Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1923-02-22
LEGISLATIVE NOTES

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the legislature, passed the house lat
Saturday by a vote of "a TO A.. ]
would impose q license tax of / pc
cent on gross production OF mines
!, which have a production OF 100000 81
: more yearly. On production below
: that amount the tax graduates to one
!. fourth Of l per cent on annual produc.
tion between 100000 and $4,000 and
mikes the license tax 81 OF companies
which have a gross annual production
less Than 100000 a year.
In his first veto of the session Gov
ernor Dixon disapproyed house bill No.
18. by Scharinkow, to repeal the law
4passed- two years ago giving the state
board of examiners authority to fix the
number Of clerks and assistants IN the
departments OF the state government,
which law, the author Of the bill de-
clared. had never been observed by the
board. The veto was sustained by a
vote of 43 TO 50. two-thirds being nee
esSary TO override.
Montana's country newspapers came
in for a warming up at the hands of
kfoodman of Broadwater and Scharin-
kow Of Powell. In the session Of the
lower house on Wednesday night, dur
ing consideration OF II. Il. No. TIA by
Mrs, Hamilton of Phillips county &nd
Bray=of Sweet Grass. The bill was
finally recommended for passage. after
the newspapers supporters had scored
a complete triumph.
House bin No. 293, by Scharnikow, of
Powell, TO cut salaries Of heads of
state boards and commissions and their
employees. and house bill No 300, by
Scharnikow. Oker OF Lewis and Clark,
and Carlson. of Gallatin, to cut salaries
OF state officials, have been recon-
mendcd for passage. The latter meas
IRE was amended so that no cut would
tbe made In salaries of justices of the
supreme court.
Reduction In the Item of travelling
expenses in connection with the opera
tons of the department of agriculture
is urged by the n special investl-
eating committee, which has submitted
n report on hat department. The COM
In summing up, expressed the
belief that "the commissioner is trying
to do his best and is obtaining good
results"
The senate special committee to in
vestigate state offices and state X
departments issued n report
recommending the adjustment of the
office of the state entomologist and
The work Of that office taken over by
HE extension service OF the state col
.ege at Bozeman.
The state highway commission viii
of one commissioner at $4,000
year and expenses and two assistant
commissioners at $40 a day and ex-
lenses, with the amount available for
urveys and other administration costs
o be limited by legislative appropri-
tion, If the measure which was report
d out of the house committee of the
fhole becomes a law. I
Measures referring TO the people a !
epeal OF the presidential primary law, ]
the staff of the state superin-
andent of public instruction and re-
uiring that bids he advertised for In
the quarterly report Of the
-aee treasurer. were passed on third I
in the house. I
AT the beginning of the session last =
eek ABB bills had been submitted TO Z
re two houses. or the total, eight c
bills, four senate bills. n joint Q
emorlal apd one concurrent resolu-
on had passed both houses and been 7
gned by the governor. p
An amendment 10 the state consti- n
tIon. providing for recall Of cleo
re officers, with exception of judges
courts of record, Is planned in a bin
troduced In the lower branch of the n
by Troy and Duffy of Hill \
unity. II
The first Of the two measures intro p
Iced in the house for consolidation of u
governments of Butte and Silver u
Nv county under the constitutional o
lendment adopted last November has r
passed by the house. m
The house went IN record favoring
2 measure 10 establish an eastern
,ntana state normal school ar Miles
ty, with appropriation of $4,000 a Ell
mr. for the first two years. al
The house bin which would permit sc
pups of counties TO combine in erect SO
|, and maintaining tuberculosis sani- I'll
-iums, which passed the honse, was s.
led In the senate. &C
rhe measure to create the new coun- ID
Of Hedges out of the northern part
FIathead county was killed by adop-
n of the house of an adverse COM
tee report. ell
letting married will cost 50 more In
! getting divorced will cost 81 more es
a bin recommended for passage by WI
house committee of the whole fin tn
: passes. re
~ a vote of 90 70 "a the house co
the administration bill to Inn
a license a of 3 per cent on
SIS production OF crude oil In Mon
n. SO
he house has passed the inheritance Pr
measure and a bin placing a tax tol
sleeping car companies. en-
state income fay hill which