Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1895-02-15
The Bill For Its Maintenance at Great
Falls Favorahiy Acted Upon
by the House.
IN COMMITTEE or THE WHOLE
Knippenbsrg's American Flag BIZ
ravorabiy Reported by the COM
niitee or the Whole.
Special to The Tribune.

the committee on fish and game reported
the Sigh bill back with amendments
The most important was the creation Of
a fish and game fund to be constituted
of money collected for violations of the
law. The bill goes into effect July l,
1890. The re port of the committee was
adopted. The committee on towns and
counties reported, recommending that
the bill amending the law in regard to
county surveyors and one amending the
law ia regard to roads and highways be
indefinitely postponed. The report was
adopted. The committee on corpora
tons other than municipal made a favor
able report on the bill to prevent dis
elimination by corporations having semi
public functions, and the report was
adopted. On the senate bill to provide
for printing the opinions OF the supreme
court there was a division in the judiciary
committee. The majority reported IN
favor OF the bill and the minority
against it. The bill provided for
the publication Of opinions, made
up in two columns to the page, and the
publisher to pay for the editing. The
minority said the adoption of the report
meant that Montana publishers would
be barred for the benefit of inferior,
cheap work. They also said the double
column arrangement was Objectionable.
They favored the house bill, which pro-
vides for the present form of printing
supreme court reports. On a rising vote
the minority was sustained and the bill
was indefinitely postponed. The COM
mittee on mines and mining reported in
favor Of the passage of the bill abolish
ing the office of mineral land commits
sioner. The committee on agriculture
reported the bill for the establishment
of a state fair at Great Falls without
recommendation. Brosnan, author of
the bill, said he wanted to amend, and it
was referred back to him.
In committee of the whole the corrupt
practice act was considered. An amend
ment providing that all fines collected
be turned into the county treasury was
adopted and the bill favorably
reported. The senate bill to
compel officers of corporations
to make seml-annual reports to stock
holders was ordered indefinitely post
poned, because the codes provide for it.
Bills were read the third time and
passed: Authorizing school trustees to
repay money advanced for. the ,construc-
ton of school houses; preventing the use
of running brands and making 1t Ille-
gal 70 brand cattle on the range between
certain seasons; providing for a lien on
logs, Leonard gave notice of a bill to
regulate the sale and storage of explo-
siyes.
In the house, favorable reports were
made from committees: On the Sweet
Grass county bill; the bill for the publ
cation of opinions of the supreme court;
for the Montana state fair at Great
Falls; regulating the practice Of dent
istry. Unfavorable reports were made
bills fixing the legal rate of interest at 10
per cent and Furnishing usury; increasing
the supreme court judges by two; for
bidding the employment OF boys under
Is as all night messengers; ex-
empting part Of WIDOWS aud orphans
property from taxation; reducing salaries
of county officers; to prevent public
officials accepting free passes and requir-
ing street car lines to build a shelter on
front platforms for employees in cold
weather.
The house had quite a fight over
adopting the report Of the judiciary com
mittee. recommending indefinite post
ponement Of the bill regulating interest
and the bill for additions al supreme court
justices. Rogers claimed such a course
placed the legislation in the hands of
the committee and gave a few lobbyists
power to control things, Won Tobel
took Rodgers to task for his language
and the latter said he meant no reflection
or the judiciary committee. The COM
mittee to visit the penitentiary was given
power to send for persons and papers.
This means a searching investigation
into the charges that prisoners have
been taken out to work for private
parties and were allowed to escape
The bill forbidding the display in
public Of any but the American flag came
up as a special order in the committee Of
the whole at 3 this afternoon. Knippen.
berg, author of the bill, made a long
speech, saying the opposition to it wat
placing the party unfavorably before thu
country and was pandering to a new or
der of politics. Votes and not the count
ing was the great concern. II this coun
try ever reached free coinage it would b.
when it stopped aping other countries
Hollensteiner, Rombauer, Collins ant
others spoke for the bill, and Won Tobel
Huseby, Joe Oker and others against il
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