The river press., 1903-02-04
IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE,
Nearly Five Hundred Bills Introduced
Since Opening of the Session.

HELENA, Jan. 29.-The senate is
giving the committees time to work.
No session was held this morning, but
the solons got down to work this af-
ternoon. The senate PASSED three
bills. One defines what is arson,
another authorizes the investment of
the permanent school funds, and the
third changes the anne of the Norm al
school to the Normal college. The
following bills were introduced:
S. B. 6-Meyer-Relating to the
renewal of mortgages on personal
property.
S. B. 47-Cullen-Authorizi per.
sons holding judicial trusts to make a
charge against the trust funds for the
expense of procuring any necess ary
bonds.
The house held two sessions today,
though that in the afternoon was
short, due to the fact that the women
sutfragists occupied the hall of the
house from 2 to 3 o'clock. Repre-.
sentative Gagner, a labor member
from Deer Lodge, and one of the fire.
eaters of the house, was called down
by Speaker White this morning for
personal attacks upon members of the
labor committee. The row resulted
from the report of the committee on
Gagner's bill providing for a semi.
monthly payday, which bill was aimed
particularly at the large mining COM
panies. The members of the house
have generally discouraged radical or
factional Legislation and the commit
tee report killing the bill was concur
red in by large majority.
The labor committee recommended
Morrissey's company store bill, H.
B. No. 38, for indefinite postponement.
The report of the committee declared
the measure unconstitutiona and vi
cious. 1t is said that no friend of Ia.
Dor would introduce such a bill. The
report was adopted.
The following bills were introduced:
H. B. No. l37-Appropri ations
committee-To pay Connolly and Nc.
Tague $24 ,326.50 on the penitentiary
deficiency.
H. B. No. 138-Appropri ations COM
mittee-To pay the Butte Machinery
& Specially company S7,6S7.66 for the
penitentiary heating plant.
H. B. No. 139-Holman-Amend
the law on the renewal of mortgage
on real property.
II. B. No. 140-Graham-To make
railroads protect stock from getting
on the tracks by bitches and fences.
H. B. No. 14l.-C. H. Bray-Re-
oquiring signboards at crossroads.
H. B. No. 142-O'Keefe-Repe aling
part of the present law on state
prisons.
H. B. No. -Miller-Repea aling
the state board of textbook commits
sioners' law.
H. B. No. 4-Miller-Amending
the law on the qualifications of alder
men.
H. B. No. l45-Highways commit.
tee-A substitute for the Gciger road
law.
HELENA, Jan. 3O.-The senate. in
committee of the whole, tod ay consid-
cred the Anderson game bills and
number of amendments were adopted
One reduced the salary of deputies to
SO month as against $l0O in the bill. !
Biggs introduced bill, principally
OF interest to Helena, providing hat
when city has reached its constitu-
tional limit of indebtedness it may
continue on cash basis, but it must
set aside money to meet interest on
bonds and for the sinking fund.
Another bill of interest to Helena
makes this the permanent seat for a
state fair. The bill carries an appro-
priation OF S. 900 and a feature of the
proposition is that local people agree
to purchase and turn over to the state
the fair grounds near this city, con-
tanning 80 acres, and which are val
ued at $l5, 900. The fair is to be gov
erned by state board of agriculture,
to consist of a president and one vice
president from each judicial district.
Woman's suffrage was given an
other boom today. The house judi
ciary committee reported the bill IA
vorably and it was ordered printed.
The bill of Self to create Paradise
county by cutting off the north half of
Missoula made its appearance.
In committee of the whole, a nun. I
Der of bills were considered. Among {
those favorably reported was the :
Word measure repe aling the law re.
quiriug the publication of license
money, also the Miller bill reducing |
the number of judges in this county, 5
and also the bill changing the name {
of the deaf and dumb asylum. The {