The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-21
IT HAS A CLEAN Docket
House Is Up to Date on It's
Work.
A FLOOD OF PETITIONS
Requests and Protests Come From Every.
where-Memorial for the Establish
ment OF New Federal
Court Circuit.
Special Dispatch to the Standard.

journed tonight it was with a clear
docket. The last measure set for con
sideration by the joint steering com
mittee had been disposed of and the
house was up ito date with it's work
This was accomplished only by a hard
days work and all of the members
were well pleased when the hour of ad-
journment was reached. The day open
ed with the flood of petitions that has
become the regular order of late. Most
! of those presented to-day were in sup
port of the direct legislation bill. There
was one from Cascade county, relative
to the proposed game law, which pro-
tested against the protection of small
game as exclusively as is provided for
in the proposed law. Gibson presented a
petition from citizens of Madison coun-
ty against the annexation of a portion
of that county to Beaverhead.
Notices of the Introduction Of bills
were given as follows:
BY Lamb-Relating to public i'm
provements in cities and towns.
By Swindlehurst-Regul insur-
ance and insurance policies written and
placed by companies not authorized to
transact business in this state on prop
erty situated in the state
BY Hedges-Appropriati money for
the purchase of the Allen Indian col
lection in the rooms of the historical
society.
Substitute for H. B. 33, relating to
the bounty laws was reported correctly
engrossed, placed on the calendar for
third reading and later passed the
house with only two opposing votes.
10 members being recorded absent.
ii. b. 3, by Truscott, relating to the
limitation of action, and III, B, s, by
Stone, providing for liens on cav
logs, were reported correctly engrossed.
and were signed by the speaker, as
were H. B. 80, by Fitzpatrick, allow
ing auditors to fourth-class countless
H. B. AZ, by Kelly, relating to the an
pointment of special constables; Fl. B.
AZ, by Hedges, relating to the interest
on county warrants, and H. B. II, by
the judiciary committee, relating to the
duties of county attorneys.
Chairman Kelly of Fridays commit
tee of the whole presented a report
covering 80 bills considered by that
body, and the report was adopted with
out discussion. Most of these bills are
deficiency appropriation bills
Day asked and was granted permis-
sion to present a joint memorial with
out previous notice. This memorial has
ITO deal with the establishment of a fed
eral court circuit to include the states
OF Montana, Idaho Colorado, Utah and
Wyoming. tits in support of bill in
troduced in the federal senate by Sena-
tor Wolcott The memorial was re-
!erred to the committee on federal re-
lations. e
The appropriations COMMITTEES had the
floor when it came to the Introduction
of bills and presented the following,
which were read twice and referred to
the judiciary committee:
Fl. 3. 1852. appropriating money for the
state institutions for the fiscal wears
1899 and 1900. s577 900.
n. b. 1853. appropriating So, 900 for a.
new heating plant for the State Or
phans' home.
H. B. 1854. appropriating s., 900 for a.
new heating plant for the state reform
school,
H. B. 165, approprfat ting Sc, 900 for in
cidental expenses of the Sixth legislat-
i've assembly.
H. B. 1865, appropriating money for
The executive and judiciary departments
OF the state for the years 1899 and 1900,
amounting to $352,00O.
H. B. 1877, appropriating 500 for Chief
Clerks O'Connor and Craig
II. B. 1853, appropriating $4,000 for
wainscoting of Utah onyx for the state
capitol.
The bounty bill was read third time
ana passed with but two opposing votes.
Metlen and Paul of Beaverhead COUNTY
The house then went into committee
OF the whole with Kelly of Silver Bow
in the chair.
H. B. As, relating to the appraisal,
SAFE and leasing of state lands, was con-
sdered.
The noon recess was taken during the
consideration of this bill. and at .
o'clock the session of the committee of
the whole was resumed with Kelley
still In the chair. Stephens the father
OF the bill. presented several somewhat
lengthy amendments which We're adopt
ed, and the bill as amended was rec
commended for passage. The committee
had plain sailing till after O'Clock, the
following bills being considered and IA
vorably recommended
II. b. 70, Crutcheld's sole CORPORATION
bill; H. B. 113, Losekamp's arid land
commission amendments; H. B. LOG,
Phelps bill providing for the appoint
ment by decree of court of a commits
sioner to appraise and divide water
rights; H. B. 121 sweeney's bin author
1zing the publication of an official man
or Montana and the purchase of 300
copies by the state
This completed the order of business
prepared by the steering committee and
the house took a recess till O'clock.
which was the hour fixed for the con-
sideration of H. B. 1874 as a special or
der. AT that hour the house went into
committee of the whole with Stone in
the chair, and for two hours this hin
was under discussion in the house
The bill provides for the sale of the
property of corporations by a vote of
two-thirds of the stockholders, proper
notice having been given of the meet
ing for the consideration of the mat
ter. The bill came up in regular order
last Thursday, when it was set for con-
sideration as the special order for to-
day.
Mats presented an amendment to the
first section, which he said he had been
requested to offer by the friends of the
bill.
Stephens offered an amendment to
the amendment. which was declared
out of order.
Parker then moved to have the bill
recommitted claiming that as a mem
Der of the committee on corporations
to which it had been at first referred
he had never had an opportunity to
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