The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-01-19
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Carter and Mantle SNccesAfuI-L Sis-
latiVe Notes.

Mantle and Thomas II. Garter the re-
publican caucus NOMINEES We're elected
10 the long and short term s~enatorship.
10y a strict party vote. The Democrats
voted for Clark and Hauser and the
POpulists for Oker and Rasdel. 4
strong A. 2. A. delegation came over
from Butte this morning and made a
vain effort 10 pursuade the representa-
tives OF their order to bolt the caucus
and vote against Tom Garter.
Senator Metzel was made. chairman
OF The committee on agriculture-and-
manufactures, chairman of the ir1'iga-
Observation-Disclosures committee. and
is a member of the judiciary, labOr-and
capital and immigration committees.
Hon. +. D. iossiter as a member Of
the ways-and-means, tish-and-game and
irrigation committees.
Hon. \. j. Isdell is a member Of the
committees on military affairs. state
institutions buildings and grounds.
privileges and elections and state lands.
|. the senate the following bills have
been introduced: BY Smea0, OF Missou-
la, to enable school trustees TO refund
maturing school bonds. A bill Great
ing the eleventh judicial district. 1t
is to consist OF the Counties of Flat
head and Teton, and it provides that in
case it becomes a law it is not to work
the removal Of the Judge or district
court clerks now in the tenth district.
This latter district will consist. if the
bill becomes a law, OF the counties of
Choteau, Valley and Fergus.
Hoffman, Of Gallatin, gave notice of
a bill to provide for the organization,
regulation and discipline OF the nation
al guards.
The following bills have been intro
duced in the house:
Anderson introduced a bill 70 amend
the laws by defining the vari-
u kinds of property subject to taxa
ton.
Notices of the introduction OF bills
were given as follows:
Paschal-To create the Office of dep
uty county auditor in counties of the
first class.
Aldersor-Changing and defining the
boundary lines between Madison and
Gallatin counties.
Hedges-Reducing the salaries of
county officers.
Misunderstanding the Office of
county officer.
Bray-Bepealing the material lien
laws.
Hopkins-To create Rosebud county.
Isdell-Amending the provision OF
the code of civil procedure relating to
the time when action for the recovery
of real property can be maintained.
A bounty bill has been introduced in
the senate. 1t provides for a bounty OF
SO on wolves and coyotes, and does
away with bounties on all other ami
mails. 1t provides that within 80 days
after the killing of a wolf or a coyote
the person killing the same must eX-
hibit the entire skin Of the animal, IN
Guiding the tail and the skin from the
forehead. embracing both ears, to the
clerk of the county in which the ami
NAL was killed. The bill also provides
for a state bounty fund. This is to be
created by turning into what is to be
known as the state bounty fund, by the
state treasurer. one-third of the Is per
cent. of all licenses now provided by
law to be paid intothe state treasury.
In addition there is to be paid into the
state bounty fund a special tax OF n
and one-half mills, to be levied by
county commissioners on the assessed
valuation OF all cattle. horses, mules.
asses, and sheep in their respective
counties. to be collected as are other
taxes. and when collected, to be paid
into the hands of the state treasurer.
who shall at once place them in the
state bounty fund. The bill provides
for the punishment OF any One who
shall attempt TO defraud the state in
the collection OF bounties. and repeats
all other bounty laws. The bill was
referred to the committee on stock
raising.
Hon. Jas. Page and Whit Raymond
are in the city.