The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-02-03

Bills were introduced by Bray for an
amendment to the constitution making
the legislative assembly consist of twenty
senators and ~sixty-one members of the
house and dividing the state into sena-
torial and legislative districts with equal
population for that purpose; by Russell,
providing for trials where prosecutions
are by Information; by ways and means
committee, making the tax levy Tor 1873
and 1894 two and one-half mills; by
Logue. defining corporation, for what
purposes formed and for the dissolution
and winding up of their affairs.
Notices of bills were given as follows:
BY Tallant, creating "a state railroad
commission, regulating transportation OF
freight and passenger and amending
municipal corporation law: by Fleming,
protecting stockholders in mining cor
porations; by Murphy, to provide the
state IA seal and Goa of arms. Petitions
were received from Cascade and Yellow
stone counties asking larger bounties
for stock destroying ANIMALS. Petitions
were also received from the southwest
corner of Cascade county and the north
west corner of Meagher county asking
annexation to Lewis and Clarke county.
Favorable reports from committees made:
From ways and means, eNemptlng prop
erty of widows and orphans to the en-
tent Of $1,000, allowing district courts to
appoint county board Of equalization
consisting Of three taxpayers. Confer
ence was asked punlshinG frauds at pri-
maries which the senate referred ycster-
day.
In the senate Power introduced Il bill
requiring railroad companies to construct
cattle guards in grazing countries; also
allowing cities and towns to incur IN
debteuncss to the amount of three per
cent of their taxable value Of property,
excepting where indebtedness is FOR sew
cr purposes. when il Is Ia be five per cent
Hoffman introduced a bill increasing the
number of justices Of the supreme court
to five. the governor TO appoint two pew
Justices who are to hold until 1894. Glib
son introduced a bill for the transfer Of
the miscellaneous division of the Mon
tana state library to the historical soclc
~. Cullen gave notice OF a bill regulat.
ing the sale and redemption of transpor-
tatinn tickets. The senate till providing
for a deputy state auditor Was passed by
yeas T.. nays /: that for deputy state
treasurer by yeas II. nays >. and that to
create the eleventh Judicial district cut
Of Meagher county 10y yeas II. nays |.
The bill locating the state university
at Missnula was taken up IN committee
of the whole. II was the first fight for
and against consolidation. Senator Glib
son started the fight 10y proposing an
amendment that this university be 10
Gated at Missoula, provided that city
donated 100 acres of lane and Slo,tNu IN
cash. lie argued at length in favor I'll
sending the state educational lnstitu-
tons 10 the highest bidder. and said
Great Falls stood ready to give go acres
of land within two miles Of the city and
100000 cash endowment if the agricul-
turai college. university and school OF
mines we're located there. To show his
sincerity he said if BOzeman, Miles City
or Helena would increase this bid to
100000 cash he would throw up his
hands and vote to send It to any place
that did 50. The amendment was re-
jected and the motion to report the bill
favOrably brought up another discussion,
Senator Gibson was supported 10y
senator Folsom and opposed ty Senators
Mats. McDrrmott. Hoffman and God
dard. Senator GibsOn's argument was ii
mastery effort. lie slowed how on the
basis of the present population Of Mon
tana the attendance at all state institu'
tons would be hardly enough 10 keep
one in operation. Divided the institu-
tons would have such "A small attend
ance as to amount to nothing, lie dep.
! rccated letting selfish local interests in
tcrfcre in the establishment of II great
institution Of learning. 1t vas nearly
q o'clock when the committee decided TO
report the bin favorably amt the senate