The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1923-03-09
LEGISLATIVE NOTES

lature adjourned were the following
Senate bill 90, by Greening, fixing the
limit Of stop-payment orders on checki
and drafts; senate bill lat, providing
penalties for the possession and SALE
of narcotics; senate bill 122, bJ
Rhoads, to establish bird preserve In
Teton county; senate bill 106, By
Greening, relating to chattel mort
cages; senate bill 81, by Greening, re
quiring bank checks to be presented
for payment within year; senate bill
SO, by Dowlin, providing for publica-
tion Of state examiners report on
county officers by county commission
ers senate bill 1916, by Church, provid-
ing for the appointment of park COM
missioners.
Bringing to life of house bin No.
1853 by Smethurst of Musselshell coun-
ty, which increases payments and adds
to occupational diseases under which
claims are filed under the state work
mems compensation act, paved the
way in the house for what promises to
be a hot battle. The bill died on the
house board on the fiftieth day of the
session, rules of the body providing
that bills other than appropriations
measures shall not be transferred from
house to house after the fiftieth
day.
-Four bills were signed by Governor
Dixon Saturday. They were to pro-
hibit traffic In 'inescal buttons" or
pellote; to govern provisions for sale
or removal of mortgaged property; to
appropriate $4,000 for the Industrial
accident insurance board and to pro-
vide for county appropriations to kill
rodents to control Rocky Mountain
spotted fever He also signed a mem
orial to congress indorsing the Great
Lakes-St. Lawrence River Waterway
project.
BY senate vote of 80 to %, the
metal mines license tax bill. considered |
the prlncipale tax measure In the pro-
gram Gov. Dixon urged upon the pres
ent legislature in his message at the |
beginning of the session, was killed. |
The measure came out of the senate
committee on revenue and taxation
with an adverse report signed by seven
Of the nine committeeman and a IA
vorable report from the minority of
two members.
The following senate bills were
among those which were concurred in
on third reading In the house this
week: No. 1877, by Walker, relating to
lease, sales and mortgages of railway
equipment; No. 60. by Haley, releasing
cities from liability for damages sought
by persons injured by falls in streets
and alleys; No. 80, by Greening relat-
ing to increase Of livestock covered
by chattel mortgage.
Two state departments, the OIL and
gas inspection department and the
bureau for the registration Of rotor
Secretary of State @. t. Stewart, were
warmly endorsed by the house commit
tee, composed of Hanson, Cronk and
appointed to investigate
executive departments of the state, in {
4 report submitted to the house re-
,ently.
Twenty-six bills and one senate reso-
ution were signed by Speaker Crum-
,aker Of the house on Monday morn Y
ng. Among the measures signed was g
senate bill No. by Duncan, which c
provides for the abolition of the office d
" state parole commissioner This g
Measure has already been signed by
he president of the senate and has i
low gone to the governor for approval. II
The inheritance tax measure, one o
II those recommended by Gov. Dixon 8
n his message to the legislature on its o
'pening day, was given passage by the v
enate with 50 amendments, and will n
% back to the house for concurrence n
n the amendments. d
The house bill by Representative Ed n
yard Scharnikow of Powell county to n
mend the laws relating to protests o,
gainst improvements by areas en- 20
raced In special improvement dis n
riots, was given final passage by the m
enate. n,
Senator Siegfriedt's bill to prohibit q,
liens owning or leasing land in Mon n
ana known as the anti-Japanese meas q
re, WINS recommended for concurrence
y the house committee of the whole
1thout a dissenting vote. q
A measure to add to the states tax g
lcome by increasing the ratio of tax
bic value to assessed value of all S
asses of property, introduced in the 4
ouse the first Of the week, was killed.
The house appropriations committee 70
as reported favorably on a bill to d,
$4,000 for World war n,
steran's monument to be placed in nr
e rotunda of the capitol.
A bill carrying appropriations ag-
egating $2,565, 482 for Montana's edu-
tional institutions in the next two "
airs was introduced In the house NJ
%
A senate bill providing for a budget ne
stem in cities and counties was sh
for concurrence In the
use after brief debate.
Senate bill No. 100, which restricts x
e pardoning power of the governor. op