The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-03-22
REVIEW Of THE BILLS NOW PASSED
AND SIGNED BY GOVERNOR STEWART
Interesting Is Synopsis of the Work of the Thirteenth
Legislature and the Analysis of the
the New Laws 1t Made.

after protected. STANDARD weights
and measures for dairy products of all
kinds are prescribed, and the weights
shall be exclusive of the wrapper, and
must be in full as represented.
Any person, firm, corporation or CO.
partnership engaged in buying milk,
cream or butter fat for the purpose of
manufacture, who shall, with the inten-
ton of creating a monopoly, or of de-
stroying the business of a competitor,
discriminate between different sections,
localities or communities of the state
by purchasing any such commodities
at a higher price or rate in one local
ity than is paid for the same commod-
ity by such persons, co-partnerships,
etc, in another locality, after making
transportation from the locality Of
purchase to the locality of manufac-
ture, shall be deemed guilty of Unfair
discrimination, and upon convict IN
thereof shall be punished by a fine Of
not less than 5000, nor more thar
$1,000, or imprisoned for not less thar
80 days nor more than II months.
Violations of any of the general pro-
visions of the act are punishable by a
fine from IS to $3.50 for each offense.
n. B. Ala, by Com. on Ways and Means.
Levies an advalorem tax of two and
one-half mills on each dollar of prop
erty valuation in the state for the years
1913 and 1914.
Levies one-fourth mill for 1918 for
interest n sinking fun to redeem
bonds issued by the state in 1907; also
one-tenth mill for 1914 for -he same
purpose.
Levies one-quarter mill for 1913 and
1914, for interest and sinking fund to
redeem bonds issued by the state in
1911.
II. B.. 124, by Conn.,. Of Sanitary Affairs.
The governor shall appoint a board
of examiners for nurses to consist of
five members of the nurses association
of Montana, and who have been ac-
lively engag d in nursing for five years
prior to appointment; two of the mem
bers shall ave had at least two years
experience in the instruction of nurses.
The board shall organize with a
president and secretary-treasurer;
whose compensation shall be fixed by
the board; all other members shall be
paid $40 pr day while in actual at
tendance at board meetings, this sum
being in full. The board shall provide
a schedule of subjects upon which APP
plicants shall be examined, and it shall
include elementary anatomy, physil-
ogy, medical obstetrics, ~gynecology,
surgery, dietics, home sanitation and
nursing.
The president of the board shall act
as inspector of all training schools for
nurses, and such schools are required
to pay $25 as a registration fee.
The board is to meet annually, and
to give advance notice thereof in the
press, and also notify applicants for
certificates thirty days prior.
The governor shall issue certificates
of registration on recommendation of
the board. Holders of such %certifi-
Gates shall file copy thereof with the
county clerk of the county in which
the certificate holder proposes to nurse.
Applicants must be at least 90 years
of age; shall have been graduated from
a training school for nurses connected
with a general hospital approved by
the board. The registration fee is $40.
1t is further provided that any person
Who has nursed for five years prior
to the passage of the act. and who
presents to the board a certificate Of
competency signed by one licensed
physician, and two registered nurses,
and after taking an examination by
the board, may be granted a certificate.
After 1917 all applicants must pass
an examination as may be required
by the board. It is made unlawful
for any person to practice nursing as
a trained, graduated or registered
nurse without a certificate. Violation
of this provision may be punished by
a fine from SO to 800, for the first
offense, and of 5000 to $500 for each
subsequent offense. The act shall not
be construed to confer authority to
treat diseases or to practice medicine
contrary to the provisions of the medi-
cal practice act of the state.
II. 3. 326, by Com. on Railroads.
Directs the railroad commission to
compel the physical connection of rail-
roads whenever the line of any rail-
road shall cross, intersect or parallel,
overhead, at grade or otherwise, the
railroad of another company; and to
compel the installation of suitable plat
forms and station houses for the con-
venience of the public, and to require
the railroads to stop trains thereat
for the transfer of passengers bag
gage Or freight. If the railroads do
not agree upon the expenses of such
connection and construction, the COM
mission may apportion the same. The
word parallel is defined to mean not
more than 1000 feet apart.
The commission shall require the
establishment of joint freight rates to
be shared by railroads taking part in