Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-02-25

| County attorney ey.............. 1000 400
County Supt. of schools. loo 800
Senator Hannsh's bill to change
the form of the ballot by grouping
the candidates according to the
offices they sought and eliminating
the vote for straight ticket was lost
by a vote OF 13 to eight. Senator
Chandler voted aye.
The following bills were also
passed, unanimously:
| Senator Chandler's bill to abolish
boards of real estate appraisers.
| Senator Hoffman's bill making it
an offense to make or knowingly sell
adulterated candy.
In committee of the whole the
senate recommended for passage,
the bill relating to the adoption of
children out of orphans homes, Sen
ater Hannah explaining that the
law was a copy Of the one in force in
meet the requirements. Senator
Chandler's bill providing that no
child under l6 years old should be
sent to the county poor farm was
adopted with amendments changing
the age limit to IA years and insert
ing a provision that children might
be sent to the poor house in the dis
cretion OF the county commissioners
when their mothers were there.
Senator Chandler's bill changing
the boundary line between Meagher
and Fergus counties SO as to include
"a small section of the Yogo district
in Fergus county, was adopted with
slight amendment.
In the house the committee on ap-
preparations reported back favorably
the resolution providing for the re-
moval OF the material at the eastern
penitentiary to the Deer Lodge insti
tuition. The committee amended by
making the appropriation $500 in
stead of 81 900, and as amended the
report was adopted.
The bill introduced by Mr.. Clem
of Granite, met with considerable
opposition. 1t provides that 10 pei
cent of the genral schoolfunds in each
county must be divided among the
~ per cent is to be apportioned
according to the school census.
). The fish and game bill was the
next in order. Ii WAS so amended as
to allow a. person to kill six deer in q
year, allows ducks and geese to bt
killed between September and June
adds sage hens to the game birds
that may not be killed bet ween Nov
IL and September, and adds storks
to the birds that shall not he killed
at all.
The most important amendment
was that introduced by Mr.. Penwell
of Lewis and Clarke. The Original
bill provides that no trout or grey
ling caught in the state should b,
offered for sale. Mr.. Penwell'i
amendment provides that no trout
shall be sold i'm the state, except it b,
from private ponds, whose owner
are engaged In raising fish for mar
!, ket purposes. The amendment car
ried.
: HELENA, Feb. 2Oth-The first cross
+ ing of swords bet ween the friends O
2 the scrip proposition and it's oppo
3 nents occurred in the house yester
day in committee of the whole, an,
while there was not a close align
{: ment of battle, the members VIII
, prefer bonds to scrip put the other
t to rout.
K The contest arose over the senat
bill which provides for the issue {
: $lO0,OOO worth of bonds with tn
n proceeds of which TO build and equi
the state university at Missouls
4 Mr.. Watkins, of Fergus, who lea
e the scrip forces, desired to strike ou
the enacting clause of the bill, solel
J. because of it's bond feature, and hi
motion to that effect was lost on
e viva vOce vote without the necessit
J. of a division
Il The house yesterday finally col
lcluded it's work of ofdismembering Ser
e ator MetzeI's meat inspector bill an
il killed it on final passage
The fish and game bill was finall
o recommended for passage, anon
amendments adopted yesterday b'
:. ing striking out the clause requirin
e screens at the heads OF bitches, it b,
L ing claimed that such a provisio
d would require owners to keep a ma
d at the headgate to keep the screen
o clear.
l. The committee ON education Of I'll
,f state senate yesterday paved ii
e way for a continued fight on ii
e school book question by presentip
le a report recommending a substitur