The river press., 1903-02-04
signment of wages.
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signment of wages.
H. B. l49, by Self-Creating Para.
disc county.
H. B. No. $50, by Shannon-Requir'
ing courts within five days of closing
mine by injunction to appoint re.
ceiver.
just before adjournment, Rice said
he had been informed that the house
had a sleeping sentinel on duty at
night, and he moved that J. E. Temple.
ton be put in his place. Without de.
bate the motion was carried.
Four precincts of Silver Bow county
have been counted by the house elec.
tions committee. They are numbers l,
2, 8, and II. In the first two the dem
ocrats gained one vote. Bruce Krem.
er ran one ahead of his ticket but in
the last two the fusion ticket, made up
the loss. The work is progressing
slowly.
HELENA, Feb. 2.--Two hundred and
two bills have been introduced in the
two houses and many more are in
sight. The committees are we'll up
with their work and the coming week
will doubtless be busy one in legis-
lative halls. Representatives of the
railway men of the state appeared be.
fore the house committee on labor this
afternoon to urge the passage of the
employers liability bill, better known
as the fellow-servan ant law. At meet
ing held tonight the members agreed
to report for passa age measure that
meets with the approval Of the labor
ing men of the state.
In the senate today, the following
bills were introduced:
Senat bill 51-Kohrs-Rela ating to
jurisdiction of courts in cases of mis-
demeanor.
Senate bill 2-Bourne-Rela ating to
taxation of mines and mining claims.
Senate bill Misunderstanding
to bills Of exception.
Senate bill 54-Murray-Creating a
teAu DOOk COMMISSION.
Senator Whipple gave notice that
he would introduce bill relative to
the collection of general and special
taxes.
In the house this afternoon major
ity of the committee on judiciary re-.
ported back Gagner's bill, No. 80, for
payment of employees semi-monthly
and preventing the assignment of wa
ges with recommendation that it be in
definitely postponed. Among the bills
introduced and referred were the fol-
lowing:
By Bever-Creating a board of text
book commissioners.
By Bever-Repealing the law in re-
lation to toll roads and bridges.
By Everett-For the submission of a
constitutional amendment providing
for the taxation of mines and mining
claims. 1t provides they shall be
taxed the same as other mining prop
erty, and is similar to the bill intro
duced in the SEM ate by Bourne, of Cho-
teau county.
BY Self-Prohibiting the printing of
the lame of any candidate more than
once on the official ballot. 1t provides
tn at where candidate is the nominee
OF more than one party he must notify
the county clerk which party designa-
tion he desires his name to appear un-
der and if he does not so notify the
clerk, that official is to place his name
under the design alton of the party
tn at first field his nomin alton.
BY Misunderstanding for the bur-
ial of soldiers, sailors and marines.
By Schwend-Amending the law re-
lating to elections. 1t provides tn at
every ballot box shall have three diff
ferent locks, tn at the key to one must
be kept by the county clerk, the key
TO another by the county treasurer
and the key to the third be delivered
20 the election officers.
Mobiles freak bill reading, ''to pre-
vent people from shooting people
While hunting game" and Offering a
six months term in jail as consola-
ion for a load of buckshot or bullet
Intended for a deer, was extinguished !
on suggestion Of the committee that
such acts resulting from carelessness
are punish able under the penal code.
ShcriffS Must Settle With COunties