The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-02-17

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put in a good afternoon and did lots
of business, and when it had conclud
ed it quit until Monday afternoon.
The senate named it's steering com
mittee, which will consist of the com
mittee on rules and Whipple and An
derson.
The senate put the quietus on the
bill creating the Office of state dep
uty superintendent of public instruc
ton. The bill gave the deputy 81 400
q year. within 500 of the salary OF
the superintendent. Anderson's game
warden bill was passed. 1t cuts the
salaries of deputy game wardens tC
5000 a year, and gives them the same
fees as deputy sheriffs.
In committee of the whole the sen
ate favorably considered the TeWey
bill for the establishment of an in
dustrial school in Butte. The bill ap-
| plies only to cities of $4,000 or over,
and is intended to be an aid in pre-
venting truancy. Also the house bill
relating to the pension of inmates of
the soldiers home.
Mahon introduced a bill requiring
| railroads to pillow fire guard on
either side of the grade; Anderson
one to authorize county commission
ers to purchase blank books, station
cry and office supplies where they
can be bought to the best advantage.
Kennedy introduced and the senate
adopted a resolution expressive of
the sentiment at the death of former
Senator Mitchell.
The house today passed in commit
tee of the whole the two bills which
are designed to enable the city of
Helena to get out of it's financial hole.
One bill, which authorizes city coun-
ellis to call special election to sub
NIT the proposition of levying a spe-
cial tax of three mills each year for
the purpose of paying off old indebt-
edness. went through without trou-
BILE. But No. 232, which is designed
to enable cities that have reached
their constitutional limit of indebted
have such easy sailing.
Speaker White criticised the bill,
saying: 1T seems to me that when
city gets into debt, it should try to
pay out. This bin looks to me like
one attempting reputation. I am
quite willing to do whatever I can to
help the city of Helena, but at the
same time we must remember that
there are other cities in Montana. II
this city gets the reputation of a re-
pudiator, the i'll effects of such rep
utation will be felt by every city in
the state
Lanstrum said the object of the
bill was misunderstood. For three
or four months the employees of the
city have not been paid" he said,
and this bill is simply to enable the
city under a recent decision of the
supreme court to pay it's running eX-
penses.
Word also explained the object of
the bill and Rice of Choteau spoke
in it's favor. This bill does not mean
reputation by the city of Helena"
he said. 1T is simply law to pre-
vent the city from going into liquida-
ton
The bill was favorably reported.
There was lot of fun over the bill
amending the law relating to the
state examiner. The bill was de-
signed simply to graduate the fees to
be charged banks and counties for an
examination by the state examiner,
but the members got it into their
heads that it was new piece of
legislation that needed fixing and
they proceeded to fix it. Before it's
author, Tolman, knew what was do
ing, it had been amended so as to
change the salary from $2.40O, as
fixed in the bill, to $1,000. Then Con-
ner offered an amendment making it
the duty of the examiner to check the
tax rolls of each county every year.
In support of the amendment. Con-
ner said there was no question but
| the tax rolls should be checked each
year, and this was the first oppor-
tunity he had seen to have some Off
cial do the duty.
las it is now" he said, the poor
man and the man with moderate
means pay more than their just share
of taxes. BY having the state exam
1 iner check the tax rolls. this Unequal
ity may be overcome"
! White opposed the amendment
This amendment is out of ORDER
he said. 1T starts out to have the
examiner do what 40 men could not
accomplish in the time they will
have. The county assessors and the
county commissioners are supposed
to do their duty and if they cannot
do their duty and do not, when they
are acquainted with the property in
their counties, how could the state
examiner do it. when he is unac
quainted with the county and prop
erty in it? During every Legislative
session we hear a great deal about