The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-01-19
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one journal clerk, the committee rose in
order TO give the house n chance to take a
recess for dinner. The bill was taken up again
In committee of the whole ~ soon as the
bers set to work TO get 1t into the shape
they wanted it. Scharnikow moved to
make the number OF committee clerks
fifteen; adopted. Another amendment by
Graves increased the compensation of as
sistants to the enrolling clerk from Is to 20
cents u folio. After this WAS adopted. ono
by A. +. Bray changed the whole business
of employing help for tho enrolling and en-
crossing clerks. 1t put in the hands of the
chief clerk the power to employ from time
to time such assistants az the engrossing
and enrolling clerks may need, and flied
the pay at So Il day. 1t was adopted by q
rising vote of yeas q, nays Is. The bill
had left the matter Of employing assistants
to the engrossing and enrolling clerks, and
paid for the work by the folio at Is cents
for engrossing and 20 cents for enrolling.
scharnikow sent up another amendment
fixing the pay of the officers Of the senate
and house as follows: Speaker of the
house. 80 n day; speaker pro tenn
and president pro tenn of the
senate s.; secretary of the senate aud chief
clerk of the house $40: assistants to each
S.; sergeants-at-arms SIS, and their assist
ants 50; enRroasing. enrolling and Journal
clerks SO; doorkeepers. %janitors and watch
men 50; chaplain and pages "a; committee
Clct kS 90. MOueeAbn mOVeu TO stTlke OOt
the extra compensation for the speaker
pro tenn Of the house and the president pro
tenn of the senate. His motion was adopted,
and Scharnikow's amendment. thus
changed. was adopted. The committee
then rose and recommended to the house
that the bill pass as amended.
The house again went into committee of
tho whole, with Bach in the chair, ON the
kilgal!on bill to prevent the Importation OF
Pinkeftons into the state. The amendments
recommended by the committee on labor
were adopted. The principal one reduced
the time required for residence in the state
before acting as deputy sheriff or special
policeman from two years to one year: and
the time of residence in the county where
employed from one year to six months.
The term of imprisonment for persons
acting as deputies or specials in violation
of the law was left at from one to three
yesrs, but the fine was made from 500 to
$500 and costs of prosecution. instead of
being fixed at $500. A section was added |
Furnishing employee of such specials by
from one to three years imprisonment. The
recommended that the house
pass the bill as amended.
A communication was received from Drs.
A.. H. Mitchell and Eiic MussiRbrod, offer
ing to sell the state their Warm Springs
property for the purposes of an insane asy-
lum for $250,00 in five per cent bonds. It
was handed in and read al the last BUSINESS
of the afternoon session, and Judge Bach
objected to it's reception at that time, say
ing it should have come in under the head
OF petitions. A. F. Bray moved that it be
received and placed on file, but q motion to
lay that on the table was carried, and the
house adjourned until 10 O'Clock this morn !
ing.