The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-02-15
MONTANA LAW MAKERS.
A WEEKLY SUMMARY OF WORK
OF THE NINTH LE0lSLA-
TIVE ASSEMBLY.
Some Of the Measures that Will be Added
to Montana Statutes.

HELENA, Feb. TN the senate to-
day, the judiciary committee recon.
mended the passage of Senate Bill 3S,
providing for penalties for the desc
Grafton of the dag, and concurrence
in House Bill 103, relating to surety
bonds. House Bill 80, trespass on
vacant buildings, and House Bill %,
relating to transportation fees. 1t
recommended for indefinite postpone.
ment Senate Bill 10, relating to assess.
ment OF mortgages and Senate Bill "A,
on tax alton of mortgages.
The same committee presented a
substitute for S. B. 40, increasing the
number of supreme court justices from
three to five, naming j. NJ. Clements
for the term ending January, 1909,
and F. c. Webster for the term end.
ing January, 1911. The reports were
all adopted.
Another batch of communications
from various fraternal orders protest.
ing against contemplated legislation
for the taxation of fraternal societies
in the state was received at the house
today. They were referred to the com.
mittee on insurance.
Two reports were brought in by the
committee on ways and means on
House Bill No. 118, relating to the
number OF deputies in county offices.
The majority reported with slight
amendments, recommending the bill
for passage. The bill provides for
reduction generally of the number of
deputies.
The following bills were introduced
in the house:
Brigham, to prohibit smoking by
minors.
Kennedy, providing a state flag for
Montana, patterned after that carried
by the first Montana volunteers.
Lanstrum, relating to the disposi.
ton and keeping of public moneys.
Dempster, relating to county agri.
cultural fair commissions.
Walker, salaries of associate and
chief justices of supreme court and
district court judges.
Dempster, defining number of as.
sistants to be allowed clerks of dis.
trict courts.
Bembrick, making all section lines
highways in Montana.
Wilson, creating bureau of child
and animal protection.
Wiedeman, relating to trustees of
county high schools.
Lanstrum, meat and milk inspec.
tion.
Linderman, constitutional amend
ment relating to the assessment OF
property.
HELENA, Feb SIN the senate this
afternoon Representative Shannon s
bill making elective certain city off,
cials now appointive, was killed on
the report of the committee on towns
and counties. There was no discus.
sion. Representative Walkers house
bill No. "a, relating to the taxation of
private banks, was also killed by the
the adoption of the report of the same
committee. This report was adopted
by vote of 13 to 10.
Ex.Representative Wellman's bill,
changing the spelling of Lewis and
Clarke county, was reported for con.
currence, and the report was adopted.
There was q little pleasantly over
the introduction without previous no.
tice by Yegen of bill annexing part
of Fergus county to Yellowstone, but
the sen nate voted 25 to 1-Waite voting
nay-to permit its introduction.
Kohrs introduced bill providing
for the appointment of water commits
sioners.
In the house the committee on labor
reported favorably on House bill IS,
prescribing the hours of labor consti.
tuting a day in mines, smelters and
public works in the state. The same
committee reported adversely on
House bill Ill, providing for the pro.
lection of the health of miners.
The privileges and elections commit.
ties reported favorably Murray's in.
itiative and referendum bill, provid.
ing for an per cent initiative and 5
per cent referendum, with the distribu-
tion of the petition over majority of
the counties, and the report was adop.
ted.
Senate Bill 10, providing for the
compensation OF sheritis for the trans
povtation of prisoners and insane per.
sous was reported favorably by the
judiciary committee.
The committee on livestock and pub
lie ranges reported favorably House
Bill IL, providing for bouuties FOR the
killing of wild animals.