The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-01-31

LldI IN dOQlIlOn 10 all OLuSr TAXES HOW
provided by law every dealer in motor
vehicle fuel shall, not later than the
18th Of each month, render to the sec
rotary OF state a statement of all motor
vehicle fuel sold by him during the pre-
ceding month apd shall pay to the state
for such fuel sold.
! If the legislature passes the bill re-
pealing all the state prohibition laws,
Montana will be saved thousands Of
dollars monthly, according to Lowndes
Maury, house member from Silver Bow
county, who with Troy, Caplis, Kin
Vile, Cavanaugh, ,Joffray, Mushback,
Dell, Carlson of McCOne. Kerrine,
Andrus, Burke, Davis Of Fergus, Oady,
Bosley, Murphy, Pilgeram, Clarke, Gil
lin, Mcleod, Bricker and siednsticker,
gave notice of the dry repeating meas
ure In the house.
Automobile license fees in Montana
are to be based on weight and retail
purchase price, and license fees for
trucks on total tire width, according
to q bill fathered by Bernard Of Flat
head and Cady of Lincoln. The mea
ure, which is to revOlutiOnize the sys-
tenn of licensing autos and trucks in
this state, is drafted along lines recon-
mended by the executive good roads
committee at It's recent meeting in
2 Butte.
>, Removal Of the school for the deaf,
dumb and blind from Boulder, where It
: Is now conducted in connection with
= the school for the feeble-minded, to
a some large center Of population Is
planned by house bill No. 80, intro
, duced by Bosley of Cascade county.
Helena is mentioned as the new lOca-
ton for the school, 1t is said, in Ease
/. the bill becomes a law.
= That Montana's legislature shall
meet every four years instead Of every
two years and that members Of the
house Of representatives shall serve for
four years instead of two, is planned In
two bills, notice Of which was given In
i. the house by Representative Lobe OF
Lewis and Clark county.
u Representatives BOOrman Of Cascade
" G1IOA " ADl0lllC. ~ 6brl ~ 49,
/, and Clark, compose a house COMMITTEES
named by Speaker Crumbaker to in
T vestigate the activities Of the state
enforcement officers, as provided 70
In the LOble resolution which wa
adopted in the house.
A proposal to abolish the offices o
the state accountant and state parol
-.-~--sto- --o- ~On%~t-AE In q rorNp
OF a senate special committee com
L posed of Paul, Dowlin, and Clark, VIII
is were assigned the task Of investigatin
10 state offices and executive depart
ments.
D. During the last week only one bil
st has become a law and probably will b
~ ready for the governors signatur
within a few days. This bill was 8. ]
III 7, by Church Of Lewis and Clark cour
ty, which regulates the practice {
h podiatry, treating diseases Of the fee
Representative Troy Of Hill count
% has introduced in the house a bi
or which proposes changes in the method
OF assessing penalties upon unpaid ia,
> es and making the date Of tax deliI
quency December 81, instead Of N
8, vember 80, as at present.
n Data on state banks, asked for /
the house, was furnished by L. Q. Ske
nc ton, state superintendent of bank
ct showing 259 incorporated banks
M Montana at this time. There were :
state banks which failed In 1922, II
. report shows.
1d1 During the past week the bill intr
To duced by Representative Maury Of s
yer Bow, Which provides for citi'
having control of their police depaI
ments, created a good deal Of live
discussion.
Noteworthy in the work Of the hou
during the past week was passage
house bill No. 5, creating the state t:
commission, and transmittal Of th
leh bill to the senate for consideration.
ne Among the avalanche of bills intF
ISIS duced the past week was a measu
ice to give cities the power to prosecu
In violations of prohibition laws in poll
Us, court.
~ The senate has passed s. B. No.
~ by Healy, amending the revised code
relating to distribution Of the coun
high school tax.
Representative Denny's bin, hou
bill No. 40, which provided for t
re: adjustment Of the Chancellor OF [
an; University of Montana, went down
est defeat in the house by a vote Of
/. to 40.
nth BY a vote of 80 to 9 the senate adol
ed the report of the committee on ir
W. CATION asking. for an investigation
the affairs Of the Toole county iris
re- ton project.
Du, To Miss Jessie Roscow Of Silver B'
goes the distinction Of Introducing I
bill to provide the consolidation of
ak county of Silver Bow and the city
onvl Butte.
ar Senator Paul of Powell county
eer author of a measure which provif
ion a decided change in the existing 9
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