The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1919-01-24
STATE PRISON AND HOSPITAL
FOR INSANE NEED $115,25o
IN 80 DAYS
NEWS OF THE CAPITAL CITY
Sheriffs Ask for Greater Allowance
for Boarding Prisoners-BilI Intro
duced to Provide Fund to Care
for Needy Soldiers

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various of the state institutions will
be necessitated was indicated in the
house when deficiency appropriation
bills were introduced for the benefit
of the state prison and of the state
hospital for the insane.
Chairman Higgins, of the committee
on appropriations, was given unani-
nous consent to introduce several APP
preparation measures which, he ex-
planned, were for the purpose of taking
care of deficiencies and which bills
must be enacted into law before the
expiration Of 80 days.
The most Important of there bills
was one appropriating $S5,250 to cover
deficiency claims for the maintenance
and operation of the insane asylum.
The next in GZe, that for the state
prison, called for $4,000.
Another was to cover a deficiency
claim for S3,972.62 for public printing,
one was for the payment of $10S.27
travelling expenses of Martha Pattee
Ridge, as secretary Of the state board
of charities and reforms, one was to
reimburse. John Ii. Kifer, sheriff of
Big Horn county, in the sum of $222.43
for expenses incurred in travelling to
Prescott, Ariz., and returning to Mon
tana with a prisoner, and one for
ST ,O294S for the refund of taxes IL
legally collected by the state of Mon
tana. These bills were all referred
back to the appropriations committee
for regular action.
That the present legislature Will be
called upon by bills to be submitted
later to Increase the expenses of coun-
ty administration in the payment and
increased salaries to undersheriffs and
deputy sheriffs, by the increasing of
the mileage allowances to sheriffs, was
made known to the members, today,
through a communication presented
by the Montana Sheriffs' association,
as the result of action taken by that
organization at its meeting, held In
Helena last Saturday.
The. communication set forth that,
due to the high cost of living, the costs
of all food supplies and help In con-
nection with the feeding of prisoners
would not permit the sheriffs to con-
finue to provide meals for the pris-
oners at the present legal rate of 80
cents per day and it had been decided
to ask the legislature for an amend
ment to the law which would allow
payment at the rate of rs cents per
day. 1t set forth that under the In
creased cost of automobile operation, |
the present allowance of 10 cents per
mile was not sufficient to cover the
cost of service of processes and the
making of arrests and that bill would |
be introduced to fix the allowance at
Is cents per mile.
Montana soldiers and sailors who re-
turn from the war sick or disabled |
and in need of relief or assistance will |
receive it from the state if the plans
of Senator Edward Donlan of Missoula |
materialize. Senator Donlan would /
also provide assistance to those dis
charged men seeking employment by |
placing the clerks and recorders at |
their disposal as employment agents
and providing that the labor wants
of the soldiers be advertised at the /
expense of the county. He has intro
dueed bill providing for an appro-
priation of S15O,0O0 to be used for aid
ing needy soldiers and to be admins
tered by the state board of examiners.
The measure fathered by Senator Don
Ian provides that such soldiers or sail
ors may make application to the board
of examiners, and that body may grant
TO the applicant any allowance which
it deems proper and at its discretion
make the payments in installments
or as whole.
Senator Edwards in behalf of the
special committee, showed property
and cash balance In the capitol fund
Of 81. 100000 and the committee on
public buildings was Instructed to pre-
pare a bill for refacing the original
structure with granite rs measure
to give employment to returning sol
diers and others.
The feeling Is becoming more or less
prevalent among the legislators and
The observers that the whole fabric
If county division will be rent and
hat the scheme will be defeated BY
he weight of Its own numbers, II for
10 other reason. Bills providing for
he establishment Of ~ new counties
nave been introduced.
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Propose Monument for Soldiers.
To pernetuafe the memory OF the