The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-02-26
WARNED TO KEEP OUT
The Speaker Refuses Tom Graham Ad-
Mittance 10 the Legislative Hall.
GAMBLING BILL LOBBYIST
Is Accused of Insulting a Member
Passage Between the Speaker
and Mr.. Shifelbln - A Great
Deal of Work Disposed OF.
Special Dispatch to the STANDARD.


tives. over so bills in all came 10 the
attention of the house from commit
tees, the senate and from general or
ders. In the morning there was a live
ly little tilt over the report OF the COM
mittee on ways and means on the re-
port OF the anti-gambling bill with
amendments permitting faro and poker
and reducing penalties. The amend
ments were ordered printed.
The house concurred i'm the senate
amendments To the free text book, Gil
mas liquor bill and Evans cage hill and
pushed through committee of the whole
large number Of city and revenue bills
besides giving four house bill their final
| passage.
a sensation was created just before
the evening recess by the speakers or
der excluding Graham, a gambling bill
lobbyist, from the floor and lobby of
the house. He was accused of insulting
member of the house.
Following the reading of the Journal.
petitions urging the passage of the AN
ti-gambling bill We're presented from
Helena, Anaconda. Deer Lodge, Town
send, Red Lodge. Kalispcll. Stevens
| vile. Missoula, Butte, Great Falls, Bill
inss and Livingston. They were re-
/ ferred
Under committee reports Penwclrs
bill to extend the boundaries of Lewis
and Clarke came up for further amend
mcnt. Humber of Deer Lodge sent in
an amendment striking out all parts OF
| the bill relative Ia Deer Lodge county.
| Humber, Marcum and Carroll support
| ed the amendment. The amendment
prevailed by a vote Of % To .6. An at
tempt to strike out all those parts ~
| the bill relative To Cascade and Meagh-
er counties were defeated. An amend
ment by Stanton reducing the amount
Of territory taken from Cascade county
was carried. As amended the report
| was adopted.
The ways and means committee re-
| ported favorahly Hannah's hill reduc-
| ing salaries Of county officials; 5. Il.
Ak. relating to salary of register of state
lands; Hoffman's bill, relative to state
lands and McCahe's hill. concerning
mileage of sheriffs. Shoylin's hill rela-
| tive 10 semi-annual payment Of taxes
was recommended for printing and the
| anti-gambling hill was reported with
amendments permitting faro and poker
and reducing the penalty from five
| years i'm the penitcntiary In 20 days
in the county Jail and reducing the fine
| from $500 to $50 The committee made
no recommendation favorahly ar other
wise. Campbell of Park moved that
| the amendments I've printed. This was
| taken by the friends Of the measure as
more delaying tactics and was warmly
| opposed. O'Mallcy of Cascade moved
another amendment. which provided
that murder. fraud and highway rob
berry be licensed in order to increase
| the states revenue. II was seconded
| by Ramsey, but was finally Withdrawn
| at the urgent request of Lindsay OF
| Dawson. Humber of Deer Lodge offer
ed an amendment To the report pro-
hibiting gambling on horse races and
pool selling. 1t was defeated. The mo-
tion to print was put and carried.
The following communication from
! the secretary of state was read and re-
! ferred to the committee on state boards
| and officers:
Helena, Feb. g. lSgl.-To the Honor
| able House OF s:-ticntle-
men: | would respectfully call your at
| tention TO the oporltion Of the present
law governing the fees OF this office In
regard 10 the filing Of articles or incor-
poration and also the fling Of certificates
| o. increase of stock.
"Suh-dlyision : OF section 40 OF the po-
lltlcal code provides that for receiving
and filing articles of Incorporation the
secretary of state shall charge and collect
the sum of 80 cents on each $1,000 Of the
capital stock OF any corporation. etc, ctc.
"Suh-dIvision l. of tho same section
provides that for filing certificates of in
crease or decrease OF cayital stock the
secretary OF state shall charge and collect
fee Of s..
~ desire TO call your attention 10 the
| manner In which The evident intent Of
/ the law il cyHdcd. 4 company or cor
| porntion files In this office It's articles Of
| incorporation with a capital of. say N,Ou1
| dollars and the fee for receiving and filing
said articles under sub-dNisio of sec
tion 40 Is S1dA cents. The next day or
perhaps the next week the same company
| lilies a certificate OF Increase OF capital
stock from S,G'1 20 Sl0o0.cN or morc and
| the fee for Hing said certificate Is only
| s.. For instance. within the past week u
| corporation filed It's articles of ncoporl-
| ton IN this office with capital stock OF
| Sl0UH and the fee for the same was s. a
| few days later said CORPORATION Nlcd ia
| this Office a certificate increasing its otpi-
tai stock from $1,000 TO 100000 and M"
| fee for filing such certificate under the
provisions OF subdivision Y OF section 40
was s..
| Had the original articles OF incorpora-
iion placed the capital stock al S}eu.oVb.
| as 1t was no doubt the intention OF the iH-
corporltors nj the time To Increase ID TO
said sum. The fee would have been SlUO.
| Il believe that subdivision of section
| lin OF the political code should be amrn1-
ed TO read: For rccciviag aud filing each
articles OF incorporation or certificate of
increase of capital stock he shall rhargr
aud collect the sum OF ~ cents on each
/ 81 .0d Of the capital stock or amount ~
! Increase. Provided, that the minimum
| lee FOR Ming each article Of Incorporation
/ whether foreign or domestic. shall he So
| Provided. further that whenever The caTi-
/ ital stock OF any corporation shall eNcrrI
I 81 l00O,p. he shall charge and collect tns
sum Of . cents on each T.tD1 OF capital
stock. I'm excess Of slape1 Providgi
however. that no company OF corporation
/ shall Ne required to pay fec lu oNcos- u