The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1919-08-22
MONTANA SOLONS
FINISH MEETING
JUDGES HURLEY AND PATTON
NAMED FOR SUPREME COURT
BENCH BY GOVERNOR
TAX Relief BILL IS KILLED
Drouth Sufferers Not to BE Excused
From Paying Taxes.-ResoIution
Passed Asking Recognition Of
the irish Republic

Helena, Aug. 12.-The Montana leg
fsiature summoned in extraordinary
session for the qualification Of the ma
tional woman suffrage amendment
and the passage of such legislation
as Is possible under the constitution
for the relief of drouth sufferers :
came to a close last night after a two
weeks meeting.
Late Yesterday afternoon the COVER
nor named John Hurley of Glasgow
and George Y. Patten of Bozeman for
the supreme bench. The position had
earlier been offered to Frederick III. V.
Collins of Billings. but he declined it.
The suffrage amendment was en-
dorsed and the result transmitted to
Washington. While unqnestiOnably
house bill II. authorizing counties to
issue bonds and warrants for the re-
lief of drouth sufferers is the more
important of bills passed looking to
that end. 1t provides that upon the
petition of 100 freeholders it becomes
the duty of the county commissioners,
within five days after its filing, to
fine need for purchasing seed grain.
feed, provisions and other supplies for
the sufferers from drOuth, hail or 9th
er climatic conditions. If the esti-
mate for the county shall be less
than $4,000. that sum may be ex
pended. but if the sum is greater a
special election shall be ordered, sub
tf;, II eli, Of
authorizing an Indebtedness for the
amount of the estimate, provided the
existing and proposed issues do not
total a greater amount than the con-
stitutional limit of Indebtedness. The
election must he held within 30 days
but not earlier than - days from the
meeting. The bonds to be issued shall
bear interest at not more than seven
per cent.
The legislature also passed bills au
thorizing county commissioners and
the state highway commissioner to
employ day labor as distinguished
from contracts in all public road work
and it passed a bill requesting that
drouth sufferers be given preference
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pass several bond bills providing for
state issues so that loans might be
made TO needy farmers, but these were |
defeated chiefly on constitutional |
grounds.
Close Squeak for Ireland.
Timely arrival of Mrs. Maggie Hath /
away representative from Ravalli |
county. coupled with delay in tabulat-
ing vote upon the adoption of a
resolution urging the president TO rec |
ognize the Irish republic. saved the
day for Ireland in the house of rep
resentatives of the extraordinary SEES
sion of the Montana state legislature
on Friday.
As amended by the committee on
federal relations. the measure urges
to pass Il resolution asking
the president to recognize the repub-
iic of. Ireland.
Dry Enforcement Act Killed.
By vote of IS to GA the house
turned down motion by COnser of
Fallon TO place on general orders S. b.
81. by Slayton. providing for the Gre
alton of fund TO be spent in enforcing
the prohibition law. and adopted re-
port of the Judiciary committee recon-
that the bill be killed
The measure. as introduced provided
that the money should be spent Jointly
by the governor and the attorney gen
pral. hut the senate amended the bill
TO eliminate the attorney general, and
Gibson. chairman of the Judiciary com
nittee. said that naturally the house.
being good Republicans, should elm
nate the governor Eaton and Conser !
poke in favor of the bill and Higgins
ind Gibson opposed it. Higgins took
he position that the bill had been )
lilled in the regular session and there !
vas no need for such law now In J
rider to have the law enforced.
Governors Measure Dies. r
Governor Stewards pet measure,
eeking the creation of the Montana
Welfare commission. similar IN organi-
alton to the council of defense and .
designed to raise funds by a drive for
he relief of drouth victims. which
Ill was introduced in the senate by :,
'enator Edwards of Rosebud county :.
ras also Killed on an adverse report
+ the house judiciary committee. !
Profiteer Bill Passes. s.
BY vote Of 80 to % the house G
aturday morning passed II. B. IA, by {