Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-03-08

nature ~h1Journeu were Inc following .
Senate bill 30. by Greenlng. fixing the
limit OF stop-pay1nent orders on checks
and drafts; senate bin 147, providing
penalties for the possession and sale
Of narcotics senate blu 10, by
Rhoads, to establish bird preserve IN
Teton county senate bill fe5; -
GreenIng. relating TO chattel mort
cages n a bill 92, by Greening, re
quiring bank checks to be presented
for payment within a year senate bill
SO, by Dowlin, providing for pubHca-
ton or state examiners report on
county Officers by county commission
ers nat bill 195, by Church, provid-
Ing for the appointment Of park rom
missioners.
Bringing to life of house BIZ No.
35S by Smethurst of MusseIshelI coun-
ty, which increases payments and adds
10 occupatinnal diseases under which
claims are filed under the state work
mems compensation act, paved the
way in the house for what promises 10
be a hot battle. The bin died on the
house board on the fiftIeth day OF the
session, rules OF the body providing
thai bills other than Appropriations
measures shall not be transferred from
hous, to house after the fiftleth
day.
-Four bills were signed by Governor
Dixon Saturday. They we're to pro-
hIbit traffic In "mescal buttons or
pellotr; to govern provisions for sale
or removal Of mortgaged properly; to
appropriate $4,000 for the Industrial
accident insurance board and to pro
vide for county appropriations TO kill
rodents. to control Rocky MolntaiD
spotted fever. He also signed a mem
orial to congress indorslng the Great
LaKes-St. Lawrence River Waterway
project.
BY a senate vote OF 30 to %, the
metal mines license tax bill, considered
the %principale tax measure In the pro
gram Gov. Dixon urged upon the pres
ent legislature In his message at the
beginning Of the session, wns killed.
The measure came out of the senate
committee on revenue and taxation
Ui dANtASt itIRi NiEntA ~ T'fN'
Of the nine committeeman and n IA
report from the minority OF
members.
The following senate bills were
among those which were %concurred in
on third reading In the house this
week: No. 157. by Walker, relating to
ease. sales and mortgages of railway
No. CO. by Haley, releasing
titles from liability for damages sought
~ persons injured by falls In streets
md alleys No. 81, by GreeniHg Felat-
ng to increase of livestock weoyered
~ chattel mortgage.
Two state departments. the oil and
,as inspection department and the
for the registration Of motor
both under the direction OF
Secretary of State G.. II. Stewart. We're
endorsed by the house commit
ee. composed of Hanson, tTOnk and
}rnndjord. appointed 10 investigate
Executive departments Of the state, In
report submitted to the house re-
Twenty-six bills and one senate reso-
were signed by Speaker Crum-
laker OF the house on Monday morn
Among the measures signed WIS :
enate bin No. 4 by Duncan, which 5
,rovides for the abolition Of the office {
# state parole commissioner. This
Measure has already been signed by 7
he president of the senate and has {
gone to the governor for approval. !
The inheritance tax measure, one !
4 those recommended by Gov. Dixon !
n his message TO the legislature on Its I
pening day, was given passage by the
enate with 81 amendments. and viii
o back to the house for concurrence
D the amendments. g
The house bill by Representative Ed n
ard 'Schnrnikow of Powell county to I
mend the laws relating TO protests d
galnst improvements by areas en- r
raced in special Improvement dis s
-Icts, was given final passage by the \
anate. S
Senator Siegfriedt's bin to prohibit h
liens owning or leasing land in Mon C
known as the anti-Japanese meas
was recommended for concurrence S
V the house committee OF the whole n
ithout n dissenting vote. II
A measure to add to the states tax u
Icome by increasing the ratio OF tax W
bic value to assessed value Of all
asses OF property, introduced In the
the first of the week, was killed.
The house appropriations committee N
rs reported favorably on a bill to f,
appropriate $4,000 for a World war n
a~teran's monument to he placed in 8
lie rotunda of the capitol. +
A bin carrying appropriations ag- u
-egating S2,565. 432 for Montana's edu- m
ltional institutions in the next two r,
ears was introduced In the house o,
'edneSday.
A senate bin providing for a budget
In cities and counties was
commended for concurrence in the :,
,use after brief debate. a.
Senate bin No. 100, which restricts -
e ~purdoning power of the governor. :,
ms defeated In the house.