The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-01-17
LEGISLATION TO
Be CONSIDERED.
The School Laws Are to Be
Revised.
TRAVELLING LIBRARIES.
Laws Defining the Dutiss of County
Commissioners Will REEVE
Attention.

Aside from selecting two United
States senators to represent Montana
at the nations capital the Montana
slider that will make the session Of
1901 an exceptionally busy one. With
the rapid growth of the state has
come the demand for laws to meet
the changed conditions There is
scarcely a subject which the state
will not be called upon to consider.
The legislature will be asked to
pass a complete new code of school
laws. The committee of the school
and state teachers associa-
ton is now engaged in preparing a
school code that will meet the ap-
proval of all branches of the states
educational work. The proposed
changes have already been exploited
in the Leader.
While the insurance men do not
ask for it there is a demand for the
establishment of an oncc to be known
as that of insurance commissioner
AT present the state auditor performs
the functions of insurance commits
sioner. The revenue received by
the state from this business has
grown rapidly since the state was or
ganized and at this time it amounts
to very nearly 100000 per year. The
business is said to lie too great for
one man to successfully handle.
The laws defining the duties OF
county commissioners will either ;ye
entirely repealed and a new set of
laws substituted or copious amend
ments will be proposed. Under the
existing laws county commissioners
are not authorized to build roads and
all roads that have been built by com
missioners in the past have nearly
all been constructed by the commits
siOner exercising prerogative that
is not warranted by Jaw, but which
the legislature intended to authorize
however.
Another law will be proposed that
will allow county superintendent oil
schools to draw mileage and reason
sOnable expenses while travelling il
the county in the official discharge
of duties.
Sheritfs Of Montana are interested
in the passage of a law authorizing
the holding of all executions in the
penitentiary at Deer Lodge rather
than in the county jails around the
state. They contend thai the plan
would save money to every county
in the state, and but little publicity
would be giving to the hangings
Aside from this it would relieve sher
ifs of an unpleasant duty, and they
are anxious enough to see the law
passed. Last year about half dog
en- criminals We're hung in Montana
and the year before fully dozeI
paid the penalty of death.
The game laws will be thoroughly
revised. 1t is quite likely that ar
appropriation will be made to enable
the state game and fish commission
to carry out the intent of the law
The fault is not so much with the
laws as it is with The fact that the
proper officers are powerless to ac
as there is no appropriations to pay
the cost of prosecutions and the eX
penses and salary of a warden ant
deputies. At present several cOun
ties have wardens. The plan as pro
posed is to appoint a chief game war
den and make an appropriation sufi
GENTLY large to pay the salaries of ;
deputy in every county. If this plal
is not adopted the county commits
sioners of each county will be requir
ed to appoint deputy game wardel
who will be directly responsible t.
the state game warden. The Mon
tana Game and Fish Protective assC
citation, recently organized in Helena
have the mattr in hand and will asl
the legislature to make number o
changes in the seasons.
The Woman's Federation will as
the legislature to make an appropr
alton for the establishment of traye
ing libraries, and to create a trave
ing library commission. These /
braries will be sent to small town
that do not enjoy the privileges of
library and the local school boar