The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-03-02

fnai passage as soon rs the committee rose
which was done, and the bill passed. Thu
reappottionment bill created some dis
c%ussion. tho Lewis and Cla,ke mem.
bers trying to get the sam
number ct representatives. for the hselve<
and Deer Lodge leight>, az now, instead OF
seven each, as in the bill. They w,re out
voted bv l6 TO ". The only am.pdmen'
made to the bill was to give Teton count,
a representative by itself, instead of n
| joint ono with Choteau. The bill WAS then
ordered favorably reported.
At the afternoon session farther WORK
WAS done in committee of the whole. The
house bill ceding jurisdiction to the United
States over lands for public uses, and that
Furnishing burglary in the first degree by
from our to fifteen years Imprisonment,
and second degree by from two to ten years.
The bill making appropriations for the
deaf and dumb school at Boulder was
amended bv lowering the appropriations no
follows: Expense Of selecting site, from
$4,000: cost OF building, from $4,000 ia
$4,000. and as thus amended was tavorably
lepo ted.
Tho committee Of the whole again took
up the senate bill increasing the number of
supreme court justices to five. Bach Of
fered an amendment to Limit tho term OF
office of the two new justices to the time Of
the election of 1894. 80 rs to leave the next
Legislature to deal with the question if it IL
found necessary to have five after that
time. The amendment was lost. A motion
to non-concur was adopted, and then ~
motion to indefinitely postpone was lost.
Before the committee finally concluded
what it would do with the bill the time for
one OF the special orders arrived and the
committee rose and reported progress.
Other bills acted on in committee OF the
whole and reported favorab!y were as fol-
lows: Regulating the collection of poll tax;
allowing Is majority of stockholders in non.
assessable mining companies to make them
assessable: regulating foreign insurance
companies doing business in this state:
also senate bill entrustiug the matter of
making contracts to the board of prison
commissioners instead OF leaving it with
the governor. This completed all The sre-
cial orders made during the morning SEES
sion.
A number of other bills on the calendar
were Ssked for as special orders, but all
were voted down except that for o great
seal for the state. The house decided to
into committee of the whole on that bill.
Tallant. of Cascade, was the first speaker i'll
committee. Holding up a drawing OF u
mountain sheep standing OH a pile of rocks.
he was proceeding to mako plea for the an
lmal as a good one to go on the seal, when
there was some confusion. and q number of
Wv "OAo lhaVt Coiac w viz
goat some to take the eagle as provided
for in the bill. Murphy wanted the eagle
and said that il the mountain sheep were
future generations would say this
was an age of muttonheads. Jockey said
the goat might be vcrv emblematlca Of the
but not of the state OF Montana.
Monteath objected to the goat as a bock
beer sign, and moved to amend the bill BY
adopting the old territorial seal, with the
IN wording made necessary by
statehood. The committee decided by a
majority that the old territorial seal
with the changes suggested was good
and ordered tho bill favorably re-
ported with Monteath's amendment.
Inc reapportionment bill cana up for q
'hi'd reading, and led to quite a fight. In
he bill Lewis and Clarke's representation
. cut down from eight to seven. The
luthor of the bill said the apportionment
vas made on the basis of the number
# votes cast at the last election. Bach.
Jockey and Carpenter made a good fight
or justice for Lewis and Clarke county. as
veil as for the observance of this provisions
Il the constitution which require the ap-
to be made by population.
carpenter wanted the bill sent to q special
to make the apportionment on
he proper basis and to report back the
anne night. There was a great deal of
ommotion at the time, and when it looked
q 4 II oCltlluClb VI LIe uOuEB WIS III !
of the Carpenter motion. the
who wanted to reduce tho repre-
of Lewis and Clarke made efforts
o adjourn, though it WAS pointed out to
that it would kill the bill and dis
rauchise the new counties. When they
ound they were in a majority. however,
hey pushed the bill to its final passage,
the Carpenter motion, calls of
he house, etc. 1t was passed by yeas %. !
10. tBsch. {. H. Bray. Burrell, Car
'enter, Dudley, Goodell, Jockey, Lockhari.
lcDonel, Mckay. Murphy, S%nppington,
Wahle and Winter. After some
luther time lost trying to cinch the ma ter
y moving to reconsider and Law on the
able, tho house took a recess till 1880 p NJ.
Immediately after meeting at nightthe
Iouse went into committee of the wIole
md adopted reports OH the following huse
Ill: extending time from six to twlve
Tor which assessors in first1lass
counties may appoint clerks; requiring =,
DAD brands on stock: allowing assesses to
nave two deputies in first-class couties;
regulating the conditions under whictfor-
Sign corporations may do business il the
state; to punish driving cattle from.heir
customary ranges.
When the committee rosa Monteah Of
cred a resolution, which was hdopta, re-
lulrinR the sergeaut-at-arms, at 1913 this
morning, to clear the floor and lobbWf the .
Vi Ill PERSONS not nuVlnR til pFlY-
leRes of the hall. and allowing no ono in
after that hour except by ticket, nd al
owing each senator and represetative
our tickets for their friends.
The third reading of house bills ws next
AIKEN up aud the following wcre passed:
the United states to ,cquire
title to property III the state; allowing
tockholders in worcestershire companies
10 mako them nssessable; npproyiating
money for the deaf and dumb sylum:
intending the law relating to the co ectiou
II poll tax; defining terms upon With for
siRn insurance companies may do tisiness
n tho statc; proving for n great cal for
Inc state; also senate bill proving Or the
'!Vlng out of contracts for the ere and
of couvicts.
When all the bills that were readv to be
lcted on Ind been passed the hose got
INTO u wrangle over taking come bills of
inc calendar out of their order. Motteath
eskel to go into committee of the while on
.wo bills, one of which was that increasing
mo number of justices of the upremecour:
TO hVe. Graves. who was opposed t, tina
oiIl. moved to substitute two others. Mo-
ions TO divide the question and othe's OF
liIne-consuming character were made, AM
inRlly Walkup said if the houss was Going
10 waste tho time with dilstory tncticl he
move to adjourn. The motitn to
ADJOURN was carried and the house broke
lp about nine O'clock.