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spection; providing for inspection of
dams and reservoirs; creating coun-
ties OF Wheatland and Carter; pro-
hibiting playing of pool or billiards
for money; compelling railroads to
report late trains; prohibiting live
stock running at large in cities; and
providing for appointment of commits
sioners to revise civil codes.
There have been scores of minor
measures, mostly unimportant mat
tiers of particular interest to some leg
islator or to some community, passed.
Most of the bills of this character,
however, have arisen in the house,
probably due to the size of it's men,
bership. So far there have been 81
house bills and "a senate bills passed
by both houses, and sem to the gov
ernor.
Governor Stewart did not sign the
bills creating the two new counties,
but will permit them to become laws
without his signature. 1t is intimat-
ed that test cases of the validity of
legislative creation of counties will
be made. w. B. Rhoads, secretary
of the state railroad commission, has
been named judge of the newly Gre
ated 18th district, composed of Blaine
and Hill counties. Jake Fisher,
chief j%anitor, has been named Gus
todian of the capitol under the bill
creating that position.
Attorney general Ford went into
the supreme court Tuesday of this
week and started quo warranto pro-
ceedings to test the validity of the
seat of William Cults of Silver Bow
county, named to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of Representa-
tive Jere Flanagan. Many believe
that the appointment Of Mr.. Cults
was without warrant of law and un-
constitutional.
The question of the establishment
of a normal school at Lewistown &C.
much Of the time of the house
Monday Of this week. It was OPP
posed by members from Beaverhead
but was finally recommended for pas
sage with an appropriation of 10000.
Sponsors Of the bill sought $4,000.
Among the bills which met death in
the senate Monday were divers
measure providing that county lines
might be changed by vote of people
affected. Kane's measure amending
compensation law increasing pay
ments and eliminating Plan 2. Lack
of time was responsible for this, as
the senators believed it should have
careful consideration.
B. C. Whites measure providing for
the appointment of a tax commission
of three to study the problems of as
sessment and taxation in the state,
passed the house Saturday. The
house also passed bills creating a herd
district and incidentally killed SO
in a half hour on adverse
reports. The senate Sat-
urday passed bills providing for the
codification of the states law; au-
thorizing railroad commission to COM
pei companies to build spurs up to
three miles in length; Kinney's meas
ure preventing unfair competition by
elevator companies paying more for
grain where there is competition than
where there is not, and a bill legaliz-
ing the loose leaf system for keeping
records.
The senate passed a local option
herd law Friday and held a night ses1
sion to clean up it's work. In the
house the bill for bonding the state
for $25O,O0O for the establishment Of
a terminal elevator at Great Falls
was passed Friday, while the Eliel
bill to submit a repeal of the primary
law to the people was defeated. Nc
Cone bill substituting a convention
and primary system combined for
present law was also killed in house
on adverse committee action.
Senator Park Smith of Lewis and
Clark, youngest member to ever act
in such capacity in Montana, presided
in senate committee of whole Thurs
day.
Torrens' land law bill was killed by
senate Wednesday after long discus
sion in committe of whole.
Most of the big measures, including
possible changes in primary law, tax
alton and assessment bills, highway
legislation, revenue and appropriation
bills, consultations in offices and bu-
reaus, educational matters and much
legislation for economy and efficiency
are yet to be considered in either
house or senate.
That the Republicans in the senate
kept their early session pledge to
work for efficiency and economy wa
shown Monday Of this week when
Senator Galway, chairman of COM
mittee of the whole, announced that
with the consideration of S. B. 14O,
every printed in the senate
had been acted upon. The slowness
of the Democratic house was shown
by the fact that the barrier went up
with some 60 measures yet to be con-
sidered in committee of the whole.