Great Falls daily tribune., 1919-01-30
BILL To REGULATE
ADOPTION IS KILLED
Opposed on Ground 1t Would
Hinder Children Being Placed
in Homes.

Helena. Jan. 29.-After a short deba Q
in committee Of the whole the senate
today decided it wouid be unwise to give
tho bureau of child and animal pro-
lection supervision over the placing in
homes of all homeless, dependent ami
iilegitimate children. and killed H. B. -
BY ScharnlkoW providing for such action.
Booth led the fight against the bill,
saying record Of such children in
public office would deter many people
from adopting children, and that it was
merely an attempt on a part of a state
bureau to do more regulating. He said
he knew of two children recently adopted
that would not have been given good
homes had the records of their paternity
been available
Slayton championed the measure, and
Mckay and Long also advocated its
passage. Mckay contended that at pre-
sent many men get girls into trouble
and are able to hide their guilt in con-
venient maternity homes and the chill
dren are given to irresponsible persons
purposely to get rid of them.
Long cited a Lincoln county case
where three days old baby was given
to unfit persons Such would not have
been the ease had the bureau Of child
protection been notified and empowered
fo make an investigation. he asserted.
Booth said it merely showed Montana
needed better officers and fewer laws.
that protection could now be given by
recourse to the district court.
Edwards opposed the bill upon the
ground that a greater evil would be
engendered thru attempting 10 correct
an existing evil H. said the birth
records, which are compulsory, are sui
firient
Mckay Said the Florence Crittenden
Home ana the Montana Children 5
Home society were in favor OF the bill
AS it would provide a sembance OF
regulation of maternity homes.
Apparently there was some foundation
for the rumors current the past few
days that some senate employees We're
employees only 50 far as the payroll i
concerned and that they failed to show
up for work The senate adopted q
,notion made BY McGone placing all
employees under the supervision OF the
sergeant al arms and requiring them 70
report to him each morning. and pro-
yding that all employees who fail TO re-
port shall be discharged forthwith.
That strong fight will be waged
against - Il. II hy Donlan, reducing
The numbeN of deputies il county offices,
III fnreshadowea By lelegraphic protests
received NV the senate from practically
All organizations of county officers. pro
testing against the bill and asking 70 be
heard The communications were refer
red to the committee on salaries
The senate committee on agriculture
and the senate committee on stock
raising upset all precedcnts today when
they Jointly presented a favorable report
rn = b. r, for the creation Of herd dis
fricts. The bill would validate all exist
inc herd districts and would permit ere
alton Of others to contain not less than
~ square miles and at least three Es!Ies
in width. The report was adopted with
out dissent.
The measure for the semi monthly pay
mnnt Of wages, Sub. s. +. l, affecting all
industries but agriculture, was passed
ou third reading. is was = +. ii. permit
ting stock to III made assessable on ]
thrcc-fourths' vote If the stock instead
81 stockholders: $. +. 20. amending the
mothers pension act, and 5. j. M. !,
asking for special railroad rates on
breeding stock into Montana.
Two bills were fayoraby reported BY
the judiciary committees. B. % by
l;nose and Cone. relating to the powers
nf county commissioners: and :. =. 3l.
Nv Edwards. to provide that taxes paid
Nh real estate bv other than the owner
shall constitute a first lien on the prop
erty.
Operations Of the state council Of de-
Tense since its creation were reviewed
in report presented by Secretary
Charles -. Greenfield On motion Of
Booth 1000 copies were ordered printed.
The senate adjourned until 1880
Thursday morning.