Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-23
HELENA NEW S.


the hearing if the defendant shall exc
cute an undertaking as above prescribed.
or If an injunction has been issued in any
such cause on account of the defendants
failure to furnish such undertaking, the
same shall be vacated upon defendants
application whenever such undertaking
is furnished. An rraparable injury is
hereby defined to he one which cannot be
compensated in damages recoverab BILE in
an action therefor. =
Sec. 3. All acts and parts of acts in con-.
f1ict with the p -ovi:ions f.his act are
hereby repealed.
Sec. 4.-This act shall take effect and,
be in force from and after its passage
and approval by the governor. d
AIMED AT SHELTERS. ,.
Notice has been given by Representalf
tive Sullivan. of Lewis and Clarke. that
he will introduce a bill which is styled
"a measure for the protection of PATRONS
of smelters and sampling works." one.
of the main objects. it is said, to preventt
the use of fux with custom ores.
BOOM COMPANIES.
The bill introduced by Senator Hoff-
man today, providing for the organiza-
ton of boom" companies is to enable
the John OBrien Lumber company Of
booms and improve the channels of
streams for the driving of logs. The
judiciary committee held that the SPECIAL
law giving the John O'Brlen Lumber
company special privileges in this respect
was unconstitutional
The apportionment bill introduced by
the senate committee on apportionment
which is to be considered by committee
of the whole of that body, next Monday
afternoon as special order, reduces the
membership of the house from 20 to CO.
Senator HobsOn. chairman Of the COM
mittee. explains that the reduction is not
proposed because of decrease in pOpula-
ton, but because of the creation of new
counties. Under the bill jefferson coun-
ty will lose two members, parts of
Jefferson county have been included in
several of the newer counties. Lewis and
Clarke county will lose two members, and
Missoula, Gallatin, Granite and Beaver
head one each. Cascade and Choteau
each gain one member. and three Of the
four members now accorded Deer Lodge
will go to DAILY county, leaving the new
county of Deer Lodge with one member.
Custer will divide it's two members with
Rosebud county. Three other counties
lose one member each.
COMPANY STORE BILL.
singular Importance SO far as the ranks
of labor are concerned. They are willing
to subordinate nearly everything else 10
it's passage. The Cullen measure is far
milder in it's provisions than the original
bill introduced by Lannin. In order that
a comparison may be made between the.
two the measure which passed the SEN
ate yesterday and will now go before the
house for considera ton is reproduced
here. Its text is as follows:
Section l. 1t shall be unlawful for
any person, firm company. corporation or
| trust, or the business manager or agent
of any such person, firm company. cor
poration or trust. to sell, give. deliver.
or in any way, directly or Indirectly, to
| any person employed by him or it. IN
| payment of wages due to become due.
| any script, token, check. draft. order.
! credit or any book account or other evil
| dence of indebtedness payable to bearer
| or his assignees. except as hereinafter
provided but such wages shall be paid
: only in lawful money of the United
/ States. or by check or draft upon some
| bank in which such person. firm. ct\ :
| pany, corpora ton or trust. or the agent
| or business manager of such person,
| firm. company, corporation or trust has
| money upon deposit to cash the same,
| and no assignment of any wages due,
{ or to become due to any employe. shall
! be made to any person. firm. company,
! corporation or trust, or the business
| manager of any such person, firm. COM
| pany, corporation or trust employing
said laborer. and any contract to the
, contrary shall be void: provided. how
| ever, this shall not prevent ranchmen,
farmers, lumber camps, or mining camps
from supplying their employees or paying
| ut har han
check where there is no bank or other
store than that owned by said employers
at which said employees may purchase
| supplies or cash their bankable checks
received for their labor.
Section 2. Every person, company.
corporation or trust or agent or business
manager of such person. firm. company.
corporation or trust. who violates any of
the provisions of this act. shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor. and upon conviction
thereof shall be subject to a fine of not
less than one hundred t$!00.00) dollars
nor more than five hundred 's50o.00)
dollars, or by Imprisonment in the coun-
ty Jail of not less than one month on
more than six months. or by both suci,
fine and imprisonment.
Section ). This act shall be in force
Immediately upon it's passage and APP
\ proval by the governor.
SENATORIAL SITUATION.
The action of Mr.. Frank in urging his
supporters to vote for the passage of the
company store bill in the senate, with
it's subsequent adoption, has caused q
change in the feelings of the labor dele
gates to the present legislature and il
is confidently predicted in the Hobbies
| that within few days the man froH
Butte will receive a larger vote than HI
Sn n repniIp1 hn ion
1t is prophesied that no very marked
change will occur i'm the senatorial vote
until the latter part of next week, ant
there are many who believe that the
deadlock will prevail until the end of III.
session.
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