The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-02-03
THE SENATE.
Bill Locating the School of Mines ut Butte
Favorably Acted Upon.

Bill Locating the school of Mines at Butte
Favorably Acted Upon.
The senate held two sessions yesterday.
At the morning session MoDermott's bill
to locate the school of mines at Butte was
considered in committee OF the whole.
Egglcston in the chair. The Silver Bow
senator offered a number of amendments,
all of which were adopted. The principal
one was @ substitute for the third section of
the bill as introduced. This section named
certain people who were to act as trustees;
the substitute gives the appointment of the
trustees to the state board of education.
Unlike the university and college of agri-
cultu Q bills, there was no debate and when
the committee rose it WAS ordered to report
it with the recommendation that it pass.
When the senate reconvened tho report was
adopted and the bill WAS ordered engrossed.
At the afternoon session the senate again
went into committee of the whole, Senator
ERgleston resuIning the chair. The first
bl taken up was that of Gibson, known as
the consolidation bill. Before it was read
the Cascade senator said he did not see any
use in wasting time in reading II, as the
university had been located by tho senate
at Missouia, the agricultural college at
Bozemen and the school of mines at Butte.
Under the circumstances he wished some
senator to make a motion that would get it
out of the way. Goddard moved that the
reading be dispensed with and that when
the committee ,ise it recommend that it do
pass. This was adopted, but afterwards
the senator explained that
he made the motion under a misapprehen-
sion. and he desii ed to make q motion that
it be reported back unfavorably. Later on q
motion of Mats for consideration of the
bill WAS indefinitely postponed. Gibson's
bill relating to the tetma and existence of
corporations was taken up but conBldera-
ton deferred till to-day. Eufo d's bill To
locate the state Normal school at Twin
Bridges was orde cd favorably re- 0 ted.
Senator Brown moved TO amend By ordering
an unfavo ablo report, but the amendment
WAS lost. Consideration of the bill to locate
the Normal school at Livingston was, on
motion of Hatch. postponed for two days.
Cullen's bill TO iocate n state soldiers' home
at Giendiye was ordered fGVorably re-
ported and the report was afterward-
adopted by the senate. Conside alton oil
Glbson's bill to authorize state board OF
charities and corrections was postponed till
to-day, and a senate joint memorial relat-
ing to aupers and immigration was favor
ably rel orted.
When the senate resumed, the report OF
the committee OF the whole was adopted
and a number of bills we e put on thei,
final passage. The agricultural bill wns
read a third tim by title. tie rules SUE
pended and the bill passed, there being bui
two negative votes, wifi md Gibson.
GiDson's bill authoriz nR school districts ia
issue bonds to the extent of three per cen,
OF the taxable ,ropelt y in the district wus
passed unanimously, as was Mats bill re-.
lsting to indeIes for court records. Among
the bills introduced in the senate Yesterday
was one by Gibson to authorize co porn
atoms 10 change their co porats numss,
and by Cullen to regulate the sale and re-
demption of transportation tickets of CON-
mon car iers.
The house bill to establish a bureau OF
nRricultu g. labor and industry and to pro-
vide for the appointment of a commission
was read twice and refer ed to the commit
tee on agriculture and manufactures
Brown. f ON the on roads
highways and bridges. reported a substitut,
for Goddsrd's bill to maintain and rsQulnt,
toll roads and bridges. The substitute wa,
read and ordered printed.
A petition was received from citizens o