The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-02-09


ures are yet to be considered.
The first bill passed in order of in
PRODUCTION is Senator Warmers bill,
prohibiting railroad companies from
asking special tunnel charges of any
sort The measure is not of vital i'm
portance, still it met with favor at the
hands of the upper branch of the as
sembly, and might be, perhaps, class
ed as anti-railroad legislation.
Senate bill No. S gives to all hon
orably discharged soldiers free ped
dlers licenses. Senator Courtney
was the author of the bill and under
his special guidance it found it's way
through the red tape of the senate.
Although it met with some opposi-
iton, the third bill in order of introduce
ton, to pass, is Senator Hoffman S
pure food bill. 1t carries with it an
appropriation of $500 with which to
enable the officers of the experiment
station to carry out the law, and Gre
dlSo IL SyolCllI VI piIc loou llopCS-
ton.
Senator Mahon's bill creating fire
districts and providing for the ap-
pointment of fire wardens is another
of the "a bills that run the gauntlet
in the senate. The bill is intended
to prevent prairie fires.
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might be called special legislation il
the way of several minor amendments
to the charter of the city of Virginia.
The measure is of no Importance to
any one except the citizens of Vir-
ginia City.
Irrigation canals and farm lands
are protected from depredations by
live stock by Senate bill No. 10, intro
duced by Senator Mitchell and passed
last week The bill met with favor
of the stockmen who were most inter-
ested in it's passage.
Street railway companies, except in
cities of less than 5000 inhabitants,
will, under the provisions of Senator
Kennedy's bill, be obliged to SO vesti-
bule their cars in winter as to pro-
tect their employees. The measure
was introduced at the request of the
Butte labor unions.
Boards of county commissioners
will be enabled to lease poor farm
property for a period OF three years
under the provisions of a bill passed
during the fourth week of the ses-
sion.
The same senator is also the auth
or of another bill that made it's way
successfully through the senate, which
authorizes the land commissioners
to issue bonds against the normal
school land grant for $4,000 to enable
the officials of that institution to
make large number of improvements
at the Dillon institution as well as
to build two new buildings.
Senate bills is, 10 and 20, all relate
to method of procedure in civil and
criminal actions. One authorizes Il
judge to deliver charge before the
argument of counsel.
The Rosebud county bill was intro
duced by Senator Cullen and passed.
The bill is now advanced in the house.
Another bill introduced by the judic-
larry committee relates to pleading in
civil actions, amending in a slight de-
gree the existing law. Several other
bills introduced by the judiciary com
mittee relate to the same object
Several Of them passed the senate last
week.
In the future, judges of the district
court will be paid monthly instead OF
quarterly, if the senate bill is
passed by the house. Under the
present system all judges are paid
every three months, as is the case
lists rebelled, and asserted that inter
est rates We're high, and they objected
to having to borrow money.
Two bills relating to the publicatio III
of delinquent tax lists and the lists
of license money collected by the
county treasurer were introduced by
Senator Myers. Each remedies dis
crepancies in the law and neither is
of a radical nature.
Senate bill % repeats the law which
eXempts the salaries of county off
Gals from attachment. Senator Cul
lens juror bill passed, giving compen
sation to jurors from the day the,
are summoned, instead of from the
time they serve as is the case at pres
ent. In bill introduced by the judi
ciary committee the bonds of notary
publics are fixed at 81 900, and senate
bill 33 is the title of a measure that
defines the duties of corporations in
the matter of filing annual state
ments.