The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-02-17
THREE BILLS PASS
O'Halley's Eight-HOur Bill Goes
Through by Large Majority.
ALSO GlLNA'S LIQUOR LAW
A Lengthy Discussion on Metzers
Meet Inspection Bill In Com
mittee Of the Whole-A
Busy Day.
ALSO GILNA'S LIQUOR LAW

Special Dispatch to the Standard.
Helena, Feb. l6.-The feature of in
terest in to-day's session of the house
was the consideration of the meat in
spection bill. over which a warm fight
has been waged since its introduction
from the senate. Ii has been strongly
opposed by members from Great Falls
Helena and the stock and farming dis
tricts. and has been firmly supported
by the Silver Bow delegation. 1t has
been as tenacious of life as the tradi-
tional cat and has bobbed up serenely
after several adverse votes. To-day the
opponents of the measure, in commit
tee of the whole, amended it so that its
provisions apply to only cities of 10000
or more and in that shape it was re-
ported to the house, but the report has
not yet been acted upon.
In the afternoon session Gilnas bill
to prevent the sale of liquor ON credit;
O'Malley's bill establishing an eight
hour work day for laborers in smelters
and Buffers bill providing for the sur
vey of the boundary line between Ida
no and Montana, all passed on their
third reading by comfortable major
tiles.
The special committee sent to in
vestigate the reform school at Miles
City has returned and will probably re-
port tomorrow. Chairman Cochran of
| the committee denies emphatically the
| published story that in the investiga-
tion the evidence or testimony of any
discharged employees of the institution
was either listened to or taken by the
| committee. They absolutely declined
to permit any discharged employees 10
| testify.
The first business of the morning was
the reading and acceptance OF an invi-
tation to the members from the
Knights of Pythias to the anniversary
| ball.
Petitions were received from Beaver
head county urging the passage of
Lindsay's Sunday closing bill and the
anti-gambling bill. They were re-
ferred.
Notices of bills to be introduced were
given as follows:
BY O'Malley-To amend the chapter
of the political code relating to consta-
BILE fees.
By Watkins-To create a state bank
for the state Of Montana.
BY Misunderstanding for the clas-
sifcation of the plant known as sweet
clover as a nuisance and providing
measures looking towards its extermi-
nation.
BY Butler-To amend section 1919,
chapter /, part 4, title l of the political
code relating to licenses.
BY Lindsay-To amend section 1915 of
chapter ,, article of the political code,
relating to the term of the assessor.
The committee ON towns and counties
made a most important report on Pen
wells bill to annex to Lewis and Clarke
portions of adjacent counties. Pen
well asked To have the committee
amend his bill so as to change the
boundaries from what was originally
intended and the bill, as amended. il
passed. will have very material ef-
feet on Lewis and Clarke. By the de-
scription of Lewis and Clarke county,
as found in the code, II overlaps a
large portion of Cascade county, and If
not changed might be productive of
much trouble in the future. This is
remedied by Mr.. Penwelrs bill, which
defines definitely and finally the bound
aries of Lewis and Clarke county. The
bill also extends the old bound
aries so as to take into Lewis and
Clarke from Deer Lodge, Bald Butte
and the Prize mine. IL will take from
Broadwater. Meagher and Cascade all
settlements between the Missouri river
and the divide of the Big Belt noun
tains and between Cave gulCh. i'm
| Broadwater county, and a part oppo-
site the mouth of the Dearbornc river,
in Cascade county. This will include
York and the settlements on Beaver
creek. Trout creek. Slickney creek.
Wegner creek and Canyon Ferry The
motion to adopt the report was lost by
a vote of 30 to 10. Upon motion of Loeb
the bill was ordered printed and placed
ON general orders.
Upon a report from the ways and
means committee Longstaff's bill re-
lating to the issue of shares and cer-
tifcates of corporate tiOns and Bartlett's
bill aboishing the Office of coroner were
referred to the judiciary committee.
Loeb's bill relating TO and reducing
the salaries of state officers was recon-
mended for printing.
Upon house hill No. 25S. introduced
by the insurance committee. providing
for the licensing of insurance compa-
nies. the ways and means committee
recommended that paragraph two Of
section of the proposed bill be amend
ed to read For a license to collect In
any one year premiums amounting to
the sum OF $1,000 or less, $780," that
paragraph three of section be amend
ed so as to read as follows: For a H.
cense 10 collect in any one year pre-
| mlumS over the sum OF S5,OOO, S3OO, Tor
each and every 81 900 TO be collected. :"
That a line of section be amended by
striking out the words Five dollars"
and inserting the words Three dol
lars" Upon the motion To adopt this
report, Ramsey explained TO the COM
mittee that the insurance companies
were willing TO pay the additional tax
alton imposed by this bill as amended.
which would probably bring in from
SIS, 900 to S25.000. although there was
some question of It's legality.
Leehey Of Silver Bow was opposed
To the reduction propositions OF the
amendments of the ways and means
committee and called attention to the
bill introduced by the insurance COM
mittee requiring all business to be
written through agents in the stale.
He argued that the increased bust
ness thus resulting would make the 2Is
per cent tax only reasonable and in no
way an unjust burden. The report of
the committee was adopted.
Dee, from the committee on mines
and mining. recommended indefinite
postponement of ii. b. i5 providing for
the protection 81 human life In under
ground mines. 1t was adopted
The committees on roads and high
ways, agriculture and stock growing.
fish and game, reported the selection Of