The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-01-26

instead on met" proceeds, as is tn,
requirement now under the constitu
ton.
To Guard Against Juggling.
Fearful that the mine operator,
may juggle their statements to thu
state tax commission on "gross" bro.
ceeds as they are said to have done in
the past in reporting met" proceeds
for taxation purposes, Senator Tom
Kane has given notice of introducing
bill that will strike from the state
constitution any provision that pro-
vldes special privileges for mines tax
alton, and which will place the mines
and their proceeds on the same basis
as IS any other class of property. for
taxation purposes.
There is a movement afoot for q
joint committee to investigate state
departments with the view of ascer-
tanning what can be done in the wav
OF eliminating of consolidating GER
tain state offices, and while notices of
such movement was given in the first
week of the session there had been no
developments when the second over
Sunday recess was taken last Friday.
That step, however, is not considered
by the people as vital. The public
has agreed with Governor Dixon that
strict economy should be practiced in
all state departments. The number of
state officials and assistants should no
held to the minimum, but no one has
expressed a desire to dispense with
worthwhile departments and officials
demands for whose services are in
BY the time these issues are settled
by the legislature, and the members
have drawn their pay, little remains
that will require drastic action in the
present session. A limited number If
oiils has been urged for this legisla-
ture, and it has been expected that
this legislature will practice economy. |
but the greatest economy praeticed /
thus far is that of keeping down the |
number of employees.
In the first two weeks there have
'een introduced 81 house bills and 26
senate bills, total of 81, or AZ 1-2 a
week for the first two weeks, with
10Th branches working only on about
half-time basis. At that rate, with
he legislature continuing the full CO.
lay period, or eight weeks, the mini
mum number of bills for the entire
session will be 344, and the chill intro
lucing' period has not yet started.
With 26 bills, two joint memorials
nd-one concurrent resolution read
md referred the first two weeks of
he present assembly with adjourn
nent was taken Friday morning for
n Over-Sunday recess, action had
cen reached only three senate bills
nd on the concurrent resolution in
he upper branch.
Senate bill Is, defining larceny
mong agents for insurance commit
ee, was killed Thursday by the COM
nittee on insurance, while senate bill
q, prohibiting rebates on insurance
remium payments, and senate bill
0, prescribing certain duties of the
tate auditor and insurance commits
Toner, was recommended for passage /
Y the committee on insurance, and
ne concurrent resolution, relating to 7
lnds on the Fort Ellis reservation, Y
as recommended, also on Thursday,
or passage by the committee on fed
raj relations. t
All the bills introduced in the SEN I
te have been referred to committees.
ills from the house had not reached v
he general file of the upper branch 2
hen the senate adjourned Friday, g
ne to the fact that most of those
lis are to be printed first, and must
over "a hours after reaching the b
desks in the printed form. "
Where Bills are Parked.
The status of all senate bills when a
Ijournment was taken Friday fol- O.
VS.: N
S. B. 1, by Demel, bill for an act e,
ing the time and method of collect il
g taxes and interest and foreclosure
liens upon the non-payment of R
xes, and repeating the law requir- D,
3 publication of delinquent tax lists, in
tn committee on taxation. c.
s. B. 2, by Greenup, relating to the
of assessment reports, re
tn committee on taxation. 70
5. B. 8, by Page, relating to recall su
public officers, with committee on