The Daily Missoulian., 1909-01-18
Special Correspondence.

Special Correspondence.
Helena, Jan. 16.-Senate bill "a, in
troduced by Donlan, is one of the
measures before the legislature which
is attracting attention. The bill is
popularity called the Publicity Bill"
and it is believed that 1t Will pro-
vide an economicl method for prop
erly advertising the resources of the
state. The text of the bill follows:
A bill for an act to increase the
duties of the commissioner of the bu-
reau of agriculture, labor and indus
try; to provide for the collection and
compilation of statistics for the use of
said bureau, by counties and by cham
bers of commerce. commercial bodies,
farmers institutes, cooperative socie-
ties of farmers, state fed
Grated trade unions and other
industrial associations of pro-
motive character; to provide for
the publication and publicity of such
statistics; to povide for appropriations
by counties and by the state to meet
the expenses incurred in the further
ance of such purposes and to pro-
vide for the appointment and salary
of an assistant clerk for said bureau.
Be it enacted by the legislative as
sembly of the state of Montana:
Section /. That the commissioner
Of the bureau of agriculture, labor and
industry shall quarterly prepare re-
ports from the data, cuts and statis-
tics on file in his office or submitted
T.; C,,n
reports shall furnish reliable informa-
tion upon one or more of the follow
ing topics, to-wit:
Upon the agricultural, commercial,
mining, manufacturing, labor or other
industrial interests or sanitary condi-
tions of the people of the state.
Such reports shall be in the form Of
pamphlets or folders of not to exceed
four inches in width by nine inches in
length, and shall not be folded more
than eight times and shall have print
ed matter or cuts on all sides and
pages thereof. Reports so prepared
by the commissioner, or prepared and
delivered to him as hereinafter pro-
vided, shall be by him sent to such
parts of the United States as in the
opinion of the commissioner would
secure the greatest benefit, consider
ing the character Of the information
contained in the report. All reports
cent out by the commissioner shall
bear a certificate thereon to the ef-
feet that the same are issued by au-
thority Of the state Of Montana.
The commissioner shall open cor
respondence with bureaus of emigra-
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Plantations in the United States who
are willing to assist in disseminating
information in regard to the climate
productive, commercial, industrial
and labor resources Of Montana. He
shall also provide for a liberal distri-
luton of such reports at state and
county fairs throughout the United
States, and at all expositions of ma
tit nal character.
To secure the distribution by the
bureau of local advertising matter in
the manner hereinafter provided, the
manuscripts Of all reports, pamphlets
and statistics so compiled must be
submitted to the commissioner and
approved by him.
Section 2. The commissioner shall
annually, on the 30th day of Novem-
ber, submit a complete itemized ac.
count to the governor, showing all the
business of the bureau for the year
and all expenditures made during sucf
period.
Section 8. The commissioner shall
have authority to appoint in addition
to the chief clerk now provided for by
law, an assistant clerk at a salary
Of eighteen hundred dollars per an
mum, to be paid in the same mannel
as other salaries are paid.
Section 4. There shall be appropri
ated for the purpose Of paying th'
exrerses incurred under this act th'
sum of ten thousand dollars per an
mum.
Section S. The board of count!
commissioners Of any county of thu
state, upon receiving a petition signed
by at least fifty resident freehold tax
payers, whose names appear on tn
last assessment book of the county, i
authorized to make an appropriation
as hereinafter provided from tn
general fund of the county for tn
purpose of advertising the agricul
tural, commercial, mining, manufac
turing, labor or other indus
trial resources Of the coun
ty Said petition shall specifical
" state the class or classes of indus
tries OF said county that the petition
ers desire to advertise and the appro
rriation shall be limited to the pur
poses stated in the petition. Said ap
propriations shall not exceed the fol
lowing amounts, to-wt:
Tn counties Of the first class fjf
teen hundred dollars; counties Of tn
second class, thirteen hundred dollars
counties of the third class, one thou
sand dollars, and all counties belo,
the third class, eight hundred dollar
Section g. The board of count
commissioners of counties where ap