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residents must pay license of S25 per

residents must pay license OF 80 per
year.
Another question of some import.
ance came up at the morning session.
The committee on appropri ations in.
troduced bill, H. B. PAL, providing
for an appropriation for the claims of
the various dairymen for losses of cat
tie slaughtered under the provisions
Of the meat and milk inspection law.
The amount demanded by the dairy
men originally was between S15, 1000
aud $4,000. The amount allowed them
In the bill is just sS,S57, less than half
the amount asked for. Other bills in.
troduced were:
BY Brigham-Making legal certain
warrants executed by the City of
Havre for public improvements.
BY MISUNDERSTANDING a uniform
system OF road government for the
counties.
BY Everett-Providing for mileage
for state and county officers, travelling
at the public expense. 1t reduces the
mileage of all public officials to five
cents.
The committee on irrigation re.
ported favorably with an amendment.
H. 5. 2l9, authorizing the United
States government to make use Of
bitches and other irrigation works in
the state under certain restrictions:
and H. B. IL, also with an amend
ment relating to the formation of wa.
ter users associations.
The appropriations committee re.
commended for passage O'Connor's
bill, for the enforcement of the anti.
gambling law, and the committee on
education reported favorably H. B..
19l, relating to the attendance of
teachers at county institutes.
HELENA, Feb. 16.-In the sen ate to-
day the committee on counties and
towns recommended Senate Bill 64,
providing for special improvements in
cities for passage. The same COM
mittee recommended Senate Bill So, at.
taching portion of Fergus to Yellow
stone county, be indefinitely post.
poned. The committee also recon-.
mended Senate Bill IS, relating to the
boundaries in incorporated towns be
concurred in.
The judiciary committee recon.
mended that Senate Bill So, relating
to protest taxes be concurred in. The
committee on water rights favorably
reported Senate Bill II, relating to
water appropriations. All reports
were adopted. Bills were introduced
as follows:
S. B. 73, Donlan, to increase fees
of secretary of state.
S. B. a, Martien, for publication
of tax rolls.
S. B. IS, Miles, providing for use Of
surplus water by prior appropriations.
S. B. IS, Martien, providing for fee
for filing of articles of incorporation.
S. B. -, Miles, providing for for.
nation of endowment companies.
The enrolling committee was author.
ized to employ an additional clerk for
the balance of the session.
John McMurray was appointed as
clerk of the printing committee.
One of the most important bills
passed by the house today was the one
reating the Thirteenth judicial dis.
trict and naming Fred H. Hathorn
as its Judge. This bill was passed by
a vote of 80 TO -.
Other bills passed were: Substitute
for House Bill l29, repeating the
present law relating to the appoint.
ment of the fish and game warden,
and the licensing of hunters. House
Bill 200, to refund TO counties monies
| enormously collected for taxes. Sub
stitute for House Bill 10. authorizing
cities and towns to create special i'm.
provement districts for the construc.
tion OF water works systems.
On motion Of Johnson, the speaker
was authorized To appoint a commit.
tee to prepare new initiative and
referendum bill. The speaker named
as co'mem bers Of the committees to
act with 'him in framing more ac-
ceptable measure Mes.rs. Mulroney,
Wiedeman, MacGinnis and Mcdonald.
1t is understood that this committee
will prepare bill which provides that
$ per cent in majority of all counties
shall be required to initiate law and
at least 5 per cent in nine counties to
refev.
In committee of the whole the bill
providing for an increase in the sal.
aries of supreme court justices from
s3, 200 to s6, 900 was reported favorably
after an amendment was adopted re.
ducing from $1,000 to $4,000. the sal.
aries of district Judges. The bill,
however, does no. 90 into effect until