The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-01-29

snit may be b ought BY nny
tax paying elcctor in tho district,n
Another equires school trustees to give
bonds Of 81. 600 IN towns or cities having u
20 ulation OF between 1000 and 1900, and
1000 In towns o cities Of mors$ than 5000
population. Another c~ontemylatss pre-
venting trustees allowing Teachers full pay
for too many hoii lays. 1t prescribes that
the school month shall be twenty days. or
four weeks Of five days each. Toschers
ars not TO receive pay for any holidays ex-
May 80, July 4. q at Monday in September,
I thanksgiving day and Oh istmns. Repre-
sentative TallAnt atao wants something
lone with the school laws. He has a bill
somewhere between tho Introductory stage
and tho end OF the session which allows
school trustees to aubmit to the e!ector q
the question OF issuing bonds for the pur-
ose OF buying land and 0 eotlng sohool
buildings. The amount Of the bonds IL
limited to three pr cent OF the value of
taxable property In the district.
No member OF the board OF county com
missioners nor any asAessor in Lewis and
Clarke will hereafter fix the value of prop
erty for taxable purposes in Helena and the
remainder OF the county, IL house bill No.
70. introduced by Representative Jockey, 10
enacted into law. 1t provides that the
judge OF the district, or the senior judge II
there be two. shall, on or before the second
Monday in February of each year, designate
thr6o reputable citizens who shall be resi-
dents and taxpayers in the county for
which they appointed. who are TO constitute
a board of appraisers, whose duty 1t shall
be to Tx valuations Of real estate in the
county for the IN poses Of assessment by
tho county assessor, which valuation shall
constitute the value" or true vnlue" Of
such real estate. The board OF appraisers
arc to meet on the third Monday in Feb
runry of sach year. and continue in session
until Its duties are completed, not exceed
ing eight days. The assessor, in making up
his assessment list OF real estate, is prohib-
lted from assessing any creator or less value
Upon any piece Of real estate than that
fixed by the board of appraisers. II there
be moro than one county in the dist let
over which the judge p esides he must
designate three appraisers for each county
in the district. No member OF the board of
county commissioner nor the Assessor can
be appointed to servo upon tho board OF
appraisers. Each member of the board of
appraisers will be paid IS per day for his
services while actually employed. In line
with the same idea there IL another bill by
the same author allowing persons liable to
be injurlously affected by anything q board
OF equalization or county mInissionsrs
may do. TO appeal before them and oppose
"uatCV0I ~ ODJ W. " EGuECsb IN
not given Appeals to the dist let court may
be taken ~ follows; From any order or
preceding by any person aRgrievod there
by; from any order allowing any account
or demand against the county. BY any
eloctor O. taxpayer of the county, or on the
ground of improper or excessive allowance;
from any orusr prejudicislly affecting the
public interest. by the county attorney of
the county on behalf of tho county.
A. F. Bray, OF Silver Bow. means that
Montana shall be In line with the silver
sentiment Of this section, even if the re-
mainder of the country. including con-
gress, goes wrong. He has introduced a
bill which provides that "fr ON and after the
passage OF this oct all obligations of debt,
of doll re and to We paid in money, if not
discharged in United States legal bender
notes. shall be payable in either the stand
ard silver or gold coins authorized by the
congress Of tho United States, all sti, ula-
tions in the contract to the contrary not
w~ithatanding."
Representative G.. Fl. Bray. of Lewis and
Clarke. has introduced a bill in the house
to provide for an institution which every
body recognizes 10 a necessity. there are
many youthful offenders who come before
court and magistrates who are turned loose
because there is no place Of correction to
send them without bringing them in SON
tact with the older offenders, and possibly
some very hardened characters. Judges and
magistrates, rather than mix boys up with
thia olsss, frequently prefer to let them go
unpunishsd. The effect is generally to on
courage them In the way they have begun.
b AZ I'LL roviden for the establishm mt
and maintenance of a state reform school.
The sum of $500 is app opristed for pre-
pa ing ths grounds, erecting suitable buili-
ings and purchasing the equipment. The
object of the institution is 'the keeping
and reformAto ' training OF Youths be-
tween the ages of eight and IS, who a o
residents Of the state" The general con-
troll and supervision is vested in the boa d
of stat. prison commissioners, who make
the rules and regulations for the govern
select a site. for which purpose they are to
advertise for propos ls for the donation of
lands, money and building material for the
institution. When the site. which
must be at least forty acres,
has been selected. the board is
to adopt suitable plans for the building
and advertise for PROPOSALS for its erection.
The board Is 10 elect a clerk and treasurer
and n superintendent, and to digest and
mature a system Of government for the
proper dstt ntion of often .ers, enforcing
discipline. imparting instruction, y $50 "
ing health, and their proper hysical, in
tellectual and moral training. Any boy over
the age of eight and under 1G, who is con.
vioted before any court or magistrate of
an, offense punishable by fine or imprison-
ment, or both, and who. in the oplnlon of
the court is a fit subject for Commitment to
the reform school. may, exceut for uffsnses
punishable by life imrrisonment be SEN
fenced to the reform school until he reaches
the age of eighteen. or for such teriod as the
court may determine, or until discharged
by law. 1t is provided that no boy shall be
held there after he reaches the age of eign-
teen. Boys committed to the school are to
be kept aud disciplined and instructed until
they are either ,eformsd or discharged, or
the time of their 0ommitm emit run out. 1t
10 lawful for the board to place any of the
boys in the care Of a resident of the state,
il the head of a family. The board
can return to the authorizes of a place
from which he il committed any boy they
may deem an imp oper subject of their ca Q
And management. or VINO shall be found to
he incorripible. or whose continuance in
the school may be thought prejudicial to
discipline. Conditional leaves Of absence
for a limited period or during
good behavior may be granted. The
board can also return any boy to his parents
or guardian when they give bonds for his
good bshavio. Whenever the board may
deem any offender so far reformed as to
justify his discharge. thoy may liberate him
or bind him by articles of indentute in
some art or trade, The proceeds of the
land donated by the gene nj government
for the establishment Of the reform school.
together with all moneys donated for the