Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-02-04
ND WOOL INTERESTS OF THE GREAT JUDITH COUNTRY
PoPULlST FAD KILLED.
The Initiative and Referendum Bill Did Not
Even Pass the House.

HELENA, January 30th.-The pro-
ceedings of the house for the legisla-
tive days of Wednesday. Thursday
and Friday consumed many columns
in the daily reports but the net re-
suit is briefly told-the Populist pet
measure, the initiative and referendum
amendment to the constitution, has
been killed by a vote of II to -. a
majority but not the two-thirds vote
required. Messrs. Watkins and Per-
rine both voted for the measure and
i'm the classification are placed with
the Populists. The house could do
nothing else until this bill was dis
posed of and Wednesdays and
Thursdays sessions was largely de-
voted to oratory.
Tuesday the bill reducing the
governors salary from $1,000 to-
81, 900 was finally defeated. The
bill limiting the hours of labor on
public works to eight hours was
passed Tuesday.
Carroll's bill to prohibit officers
from holding more than two con
secutive terms was killed i'm commit
tee of the whole. the enacting clause
being stricken out.
The Broadwater county bill passed
the house Friday by vote of 4S to
II, Perrine being among the minority.
The senate has it's general file
cleared and is pushing business right
along, setting and example to the
house which that body is slow to
comprehend.
Wednesday the senate passed Sen
ator Metzelfs bill to increase the
levy ON stock interests, which is as
follows:
BE it enacted by the legislative
assembly of the state of Montana:
Section |. That section 2990, article
4, chapter >, title Z, part 3 of the
political code of the state of Mon
tana, i'm reference to a tax levy for
stock inspection purposes, be
amended SO as to read as follows:
Section 1890. The board OF county
commissioners of each county must
at the time of making the annual
assessment, levy a special tax of one
and One-half mills on the dollar upon
the assessed valuation of all cattle,
horses mules and asses in their re-
spective counties. which must he
collected az other taxes upon like
property, and when so collected
must he paid to the state treasurer,
who must keep the same az a separ-
ate fund to be known as the ''stock
detective and inspector fund" which
fund must he used i'm defraying the
expenses incurred under the provis-
ions of this chapter. The expenses
in any year under the provision of
this chapter must i'm no case exceed
the special tax levy for that year.
Provided that persons having -
this tax"
The governor sent in the following
appointments as members of the
state board Of stock commissioners
and they were promptly confirmed:
Beaverhead county, A. +. Greeter,
Oh DllllOn.
Cascade, John Seiben, of Cascade.
Carbon, j. \ Talman, of Red Lodge.
Choteau, -. j. Mcnamara, of Big
Sandy.
Custer, o. c. Cate, of Miles City.
Dawson, J. X. Towers. of Wibaux.
| Deer Lodge, John Bielenberg, Of
| Deer Lodge.
Fergus. >. 5. Hobson, of Utica.
Jefferson, Edward Ryan, of Boul-
der.
| Lewis and Clarke, j. 7. Murphy,
of Helena.
Madison, Alex Metzel, of Puller
Springs.
Meagher, Len Lewis, of Fort Lo-
gan.
Park, G. w. Wakefield, of Living
ston.
Sweet Grass, j. v. Kelly, of Hun
tiers Hot Springs.
Silver Bow. Levi Cartier. of Butte.