Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1893-03-09
SENATOR LEE MANTLE.
The Legislature Adjourns Without
Electing and the Governor Ap-
points the Silver Bow
Statesman.
Closing Hours of the Legislative As
sembly and Complete List of
Bills Passed.
THE BOUNTY BILL VETOED.

| Governor Richards Saturday ap-
| United States senator, the Clark and
Daly-Dixon fight preventing an elec-
| ton by the legislature.
The last few days of the legislative
session were not marked by the pas
sage OF an important measurers out
side of the general appropriation bills.
Governor Richards has vetoed the
bill increasing the bounty on stock
destroying animals. He says: Eek
perience has shown that two much
care cannot be exercised in the enact
ment of bounty laws. When great
care is hot taken they may inflict a
heavy tax upon the financial resources
of the state without a corresponding
benefit. 1t is still fresh in the memory
of us all that only a few years ago 1t
was necessary to reconvene the legisla-
lature to repeal the bounty on prairie
IuoSo, IhC vi "LiIii liiC
state treasury was rapidly being de-
pleted. 1 regret exceedingly that
cannot see my way clear to approve
the bill, as it Isl many respects an inn
provement over the old law. My OBJ
lection lies against the proposition to
increase the bounty on wolves and
coyotes from 80 to So. In support of
this objection respectfully call your
attention to the fact that two years
ago the legislature appropriated S12,-
600 per annum to the payment OF
bounties. Not only was this appro-
priation of S24, i 600 entirely exhausted
but the deficiency bill shows valid
claims against the state for bounties
in excess OF the appropriation, OF
500, 900. This expenditure by the
state OF nearly $4,000 in two years
for bounties was under the law pro-
viding for the payment OF 80 each for
wolves and cayotes. This bill in
creases the bounty on these animals
to So and were it to become a law, it
would, in my opinion, offer premium
for dishonesty encourage fraud and
| necessitate an early session of the leg
islature to protect the treasury OF the
state from the demands made upon
| it,"
The final vote on senator resulted:
Clark 32, Mantle 25, Dixon IL, Carter
l. Senator Hatch, of Park county,
Representatives Annear and Graves,
| of Silver Bow, Coder, of Fergus, Lewis,
of Cascade and Dawson, and Van
Cleve, of Park, were the Republicans
who voted for w. A. Clark, the latter
| also receiving the vote of Bonner, OF
Deer Lodge, a Dixon man. These re-
tcruits placed Clark within three votes
OF an election, just where he had been
once before.
The following is complete list OF
bills passed by both houses. Many oi
| them have not as yet been acted upon
by the governor and some may be
| vetoed:
Repeating the estray law.
Locating the state university at
Missoula.
Locating the school of mines at
Butte.
Locating the agricultural college at
| Bozeman.
l. Creating the county of Teton.
Extending the term of existence o.
corporations to forty years.
| Creating a state board ofeducation
Regulating toll bridges, toll roads
and toll ferry boats.
Empowering school districts to issu,
bonds not to exceed $251 900.
Creating state board of charitie:
and reform.
1 Relatino tn cert ain contracts tor thf
conditional sale, lease, or hire of rail
road and street railway equipment.
Providing an index for district court
records.
| Providing for the appointment of &
private secretary to the governor al
a salary OF S2,4OO.
| Providing for transcribing tn,
records Of segregated counties.
Requiring railroad companies, wher
they fence their right of way, to leav'
certain openings.
| Authorizing corporations to chang,
their corporate names.
Regulating the sale and redemption
of transportation tickets by common
carriers.
i Locating a state reform school a
Miles City.
Amending the law relating to town
and village sites and plats.
!. Amending the law relating to munic
ipal corporations, known as tn
. mayors bill.
To enabiecounties and incorporate,
cities to issue bonds to abate un
healthy and injurious smoke.
Placing the property OF the histori
cal library under the control of til
state.
Transferring the micellaneous div
$ sion of the state library to the histol
g ical society.
;, Authorizing the state board OF edl
|: cation TO select lands from the schoC
a lands of the state for the uses of th
I state educational institutions.
Authorizing three or more person
to form a corporation to act as truI
tee, agent, assignee, receiver, admins
. traitor, executor and for other bus
= ness
= Providing home for the care an
Education of orphans, foundlings an