The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-02-15
THE SENATE.

Bill to Create q State Bureau of Health
and Vital Statistics.
In the senate yesterday Steele introduced
q bill to create 8 state bureau of health and
bureau OF vital gtatistics TO take measures
to prevent the introduction of cholera
and other epidemic Diseases. The board is
to consist of three persona, to be appointed
by the governor, and confirmed by the
senate, to be taken from the most skilful
regular physicians of the state. The board
Is to have general supervision of the health
interests of the state, and is given authority
to make such regulations and sanitary
precautions concerning cholera and other
epidemic diseases as it may deem necessary.
1t ia made the duty of all county officers to
CO. operate in the enforcement of the rules
made by the board. The board is to have
supervision of q state system Of births and
death. The board is to hold at least two
meetings a year, one in JUNE and one in
January. Ii is to have a secretary
at q salary Of 81. 200 Per annum. The mem
bers Of the board are to receive Ave dollars
a day while actually engaged In the duties
of their office, and also necessary travelling
expenses. The bill carries an appropriation
of ST, 500 for the salary of the secretary and
other ext enses. The bill also provides that
the secretary shall have an office room.
At the afternoon session il committee of
the whole, Gibson in the chair, the senate
bill to Locate the state normal school at
Dillon was. on motion of Goddard, indef-
initely post ousd. Goddard explained that
the house had passed Il bill locating the
school at Dillon. and as the bill had come
over to the senate he did not think it wo tn
rpb.lo tr pnrStlar thG raputa Will Lf,lpl-,
explained taat he had at first been in favor
of locating the normal school at Twin
Bridges. because that town had offered a
splendid site. Afterward he leaned that
Dillon was on the line of q railroad. while
Twin Bridges WAS off the line of u railroad.
He was given to understand that Dillon
would give $4,000 cash and ninety acres Of
land for the school, ana for that reason he
had introduced the bill under considera-
ton. He did it in good faith, but he dis
covered that owing to his inekpeEiencs as o
member of the Legislature he had beer
trioked. The house bill did not contain
any provisions for a cash donation or fol
land, and as he believed the state should
receive something for these institutions, he
vas not in favor Of indefinitely postponinl
his bill. On n viva voce vote the bill, how
ever, was ordered indefinitely postponed.
Other bills favorably acted on in COM
mittee of tho whole were: For the suppor
and maintenance of the Montana Historical
society; to transfer the miscellaneous di.
vision OF the Montana State lib airy to th'
Histo zeal society; the house bill providing
for bounties on stock destroying animals
Several amendments to the bill were made
among them one increasing the bounty OF
co9otes to IS.
The following bills were passed or con
CURED in: senate bill relating to tol
roads and toll bridge; senate bill provid
ing for the lease or sale of street Iailwa
equipment; senate bill relating to the feno
ing of right-of-way by railroads; senate bill
to allow corporations to change thei
names: house bill fixing the per diem an,
mileage of members of the legislative as
Renlbly; house bill relating to reports O
administrators, executors and guardians
house bill to pay Conley IL McTague for re-
pairs on the state prison; house bill 70 pa,
J. b. Eardley $3.50 for Services in III
auditors Office.
The governor sent in a message to tn
effect that he had signed the bill relating I
the issue of bonds by school districts,
The following bills were received fror
the house: Creating Blaine county: 10
eating the state normal school at Dillor
joint memorial relating to the survey q
public lands; to prevent corrupt aolicitatio
Of members OF tho legislative assembly an