The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-03-06
AN ANTI-GAMBLING BILL.
Measure Has Passed House and
Meets With Approval In Senate.

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HELENA, Feb. 2S.-Ip the senate to.
day, the committee on public morals
recommended concurrence in house
bill No. 1S5, the Griffin anti.gamb-
ling bill. The report was adopted
without q dissenting vote. The com.
mittee on public buildings recon.
mended concurrence in the house bill
making appropriation of s37, 300 for q
hospital at the soldiers home by re.
ducing it to s23, do. The senate
again declined to concur in that part
of house bill IS giving Helena two
judges as at present and the chair ap-
pointed White, Everett and Long on
conference. The senate concurred In
house amendments to senate bill 46,
the registr alton of directors of cor.
porations, senate bill 6S, internal i'm.
provements Of cities; senate bill 81,
measuring hay; senate bill IS, anti
fusion law; senate bill %, requiring
railways to pay for stock killed at
sidings and crossings; senate bill %,
annual reports of corporations.
The committee on roads recommend.
ed the indefinite postponement OF
house billsS0, the Allen road law.
Shortly after the report had been
adopted Glidden moved for q recon
sideration but on motion OF Martien
the motion was laid on the table which
effectually kills the bill.
The labor and capital committee
recommended concurrence In house
bill 12S prohibiting child labor and
house bill 259 providing for the hours
of labor in and around coal mines.
The committee on corpor ations other
than municipal recommended the pass
age of senate bill Ill, surety bonds.
In the house the bill which removed
the protection from beaver was indefi.
nitely postponed. The bill providing
for the purchase of the grand stand at
the state fair was reported back to the
house by a committee without any
recommendations.
House bill 371 providing for the pro-
lection of game birds of various
kinds, was recommended for passage.
The following senate bills were pass
ed by the house:
The bill which prohibits the exhibi-
tion of moving pictures of train rob-
| herias and other falOnies
The bill to modify the election law.
The bill fixing the liabilities of rail.
roads in the killing of live stock.
The bill prohibiting the sale of Ii.
quors within certain distance of con.
struction camps.
The following house bills we're pass
ed in the house: Swindlehurst's anti
trust bill; the bill to restore old For
Benton: Scallon's referendum bill.
The senate concurred in the house
bill creating text book commission
and the bill providing for. q schoo
census. An effort was made to resur
rect the coal mine examiners bill, bu
the motion to refer it was tabled.
The senate in committee of the who'll
recommended for passage the hous
bill fixing the salaries of deputy coun
ty officers, house bill to protect stree
car employees by enclosed platforms
and the house bill to codify laws.
There was quite discussion in tn
senate this morning over senate bill
l2O. This bill fixes the liability of tn
owners of stock in corporations TO
. the debts of the corporations. Th
), bill was finally referred to the judi
ciary committee.
The house this afternoon recon
mended, in committee of the whole
+. house bill "a, regulating livestoc
y y markets, for passage.