The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1935-01-31

/ 6emDly dH gong iIiloA tiieti stf't 49,"
is warming up considerably as organ
ization is now completed and the
solons are settling into the harness
with unprecedented vim.
Slated for senate consideration at |
an early date are several bills OF in |
terest. One provides for the submits |
sion to electors Of constitutional
amendment which would limit the
state senate to 25 members, selected |
from 25 senatorial districts. 1t is au-
thored by Kilduff.
Then has introduced bill which
provides for a constitutional amend
ment to enact a state budget by
which the legislature would be re-
stricted in it's appropriations.
3. B. l, forbidding legislators to
hold state offices, is expected to Gre
ate fight. In addition, bills from
the house will start making their APP
pearance in the near future and the
senate docket is expected to hold SUI
ficient material to keep the members
busy.
Indications that repeal of the state
liquor permit system had run afoul
Of the snag Of senate committee dis
approval were seen when Senator
Kalberg, Republican, Of McCone,
chairman of the public morals group
to which the measure had been re-
ferred, termed the bill too compre-
hensive.o
/
The liquor permit repeater OF H. B.
8, by Leavitt and Harlem. 1t carried
last week in the house 100 to l, its
sole opponent claiming he had not
had the opportunity of examining the
measure. 1t then was introduced IN
the senate and referred to Kalberg's
committee.
"The bill undoubtedly will have to
be amended or new measure SUBJ
stituted in its stead" the public NOR
ais committee chairman sad. Not
merely repeating the permit clause
itself, he said, the measure would take
along with it the elimination OF sew
eral other worthy sections Of the liq-
uor laws.
In the first two weeks of the legis-
lature Al bills have been introduced
in the house.
HARLEM Of Blaine, introduced H. B.
Al which would limit voters on bond
issues to freeholders. A few years
ago all amendment to the state con-
stitution was adopted which limited
such voters to taxpayers.
The house passed and sent to the
senate II. B. i6, providing there be
no deficiency judgments after sale OF
property under foreclosure. The vote
was 90 to d.
1 O'Connor Of Teton, gave notice OF
i bill which would give six-year
II terms to officials of cities under 1000
!. population. The villages would thus
n hold elections every three years, IN
). stead Of every year as at present.
|. The judiciary committee pro9e~es
D another bill to continue codifieaton
/, of the Montana statutes, which was
/ begun two years ago.
/, The committee on public health Will
d introduce a bill raising the profess
o sional standards of chiropractors and
it recurring each one licensed to attend
x q post graduate course each year, be-
e fore getting renewal OF his license
d Joffray of jefferson, proposes &c
bond operators of small mines, to IN
b, sure payment Of wages to employees
is Haight of Fergus, will introduce
le q measure to reduce the contract rate
u of interest from 10 per- GENT to pei
IS cent.
te To investigate the administrator
IN of the railroad and public service
II commission in the last biennium ant
s.. acts of its members, the speaker ap
Of pointed Emmons of Deer Lodge, Foo
in Of Roosevelt, Ormsbee Of Mineral
or Ahlgreen of Lake, and O'Byrne Q
v Silver Bow.
Montana's constitution may ne Il
I. for thorough going over if the cur
OF rent legislative session could suoml
la to electorate the maze OF revislons
70 now has on hand.
no Though but two weeks old, tn
oy twenty-fourth assembly has dockete
a. two less than a dozen recommends
he tions for constitutional alterations.
However, the constitution IS IT
he own defense.
he II provides tina, not more tnal
cd three proposed amendments may .
OIL submitted to the voters at any on
no election. Until that section is change
In little can be done at time IN chang
ed ing the basic law of Montana, Whic
as outlines the powers and duties Of tn
TX three great departments, exeeutlv
by legislative and judicial.
est In addition to the ten propose
no amendments is bill providing for
me state constitutional convention. Whit
would have power to rewrite the COZ
ok stitution in it's entirety. The convex
On ton could be called only on vote
he the people, and it's document Wou
,el have to be ratified by the peopl
ON Should this plan be adopted it won
be at least half dozen years befo
,as the new constitution could be put i
ed to effect.
a., Greene. Democrat, Fergus, al