The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-02-22
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, Feb. 14.-The senate tod az
held a session lasting just an hour
and Is minutes, during which time,
however, both calenda ars were cleared
and adjournment taken until tomor'
row. The most important action was
the recommend alton of the committee
of the whole that the judiciary com.
mittee substitute for senate bill 40, in.
creasing the number of court justices
and namiug Judge Clements of Helena
and Webster of Missoula for the po-
sitions created, be recommended for
indefinite postponment and the recon.
mendation was adopted without a
single negative note.
Senate bill so reducing the number
of judges in Lewis and Clarke to one
was recommended for passage. Sen.
ate bill 60 authorizing county com.
missioners to issue bonds not to ex.
coed five per cent of the assessed val.
uation for public buildings, bridges
and highways, was also recommended
for passage. Senate bill 3S, to pre-.
vent desecration of the flag was favora.
bly, reported.
Senate bill s, relating to the col.
lection of taxes and licenses, permit.
ting their protest, was next considered.
The bill was re.referred to the judi.
ciary committee for further amend.
ment.
The house was in session just an
hour this morning, but beyond the in.
PRODUCTION of a dozen new bills little
was done. The committee on railways
and transportation reported favorably
on House bill 14l, providing for the
safety of operatives of railway trains
and the ways and means committee
reported House bill 152, relating to
the selling of liquor on credit. with
the recommend alton that the bill be
printed.
The house gallery was we'll filed
this afternoon, many ladies being in
attendance in anticipation of the &C.
ton of the house on the woman suf.
frage bill introduced by Berry, which
was the special order for o'clock
After lively debate the measure was
killed by a vote of 80 to %.
The committee on insurance reported
House bill POS, by Lanstrum, repeal
ing the county tax on premiums of life
insurance companies, with the recon.
mend alton that the bill be printed
This is not the bill against which the
various fraternal insurance companies
of the state are protesting.
The committee on appropriations
recommended the printing of house
bill 13l, McDonald's pure food bill,
and the report was adopted.
On third reading, senate bill 81, by
White. providing for reclassification
for counties passed by vote of A
to %.
Tooley's bill, senate bill 81, to de.
tach Meagher county from the ninth
and attach it to the tenth judicial dis
trict, passed the house, 81 to 2.
House Bill IS, by Quigley-Provid-
ing for the extension of the boundary
of incorporated towns and cities, to
take in plated tracts: passed without
opposition.
Starts poison bill, regulating the
sale of poisonous substances. passed
the house by a vote of 81 to 3.
House Bill 1l3, by Murray-Levying
an annual tax of 81 on all male in
habitants for school purposes, against
the motion of Lannin to strike out the
enacting clause: passed 40 to l6.
HELENA, Feb. 15.-In the senate this
afternoon H. B. 80, making tickets
good until used, was reported back by
the judiciary committee with substi-
tute and the substitute recommended
for passage.
The same committee recommended
that S. B. 81, relating to public and
private roads. do not pass, and the
report was adopted.
The irrie alton and water rights com.
mit,ee recommended substitute for
II. B. 90 and S. B. 40.
The committee on towns and coun.
ties recommended concurrence in H. B.
Is, providing for public schools. The
committee on corporations other than
municipal recommended for concur.
renee a substitute for S. B. ,, and II.
B. i, relating to the liability of rail-
roads for killing livestock.
The house this morning in committee
Of the whole undertook the considera-
ton Of substitute II. 3. l20, introduced
by the committee on fish and game.
The bill repeals the special oue.tenth
mill property tax to maintain the Of
fee of the game warden aud provides
that any person over IL years OF age
who hunts or kills game must take out
=. l;oanse Of 81 before so doing, Non.