The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-02-25

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for the payment of claims, be given tho
right OF way over all others. with a pro-
viso that the general appropriation bills.
when reported, be given precedence. The
rerort was adopted with the understanding
that the two bills which were under consld-
Grafton when the committee OF the whole
rose the day before should be taken up and
disposed of first. In accordance with this
understanding the house went into commit
tee OF the whole, Fitzgerald in the chat ,
and ordered favorable report on house
bill regulating the storage OF high OK
p~losiyes. 1t WAS considering house bill to
allow county commissioners to ISSUE fund
ing bonds to the extent of three per cent OF
the assessed valuation, at a rats OF interest
not to exceed six per cent, by submitting 1t
to Il vote of the people when the amount OK
Deeds So 900, but before it got through tho
senate arrived and the committee arose.
When the joint assembly was over the COM
mittee again took up the bill, and by
ayes fourteen to nays twenty, or
dered it reported unfavorably. The
bill. 1T was stated. was similar to the ons
passed by Il previous legislature, from
which the enacting clause was left out.
making it imperative. Those who opposed
the bill did no on the grounds that it would
allow. county commissioners to contract
$40, 900 Of debt on any particular item, and
did not init them to that amount i'll the
aggregate. Later on the house reconsii-
cred its action and had the bill sent to the
engrossing committee.
The afternoon session of the house WAS
devoted to the Appropriation bills recon-
mended by the steering committee. They
were taken up in of the whole,
Vallnnt in the cbnir. The ghost of the
first legislative assembly bobbed up on one
of the bills. 1t was that to pay the Mon
taua National bank s., $50. So for interest on
of the first legislature. A. L. Bray said ii
was tho expense account of the conspiracy
to prevent any legislation. The republican
members did u very graceful thing
by standing u9 FOR the Dill,
without any democratic membe: having
to say n word. The bill to pay the princi-
pal of the money advanced, $l4. 1921, was
ordered favorably reported without any OPP
rosltion. Favorable reports were also or
dered on the following bills: 10 pay
Barnard Brown $3.50 and $500 for e1amin-
ing books of state treasurer and state
auditor; Joseph Hogan and G. G. swallow,
office and travelling expenses as mine in
spectors; L. w. Knight. $500 advanced
for printing the codes; II. Il. Buck, $322.5O
for indexing Law second legislative assem-
bly,; Martin MaRinnis. &c. 900 for salary and
expenses rs mineral land commissioner for
1892; j. z. Blakeley, $1,021. IS for custody
OF buildings and grounds of Fort Ellis
resetvation; George w. Sproule, $500 for
services as deputy clerk of supreme court;
IlhrptIaChu L liohIkA bohAI INV
for printing reports of state officers; II. ;.
Howell, $3.50 for clerical services to board
of land commissions S; BERNARD Brown and
others IS, 490.G GO for rent and furnishing
halls for third legislature and for other ser
vices; K. z. Stout $3.50 as private secretary
to governor and rs custodian of state
armory; John Il. Lloyd and j. Il. Ramsey,
1861. SO for transportation and board Of
prisoners: w. j.. Kennedy and
others. $l02 for services rendered the
state; 10 pay $l72.S1 to various
people for supplies furnished the halls of
the Third legislative assembly; school OF
mines. $l5. 900; State Firemen's association,
So 00 for each of the yenrs 1893 and 1894;
state normal school. SIS, 900; state univer-
slty, $l5, COO; agricultural college, $l5. 900:
various papers $3.50 and $52 for publishing
notices of pardons: L. H.. kleinschmidt.
$l26.64 interest on money advanced NOM
bers First legislative assembly, and S672 to
pay principal of same; appropriatinq $2,O37
to say bounties for 1892; }. z. Blakely and
others. $463.1O for various purposes; to pay
S94l. Is for various supplies furnished tor
the nails of the Third Legislative assembly;
also j. ID. Taylor. $500. so; Helena Electric
Light company. $50 81; Jaennette G. kenns.
$3.50 Douglass Sampson, -; T.. q. Me-
Sherry, administrators. $3.50; Western
Union Teleg aph company, $3.50, and {. Z.
Pond, 500, for supplies and services fur
nished the First legislative assembly, etc.
A favorable report was also ordered on SEN
ale bill increasing the pay of the governors
private secretary. A lumber of other bills
were indefinitely postponed, because they
are included III the general appropriation
bills.
The committee on appropriations and
claims reported the general appropriation
bill for 1893 and 1894. For 1893 the bill
carries a total of $3.50, 5S5, divided as fol-
lows: Executive department. $343, 035, iu-
dietary SIC. 200, Legislative $3l,3 $50. For
1894 the total is 1850. 60, as follows:a ExeCu-
tive 1881, $50, Judiciary $4,000.
The report of the conference committee
on the house amendments to the senate bill
for q state board of education was adopted
by the house. 1t recommended that the
house receds from its amendment requiring
the governor to appoint half the eight mem
bers from the opposite political pat y.
Iallant. who had proposed the amendment,
said he did SO IN good faith, and IL the
democratic senate saw TT to allow the gov
ernor to take the whole board from one po-
litlcal party he had no objection.
The steering committee made a further
report. recommending that all senate bills
and resolutions be advanced to the head OF
the calendar. Logue, Graves and others
opposed the adoption or the report. and
Bach and other members OF the committee
favored il. The report was adopted by
yeas twenty-eight, Maya sixteen. The point
vas raleed that the adoption Of tho report
nGctEsItated Il two-thlrdS vote to suspend
this rules. Speaker PROTEIN Bray ruled
that 1t took Il two-thirds vote to nppoln.
the committee, but that its reports were
adopted by q majority vote. Logue took
an appeal, and the chair was sustained by
yeas twenty -geven, nays sixteen.
AT the night session the house went into
com OF She whole on senate bills, AZ
commeud by the steering committee.
The senate Joint memorial against panpsr
immigration WAS ordered reported favor
ably. The senate BIN extending the az.
latence of corporations from twenty to iifty
yea $ had a right hard fight and came
through with ten years Of lie knocked ont
OF 1t. LoRue, of Deer Lodge, started the
tight on the frat section by moving to strike
out htsy and Insert twenty, Just as tho law
IL now. lie aaId Judging by tho way cor
poratlona wero getting along az present, in
nifty Jenra they would own the whole state.
MoCtehth sad that the business il which
many corporations wore engaged was such
that they could not wind il up in twenty
Jea1s. ScharnIkow wanted to know il there
was anything IN tho law at present
to prevent re-incorporation at the
end of twenty years. The amendment
was adopted by sixteen to twelve. The
friends OF the corporation bill Wero rein
forced, however. on tho second section.
when Monteath moved to strike ont ffty
and insert forty. Matthews fought tho
proposition Of allowing corporations any
furthsr lease OF life than provided foE in
the y resent law. Bach fought for the e1-
tension to forty years and the amendment
was adopted. Then forty years was put In
tile frat Section by n vote of fwaptvtyp, To