Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-01-21
the LEGISLATURE.
Notice Levied by the House That crank
Measures Need Not be introduced.


JI Measures Need Not be introduced.
~ HELENA, Jan. l6th.-The principa
, accomplishment of the legislature fo
J the week ending the 18th inst. ma,
\ be said to have been the indefinit
lpostponement of Mulville's pension
4 bill mentioned last week. and tn
passage Of an appropriation bill fo
the payment of the salaries of mem
bers and employees. The action upoI
4 the former was sufficient notice I,
4 members that crank measures woult
not go. The appropriation o
$57 900 was made without a dissent
J ing voice, members evidently realiz
ing that the Pops. who came Il
Helena in true Jeffersonian simple.
ity, needed little pin money.
The senate decided to- have a chap
lain and Rev Smith of Helena, now
offieiates in that capacity. 1t now
! seems probable that the bureau OF
labor and industry will he cut on
and the salary Of the state examiner
and his deputy reduced about one
half, bills to this end having been in
troduced In the senate.
Senator Chambers bill Is. b. No.
l5) is a modification of the Torrens
system of registering land titles.
\ The Torrens law was declared un-
constitutional by the supreme court
| of
made to adopt it in Cook county. the
court holding that it conferred Judi
cial power upon the county clerk and
recorder. Senator Chandler obviates
that difficulty by providing that
titles shall all pass through the dis
trict court. The Chandler bin in
several details simplfies the old TOR
rens law"
| Secretary Sanders OF the Histori-
cal Society, has invited all the MEM
bers of the Legislature to go to Pho
tographer Taylor and have their
pictures taken free, the pictures to be
preserved by the society as curiosi-
\ ties. Pop members are especially
urged to accept.
Three bills introduced by Senator
tees with favorable recommends
tions. His bill to make the theft of
live stock a felony regardless of
| value Is. 3. No. 81 was reported cor
\ rectly printed and referred to the
general file. His bill to amend the
law requiring a tax levy ON cattle
for stock indemnity fund Is. B. No.
1S) was reported favorably, and his
bill to provide for the appointment
of a member OF the state board of
stock commissioners from each
county is. B. No. 19l was also
favorably reported on and ordered
printed.
At a joint meeting of the house
and senate committees on education
Thursday night, it was decided to
/ appoint a subcommittee of four,
two from each committee. to report
| compromise bill i'm place of the
four text book bills now i'm the hands
of the two committees. Senator
Watt, chairman of senate committee,
has named Senators, Brosnan and
Leonard as the members on behalf
of his committee, and Mr.. Greenfield,
of the house committee, has named
Mr.. McIDtireand Mr.. Morgan as the
members on behalf of the house COM
Lmittee.
Several members of the house are
evidently jealous of the powers of
the legal members of that body, an
evidenced 10y the fact that of 13 bills
introduced up to Friday night, %
had been referred to the judiciary
clusively of lawyers. Representa-
tives Carroll of Cascade, formerly of
Philbrook, Fergus county, and
Gillian. have each made an tack ON
the powers of this committee, the
former demanding that additional
members be appointed So that other
professions and trades might he
represented. He was ruled out oi
order, however, and the committee
will remain as now. The pet measure
Of the Pops, initiative and referen-
dunn. has been referred to the judi
ciary committee and will probably
slumber in pigeon hole until the
janitor cleans up after adjournment
Three bills have been introduced
, providing for new counties, Broad
: water county with Townsend as the
county seat, Powell county with
Deer Lodge as the county seat and
Rosebud county with Forsyth
as the seat of government. The
!, former will probably pass, but IL il
. doubtful about the others. Powell
changing OF the county seat OF Deer
!, lodge county from Deer Lodge to An
:, aconda at the recent election and tn,
consequent jealousy of the peopl
who were beaten.
The governor sent his estimates O
expenditures for the ensuing tw'
;, wears to the house Thursday. Th
total amount is 1851 1856, S95. 100 les
than that appropriated two year
ago. In a special message concern
ing the penitentiary, Gov. Smit
~ opposes the completion of tn
= eastern penitentiary, which was bs
:, gun at Billings, and favors the n
: moval OF cells, iron work, doori
). windows etc. which are now at Bi
!, lings, to Deer Lodge for the finishin
"a of the additions now under wa
q there. Billings people are expecte
a. to indor~e this, nit.
Representative Watkins brough