blakely, Kempland, Witter, Roberts; towns,
counties. highways, Blakely, Frank, Ctutch-
manufactures, Frank, Hughes, Humber,
Cory, Greenough; military affairs. Phillips,
Hollywood, Kemplsnd, Harlan, Hoffman,;
federal relations, Twohy, Schmidt, Blakely,
Hotter, Hastie; internal improvements,
Higgins, Hughes, Woodson. Newcomer,
Thompson; public lands, Clark, Humber,
Barrows. Hotter, Harlan; water rights and
irrigation, McElwee, Toole, Dusssult, Car
ney, Waite, Hoffman,; state boards and
officers, Whaley, Hollywood, Carney, New
conner, Moran, Blake; labor, Breen, Toole,
Whaley, Dussault, Lochray, Blair, Roberts:
a~pportionment and representation, Hughes,
Higgins, Woodson, Eaton, Blake; railroads
and transportation. Boardman, Cory, For--
sky, Penrose, Humber; revision and codlfi-
cation, Goodman, Waite. Wing, Burns,
Poole; rules and joint rules, LoEi, Moran,
Philips, Hollywood, Barrows; printing,
Hardenbrook, McElwee, Eaton, Greenough.
Mitchell; engrossment, kempiand. Poole,
HASTE, Wing, Stsbbins; enrolment, Day,
HARRINGTON, Mouteath.
The house is being we'll looked after by
it's friends on tho outside. The Rocky
Mountain Telegraph company will run a
wire into the building and have an opera
tor in constant attendance, and yesterday
Speaker Humber received a box of cigars
from Billy Lynch, of the Precinct "a cafe.
They were generously distributed among
the representatives.
Notices were given in the house yesterday
as follows:
BY Wallace-For an act defining and pro-
hibiting trusts; providing for a bureau OF
labor, agriculture and industry, and defn-
ing the powers and duties of its commits
sioner; Prohibiting protting out of public
moneys; providing for publication of de-
cisions Of supreme court; prescribing the
COMPENSATION and duties of the clerk of the
supreme court and regulating his fees; pro-
viding for jurors in the supreme court; pro
viding for a census; regulating the letting
of stationery and supply contracts; to Sc
cure the taking of dispositions in criminal
cases.
by Misunderstanding for an amendment
to the state constition in relation to the
terms of county commissioners.
Tv rorpav-TO allow tho roicIno of Tho
waters of the Jefferson river for irrigation
purposes; to amend section I'LL of the fifth
division of the compiled statutes.
By Breen-Creating the Office and defn-
ing the duties of coal mine inspector.
By Beaeh-To provide for the care md
keeping of the cOnviCtB confined in the
state penitentiary.
by Dsy-Rsgulating state and county
printing. with provision for violating the
same.
by misunderstanding cruelty to ami
mails, providing penalties against the per-
By Psnrose-To repeal sections 252. 253,
254 of the fourth division of the compiled
statutes.
BY Hastie-Providing for the organization
and government of irrigation districts and
for the sale of bonds arising therefrom.
BY Frank-An act defining the powers
and prescribing the duties of additional
district judges.
By Tvohy-To provide for a state inspec-
tor of Illuminating oils.
By Notwithstanding the assessment of
mortgages and other property.
Mr.. Norton introduced a resolution pro-
viding for a joint committee from the SEN
ate and house, who: in conjunction with
the code commission. shall examine the
statutes as coditied and report to the re-
spective bodies daily with such amend
ments and recommendations as they NAV
deem necessary. The resolution was post
poned on motion of Mr.. Barrows and it is
not likely that it will be adopted.
The message of the governor was re-
ceived yesterday in printed form. Clerk
Pond started in to read the message. After
he had fairly started the reading was dis
pensed with by motion of the house. The
message, however, will be spread on the
minutes, SO there will be no lack oil work
for the other clerks for some time.
Representatives Woodson, Loud and
Rarrows were appointed the house commit
tee to act with a senate committee on Joint
rules. The committee on revision OF the
house rules reported yesterday in favor of
the adoption of the rules of the democratic
house with a few amendments. The spe-
cial committees appointed yesterday in the
house were Norton, H~ardenbrook, Penrose
and Barrows on rules, and Carney, Harlan
and Kempland on mileage.
The afternoon session in the house
opened with a breezy but pleasant little
discussion about work. 1t arose over Mr..
G~reenough's motion that when the house
adjourn it adjourn until two O'Clock Mon
day. Mr.. Howey thought that the house
should not adjourn for that length OF time