Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-03-03
passed. Senator. Hannah, Ramsdell,

, passed. Senators Hannah. Ramsdel
I Metzel and Smead voting no.
XII Representative Sanford's hous
Z bill to alter the boundaries OF Ca
cade and Meagher counties so as I
} include Neihart and Barker with
y Cascade county was recommends
4 and subsequently placed on it's fin,
lpassage and concurred in unan
Imously.
Gov. Smith sent to the house
message citing the small amour
} OF work yet done by the legislator
! and requesting that the member
I quit talking and go to work. TIL
message was favorably received.
HELENA. Feb. 26.-Yesterday wa
a pretty fair day for the railroads
too, for both houses rejected bill
to require county assessors and
county boards to assess and equalizt
the property OF thecompanies In each
county. Mr.. Armitage's bill in the
house and Senator Hannah's bill in
the senate were summarily disposed
of.
i The senate also Killed the Hurd
and Cooper railroad commission bills
by a vote of IL to eight. The Hurd
bill was nearly a copy of the Iowa
commission bill. The Cooper law
was copied after the statute i'm force
in Wisconsin.
The free text book bill. as the SEN
ate amended it, came mp in the house
for action upon the amendments,
and the house concurred in them.
In the senate the arid land bill was
passed, also the bill introduced by
the committee on stock growing and
grazing to provide for the appoint
ment of a board OF sheep commits
sioner was passed unanimously.
Senator Riddell's bill amending the
capitol commission law Is. b. No.
79) was passed by a vote OF IL to
four. The noes We're: Senators
Brosnan, Hoffman, Ramsdell and
Watt.
In the house a number of bills were
reported from the various commit
tees. Among those was the Chandler
anti-gambling bill from the commit
tee on ways and means. The COM
mittee reported the bill without rec
ommendation, and also reported a
number of amendments, with the
suggestion that they be considered.
The amendments would have the
effect, il adopted. to allow faro games
and studhorse poker. They also
made the penalty for violation Of the
law only Jail sentence.
Mr.. Lindsay, of Dawson, wanted
to adopt the report Of the commit
tee. except the amendments. Mr..
Campbell. of Park, moved that the
amendments be printed.
When it was explained that the
bill itself would go on general orders.
and that the printing Of the amend
ments would not delay considera-
of the bill, the friends OF the bill with
drew all objection to IL. The amend
ments were all ordered printed, and
the bill was put on general orders.
But one amendment went there
with it.
Mr.. Humber offered one to make
pool selling on races one OF the gamb-
ling games prohibited. On a rising
| vote the amendment was adopted.
1t may. however, be eliminated by
the committee of the whole.
Mr.. O'Mailey. offered an amend
ment to license murder and highway
robbery, but he afterward withdrew
it.
A large number of bills were re-
ceived from the senate. Among
them were a number of house bills,
which had been amended. The
amendments were all concurred in.
They We're the bills providing for a
uniform system of text books, re-
quiring cages In mines to be cased In,
providing for a commission To sur
vey a boundary line between Mon
lection of debts for Intoxicating
liquors sold by the drink. allowing
assessors to appraise property in
counties with q total valuation OF
property of less than $s.O00. 900, to
regulate the office OF Inspector of
mines.
III. B. No. LIB, amending the game
law.
H. B. No. l66, to submit a consti-
tutional Amendment to- allow dis
trict judges to ait on the supreme
bench when the justices are disquali-
fed.
H. B. No. 4. providing for the use
Of the International Typographical
union label on state printing.
HELENA, Feb. 27.-The house yes
terday considered the new license
law i'm committee of the whole,
among the provisions Incorporated
being section placing a license of
81 on bicycles, the proceeds to go to
the road fund.
At the afternoon session the house
passed two bills and killed two.
One defeated was that which pro-
vides that where drugs or pharma-
ceutical preparations are kept for
sale a registered pharmacist must he