The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-02-26
For Lawmakers To Complete
Their Labors.
PAST WEEK A BUSY ONE
Calendar of Senate Is Cleaned Up and the
House Is Well Progressed With
Its Business.

SESSION remaining, the montana leSlS
lature has it's business we'll advanced
The senate for the first time during
consideration in committee of Tho
whole or third reading, and the house
while behind the senate, has made
good progress. However, the pres
ent session has thus far produccI
comparatively few laws. The house
and senate seem to vie with each 9th
err to see which can kill off the mo :,
number of bills coming from the 9th
er branch, says the Helena Herald.
Since the opening of the session 81
ballots have been taken on the short
term senator without result, in fact
the selection of a second senator is
as distant, and as far, as the face Of
the returns indicate, as when the
legislature was called to order Janus
airy Z.
Important matters of legislation
have been considered and disposed
of by both branches of the legisla
ture. The governor has, however
signed comparatively few bills, for
the reason that few have passed BOTH
houses. The Quinn eight hour bill
passed early in the session is perhaps
the most important matter of legisla
ton passed by the present legisla
ture. The Kilgallan liquor licens
bill will be considered Mon
day afternoon in the committee o.
the whole in the senate, and the
house is wrestling with the Cullen
company store bill and the gambling
law making gambling a misdemeano
instead of felony-both of them sen
ate bills. The house committee on
appropriations will present the omni
bus appropriation bill on Monday.
The Hedges osteopathy bill was
passed by the senate early in tho
week with amendments and has bee,
sent back to the house for concu:
renee. The bill provides for the es
Enlistment of a board of examiners
to license the practice of osteopathy
and legalizes it's practice in this state
One of the first measures decapi
tated by the senate this week was
the Pan-American exposition appro
priation bill. The measure provided
for a $4,000 mineral display from
this state, and was defeated by a de
cisive vote. The next day an effor
was made to have the bill re-consia
cred but without success.
The senate and the house are at
swords points over the disposition Of
the 100000 turned over to the legis.
ture by Fred Whlteside two years
ago. The house bill provided thar
the money shall be turned into tho
school fund and when the bin
reached the senate that body amend
ed it placing the amount to the credit
of the general fund. The house re-
fused to concur with the senate
amendment and as result a confeis
ence committee was appointed nv
Speaker Corbett and President Hig
gins to consider the bill and effect
some kind of compromise.
The senate killed Senator Geiger.
bill requiring assessors to publish an
nually a list of all the property as
sessed in each county. He asked
that the bill be passed as it would re-
suit IN a check being kept on the as
sessor and the amount of additional
taxes collected would pay the ex
pense of publication many times over
Some OF the upper chamber solons
thought the measure was of the wood
chuck variety intended merely to
benefit the country newspapers.
The substitute. gambling bill pre-
scented by the senate committee en-
public morals, in the stead of the
Tierney bill, was passed on Tuesday
by the senate and transmitted to the
house. The bill had just enough
votes to pass it. The measure Will
meet with opposition in the house.
According to the provisions of Sen
ator Geiger's bill passed by the sen
ate prospectors who make mistakes
in defining their claim boundaries
may make amended declaratory
statements. Senator Meyers bill, re
quiring the board of live stock COM
missioners to publish annually a list
of strays for which no owners can be
found, was also passed in the senate
and is now in the house. The bill
giving county superintendent travel
ling expenses was also passed. The
law limits the amount which may be
expended in this way to $50. The
farmers of the state will be glad to
know of the passage of Senator An.
derson's bill providing for farmers