Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1929-01-17
LEGISLATIVE
NOTES

|
ty will head the Democratic minority
wing in the senate.
Ted Nelstead, of Carter county, was
named chairman of the important
committee on public lands.
| Members of the assembly have been
advised that they will be asked to en-
act codes of practice for the BARRIERS
and eosmeticians.
Elmer Johnson of Valley county, be-
sides being honored with the Office of
speaker pro tenn of the house, was
made chairman of the committee on
agriculture.
A. H. Hatherington of Garfield is
occupying the position of sargeant-at-
arms of the senate, and Harry Whit
comb of Phillips county holds the of
flee in the house.
Without dissenting vote the sem
ate adopted resolution introduced by
Robert Pauline of Flathead county,
for the examination by the senate of
the state house payroll.
The first bill passed by the house
provides for payment of mileage and
per diem for members of the legisla-
ture. 1t carried an appropriation OF
i S185,000.
Senator Church of Lewis and Clark
is father of bill to authorize public
cemetery associations to adopt rules
and regulations creating endowment
finds for the perpetual care of ceme-
teries.
The first measure to appear in the
senate was a proposal by Goodman
of Broadwater which would provide
that owners of combines have the
same liens against grain now provid-
ed for owners Of threshing machines.
Ralph C. Bricker of Judith Basin
county, Republican, chosen speaker OF
the house is now serving his second
term. He was speaker of the Nine
teenth session and was majority floor
leader of the twentieth.
Governor Erickson in his message
to q joint session Of the senate and
house last week emphatically remind
ed the legislators that if increased ap-
=
provisions must be made for raising
the states revenue.
In his third message to the legisla-
ture, Governor Erickson recommended
an additional two-cent gasoline tax tc
enable Montana to acquire S4,50O,00C
federal road funds. The Montana Au-
tomobile association is sponsoring
such measure.
Senator Charles e. Taylor Of Sheri.
dan county reported at the end OF the
.. week, his delay being due to illness
Senator Taylor is still in favor of re-
peal Of the property classification
.. law, bills for the repeal of which h
introduced at each Of the last thre'
sessions.
: The appropriations committee
: which has to do with the most per
, picking problem confronting the as
sembly, is to have Grant Reed O.
. Broadwater as chairman, and Henr.
R. Green Of Dawson, is vice chair
: man.
Steve Arnold, Saltwater county, hat
the honor Of introducing House Bill
No. Q, which provides for the abolition
of special road improvement districts
: The mileage and per diem measure !
> always labeled No. /.
The senate approved resolution
y submitted by E. H. Goodman Of Broad
. water county for joint committee Q
the senate and the house to investi
gate the income and expenses OF tn
Y University of Montana at Missouls
I. e. Stewart Of Deer Lodge, G. +. Gi
. Doe of Pondera and Senator Goodma
; of Broadwater will represent the ser
: ate while ]. B. G. knight OF Dee
: Lodge, Fred M. Brown Of Gallati
:. and Dennis A. Wellwo Of lake WI
: serve for the house.
= Outside Of the task OF handlin
! many requests for increased apprt
:. priations for state operations the 21s
: legislative assembly will be asked
:. = revise the gasoline tax law, to PR
:. vide regulations governing livestock
! = bank taxes, school aid, establish I'll
- - cal policy regarding the maintenant
:. of the greater university units wit
: the expiration Of the 10-year levy ar
:. take action on the usual consignmei
:. Of bills which go into the hopper.
10 At the end of the first week Speal
: erABricker had completed commits
- appointments for the session whit
i shows M. B. Marshall of Nilsson
~ county chairman of the committee
q education. Craftsmanship Of wor
81 mems compensation goes to Miller
al Fergus, revenue and taxation to Jam
"a son Of Yellowstone, petroleum, oil al
90 gas to Moulton Of Fergus, labor
,Is Fairgrieve Of Carbon, highways
al Moss of Flathead and fish and gar
a. to Nelson Of Phillips.
~, Amendment Of the classification la
es to base the state levy upon the II
th assessed valuation Of property a.
ctI1 the submission to the voters OF pr
ia posal for an increased levy upon t
present basis to bring about need
he increased revenue to the state we
or. among recommendations made to t
an legislature by Governor Erickson