The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-03-09
! number of other companies were

a number of other companies were
also taxed.
A tax commission, composed of
William Lindsay of Carbon county,
C. J. McCamara of Helena and Big
Sandy, and c. R. Leonard of Butte,
were selected to investigate taxation
and assessment in the state and sub
nit proposals for revision of assess
ment and taxation. !
Among the bills passed of interest
to farmers are the new highway law
and the highway commission law, the
McCone farm loan law, state hail
insurance, submission of exemption of
taxation amendment, submission of
proposition to build state-owned ter
minal elevator at Great Falls at a
cost of $250,000, a district herd law,
restoration of right to redeem some
$75,000,000 of property on outstand-
ing mortgages of 100000 900, on
which decision of supreme court had
held power Of attorney in mortgage
trust has wiped out right to recover;
elimination of state grain in section
department and establishment of
grain inspection laboratory at Boze-
man, compelling railroads to furnish
cars properly coopered for hauling
grain and to issue bills of lading
mailing them to consignee when ship
ment is made at blind siding; pro-
hibiting discrimination by elevators.
Laws of especial interest to the
livestock interests that were passed
are the new bounty law, making the
bounty on coyotes and wolf puppies
$3.50, the law consolidating the live
stock and sheep boards and forming
the Montana livestock commission of
six members, the act extending the
powers of the livestock sanitary
board, laws regulating the running
at large on the range of bulls and
stations.
A law was passed authorizing the
establishment of public markets at
county seats and another act was
passed giving money to the
county fairs and placing them on a
more substantial basis. Several road
measures were enacted and a new
highway law was created as we'll as
a new highway commission. The fare
for prisoners from the p%enitentiary to
and from road work was set at l
per cent per mile and prisoners were
given assurances of time allowances
for good behavior on road work.
Women were given an eight-hour
law and men working in mines, smell
ters and as janitors in schools were
given eight hours. A safety appli.
ance law was passed. The kibosh was
put on the trading stamp evil and il
was made illegal to give premiums
. with merchandise.
Chancellor Elliott succeeded in get
ting all he asked for the states high.
err educational institutions. There wa:
5 a noticeable absence of lobbyists fol
) these schools. A bill was passed tt
encourage students to attend Mon
tana institutions by refunding then
5 all over SIS of their railroad fare.
| Considerable school legislation wa!
enacted, among which was a free tex
book law, bills for elementary agri
5 culture in elementary schools, norma
and junior college courses in higl
schools, acceptance of federal aid TO,
: vocational training, high school ia,
e for counties not having high schools
permission to increase levy beyond II
!. mills where voted in school districts
e and providing for two rural inspec
i tors or supervisors. Efforts to hav'
e the teachers pension law repealed
: failed, a strong lobby of teachers ap
pearing in its defense.
e Along lines of efficiency and econ
: omy were the laws repeating the &C
creating the deputy sealers of weight
e and measures and the bills providing
for consolidation Of the boiler, mine
e and coal mine inspectors under tn
e industrial accident board.
2 The entire fish and game laws wer
rewritten, a number of excellen
S changes made, and the whole codifie
r into one complete general fish an
J. game law, which was given the er
a dorsement of all the various sport.
It mems organizations.
Drastic provisions were made fl
l. the enforcement Of the new prob
ID bition law when it goes into effec