The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-01-06
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The Sixth Session Of the Montana
Legislature Begins to In
troduce Bills.
SESSIONS ARE SHORT
Standing Committees Appointed
Gruwell and Losekamp from
Yellowstone Fare Well.

Both branches of the state legislature
convened in their respective chambers
Tuesday morning In the house,
Speaker Stiff administered the oath Of
office to those representatives who were
not present when the house was organ
lied Monday. They were Represent
atives Losekamp of Yellowstone and
Finn of Cascade. It was about the
only business transacted tho house ad.
journing at II o'clock to meet at the
Auditorium to hear the governors mes
sage.
The senate did practically nothing
beyond meeting, hearing the minutes
of Mondays session and taking ad-
journment to the Auditorium. Neither
branch met in the afternoon the ad-
journment covering the time until
Wednesday morning.
Wednesday.
The members Of the legislature had
hardly sufficiently recovered from The
reading Of the governors S message to
get down to good work. The senate
met at the usual time. The COMMITTEES
on rules reported the result OF it's labors
i'll framing 8 set of rules to govern that
body, the rules being largely those Of
the Fifth legislative assembly. The
senate ordered printed 2,000 copies Of
Governor Smiths message.
The president of the senate an
nounced his committees. Senator Cru
we'll of Yellowstone county was made
chairman Of the committee on irriga-
tion and water rights and a member Of
the following committees: Federal
relations, stock growing and grazing
and public morals.
Senator Whitesides gave the first
notice of the introduction of bill. He
informed the senate that he proposed
to introduce bill for the creation of a
commission to be known as a horticult-
ural commission, to look after the
horticultural interests of the state. At
the afternoon session notices Of the in
PRODUCTION of bills were given as fol-
lows, after which the senate adjourned:
By Connolly. regulating the present
and future assignment Of wages.
By Whiteside, amending the laws in
regard to insurance.
By Myers relating to road laws;
also creating the Twelfth judicial dis
trict, to be composed Of the counties Of
Ravalli and Granite.
In the House.
But little business was transacted by
this body. The speaker announced
that he would appoint his committees
on Thursday.
Under the head of petitions, the fol-
lowing petition was presented for a
Crest Day. as follows:
"We, the undersigned, business
men, women, firms and corporations Of
Montana, do hereby respectfully and
earnestly petition your honorable body
to enact civil Sunday rest law. ap-
plicable to the business mentioned op-
posite our names. But we who are
druggists desire the privilege, on bell
calls, of selling medicines, etc.. when
necessary to relieve immediate suffering.
It is our desire that the penalties Of
this law be adequate to insure it's
proper enforcement.
johnson of Carbon gave notice of the
introduction of bill concerning the
election of road supervisors and detin-
ing their powers and fixing their COM
pensation.
In view of the fact that the house
would not be ready to transact any
business till the speaker had announced
the committees the house adjourned.
Thursday.
Roth houses held short sessions this |
morning. The principal event in the
house was the presentation of Speaker
Stiff's announcement Of the appoint
ment Of standing committees. Lose
kamp Of Yellowstone was placed at the
head OF the committee on immigration
and made member Of the committees
on irrigation and water rights, appor-
tionment and representation. railroads
and transportation, fish and game.
The following notices of introduction
of bills were given:
By G,.rr, bill to provide for the
election Of road supervisors and to
amend the present road law. BY Trus-
colt, bill entitled an act to amend
section sic of the Code Of Civil Pro-
cedure, by adding one subdivision
thereto, and to amend section 5l7 Of
said code By repeating subdivision three
thereof also, bill to amend section
1853 Of the Political Code, relating to-
the compensation Of witnesses in courts i,
not of record, and on ooroner's in