The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-01-25
MONTANA LAW MAKERS.
A WEEKLY SUMMARY OF WORK
OF THE NINTH LEOlSLA.
TIVE ASSEMBLY.
Some of the Measures that Will be Added
to Montana Statutes.

HELENA, Jan. 17.-1n the senate
this afternoon bills were read for the
first time as follows:
Senate Bill 13-Prescribing the du-
ties of the state veterinarian.
Senate Bill 17-Providing for the
gathering and sale of strays.
Senate Bill 18-Providing for the
carrying out of the provisions of the
state constitution prohibiting the en-
employment of children In under
ground mines.
Senate Bill 19-Providing for the
compens alton of sheriffs for expenses
incurred in the moving of prisoners.
Senate Bill Officiating to the is
suance of stock by corporations.
The senate this afternoon passed
Whipple's bill providing for the semi.
annual payment of taxes, Martien, Of
Lewis and Clarke, alone voting
against 1t.
Senate Bill No. 2, by Bremen,
passed by unanimous vote. 1t relates
to the liability of railway companies
for the killing and injuring of live.
stock.
Senator Whipple called the senate's
attention to rule SO, under which COM
mittees must report bills referred to
them within three days, unless further
time be granted. He referred to sen.
ate bill No. IA (the Bremen railway
and warehouse commission bill say.
ing that the committee on corpora.
tions other than municipal could not
report on the bill within the limit, for
the reason it was still in the hands of
the printing committee. The com.
mittee's time for report was extended.
The house was in session only an
hour today, but in that time consider
able routine business was disposed of.
Bills were read first and second time
as follows:
House Bill 57-By Stevens, provid-
ing for the punishment of trespass on
real estate and the killing of livestock.
House Bill 5S-By Leiper, creating
the Thirteenth district out of the
counties of Rosebud and Yellowstone.
House Bill 59-By Johnston, Gre.
ating the Thirteenth judicial district
out of the counties of Yellowstone and
Carbon.
House Bill 6O-By Johnson, re.
lating to the foreclosure of mort.
cages.
House Bill 61-By Selway, provid.
ing for the establishment of q state
immigration bureau.
House Joint Resolution No. BY
Starr, providing for the appointment
of commission to examine into the
report on the matter of an adequate
water supply for the capitol and
grounds.
In committee of the whole the house
recommended for adoption house con.
current resolution No. /, providing
for memorial to congress, favoring
the election of United States senator's
by popular vote.
HELENA, Jan. l8.-In the senate
this afternoon the committee on public
buildings reported favorably on the
resolution authorizing the governor
and the Meagher Monument associa.
tion to locate monument to General
Meagher on the capitol grounds.
The judiciary committee reported
favorably on senate bill No. 5, pro.
viding for compens alton to executors
and administrators of estates, and on
house bill No. 10 for the compens alton
OF sheriffs in moving of prisoners.
Lieutenant Governor Norris ap.
pointed a committee OF three to go to
Deer Lodge to investigate the charges
of mismanagement in the penitentiary.
This is composed of Senators Mahon,
White and Glidden.
For over an hour this morning the
house was in turmoil over the en-.
ployment of additional help for the
judiciary committee, and as result
of the discussion the committee was
allowed one clerk. The matter came
up on motion of Coleman for two ad-
ditional clerks. He said that he had
found 45 mistakes in two pages of
matter which had been written for him.
Everett and Lanstrum bitterly op.
posed the motion, saying that the pay
roll of the ninth legislative assembly
was now larger than that of the eight
ever was.
The disposition of house bill %,
provididg for the expenses of sheritfs
in transferring prisoners. also brought
ou, a good deal Of discussion. The
bill cuts the mileage of sheriffs from
10 cents to cents mile. After con-
siderable argument the bill was or
dered printed, after it had been ad.
versely reported by the judiciary COM
mittee. Bills were introduced as fol.