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

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Business From the House.
The senate held three sessions again yes
to-day. At the morning session som,
thirty-tive or forty appropriation bills
mostly for the payment OF private claims
were passed. The general appropriation
bill was amended by increasing the allow
ancs for the governors office, secretary o
states office. travelling expenses of save, a
state officers and general xpenses of some
OF the state boards. Goddard qusstione,
the constltutionallty of the item appropri
atinE $4,000 to pay bounties on stock de-
stroying animals. and on HIS motion tn,
Item was stricken ont. Then by nnani-
nous consent he introduced a bill appto-
prlating $4,000 to pay bounties on stock
destroying animals.
When the senate ~re-ccnvened at two ..
NJ. the business before the body was the
blll to regulate the receiving and
freight on railroads in Montana and
the bill to create a board of railroad com
missloners. The bills we're taken uu in
committee of the whole, Hatch in the chair.
Both bills were ordered back with the re-
commentator that they be indefinitely
postponed. When the committee rose the
report of the committee recommending in
definite postponement of the bills was
adopted without division. These measures
disposed of, the senate again vent into
committee of the whole on the house Joint
memorial directing the secretary of state
to furnish members of the legislature with
copies of the proceedings OF that body.
The memorial was ordered fayorably lie
ported.
Inc committee on " and counties re-
ported the Granite county bill back with
out recommendation, anl on motion of
Egg. eston the senate for the third tim
IN hfteen minutes went into com
mlttee of the whole to consider the bill.
Before the bill could be read Eggleston
made a motion that the bill be made a
special order for to-day at 1910.
The senate struck out from one of the
private claims bills an item of $3.50 for A.
3. Hamilton. Senator Steele protested in
vigorous language against thisa action, but
his only supporters were Bufo!d. Cardwell
ana McDeFmott. eight votes being cast in
favor of the elimination. Chairman Hof-
man, of the nance and claims committee,
said in reference to the Hamilton item that
there was nothing 10 show how Mr. Hamil-
ton incurred the expense of $3.50. and while
he would be willing to allow Il reasonable
sum, he had trlsd but could get no Idea as
to what would be II reasonable alio wance.
For himself he did not believe. because a
man happened to be a member of his party,
donating him state money.
When the senate met at 1880 there was no
quorum present. Che sergeant-at-arms
was sent out after the a%bsentees and in a
lew MINUTES the absentees were all gathered
IN. Inc hrst business was the reception of
q message from the governor, making nom
nations for live stock commissioners On
motion OF Cardwell the nominations were
confirmed. The appointments are as fol-
lows:
Beaverhsad county. P. H. Poindexter:
Cascade, Ben Rumney; Choteau, c. ]. Nc
Namara; Custer, Jesse Haston; Dawson, C.
A. Dole; Deer Lodge, John Bielenberg;
Fergus. S. S. Hobson: Jefferson. s.. S.
Hunt!ey; Lewis and Clarke, John T, Muir
ply; Madison. Alex. Metzel: Meagher.
David Fratt; Park. +. A. CLARK; Silver Bow.
Godfrey Lavalle; Teton; W. K. Flowerree;
Valley. David G. Kyle, Yellowstone, Paul
Mccormick.
The governor also informed the senate
that he had signed the bills creating the
state board of education and to establish a
state reform school, to be located at Miles
City.
Goddard introduced a bill to pay certain
employees of the senate for extra services.
1t was read twice, referred to the committee
on hnance and claims, reported back favor
ably from that committee, referred to the
on printing, reported back from
mat committee as correctly printed. Then
the rules were suspended. the bill placed on
Its hnal passage and passed unanimously.
1t took just fifteen minutes to put the bill
through.
Mats moved to reconsider the vote by
winch the Broadwater county bill was de-
feated on Tuesday. Cardwell amended by
a motion to lay the motion to recousidsr on
the table, On the roll call and before the
vote was announced a sufficient number
voted no to defeat Cardweil's motion, but
before the vote was announced enough
changed to carry it. The whole affair was
alltsie diversion gotten up for the purpose
OF worrying the senator from jefferson and
70 Alll time while waiting for the house.
Inc following bills were received from
the house: ltelating to the assessment of
tno STOCK or corporations: appropriatine
@''2V tor the purchase OF u site for and to
etsct n building tor the state dent and
dumb Hsylum; regulating the punishment
Tor burglary; giving the consent of the stat.
OF Montana to the purchase of land bv the
United states to To used for public BUILDING
purposes; providing for Il great ssai tor the
state; an ending the compiled s~tatntss In
regard to the capital required of Insurance
companies DONG business in Montana: in
relation to the collection of poll tax; all of
the proper committees.
Inc senate concurred IN tho house amend
ments to TIE bill to provide for the care.
keeping and control of state convictg. TIL
amendments make the life of contrncta
looking to tho Gaze OF couyicts two ipstesd
OF thee years.
AT 3:2D the ssnate adjonrnei TIL this
morning at 10 a. III.
THE HOUSE,