The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-02-14
BILLS UNDER
CONSIDERATION
Normal School Bills Before Joint
Committee From Both
Houses. i
ENLARGED SUPREME COURT WANTED
Measure Providing for Classification
of Property into Seven Glasses. -
-Slattery's Bill Concur
red in by the House.

Helena, Feb. 13.-The advantages
of Glasgow as location for a state
normal school were we'll presented to
the members of the state legislature
through the activity of the members
from Valley county and S. ]. Run
die, who distributed to the desks of
the members of the house and SEN
ate Wednesday, copies of the normal
booster showing views of the city of
Glasgow and telling about the re-
sources and advantages of that city.
The publication made an excellent
impression. There seems to be a
strong feeling that one of the pro-
posed normal schools should be To-
Gated along the line of the Great Nor
thern railroad in northern Montana.
| All of the bills covering the pro-
posed schools have been sent by the
house from the committee on appro-
priations to the joint committee of
three from each house, which has
been appointed to make recommenda-
tions anent the construction Of such
institutions. It is probable that this
committee will have open hearings on
the matter next week.
The five principal revenue meas
ures which it is expected will be en-
acted at this session of the legisla-
ture have passed the house and are
now under consideration in the SEN
ate. They are the bills prepared by
the state tax commission, composed
of Chas. Leonard Of Butte, William
Lindsay of Glendive, and David Hill
ger of Lewiston, and embody a COM
plete change in the taxation and rev.
enue producing laws Of the state.
The enforcement of the provisions
of these bills centers around state
tax commission, one Of the measures
providing for submitting to the vot-
ers at the next general election Of
law providing for the permanent cre-
alton of such body, while another
one of the bills provides for COM
mission with investigating powers
that can operate under state board of
equalization, which recently through
a constitutional amendment was CIV
en- plenary powers to enforce it's rul-
ing. One of the bills provides for
the assessment by the state board of
telegraph and telephone and electric
power transmission lines and another
for the work of the state board of
equalization.
The most important changes in as
sessment are contained IN measure
providing for a classification OF the
property in the state into seven clas-
ses and gives the percentage OF their
value which shall be assessed. In
class one is mines and they are to
be assessed on 100 per cent OF their
net income. Personal effects, house.
hold goods and agricultural tools and
implements are in class and they
are assessed at 20 per cent OF the
true value; class includes livestock,
agricultural products and merchandise
and is assessed at 33 1-3 of the val
ue. Class is comprised OF lands,
lots and improvements and is asses
sed at 30 per cent of value. Glass
includes mortgages and securities
and is assessed at seven per cent OF
the value, Class 6 includes stocks
in banks and other corporations and
is assessed at 40 per cent OF value.
Glass 7 includes all other property
and is assessed at 40 per cent OF
value.
1t is expected that these five meas
ures. resulting from two years work
on the part of the tax COMMISSION
will go through without any import
ant amendments.
Enlarged Supreme Court.
The house has passed bill pro-
viding for an increase in the number
of judges of the supreme court from
three to five and has named Judge
| ,Jero Leslie Ol Nlc1G L SAAA1 "AAN
A, P. Stark of Livingston for the
additional justices. This increase is
said to have been agreed upon by the
republican caucus so that it will go
through the senate.
All measures providing for the Gre
alton of normal school came out OF
the appropriations committee in the
house Wednesday and were sent to
a joint committee on normal schools
to decide as to which one or ones
should be passed, if any, and then
the bills providing for the schools de-
cided on will again be sent to the
house appropriations committee.
Powder River county, the seventh
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