The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-02-20
THE LEGISLATIVE MILL.
Montana Law Makers Reject Many Of
Measures Introduced.

Montana Law Makers Reject Many Of
Measures Introduced.
HELENA, Feb. 1.-THE nate SEES.
sion was brief today, yet the senate
killed the bill to fix passenger rates at
p cents, and that requiring passenger
trains to stop at all county seats. In
the house the Donlan sen ate bill, rela.
tive to the child aud animal bureau,
concurred in after considerable
debate, 1t gives the secretary Of the
bureau $50 u month more salary and q
deputy for Butte. In the house the
ways aud al committee recon-
mended the passage Of the Griffin anti.
law. This is a drastic
measure absolutely prohibiting gam.
bling 10 all it's forms. A duplicate Of
it was promptly killed in the senate.
The following bills we're signed by
Governor Toolc today: Sen ate bill 4,
to legalize outstanding bonds and
warrants of counties issued for high
ways, bridges and public buildings.
House bill 81, appropriation for de-.
iciency claim Of John j. Quinn; house
bill 90, deficiency claims, rewards;
house bill 90, appropri alton for claims
for maintenance of capitol; house bill
81, deficiency appropriation attorney
generals Office: house bill lib, def.
cheney appropri alton. bureau of child
and animal protection.
Attorney John D. Davies, deputy
city attorney OF Butte, addressed the
house this afternoon and opposed the
repeal of the license law on the ground
that it will cost Butte $40, 600 and
cripple the finances of it and other
cities of the state that depended on
licenses for revenue.
Resolutions from the Methodist
church of Butte and the Welsh church
favoring S%callou's wine room bill and
other measures relating to public
morals were read and referred to COM
mittees. Standing committees in the
house favorabiy reported: The bills
for an assistant librarian for the his.
torical society: regulating the salary
of the state veterinarian: prohibiting
saloons near cemeteries and parks.
Senator McCone's license repeal
law was up for consideration in the
house committee of the whole in the
had been delayed until the city OF
Butte might make a formal protest
against it, but that he was Informed
that Butte had abandoned the protest,
having discovered that the bill did
not affect city licenses. He moved
occurrence iu the bill, which cuts
$50, 600 "a year revenue of from the
state. Swindlehurst objected that i,
had not been sufficiently considered
1t was finally placed AZ the foot of the
general orders. There has been a
sentiment in the Legislature to hold uE
this bill till toward the end of the SEES
sion, when the final state of the state
finances may be considered in refer,
ence to it.
In the senate the committee of the
whole recommended the passage o.
Miles bill relative to water rights
Longs for the selection OF schoo
lands, and DOMAINS for the sale .
state lands.
The legislature has at last wake(
up 70 the fact tina, it has some worl
cut out for it, even if not another oil
were introduced. The tenth assembly
has been peculiar in this respect. A
the outset Of the session it was an
noupced that this assembly would sc
an example aud establish a record il
the after of the Introduction of bills
in that the number would be kept dow,
to a minimum. Then followed the As
eertiOn that the work of the session
would be concluded in iifty.cne days
Now. with but twenty-seveu days re
m%aiuing, the assembly tiad5 itself ln
position where II has more oils on IL
hand, than the ninth assembly At IN,
corresponding period of its session
not only more, bu, twice as many. |
will be u case of nivht sessions al h
time if the work is cleared. up.