The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-01-18
dealers on proposed legislation.
FROM RECORD-HERALD

dealers on proposed legislation.
FROM RECoRD-HERALD
A three minute session of the
house this afternoon before it
ceased work for the second week,
developed announcements of the
finding of a lodge pin, invitations
to a ball, a couple of dinners and
a card party, a committee recon-
mendation for the passage of
house bill 5, the Introduction of
the twenty-ninth measure and
word that the weeks pay checks
were ready.
House bill ; is a measure rel
ative to high school tax levies,
by Besancon of Missoula. House
bill 30 also is by the Missoula
member. 1t relates to loans from
estates.
Signs of the great skirmish, fol-
lowing a statewide campaign, to
separate the deaf and blind from
the mentally deficient at the state
sihool at Boulder and to establish
a separate institution, preferably
at Great Falls, became evident in
the house this morning when a
petition carrying hundreds of
signatures was presented. The
signers are from Missoula and
Lake counties. Scores of similar
petitions have been circulated and
signed throughout the state and
will be presented later in the ses-
sion. The petition was referred
to the committee on state boards
and officers of which a subcom-
mittee, headed by Elmer Johnson
of Valley county, has been named
to look into the needs of the
Boulder institution.
New Members Restless
The house scampered through a
speedy 10-minute session, hustled
along in machine gun
style, decided to pass up the two
bills on general orders because of
the absence of many members and
to await the accumulation of
measures before going into com
of the whole for consider
alton of legislation. While new
members are restless and crave
action, a count today shows that
new measures have been in
reduced at the close of the ninth
legislative day while at the same
.ime last session the number in
reduced totaled "a.
Notice of Introduction of two
lew measures were given today.
The printing committee, composed
If Chairman Henley of Fergus,
Moss of Flathead, Shelter of Trea-
sure, Bretzke of Valley, Dunn of
Tallatin, benjamin of Toole, and
Willis of Cascade, has in hand a
Measure providing for the letting
If contracts for public printing,
liking the prices and providing a
penalty for violation of the act.
U. Logan of Yellowstone gave
of a bill regulating the sale
n bulk of goods, merchandise,
fixtures and equipment, and max
ng provision for protection of
creditors of the vendor.
Thre Measures
Three measures were introduce
ID and given their first reading.
they include H. B. &c by Shepard
'elating to the creation Of state
,arks, which has been fostered by
Iiwanis clubs Of the state, H. B.
Y by the committee on state
ponds of which Ted Nelstead is
chairman, authorizing the redemp-
ion of certain bonds held by the
state before the dates on which
hey become optional or redeem
,b1e. and H. B. %, by the com
nittee on state lands relating to
he reinstatement Of cancelled GER
ifcates of purchases Of state
A senate joint resolution passed
n Idaho calling for a constitu-
.ional convention, after approval
by two-thirds of the states, was
referred to the house by Secretary
Of State w. e. Harmon. The re-
solution has to do with an amend
ment making taxable all evidence
Of Indebtedness of states, their
income and other property. The
resolution was referred to the
ways and means committee. The
letter of ~transmittal asserts that
requests have been for
warded to legislatures of all the
with the request that
similar favorable action be taken.
Investigating committees of the
house which have been named to
look into the needs and welfare