The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1903-03-04


to all taxpayers. Lanstrum said the
bill was designed to assist in prevent.
ing tax lodging, so that man could
see whether his neighbor was paying
his fair share OF taxes and whether he
had listed all his property.
The following bills were passed by
the house:
To prohibit advertising to secure a
| divorce.
Relating to the qualifications of
teachers.
| To create county of Bear Paw. Rice
said the question of the rounty seat
had been amicably settled and the
bill went through by a good ma.
jority.
Providing for the compulsory edu.
cation of children.
Repeating the text book commission
law.
To protect birds and fur-bearing an
imals.
To punish the taking away of Ger.
tain property belonging to railroad
company.
Providing for the location of 6 state
fair at Helena and making an appro-
priation of $4,000 for it.
| Amending the law relating to the
apportionment of school monies.
The county assessors to make re-
turns of personal property to cities
and towns.
| Authorizing receivers and others to
charge the cost of surety bond to the
trust, either city, county or state.
Providing for appeals from county
boards of equalization.
HELENA, Feb. 28.-The senate today
favorably acted upon, in committee of
the whole, the worlds fair bill, in
creasing the appropriation from $780,
600, as fixed by the house, to $40, 900.
It also named the commissioners, the
house leaving that duty to the gov.
ernor.
Those named were w. G.. Conrad, :,
of Great Falls; Lee Mantle and H. l..
Frank of Butte; Paul Mccormick, of
Billings, and Martin Maginnis, of
Helena.
There was fight over the amend
ment naming the commission, Kennedy
and others opposed it on the grounds
that it was slap at the governor.
Those who voted against the amend
ment were Albright, Conroy, Hopkins,
johnson, Kennedy, Mahon, Murray,
Alston, Sherlock, Yegen. Bourne
and Tewey were absent.
The Bear Paw county bill was fav-
orably acted upon in committee of the
whole, and so was the bill annexing a
potrion of Silver Bow to Deer Lodge.
AS on Friday, the house today spent
a good deal of the time on bills in
committee of the whole, dealing with
the revenue of the state and with the
county expenses. One bill that was
acted upon favorably repeals the law
taxing mortgage Friday the house
killed a bill making the mortgagee
pay his pro rata Of the taxation of a
property on which he had mortgag
and today 1t went farther and passed
a bill relieving the mortg ages from
taxation on the ground that taxing
mortgages meant double taxation.
There were three bills introduced by
Rice several days ago that caused
much discussion, and they all go
; through as they came from the com
mittee, after Silver Bow had fixed one
} affecting the salaries of officers in tn a
} county to suit the wishes of it's repre-
sentatives.
House bill No. 247, introduced by
. Lynch, was tabled. 1t provides tha
no lawyer, except one who has beer
admitted to practice, should be allowed
to practice in courts not of record
Wilson of Lewis and Clarke said the
bill would prevent litigants conduct
ing their own cases in justice courts
and the bill was ordered indefnitel :.
postponed.
, A favorable report was made on thu
| house bill by Lanstrum, providing
, that where an appeal was made by al
applicant for permission to practice
, medicine in Montana, from decision
, of state board of medical examiners
/ the appeal should be tried before
, jury composed of physicians and no
jury of laymen.
The following bills were passed:
Providing for the leyvingof tax O
?! mills for state purposes.
, Providing for the submission to
. vote of resident freeholders of appli
, cations for franchise.
To set apart room in the capito
for the storage of the records of tn,
Grand Army of the Republic.
: To further protect underground min