The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-01-16
LEGISLATURE In
SECOND WEEK
Continued from page one)


A host of new bills were in pre-
paration over the Sunday holiday
and scheduled for Introduction
this week, when the flow of new
measures on the floor of the house
approached avalanche proportions.
With only one bill passed. H. B
2 providing $4,000 operating
costs and making possible the is
suance of the weekly pay checks
to senator's and representatives,
the legislature spent most Of last
week In organizing its machinery
for the handling of proposals.
The house committee assign
monts were completed. and the
senate committee on committees,
headed by Kahe of Ravalli, was
prepared to announce its commit
tee assignments this week.
There were Sc bills introduced
before the Friday adjournment,
among them the As measures pro
posed to rectify the penal laws
This group, introduced by Leavitt
of Custer and Delllwo of Lake,
were given the committee on the
judiciary and the committee on e
form for study.
The bills aiming toward the re-
codification of the state penal
laws would make drastic changes
in some of the present customs of
handling prisoners and the con
duct of trial of persons charged
with crimes. The outstanding
measure would make possible the
finding of a verdict in all felony
cases, except murder, upon the
concurrence of 10 of the II jurors.
Other bill introduced in the
house follows:
H. B. 4S by Hamilton of Mussel-
she'll, a bill providing for the eight
hour day On public works.
H. B. 40 by Cranston of Fergus,
1 bill providing for the disincor-
Doration of cities and towns.
H. B. so by Dougherty of Raval-
i, a bill to open the deer and elk
season in Ravalli county.
H. B. 81 by Hamilton of Mussel-
she'll, a bill relating to the keep
ng Of records in industrial acct
lent cases and the fixing Of at
orney fees.
H. B. 50 by Willard of Missoula,
bill providing for the setting
side il one-half mill from the gen I
raj levy for the purpose of pay t
ng and curtailing the principal {
# the state general fund indebt- 2
.dness. f
H. B. SO by the Silver Bow del
cation, providing for the cOnsoli-
alton of the Silver Bow county
nd the cities therein into n adj d
illustrative whole with a central
overnment.
H. B. "a by Stewart of Lewis a
nd Clark. relating to mortgages, a
eeds of trust and assignments
DR. the benefit of corporations.
H. B. 55 by Rigg of Hill, re- a
Nesting the assignment of assist f
Mt attorneys general to the state g
GARD OF equalization and the
late highway commission. p
H. B. Sc by Troy of Hill, appro- Il
rating money from the industrial b
ccident funds for the payment e
! the claim of James Winchell
Havre.
Committee Assignments e
Northeast members received the II
flowing House committee assign N
ents: d.
Roosevelt County
Ryder-Insurance, chm; agri- ;,
llture; and taxation, "
ate institutions; dairying; devel- :
and publicity; federal reg :"
a%tions;
Curran-Equal suffrage, chm; :,
,portionment; township and coun- -
IS; charities and reform: privi -
ges and elections.
McCone County ~
Observation-Disclosures, chm; af- mr.
irs of cities; agriculture; state ia
stitutions; petroleum, privileges
d elections. NJ
Valley County tn
Nyquist-Appropriations; jude
y; morals; constitution amend bi
ents; federal regulations. an
Observation-Disclosures and trans
rtation; insurance; enrolling; oh