Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1901-01-16
IN THE LEGISLATIVE HALLS
Nothing More Done the First Week Than Providing
Offices for Applicants ts--Rosebud and Powell
County Bills Appear and Yellowstone
Wants Fergus to Divide.

Ine gamblers are all on hand ana
Senator Tierney Of Broadwaterco coun-
ty is going to be their champion this
winter, as he was last. One pro-
vision OF his measure il that requir-
ing all who play cards or games Of
chance for money or anything of
value to obtain a license, paying $3.50
per quarter therefor.
Representative Hedges, who, by
the way, has already shown that he
Is going to make an excellent floor
leader for the minority, has intro
duced several measures of import
ance. Perhaps the one which will
create the longest debate and meet
with the most violent opposition is
that reapportioning the state on a
basis OF one representative for each
800 votes cast for governor at the last
election. 1t isclaimed by the opposi-
ton that this method OF apportion-
ment would be unconstitutional.
Should this measure become law
Broadwater would lose one, Jefferson
one, Lewis and Clarke and Meagher
one, while Carbon, Cascade, Fergus
and Valley would each gain one and
Silver Row would gain eight, a net
gain of eight in the membership of
the house.
The bill introduced by Mr.. Hedges
creating the Office Of meat and milk
Inspector in towns having a popula-
tion of 5000 or more, provides that
every city having 5000 or more in
habitants may appoint an Inspector
of meats and milk, who must be
graduate OF some recognized veterin-
AIRY college. When such an Inspector
is appointed the city council must
establish place for the free inspcc-
ton on foot ui all animals butchered
for the markets of the city. When
the stock IL slaughtered the Inspector
must tag the meat to show it has
been properly Inspected, and any
meat found to have been slaughtered
without having been properly in
spected must be slashed and Kerosene
poured into the ncisions so as to
spoil the meat for sale. The Inspector
must inspect all diaries selling milk
in the city, at least once n month,
| to see that the cows are not diseased
and are properly fed. Every dairy
man must have II certificate from the
inspector for every COW toshOw that
she ia free from tuberculosis and all
other diseases. Any dairyman hav-
ing any contagious disease in his fam
ily may not sell milk while the dis
ease exists oruntil twenty days after
the diseases have abated and the
premises have been properly disin-
fected. When the inspector finds that
for any reason, either for unsanitary
met hods OF handling milk or other
wise, the milk should not be sold, he
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J must destroy 1t and forbid the dairy
man from selling until remedy has
been effected. 1t il made a misde-
meanor for any dairyman to feed his
cows improper food or to sell milk
with any adulteration In 1t, and all
milk must contain at least per cent
oi butter fat. The violation OF the
provisions OF the act il made punish
able by fine of from $50 to $500.
The third bill introduced by the
senior representative from Fergus
provides an appropriation OF s6,5OO
for the Use OF the state veterinarian,
to be expended by him in practical
experiments in the incubation oil GER
tain contagious diseases upon coy