The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1903-01-21

taches, but it has taken two weeks TO-
get them.
The members from the cow counties,
are figuring on quite an amount of
legislation that will be of benefit to
sections where the cattle business is
the chief industry. A bill has been
introduced in the senate prescribing a
penalty for persons who take up and
use or work estray horses, and sim.
liar bill has made its appearance in
the house making it possible to collect
by civil action S. per day from per-.
sons who take up and work range or
estray horses. Representative Hilger's
bill, reducing the sheep inspection tax
levy from one to one.half mill, is in.
troduced upon the approval of the
sheep interests in the present legisla-
ture. The fund now amounts to Sl2..
600, and the sheepmen figure that this
surplus is unnecessary aud that g.
half mill levy with the increasing val.
uation will be sufficient to support the.
fund. Bills prescribing special pen-
alties for persons who destroy camp
wagons or ranch property and those
who poison cattle, or place poisonous
substances on the range have been in.
troduced.
1t may be said also that Senator
Mahon's bill increasing the penalty
tor carrying concealed weapons is in
the interests of the COW counties. as
there has been number of killings in
the northern part of the state as a re.
suit OF too free use of guns. Other
bills in the interest of the sheep and
cattlemen are in sight, among them a
bill that will make some change in the
bounty law. There is disposition.
however, on the part of some mem-
bers of the legislature to leave the
bounty law just where it is, as they
fear that if the legislature makes
changes the law may be less effective
and desirable than it is in its present
shape.
HELENA, Jan. 19.-After two days
OF rest the Legislators were slow in
getting down to business today. The
house passed two appropriation bills
Tor salaries and expenses, acted on q
number OF committee reports without
great delay, and read and referred
every bill that had been introduced.
There was new grist of notices of
bills, and the prospect is that the total
OF bills that will be introduced in the
house this session will reach the POO
mark.
Several bills were reported for in
definite postponement. Among. them
was the bill amending the law relating
to deputies in the Office of the district
court, court clerks and the sheritfs'
offices, and creating the Office of chief
deputy clerk in the sheritf's Office.
Miller's bill, providing fon appeals
from action of county boards of ap.
pralsers, was also reported for indef.
mite postponement, and the report was
adopted. The judiciary committee re.
ported unfavorably bill requiring
that transfers of personal property be
in writing, the law already providing
for that.
In the senate today the first bill to,
be killed was that introduced by AL
bright, relating to the destruction or
carrying away of timber from other
peoples property and preventing peo.
pie from hunting or fishing on private
premises without permission. The
committee on public lands reported it
unfavorably and the report was
adopted
Among the bills passed by the SEN
ate, sitting as a committee of the
whole, we're:
by Anderson--Providing that all
corporations shall within twenty davs
after the last day OF December, file
with the secretary of state report of
that corporations giving the names of
the stockholders, amount of stock held
by each and the liabilities and assets,
The present law requires this report
to be made July |.
by Anderson-Requiring sheep in
spectors to promptly inspect noclSs re-
ported to them; to personally superin-
tend the dipping and treatment of
a1&eeted sheep, and fixing the compen.
satlon OF inspectors at So day while
actually employed, and also provid-
ing for the employment of veterinary
surgeons at the same rate.
BY Mahon-M aking it a misdemeaor
to carry concealed weapon and pro.
vidinS for Il fine of from $50 to $500.
All OF those bills were referred to the
committee on engrossment.
Every Bottle Of fChamberlain.s Cough
Remedy Warranted.
we guarantee every bottle of Cham
Derlaln 5 Cough Remedy and will re-