The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-02-28
CHANGE GAMBLING Law
From a Felony to a Misdemeanor
and Fixing Penalty for
Violation.
INCREASE IN SALARY
Given Supreme Court Judges While
the Office of Reporter is Abolished.
Losekamp's School Bill.
Friday-In the Senate.

Friday-In the Senate.
Yesterday afternoon the senate had
just concluded its partial consideration
in committee Of the whole of Senator
Tierney's gambling bill. 1t had been
decided to refer the bill back to the
general file for future consideration be-
Of opposition to the amendment
making a distinction between towns
Of over 1000 and smaller places. After
the committee arose and some senate
business had been transacted committee
of the whole work was resumed. A
motion to recommend the bill for pas
sage prevailed by a vote of 10 to 8. A
substitute motion to indefinitely post
pone the bill was lost by 9 to 10. The
vote on the motion was:
Ayes-Anderson, Bowler, Campbell,
CLARK, Connolly, Courtney, Eggleston,
Hoffman, Mckay, Myers, Norris, Phil
lips, Riddell, Stanton, Tierney-15.
Noes-Cullen, Geiger, Gruwel], Han
nah, Hobson, Mahon, Mitchell, War
ner, Worden-9.
The principal amendments were
made by Stanton. They make the first
two sections of the bill read as follows:
EVERY person who deals, carries on,
opens or causes to be opened, Or who
conducts, OF causes to be conducted.
either as owner or employee, whether
for hire or not, any game Of draw
poker, stud horse poker, roulette or
faro, for money or other valuable thing,
is punishable by a fine, as in this sec
tion further provided, Or by imprison-
ment in the county Jail for a period of
not to exceed six months and for the
costs Of prosecution; and every person
convicted Of a violation of this section
must be imprisoned until such fine and
costs are paid, such imprisonment not
to exceed six months in the county Jail.
"First-If any such game or games
be conducted above the ground floor of
any building the person SO offending
shall be punishable by a fine of not less
than $3.50 nor more than $500.
Second--If any such game or games
be conducted Or carried Oh OH the
ground floor or in view of street pedes-
trians Or elsewhere than above the
ground floor, any person SO offending is
punishable by a fine of not less thai,
$500 nor more than 81, 900.
"Section 2. Every person who
deals, carries or or conducts, or causes
to be conducted, and game of monte,
ia, fa-ta, rouget ct Dir, lasqueet, craps.
sav-ad-a-half, t~wenty-one or any game
commonly termed a 'sure.thing' game
for money or other valuable thing, is
punishable by. a fine of not less than
1000 or by imprisonment in the coun-
ty Jail not less than six months or by
both such fine and imprisonment"
The session of the senate this morn
ing was not characterized by any mem
orable occurrences. The only event of
more than passing Importance was the
futile attempt made to reconsider the
vote by which tile bill changing the
manner of printing the official ballots
was passed, but it was lost by a vote OF
8 to IA.
in the House.
Representatives evidently consider
that they have done their duty by the |
state in the way of introducing bills,
for no notices We're given this morning
and but Il bill vas introduced and
that was q substitute for Fl. B. 1871,
amending the license law.
The joint committee reported the
bills on general orders and a number of
senate bills We're CONQUERED in, on rec
~ommendation Of the judiciary commit.
tee, which also recommended the in
definite ~postponement of H. B. 1870, by
Boy]an, relating to bastardy proceed
ings. Lindsay's local option bill was
ordered printed.
Losekamp's bill appropriating So, 1850
for the payment of the members of
troop A from the time they were called
out by the governor until they were
mustered into the service of the United
States was also indefinitely postponed
on motion Of Paul by a vote of "a to 10.
The bill asked the appropriation to pay
the persons mentioned ''for their ser.
vices, time and expenses after having
been called by the governor and while
waiting to be mustered into the service
of the United States" Capt. J.. @.
Bond was allowed $3.50. Lieut.. H. v.
Bailey and Lieut.. Robert Leavens $3.50
each, twenty enlisted men $50 each
and Mrs. Graham, wife Of Sergeant
Graham, deceased, $isG.
S~aturday-In the House.
The Office Of supreme court reporter