The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-04-30
Both Houses Work All Day and
Late Into Night and Rush
Many Bills Through.
NOT NOTABLE FOR new LAWS
House Kills County and District Agri-
cultural School BilIs-Campus
Bill Passes.

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legislature yesterday finished the &C
tua1 work Of the 1909 session. Both
houses started early and worked until
after midnight. More than a hundred
new laws were placed on the statute
books as a result of the days work,
and hundreds more were not reached
for final action and died a quiet death.
A short session will be held today to
approve the journals and pass resolu-
tiOns, and at noon both houses will ad-
adjourn sine die.
In the house there were few impor-
tant bills left, as they had either been
killed or sent to the senate during the
last few days.
Not a Notable Session.
The legislature just passed has not
been a notable one for the new laws
placed on the statute books. The
adoption of the wide-Open tax amend
ment it was thought would open the
way for a great deal of tax legislation.
The new revenue measures passed
will bring cry Jew thousand dollars
into he treasury, and it was only by
the practice Of great economy and the
faithful use of the pruning knife hat
the appropriations committee was able
to keep down the expenses Of the
state so that the state tax levy was
ret.uced from IL mills to IL mills.
House Works Hard.
The house got down to real work in
the afternoon, when the list of bills
on cpocio1 nrIOrc ,,oc +o1.-o 800 TIo,,
e straight down the line, passing
or killing one after another. There
were us bills on special orders when
the night session began. but a mo-
ton was adopted to pass over house
files which did not stand much show
of passing the senate, and go down
the line with the senate bills. At mid
night about thirty were still left, the
clock was turned back and the house
worked IN. Shortly after l o'c'ock
the list was completed and the house
adjourned.
Kills County Farm Schools.
The house yesterday killed the last
Of the county district agricultural
school bills and the redrafted Johnson
Dt'l Nv pdcoCu VIC StIldtt l ucSudN.
The bill adding $35O,OOO to the uni
versity campus extension fund was
passed by the house yesterday. The
fight on the bill in the house was one
of the hardest of the session. The
bill was indefinitely postponed at the
morning session by a vote of 40 to 81.
1t was reconsidered after the noon re.
cess and passed by a vote of GO to 81.
The house killed the senate bill re.
enses had been issued to report the
number of birds and animals killed to
the game and fish commission.
The bill proposing a constitutional
amendment increasing the number of
judges of the supreme court was killed
by the house.
Senate Has scrappy Time.
The senate had a scrappy time all
day. Many of the important ques-
tons of the session had beer left to
the last and were fought out with
lively debates and close votes. But
every little while the senators got into
working order and passed a bunch of
bills. At midnight they still had
about forty bills On the calendar to be
voted on. They turned the clock back
and worked ahead until they were al.
most through with the list.
The bill permitting social clubs to
sell liquor was killed by the senate.
The bill had passed the house.
Anti-pass Law Stands.
The bill to amend the anti-pass law
so as to exempt policemen, firemen,
letter carriers and others from it's op-
GRAFTON, which passed the house, died
On the senate general orders yester-
day.
The senate passed the house bill re-
lating to the value of certificates of
teachers, making the certificate from
the state farm school on a par with
that of the normal schools and in
creasing the value of the latter to cor
respond with a Encouragement Of the
course.
Boosts Railway Tax.
The senate last night passed the
Rosenwald bill raising the rate of tax
on the gross earnings of freight lines.
The house bill fixed the rate at s per
cent. Or twice the present tax.
After considerable discussion on
passing important bills at a rushed
night session, the body amended the
rate, making it 6 per cent. This is
n of the most important bills that
was passed by the legislature affecting
the railroads.