The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-10

ienuefeu the state during the year
1896.
Day-An act providing for liens for
boarding and lodging house keepers.
| Stone--an act authorizing school trus-
tees to establish free kindergartens and
an act providing for a lien upon saw
logs, ties, cord wood, pilng and provid-
ing for the collection of same.
Reports were received from several
| standing committees, announcing the
appointment of clerks. under the au-
thority conferred upon them by the
| house, Friday, as follows: Engross-
ment. Miss Lillian Dnlan: printing,
Richard Butler with Lena Flaur as
stenographer; enrolment, Edward
Burke: judiciary, Miss Cora Council;
ways and means, Miss Minnie S. Bow
| erS
| Stephens raised the point that the
committee on enrolment was not au-
| thorlzed to select clerk at this time.
Day moved that the reports of the COM
| mittees on enrolment and engrossmant
be rejected. The speaker ruled that.
as the house had already authorized
this action by the committees. no furth
| er action was necessary and declared
| Mr.. Days motion out of order. Later,
during the afternoon. Day attempted to
once more raise this point, but Speaker
| Stiff again ruled his motion out of Or
| der.
| Paul, as chairman of the committee
| on appropriations, asked leave to intro
duce bill without previous notice.
| This leave was granted and the bill
| was read twice, and then, under sus-
pension of rule, was read a third time
and referred to the printing commit
| tee. The bill appropriates $4,000 for
the mileage and per diem of members
and $4,000 for the per diem of attaches
Other bills were introduced and read
| as follows:
Truscott-An act relating to the
| bonds OF county officers. Referred TO
| the judiciary committee
Johnson-An act to provide for the
| election of road supervisors, to define
| their powers and to fix their compensa-
| ton.
The governor transmitted the annual
| report of the state capitol building COM
mission, which was read by the clerks
and referred to the committee on public
| institutions, buildings and grounds.
The report covers the history of the
capitol commission from it's creation
and gives the FINANCIAL statement Of
| the affairs of the committee, together
| with a description of the building,
which is now under construction.
| The election Of a messenger and keep
er of the coat room, which had heen
| made special order for 3 o'clock,
| tfon of ]. c.. Sullivan of Anaconda,
| from a field of Il or more candidates.
| At this point in the proceedings, the
| house received a communication from
| the senate, announcing the appoint
! ment by that body of a committee to
| investigate the charges of bribery,
which have been made recently in con-
nectiOn with the senatorial contest.
| This resolution and that introduced by
| Stephens in the house, precipitated the
| first real contest that the house has
| seen this session. 1t finally resulted
! in the unanimous passage of the resolu-
| ton by the house and the appointment
| by the speaker of Stephens, Cooney and
| TCole. the house committee on investi-
| cation. After this stern struggle, the
members of the house were ready for
| the adjournment. which was moved ly
| Woods of Ravalli after several notices
| of committee meetings had been given.