The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-02-14

talD gamDllnR games.
Cooney, introduced bill at the after
noon session relating to town and city
printing.
Friday-In the Senate.
The senate this morning heard three
senase and some house bills read the
first time and passed two bills in COM
mittee of the whole.
Bills were introduced as follows:
s. B. IS, by Cullen, to protect own.
ers Of horses and to cause inspection Of
the same. The bill makes it lnisde-
meanor to ship horses, mules, mares.
colts, foals or fillies from the state
without their having been inspected by
stock inspector or the sheriff Of the
county, who shall make note Of the
brands, keeping the same in book pro-
vided by the county commissioners
S. B. 79, by Stanton, relating to fire
insurance companies doing business in
the state to determine the value of
property totally destroyed by fire, to
regulate the removal Of causes from
state to federal courts and to prevent
W COul1Ol 4ASu4nACO 4htOD
s. B. 80, by Gruwell, relating to the
granting of separate trials to defend
ants. The bill provides that when two
or more defendants are jointly charged
with crime such defendants shall be
jointly tried, unless the couft on good
cause shown, orders otherwise.
The senate resolved itself into COM
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the chair. Two bills upon the general
file were considered and passed.
These were two measures introduced by
Myers, s. B. 30, repeating the law pre-
venting the garnishment or attachment
of the salaries of state and county Off
GERS, and S. B. 81, repeating the law
taxing state banks and other loaners of
money.
President Spriggs announced that he
was about to sign S. B. 40. defining
the powers of the state arid land COM
mission. and S. ]. NJ. /, relating to In
dians wandering off reservations, after
which the senate adjourned until Mon
day morning.
In the House.
A flood of petitions from various
parts of the state was presented urging
the defeat of the Carr gambling bill !;
many of them were not read, but all
were placed on file for future reference.
The repeal Of the bounty law was asked
for by citizens of Twin Bridges and vi
cinity.
H. B. 1874, relating to appeals to the
supreme court; H. j. M. l, relating to
the Fort Peck Indian reservation, H.
B. 35, the and bill, H. B. 121, re-
lating to the purchase Of maps for state
Offices and schools from Hibbard & Van
Hook, were ordered printed on recon-
mendation of the various committees to
which they were referred. S. B. III,
relating to fees for the issuance Of nat
uralization papers, with amendments,
was concurred and placed on general
orders.
Paul and Day, chairmen of commit
tees Of the whole, reported having had
under consideration number Of bills
and recommended as follows: That Fl.
B. 43, relating to an assistant in the
state land Office, do pass; that II. B.71,
relating to the duties of county attor-
neys, as amended, do pass; that substi-
tute for Fl B 36, relating to surety COM
pany bonds. as amended, do pass, and
that substitute No be referred to the
judiciary committee with instructions
to draw up new bill Incorporating
various amendmets offered; that H. B.
-, relating to special constables, do
pass; that Il. 3, 38, relating to appeals
from the decision Of the board Of med
ical examiners, be indefinitely post
poned, and that H. B. 1, relating to
the rights Of CO. tenants, do pass.
The house then adjourned until Mon
day afternoons