The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-01-27
the HOUSE,
Teton County's Bill Passed and That for
tho Flathead Advanced.

Teton County's Bill Passed and That for
tho Flathead Advanced.
The bill creating Teton county. which
originated in the senate, passed the house
yesterday. 1t is the first bill for a new
county that has cotton through both
branches of the legislature. There were
ffty-two votes for it in the house and none
against. The committee on towns, coun-
ties and highways reported favorably on
the Flathend county bill, with an amend
ment making Kalispell the temporary
county seat until the November election in
1894. when the people are to vote on the
permanent county seat. The bill was sub
seQuently taken u in committee OF the
whole and the county sent amendment
was adopted. Before the section as
amended had been adopted Monteath
offered an amendment that at the time
this act takes effect. the governor of tho
state shall designate some town or CITY
within the boundaries mentioned, which
shall be the county seat of Flathead county
until such time as some other place shall
be designated. as proyi cd by law. ETC."
MoEteath said that information had come
to him to the effect that many had signed
the petition for the new county under a
misrepresentation of the true state OF affairs,
and that there was great opposition, ac-
cording to the dis atehes from COL
umbia Falls. Butler declared that
the dispatches from Columbia
Fails were misleading. All the names OBJ
tame to the loug petition handed in on
Monday were sworn to as genuine by the
peo. le who circulated the petitions for sig
natures. Bonner said hat many of the
people In the prolo sed new county were op-
posed to kalispell as the county sent be-
Gauss they had not been consulted. 1t had
been fixed by the townsite boomers of Kali
1nn Thn trnrr ,raa tl--
to name the tenn orary county seat. Mon
teath's amendment was laid on the table by
yeas SO, nays II. He offered another to
have the governor name the officers OF the
new county instead of pacing them in the
bill. This was also laid on the table by
yeas "a. nays 8. Butler offered an amend
ment substituting the name of Frank M.
Emmerson for t at Of Tyson ID. Duncan as
county commissioner, which. it was statel,
was intended to meet the views of the OPP
position to the bill. A. L. Bray wanted the
name OF j. V. Harrington substituted, but
with rev is motion wren he Understood
why EmmFrson WAS nominated. and tn
latter was maze one of the commissioners.
Bruy afterwards wAntedt to get Ha~rriugto.'s
name substituted Tor somebody elsa, but
his amendmgut wgH ial on tho table.
, peaker Matthews MT TINS point raised tho
committee of the whole II order to Iecelye
a message from the senate and the repo t
Of a COMMITTEES. When that WIS done
and over Judge Bach moved to
20 back into committee of tho
whole OF. The Flethead bill. The opposition
to the blll wanted to adjourn, but this sad
another di atory motion was lost, and the
house went into ommItta of the whole
Il ain. Bonner proposed to substitute the
nRIue of Il. W. s. Folk TO that of A. j.
ElnG rs treasure. This was was laid on
the tNhle hy yeas -, NAYS 10. After some
I'm ;Iggr u,.,rr - 4,t - NIL Sc .rl,.l ....
asked for by the ( lends of the bill and op-
posed 10y those who didn't want the 1nens-
urc, the committee ordered Il tayo able re-
port on the bill.
ihe committee on approt ~riations and
CLAIMS re- o I'd in favor OF $50, 600 Tor the
Worlds fair exhibit. Instead Of the S75, 900
by the special committee. A
substitute bill making tae amount $50, 900
was handed III with tho report, wGich SAYS
TINT IN view of the financial condition of
the state and the constitutional limit of
Indebtedness, the committee think $4,000
too much. / he bill and report ero made the
special order 70 II O'Clock tina mornlnp
The Dltl legulIZiug the acts Of nUtariee ub-
Ito w2s relo ted faVo ably from tho iulici-
any committee, "a MS the one pnnIshlnv
executors. ADMINISTRATORS and Vuardlans
for not making feIo ts. The commit con
sp ropriatIons and claims reported in favor
OF the passage Of the following bills: To
phJ SoHiTy Huu iDUuH3 HRuG
for care OF convicts, and for int at on
claim; to pay A.. IL. Mitchell and C.. r.
d ussIgbrod lnte eat on claim; and h1Inp
the ter diem of members of the legislature
at S8 - day, with amendment to have it
take effect in 1874. They recpmnIendsd
references OF bits TO other comm tters Az
follows: Providing for LountIes ON stock
destroying anlLnHIR, to on All
culture ana STOCK growing; to pay Stephen
Carpenter and W. NJ. B.ackior Tor 40 "
ices to code CON mibslou. to comm, ttte on
ludlclarr. HE bll. to pay ". j. enued
Tor SERVICES to suprt ma court was com
inended Tor reference to the state Eoaru of
examiners.
h. bil! creating ii bureau OF nRricu 'tnre
ana labor was partly couHi ere in com
nlttee OF the Whole. Jockey ufferrd an
amendment reduCl q tie SALARY OF the con-
missioner OF the but-an from S3, 600 to
f2 900 aud III / u! his Gle k rom Sl.5U to
$l.2VO. he sad tho memhe q o the house
" + probably not aware If tho financial
ohdlt!ou OF tn Sinte and should bs . o "
about cresiIng 80 uiany otfc y. SWEET, the
author OF the bill, said thet If the state was
III such straits the members Of the lcVisla-
tute might donate their salaries to suye il
from financial wreck. Matthews SAID m
officer of that kind should receive u propel
salary. If n land Commissioner could DC,
4 !. for Fn tpE