The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-02-15

ing to free public libraries, and sub
stitute for senate bill Il, defining law
full fences.
Six new bills were introduced in the
house, among them teing several
submitted by the committee on appro.
priations for appropriations to meet
deficiency claims against the state.
The committee on highways recon.
mended for indefinite postponement H.
B. No. 173, to make all section lines
public highways.
The committee on state boards and
offices recommended H. B. No. la,
for the creation of a bureau of child
and animal projections: also fovorably
Kennedy's bill for the adoption of q
state flag; also favorably with On
amendment, H. B. No. 80, providing
for an appropriation for the schools
for the deaf and blind and feeble
minded, at Boulder.
The committee on labor recommend.
ed for passage H. B. No. la, pre-.
scribing the hours constituting days
work for railway engineers, firemen
and trainmen: also favorably, with an
amendment, Il. B. No. 1l6, providing
for the semi-monthly payment OF tie
salaries of railway trainmen.
The house then went into committee
of the whole and consideration was
had of O'Connor's bill licensing gam
bling. After lengthy debate, dur
ing which majority of the members
expressed themselves on the merits of
the measure, the enacting clause was
stricken out, by vote of 80 to %,
amid great applause.
HELENA, Feb. 1l.-While the mem.
bers of the senate were taking day
Off, the members of the house worked
all day. holding long morning and
: afternoon sessions. When adjourn.
ment was taken the house had com
pleted all the business at hand. except
the special orders.
One OF the most important of the
; bills considered today in the committee
OF the whole was the Starr bill, relat-
ing to the sale of poisonous sub.
stances, known as house bill 80. The
bill, with number of changes from it
as originally framed, was recon-
meuded for passage.
Another very important measure
considered today was senate bill 81,
White, providing for reclassifca.
tion of counties. The bill changes the
classification of counties, except Sill.
yer Bow county, and is an indirec:
method Of reducing salaries of all
. county officers, except those in the
counties of the first class, of which
Silver Bow is the only one. The bill
was recommended for concurrence
On third reading the house passed
senate bill II, Mahon. requiring rail-
roads to maintain facilities for deliv-
ering freight and passengers prompt.
: ly. The bill passed by II TO i
1t was voted 20 reconsider the vote
, by which house bill 81, u, ,u ;resp
Of livestock held in herd on re;ii .-.
. tate had been killec yesterday. The
bill was tben re-rricrrei 70 committee
. on livestock.
House bill ll3, l-vyipy d special
school tax on all male Inhabitants
over the age of II, and under the age
OF 80 for general school plrposes, in.
troduced by Murray, was then con-
sidered. This bill provides for a
specia! school tax of 81 on men of the
aye aforesaid, the money 10 go into
the general school funu. The bill was
recommended for passage.
Seven new bills were introduced,
, among them being one by Everett,
providing that all mortgages executed
in the name of, or assigned or trans.
ferred to. a nonresident to evade the
payment of taxes, shall be void.
Representative O'Connor, of Broad.
water, gave notice that he has not
quit the fight to put an end to gamb.
ling in the state. The defeat vester-
day of his bill to regulate gambling
has not discour aged him ia the least.
Now he intends to test the sincerity of
those who yesterday opposed him by
vote and argument on the floor of the
hous-. Today he gave notice of his
Intention TO introduce bill whose
purpose is to effect the enforcement of
the anti gambling law now on the
statute books and the removal of Of
iicers of the law who refuse to enforce
the law.
HELENA, Feb. l3.-In the first five
minutes of the senate session this af.
ternoon that body killed five bills.
The bills were killed on adverse re.
ports Of committees as follows:
Amending compulsory education law:
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