The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1927-02-24
Legislative Notes



The Montana pioneers Will DE CIV
en- the right to erect monument on
the state capitol grounds if bill IN
troduced by Senator MeGone OF Glen
dive becomes a law.
By vose of 20 to D in each IN
stance, the senate passed two meas
ures of widely different import.
These were the bills to distribute
equally to all counties the proceeds
of the automobile license tax and the
repeal of the Sunday closing law, as
it applies to dancing.
Asserting that great and unneees-
sary expense" has been caused the
state because of publication OF con-
stitutional amendments in more than
one newspaper in each county, Sen
ator j. ]. Wuerthner OF Cascade
county and Thomas Kane of RaYall,
introduced in the senate q resolution
in which the secretary of state Is re
ouestedn to use only one paper IN
each county.
February Ia was the last day Tor
introduction of senate bills, and the
total mounted 1876. as compared with
184 last session, making with three
appropriation bills introduced III the
house, total of 439 as the combined
total for the session. as compared
with GAS for last session
An increase of $1,000 year IN the
total appropriation for experiment
stations and an allotment of $4,000 OF
the extension work fund for a SUM
mer school of agriculture at Fort As
siniboine, are changes in the appro-
priation bill for the supplemental
college activities over the 1925 Allott-
nents. The measure .appropristes
10000 to the home experiment sta
sfion at Bohemian.
The house in committee of the
whole killed bill which provided for
Aha prohibition Of the use of natural
,xas for manufacture Of carbon black
Opponents Of the carbon black bill
argued that it would legislate out Of
assistance Montana industries worth
9iOO, 900.
Among the measures signed by
Governor Erickson the past week are
three supplementary good roads bills;
measures to permit cities to acquire
airplane fields, accept federal aid for
agricultural experiment, extend ex-
emptions from execution, refund ex-
penses of Frank Baney in defending |
a suit against him as sheriff of Lin I
colin county. provide $4,000 a year for
apiary inspection, authorize refund of /
taxes paid on gasoline not used on
the highways, district the state for
highway construction and provide for
tax on gasoline on which the sales
tax has not been paid.
The measure urged by Governor /
Erickson in his message TO the legis-
lature to create state securities
commission was killed by the house
by vote of So to q.
A lively scene took place in the
senate when the special committee
probing salary increases and costs Of
publishing constitutional amendments
made its report. The committee crit
icized severely the state board of ex-
aminers for failure TO adhere to the
statutes in the matter of deputies
salaries and objected to the publica- /
ton of amendments in more than one
paper in county. "With respect to /
the salaries of the deputies in the of
fees of the state auditor treasurer
and secretary of state, the. report
says, eve find that there was no leg I
al authority for raising such salaries
to the amounts that have been for
several years paid to such Gsdeputies. +
Where the compensation for any par
ticular office has been fixed and de- (
termined by the legislature, we deny
as matter of right and legal prin-
cipie, that such compensation can b. B.
Increased by the state board of ex-
aminers, even under the pretended |
authority Of section 273, R. G. NJ, !
1921" The committee was composed /
of Senators J. J. Wuerthner of Cas-
cade, Thomas Kane Of Ravalli and
Ray Church of Lewis and Clark. The
report was adopted and ordered
printed.
Governor Erickson signed a bill /
providing for rotation of the names
on primary ballots by precincts.
Among the bills introduced in the
senate the closing day for proposals
were salary increases for the fire
marshal and for deputy state offic-
ials, bids for publication of initiative
and referendum measures, forbidding
state support for the teachers REL
--.i,sa1lilient fund and reauiHI-.,- navman+
OF administrative costs out of the
fund; providing for a new basis for
allotment Of the several state school
funds, under direction of the state
board of education.
With 20, 81 and 10 votes in oppo-
sition, respectively, the three meas
ures sought by the county commits
sioners' association passed the house.
They permit commissioners to draw
pay for road inspection, limit the
time Of meetings and the amount
which may be spent for per diem for
commissioners.
Because of the amount of detail
work in connection with the gasoline