The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-03-05
LAWMAKERS AT WORK.
Thirteenth Assembly Has Many Bills
Under Consideration,

Thirteenth Assembly Has Many Bills
Under Consideration.
HELENA, Fob. 25.-In the senate TO.
day, the majority report OF the com.
nittee on capital and labor, recon-.
mending that s. B. IL, O'shes, ono of
the compenss alton bills, be indsanisely
postponed, was adopted.
In committee Of the whole the senate
recommended for concurrence 81. B.
10l, Prescott, exsmpting from personal
service the earnings Of judgment
debtors, and recommended for passage
the following bills:
S. B. 141, Stevens, for tho reguls.
tion Of traction engines and machinery
propelled or operat BY gas or oil.
S. B. 81, Abbott. TO divide the state
into congressional Districts.
s. B. II, Bosrdman, to crsste Rich.
land county out of portion of Daw-
son.
s. B. 1872, Dear born, to establish the
Office Of state 6re marshal and allow
ing deputies.
s. B. 164, Duncan, to regulate the
fees Of county clerks.
Not notice or . standing commit.
tee report was received In the house
this morning, for the first time in
many days. Sub. II. B. so, by Stevens,
regulating grain elevators and pro.
viding for grain inspection, was con.
Cured in.
The Whiteside bill to authorize
county commissioners to levy tax of
less than one mill for county fairs
and the McNally bill fixing . nine
hour work day for women were rec.
commended for passage by standing
committees.
A telegram WAS received from E. F.
Burmeister Of Shswmut stating: "Let
the people decide by vote whether they
want Wheatland county or not." It
was referred to the committee on new
counties.
Two bills, one In the senate and ono
In the house, both providing for IN
appropriation for the purchasing by
the state of IN executive mansion for
the governor were passed on third
reading yesterday. The senate bill
provides for IN appropriation of o50,.
600 for the purchase and the Spoeen
measure in the house for 10000. The
bills do net necessarily provide for
the erection of . residence, but for the
purchase of one.
1t is rumored that should one OF the
measures pass, the state would buy
the residence occupied by Governor
Toole during his tenure OF Office.
HELENA, Feb. 26.-By vote of 40
to 40, resolutions introduced by Love-
lace and Amin, extolling Representa-.
tives Kirschwipg and Durham for their
action in "doing what they considered
to be right" on the state fair bill and
condemning in the strongest terms the
citizens of Great Falls and the press
of that city, were declared lost in the
house this morning. The debate was
most bitter.
"You are . dirty liar," shouted
Word Of Lewis and Clark at King OF
Chouteau, who had asserted that Word
asked him, previous to the introduc.
tion of the Mains bill to introduce q
bill removing the fair to Great Falls.
King let the challenge 60, but said he
would make the assertion under oath
and then Word could deny it II he
wished to. Later Word withdrew his
language and spologized to the house,
but still insisted that he had not asked
King to introduce such q bill.
The house killed H. b. lis, by Grip
pen, increasing salaries OF district
judges to 5000. S. B. 113. by Burl.
'ingame, abolishing capital punish
ment, was killed.
The following bills were passed by
the house last night: H. B. 1l9, by
Meaders, to compensat owners of
animals killed because of tuberculosis
OI A0oOC1Ss As os OOOS W VIZ CO4-
mit,ee on state institutions and
grounds, for submission OF q constitu-
tional amendment increasing the rate
of taxation for period OF ten years
for the support of educational institu.
tions, (platform messures.) H. B.
los. by Lovelace, creating . state tax
commission.
The situation in Mexico was brought
to the attention of the house of repre-.
sentatives this morning, by the intro.
duction by Representative Crull of
Musselshell county, OF Q joint resolu-
tion asking that congress intervene.
The McNally bill to regulate the
hours of employment for women al.
most met its death in the senate in
committee of the whole today, when
Larson moved II be indefinitely post
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