The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-03-03
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HELENA. March l.--ISpeciaI Dispatch
to TnE TmBrNE. THE house spent next
to the last day passing bills and getting
others through the committee Of the
whole and ready for passage Following
senate bills were passed: For orphans
home az Twin Bridges; allowing state
board Of education to select lands for
educational institutions; regulating the
incorporation of savings banks. trust.
deposit and security associations; and
house bills limiting the number of wit
nesses to be called in cases before JUS
ticcs of the peace. In committee of the
whole the following house bills were fav-
orably acted on: Reapportioning state
for legislative representation; Furnishing
burglary in the first degree bv four to
fifteen years imprisonment, and second
degree by two to ten years; appropriat-
ing - 800 for site and building for the
deaf and dumb institute at BOULDER;
regulating foreign insurance companies
doing business in the state; also senate
bill placing contract for care of convlcts
in the hands of the board of prison com
nj ssoneTs, instead Of leaving 1t with
the governor.
Another attempt was made to get the
bill increasing the number of supreme
court justices to five through the com
mlttee of the whole, but before final
| action WAS reached the committee rose
on account of time for special order hav.
ing arrived.
After long fight in committee of the
whole the proposition to adopt great
seal for the state it was decided to rec
ommend the adoption Of the old terrific
rial seal with the necessary change in
the wording on account OF the change
| from a territory to state. The other
propositions were for an eagle and a
mountain sheep. The latter suggestion
led to remarks to the effect future gen
| erations would consider the lawmakers
of the present time muttonheads, and
further remarks that Il billy goat was
| typical of this Legislature, hut not OF the
state.
The reapportionment bill was passed
after a long fight against it by the Lewis
and Clark members, who are cut oil by
the bill from one member, getting seven
instead of eight.
In the senate the general appropria--
| tion bill was amended by striking OUT
bounty for stock-destroying animals,
which was put in separate bill. In
committee of the whole the long and
short haul railroad bill and one creating
railroad commission were ordered IN
definitely postponed. which was done 10y
the senate The Granite county biii, as
it passed the house, was reported from
the committee without recommendation
and made special order for tomorrow;
At its evening session the house passed
all the bills acted on fayornbly III com
mittee of the whole during the day, bu'
adjourned when an effort was made 10
take up tho bill increasing the number
of supreme court Judges to five. AmonI
| the bills passed was ono taking from Inc
governor and giving to the board oi
prison commissioners the letting oI con,
tracts for the care of Convicts. winch hau
already passed the senate. The senate
at its night session laid on the table thI
motion to reconsider the vote by which
the Broadwater county bill was beaten
The governor has vetoed the bounty
bill on account of the increase of bounty
on coyotes and wolves to ~.