Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-02-26
new COUNTIES
BILL AMENDED
AS To- DE TAILS
Paul Measure Altered
but Little by House
Thus Far, However.
Valuation Now Fixed at
$4,000, 900 and Area
at 1000 Square Miles.
Staff Correspondence.

Helena, Feb. 25.-Amended by the
house, both in standing committee and
| in committee Of the whole, Senator
! W. ]. Paurs bill putting brake upon
the county division movement, emerged
from the house committee of the whole
Friday afternoon altered but little
from its condition when the house
committee on new counties and diyi-
sions had finished with it. The bill
is now for concurrence as amended.
The only change of import made in
committee Of the whole Friday was
one which made slightly more diff
cult the creation of new. county
from the restrictions which had been
approved BY the house standing COM
mittee, this being an increase in the
value Of the property to be left in
the parent counties OF S1.O00.OOO, that
limit now being placed at $9,00O.0OO.
Amendment BY Scharnikow
This amendment was made upon the
motion of Edward Scharnikow who on
Thursday had succeeded in raising the
committees recommendation of the
minimum valuation of the new couu-
ties from S5,OOO,OOO to 100000
As the bill now stands new county
must have an assessed valuation of not
less than 100000. the parent
county's valuation must not be re-
duced below $9.0OO,000, new counties |
must have at least 1000 square miles |
Of territory and the area of the old |
county must not be reduced below
] 200 square miles, while the boundary
line between the new and the old
county must not approach nearer than
is miles Of the court house in the
old county.
Change from Original.
The original Paul bill. as passed by
the senate, had fixed these limitations Il
at $S,OOO,OOO ard $4,000. 600, at 1900
and 1900 square miles and at 20 miles
from county seat.
Calvin Crumbaker succeeded in ,
amending the bill in committee Of the
whole so that seed grain loans shall ,
,e made to apply to such territory Of
he old or new county in which they ,
we're executed but failed to put over
N amendment to asses the cost of 4
pecial election for deciding county d- g
,ision against the property within the
erritory sought to be segregated. On L
notion of George Allen, Of Madison Il
ounty the committee then recon-
lended the bill for concurrence as y
Still in committee of the whole the $
ouse killed S. 3. 1G6. by Donlan
-hich sought to increase the salary o
the state forester from $500 to
1000. the enacting clause being o.
tricken on motion of Crumbaker. and
B. 226, providing for closed I,
aason on grouse and deer. u
Bill Recommended. b,
The committee of the whole con- te
dered and recommended for passage
. concurrence the following measures: &c
Fl. b. IL companion to III. B. 6 and re
a license tax on express III
'mpanies.
S. b. ESQ by Observation-Disclosures II
,nds Of state and county officers. -
s. B. 155 by Donlan-Providing for =,
unity budgets. =
S. B. 263, by Haze1baker-Providin -,
r determination Of insect pests. y
S. B. 2O5, by joint committee on ~
'estock and notwithstanding a 80
ate department of agriculture, labor e..
S. BIS go and 271, by Griffin-De- D.
ling what are to be considered as "a,
provements on public leased lands -
d providing for payment of full hi
lue Of same when taken over by
bsequent lessee. St.
8. B. 27S-Changing the boundary
tween Sweet Grass and Golden Val Of
counties.
s. b. 253-Classification Of prop Re
Y on the percentage basis for tax
on. the
Upon motion Of Bcley the house re-
1sidered its action in killing II. B. for
I, providing for the manufacture of {
somobile license plates at the state Of