The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-02-10
A WEEK OF WISDOM.
The Tribune's Special Correspondent
Sends "a Budget of News and
Gossip.
An Anti-Scalper Messure-GOv. Rick
ards FavOrs an Extra Session
More Pay for Members.

IN all probability call an extra session c
the Legislature for the express purpos
OF considering the new codes. The fac
gone by and nothing has been done OF
the new codes makes it pretty evlden
that nothing can or will be done at thi
session. In fact. it is difficult to see how
anything could be done toward giving
such long and important documents thu
consideration they require without put
ting everything else, including the ap
preparation bills, to one side. which. OF
the governor that an extra session of
thirty days. devoted entirely TO the new
codes. would be sufficient to consider
them properly. An extra session of
$4,000.
The bill introduced by Representative
Logue, of Deer Lodge. in relation to cor.
porations. is especially aimed at mercan.
tile companies. 1t defines a corporation
as "a reatu of the law; being created
by the law. it may continue for any
length of time which the law prescribes.
1t says private corporations may be
formed by three or more persons for al
most everything except the carrying on
Of mercantile pursuits. Not only are
mercantile companies eliminated from
the list of corporations, bat .here is IA
section in the bill which provides for
winding up the affairs of those now in
existence. This section reads: NO
corporation must be formed for any 9th
er purposes than those mentioned and
goes on To say that all formed for any
other purpose ARE dissolved. and the
directors are required to Immediately
settle all matters connected Herewith.
and in case Of their failure to TO SO. the
attorney general must proceed against
them. 'lvll actions may be brought in
the name Of the state against a corpora
ton when it otfends against any provis-
ION OF the act creating it: when it for
felts its franchise by non ua: when it
commits or omits an act which amounts
10 a surrender of its corporate rights:
when it misuses its franchise. or eXer-
rlses a right not conferred on it. The
attorney general is TO commence an ac-
ton when directed by the governor, or
when satisfied that "a complaint can be
established by proof. Actions can be
brought either in the supreme court. or
in the district court Of the counties
where the offending corporations are sit
hated OF doing business. When a cor
poration is %adludged by court to have
forfeited its rights, either 10y acts of
omission or commission, or by not eNer
clsing lis privileges for five years, judg.
n!ent is to be Issued for its dissulution:
and when 1t is aajudged to have offended ,,
ii any manned that does not work d
surrender. it is 10 be enjoincd from con.
tinuing its otfense. When a court dis :
solves a corporation it appoints trustees +,
10 wind up the affairs. Any official Of |
such corporation who refuses to deliver ;
any of the property to the trustees. is
leld to be guilty Of contempt OF court,
is punishable by a fine not exceed
ng $1,000 and Imprisonment in the n
:ounty jail until he complies with the l.
demand, or is otherwise discharged by -
OF law. When an action is begun u
n the district court an appeal Can be v
AIKEN 10 the supreme court. but in case Of f
Judgment by custer, there can be no stay S
II execution pending the appeal. Ii is eX il
Jected that there will be considerable {
opposition to the bill. There is a some I
What similar law in the new code. and it Ii
5 said its presence there will have the
fleet OF preventing the present legisla
ure taking any action on the codes.
The members Of the house have de.
.ided that the present compensation Of "
IS a day is not enough to justify legisla- /
nCglecting their business and living q
from home for two months. 1t is c.
/ uotful If IT even pays some members
vho live at the state capital. Those "
Who live al a distance are even worse Off. p
Mess they choose to let their home af- d
airs run themselves for sixty days, they o
must make flying trips back and forth
/ great expense, and even then IL is nee
Ssary for some Of them to secure ii pa 7.
IS the journey home and the return to \
he capital cannot be made between :,
saturday and Monday. The bill which =
,assed the house during the week pro- =
ides that each member of the iegisla 9
ure shall receive - per day and twenty 7
i've cents a mile for the distance he :
ravels going to and returning from the
eat Of government. The mileage is paid
or one trip only, all Others being at his
expense. The bill. Of course, ap- b
lilies only to the next legislature. as each d
. lCIullNt W TEX uiutC lIt I'lI DtHSdtlbI n
its successor, and no assembly can fix |
is own. In connection with the matter Il
Il pay for members Of the legislature,
ne compensation allowed in other states
nay be interesting reading. Pennsylva-
ia and New York pay $1,000 d year, Il
Massachusetts, $3.50, Ohio 800, Iowa and y
Jew Jersey 500 each, Mississippi 800, ,
yIrginia 1860, Connecticut $500. Wiscon- I
in $3.50. New HAMPSHIRE 800. and il
,laine $50; California and Nevada IS
day, Colorado s., Askansas, Florida
nd Indiana sc, Idaho, Illinois, Ken
lucky, Maryland, Minnesota. Missouri,
Nebraska, North Dakota, Texas and
vyorniag s. each, nine others 81 a day, a
i've others 50 a day, and one Rhode il
sland) 81 a day. Considering the rela- f
i've sizes Of Montana and Rhode Island, e.
he difference between 50 a day and 81 a b
does not seem too great to many. s.
The railway conductors are very much e
Interested in having ticket scalping e.
polished. With this object in view they y