The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-01-22
NUMEROUS BILLS ARE PASSED
BY EACH BRANCH OF THE
LEGISLATURE.
TAX BILL IS APPROVED
Measure Providing for Submission to
Voters Of the State a Proposed
ing the Taxation of Property, Passes
Its Third Reading in Senate.
Special to The Daily MissoHlian.

Special to The Daily Missoulian.
Helena, Jan. 21.-Both the senate and
house did more business today than
on any other day since the session be-
gan. The senate held two sessions and
the house but one. At the morning
session the senate passed the follow
ing bills on third reading:
No. 12-Providing for the submis-
sion to the voters of an amendment
to the constitution relative to the
tax levy, as follows:
UP to $300,000,000, 8 mills; from
s3OO,O0O,O0O to O0,O0O,OOO 12 mills,
and above the latter, 2 mills.
No. 15-Authorizing the employment
of d stenographer by the state treas
urer at $1,000 year.
No. 19-Providing $4,000 relief for
the widow and orphans Of Deputy
Game Warden c. B. Peyton.
No. 20-Making the removal Of
mortgaged property from one county
to another constitute larceny.
No. 2S-Requiring commission mer
chants to make prompt settlement
and accountings on shipments of ag-
ricultural and horticultural products.
In the afternoon, in committee of
the whole, the committee on livestock
reported adversely the bill creating a
board for the examination of veterin
ary surgeons and the report was adopt-
ed. The bill authorizing cooperative
associations to issue stock to the par
value of $4,000 was also favorably act
ed. The bill authorizing cooperative
the stock subject to attachment and
execution.
The Meyer bill, relating to new trials
In criminal cases, was vigorously
fought by Long, but also went through
The senate also passed No. 10, au-
thorizing county commissioners to OF
fer rewards in criminal cases; No. IA,
exempting mortgages from taxation.
and No II, relating to disqualifica-
tions of judges.
Bills Introduced.
The following measures received
Endorsement through favorable COM
mittee reports:
No. 36-Relating to the annual re-
ports of corporations.
No. 34-Inhibting marriages between
whites and blacks, Chinese and Japs.
No. 26-Relating to the transfer Of
school moneys, and No. 81, providing
for the conversion of state into ma
tional banks.
The following bills were intro
duced:
No. 45-By Haviland: Providing for
the execution of condemned persons at
the state penitentiary exclusively.
No. 46-By Tooley: Relating to
the manenr in which insurance COM
panies may do business in Montana.
No. 47-By Tooley: To prevent re-
batting and discrimination by life in
surance companies.
Notices Given.
Notices were given as follows:
Rae-Relating to the qualifications
of corporation directors.
Meyer-Defining the powers and du-
ties of the state coal mine inspector.
Annin-Relating to district school
funds.
Edwards-To compel dance halls to
close on Sunday.
Rae-Defining the duties Of the
state engineer.
Donlan---In reference to tax deeds.
In the house six bills were killed, |
10 introduced, two notices were given, |
six bills were favorably reported by
committee and two bills and one res
olution were favorably acted upon in
committee of the whole, and two bills |
passed on third reading. The bills |
that went through on third reading |
were No. 2, making the use of vot-
ing machines optional in cities of the |
first class, and No. %, appropriating |
$4,000 for the orphans home.
Three house bills, No. 54, by Gray; |
No. rs, by Hall, and No. 101, by
Crouch, all empowering city councils |
to fix rates for light, power and wa
ter were reported upon by the COM
mittee on affairs of cities and recon-
mended Indefinitely postponed. The
house adopted the report.
Recommends Three.
The committee on insurance favor
ably recommended three bills as fol- |
lows:
No 79-By Lehrkind: Relating to
licenses of insurance companies and |
agents.
No 80-By Lehrkind: To provide |
that the state auditor shall also be |
designated as commissioner of in
surance, ex officio, and to provide for
the appointment of a deputy state |
auditor.
No. 76-By Shoemaker: To provide |
for the examination by the commits
sioner of insurance of all insurance |
companies including surety companies,
organized under the laws of this or |
any other state, territory or foreign |
country and to provide for expenses
incurred in making such examinations.
The report was adopted.
The committee on fish and game |
recommended for indefinite postpone
ment: No. "a, by Byrnes and No.
"a, by Brewster, both amending the
codes so as to include certain game,
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