The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-02-05
AFTER 1A|R7Y-FOUR DAYS
What the Legislature has Done and
What It Has Not Yet
49, Done.
Bills of Importance That Are
Pending In the Two
Houses.
CO m m on the Work Accomplished
and the Measures That Are Yet to
He Acted On.

Yesterday was tina thirtv-fourth day Of
the third legislative assembly of Montana.
Though the legislature has not elected a
senator. IL has transacted enough business
to keep the code commissionsr busy for sew
eral weeks. SO far there has been forty
one bills introduced In the senate and 113
in the house. OF these but two. that APP
propriating $1s.O 600 for tho pay of officers
and employees of the legislature and the bill
repeating the estray law. have been signed
by the governor. The executive now has a
number Of measures in his hands thas have
passed both houses. the most important
being those creating the counties Of Flat
head. Teton and Valley. Some of the most
important bills that will come before the
legislature are o in a progressive stage in
one house or the other. Among
these are the bills locating the
agricultural college. school of mines
and the state university, passed by
the senate. n now in the house. Bills 10.
eating the stats normal school ara also in
committees In both houses. and both Dill
Ion and Livingston are working hard to
win the prize. Tbs anti Pinkerton bill as
passed by the house has been am 'ndsd in
the senate. and it has to come up in both
houses again. Bills to create the counties
of Sweet g ass. Granite. Broadwater, Raw
ALI and Blaine are yet to be disposed of.
40 is the bill extending the life Of corpora-
lions TO fifty years. the one authorizing q
state board of charities and corrections. ons
%forbidding the incorporation of mercantile
companies and winding up those ineorpor-
sted. and numerous others Of more or
Insn ua->,ol SrAarooA Man. ~ thn htll.
will undoubtedly be left in committee.
Under any circumstance the legislature
will have its hands full during the remsin-
ing days of the session.
Another week has gone by without a
United States senator being chosen. This
only special feature in the balloting the
past week was the retirement of Il. E..
Collins from the contest, ono Of that gen.
tleman's sui porters going TO Mr.. Clark and
the other to Mr.. Dixon. There was one
day last week when, il the democrats had
been standing together and the populists
had voted for the democrat. they could
have elected without the presence Of Rep
r%esentative Davidson. This Was duo to tho
forced absence of two republicans, ono do
aimed by a snow blockade and the other by
sickness. There are rumors Of Develop
ments during the coming week shat will
settle the contest, but hen traced to their
source they are found to have little or no
foundation. Public interest In the out
come is growing less every day, and il will
take a big surprise 10 rsawaken the former
attention.
Tho hill jpAroHuco1 h. Qor~kov U-1lou -
regulate the sale and redemption of trans
portation tickets ia ono in which the travel
ing public is taking considerable interest.
The measure is endorsed by the Order Of
Railway Conductors. for the reason that
the conductors are the greatest sufferers
from the use OF scalped tickets. If q con-
ductor takes mp a ticket that has been
soalped and turns 1t in to the auditor, and
It is discover ed to have been scalped by the
railroads, the price of the ticket is charged
up to the conductor. On the other hand
conductors have become 80 suspicious Of
scalped tickets that sometimes they make q
mistake II refuse a ticket that 10 all
right. This is reported to the higher off,
cials and then the conductor Ia discharged
or suspended. But there is another largo
class who travel almost exclusively on
soalpsd tickets. These people believe the
scalper is a friend to humanity and they do
not want his business interfersd with.
The bill has been favorably reported
from committee Of the whole, with
n change, eliminating the second
section. The bill as amended makes il tho
duty of the owners of any railroad or
steamboat for the transportation of pas
senRsrs, to provide each agent who may be
authorized TO soil within the state, tickets
or other evidence emitting the holder to
travel upon his Of their railroad or steam
boat, with q certificate setting forth the
authority Of the agent to make such sales.
Aftor the issue of the certificate the agent
or superintendent, or general officer shall,
within ten days thereafter, pay to the sec.
retary OF state u license fee Of one dollar
and the secretary of state shall Issue to tbs
agent presenting said certificate. a license
under tho seal Of the state, authorizing him
TO engage in the business OF selling trans
portntion tickets of said common carrier.
1t is made the duty Of the owners of every
railroad or steamboat, situate or operated.
in whole or in part. within this state. to
provide for tho REDEMPTION, under reason
e1 "a sho WuVles OF u any
coupon or coupons of any ticket thereto
fore sold by any authorized agent
which the purchaser for any res-
son other than the expiration of the time
limited In tho ticket for the use thereof.
has not used, at cost, in case of a ticket not
used. and in case of q coupon of a ticket
partially used. at a rate which shall DO equal
TO the difference between the price paid for
tho whole ticket and the cost of a ticket be-
tween the oints for which the used portion
OF said ticket was actually used. sucb
ticket, or coul on. shall be presented for ,e-
demption to any authorized agent, before
the time therein limited for tho use there
OF shall h ve expi ed. and the deposit of
such ticket or TART Of ticket in the post.
office. addressed to any such agent, with
postage thereon duly prepaid. before the
expiration of the time limited on such
ticket or part of ticket. shall be deemed
such presentation. The sale by any person
of such ticket. O. Of the unused portion.
otherwist than bv presentation for redsnp-
tion. shall be deemed a misdemeanor, and
shall be punished by n fine not exceeding
5000. or by imp sonmsnt not exceeding
one year, or either or both.
Representative Logue's bill. introduced