The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1903-02-11
THE MONTANA LAW FACTORY.
A Big Supply Of Raw Material But Yer,
Little OF the Finished Product.

HELENA, req. O.-lle won an Sutf.
rage bill was beaten in the senate this
afternoon by a vote of II to 9, on
adoption of the report of the com.
mittee to indefinitely postpone. In the
committee the vote was II to 10, but
on the report call of the senate was
ordered. Kennedy gave notice of a
motion to reconsider.
In the house the following bills were
introduced today:
H. B. No. 173-Fairs and EXPOSE
tions committee -Appropriating $780,
600 and providing for a commission
for exhibit at St. Louis exposition.
H. B. No. l74-Pelletier-To prevent
corporations in case of strike or lock-
out advertising for employees unless
they state at the time that there is a
strike or lockout.
II. b. No. 175-O'Keefe-M ateri ally
reducing fees Of practicing physicians,
making them so cents and 81 visit.
H. B. No. 176--Affairs of cities'
ommittee-Making it obliga atory for
assessors to report to city clerks with
intwo weeks of assessments completion
the value of taxable property in the
city.
Fl. B. No. 177-Atf airs of the cities
committee-Authorizing issuance of
coupon bonds by cities for payment
of other bonds.
H. B. No. l78-Lynch-Appropriat.
ing $l02, 500 for the state school of
mines at Butte.
H. B. No. 179-Lynch-To amend
law on taxation.
H. B. No. 1906 anger-To prevent
herding sheep on land or claims or
near houses of others than owners.
II. B. No. l81-Rice-To change
spelling of Choteau county.
H. B. No. Everett-Providing
for state entymologist.
H. B. No. l84-Sykes-Appropriat-
ing money for manual tr aiming depart
ment at state reform school.
H. B. No. 185-Dempster-A
ing law on the state veterin arian kill
ing disabled animals.
H. B. No. 186-Bever-Provid
rate or payment of employees of senate
and house.
The Dwight resolution providing for
an investig gation of the charge that
state and county officers are derelict
in their duty in enforcing the gambling
law was laid before the house today
and adopted by unanimous vote.
There was no debate and apparently
no great interest was taken in it, At
ter it had been adopted, Speaker
White appointed as the committee,
Dwight, of Missoula; Swindlehurst, of
Park: Everett, of Choteau.
At the morning session, the specia al
committee appointed to report as to
number of committee clerks in the EN-.
ploy OF the house, their duties and
whether some could be spared, made
it's report. 1t was to the effect that
that there were twenty-five clerks on
the pay roll at the close of last week
as against twenty-nine at the same
stage of the session two years ago.
The report excluded the eight clerks
employed to count the ballots in the
Silver Bow contests and no mention
was made of the bill clerk nor of the
stenographer who writes up the journ-
al. nor of the assistant janitor.
HELENA, Feb. 6.-The nate today
reconsidered the vote by which, the
day previous, it had killed the wo-
mans suffrage bill, and the bill was
placed on general file. The motion to
reconsider was adopted by vote of
l6 to 6. The bill will be amended so
as to permit of the amendment being
placed on a separate ballot, as sug-
gcsted by Sen ator Maddox.
The makeup of the committee on
apportionment was changed today by
a strict party vote. On motion of
Hoffman, Bremen, republican, was
removed as chairman, and Mahon,
democrat, was added to the committee.
The motion for the change was car
ried by vote of Is to IL, Bourne be-
ing absent, and Mahon paired with
him.
The senate passed the house bill
providing for the repeal of the law for
the appointment of county boards of
appraisers, by vote of IA to 10.
A number of bills were passed,
among them Maddox's employees
liability act, and Anderson's game
bills, and the bill comforting upon
the supreme court exclusive jurisdic-
ton in disbarment cases. The senate
adjourned until Monday afternoon.
Sheriffs having claims against the
state for mileage will have to sue their
res pective counties for the money.
The house appropri committee to
whom these claims have been referred.