The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-02-18

first class and two 10 ten for second. No
tices Of bills were given ~ follows: BY Ash.
to define tho boundaries between Yellow
stone and Park counties; by A. #. Bray.
amending the Law relating to tAs oompsn-
sntien of county, district and township
officers. Tallaat introduced a joint mem-
orial asking nars to provide for . de-
dartmsnt OF roads, and that the subject be
taught In agricultural colleges
The CON mittss or OWE n counties re.
ported fayorably on the bill! TO create
claimed there was nj meeting of the COM
mittee, Of which he 10 q member. SmAllsy,
chairman. explained that there was a msst-
ing. but that one Of the members Of the
committee had left, saying he would assent
to the report. whatever il might b. Sonar
fsrred to \ special committee consisting of
ton OF boundaries. He said one Of the
lines described in the boundaries was the
one hundred and tbirteenth meridian,
whereas the Oldest surveyors in the county
had never heard of that meridian. The
house had had one experience in referring .
bill TO = special committee OF interested
members, that for BroadwAtsr county, and
refused, by yeas twenty-three, nays twenty
eight. to make tho reference. The bill
went on general orders.
III Cck0lulttOo Ok tu0 WuClo tub 60NNS0 OIL
providing for q state board of education
was ordered favorably reported. with IN
amendment by Tsllant that not more than
four of tho eight members appointed by
the governor shall he of the same political
party. This amendment was carried by
twenty-seven to ten. Monteath wanted the
SUPERVISION Of public and graded schools
included in the duties Of the board. but it
was defeated. The committee of tho whole
also took up for consideration the bill to
provide for the printing and distribution Of
ballots at public expense. and for the nom
nation of candidates for public office. and
to regulate the manner of holding elections
and to provide for the secrecy of the ballot.
One amendments, made at the instance of
Iallant, was that where nominations are
made and certified to. and no objections
are made to tAem prior to the day Of cleo
ton, the nomination shall DO considered
valid" This provision, he said. had it
been in force last year. would have pre-"
vented several expensive election contests
that arc now pending. The amendment was
adopted. When the provision of the bill re-
quirinR party candidates TO be grouped in
columns was reached, S%charnikow offered
an amendment to make the ballot conform
to the idea advanced by Judge Hunt. An
informal recess of i've minutes did not
was any better than the present system. so
far as simplicity is concerned. To give
moro time to consider il the bill was laid
aside. and the ono providing for 1egistra-
ton of electors n to prevent fraud at
elections was taken up. The first amend
mont offered was by Lewis. to strike out the
provision requiring the signatures of
twenty voters to a petition to have the
county commissioners change the boundar-
les of q precinct. This Ia to allow the COM
missioners to act Oh their own judgment,
and to oover cases that may arise whore
there are less than twsnty voters to q pre-
cinct. An attempt to amend the bill 30 as
distances to register before every election
gave some trouble. Mouteath offered on
amendment, which, with additions by
Bach and others. would have read about
thus: when any legal voter has onee reg
istered according to law, he il not required
%tinuously and votes in tho same district;
ta,i not ten to miles sep'' of 70 i%neof a'o'.'s'i
cities or twenty miles Of railroads." A. F.
Bray thought the same object would be
reached by requiring registry agents to go
to every precinct in their districts to zeeis-
ter voters Both suggestions were with
drawn to make room for a motion to refer
the bill to q special committee consisting
of Soharnikow, Rose and Benson, with in
structions to report back by Tuesday. so
that it might be considered at two O'Clock
that afternoon. Inc Special cOmmlttee are
to perfect the bill in the one feature de-
manded by the remote districts.
The special committee. S~oharnikow and
Babcock, to whom was referred the bill to
locate and maintain a state penitentiary,
reported back a substitute in the shape Of
an amendment. 1t is virtually q compro-
misc between the claims of Door Lodge and
Billings, and establishes two such prisons.
Tho present one at Deer Lodge 10 to be kept,
and it will be known as the western state
prison. A new one will be built at Billings,
and will be known as the eastern state
prison. Billings makes the same offer OF
land and building stone for the one prison
as it did when it was proposed to have the
only penitsptiary there. Tbs bill was
placed on general orders.
The refusal OF the senate to rscsde from
its Amendments to tie legislative pay bill
was received, and Bach. S~charnikow and
Tallant were appointed n committee Of con-
ference on the disagreeing vote.
On motion Of Truman, of Gallatin,
house bill relating to ths appointment OF
highway commissioners, was recalled from
committee and placed on general orders
This was dom on tho ground that the au-
thor of the bill had not been able to got
hearing on it.
Th. citizens of Teton county. through
a committee. notified tho house that they
had adopted resolutions Of thanks to thai
body for prompt action on the bill creating
that county.