The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-02-26
House Committee

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Dougherty, Esp, Falan, Flock, Gray
bill, Gunderson, Hageman, Harken,
Hazebaker, Hughes, James, kemmis,
kimpel, Krieg, Lehrkind, Lowe, Nc
Celery, Mcdaniel, McMichael, Min
nick, Mass, Nelson, O'Connor, oliver,
Page, Parker of Wibaux, Parker of
Cascade, Patterson, Peterson, Rice,
SayIor, Standish, Stout, Watts, and
Wilson. Total so.
Those absent were: Cole, Hunter,
Little, and Winters.
Senate Bill 1850
This measure which is considered
by many to be dangerous to the small
land owner, and which apparently
slipped" through the senate with lit
tie consideration, met very definite
but insufficient opposition in the low
er house where it was finally passed
by a vote of 81 for and 80 against. s
Representative Anderson of Lewis
and Clark led the fight against pass
age of the measure when it was on
general orders. He declared that the
measure amending the present con-
domination laws gave the condemnor
too much advantage and made it pos
sible for him to possess almost I'M
limited lands for public buildings or
grounds or permanent buildings, for
reservoirs or dams and permanent
flooding occasioned thereby or for an
outlet for flow or for a deposit of
debris or aflings of a mine, etc. The
broadens the rights of the
condemnor and reacts unfavorably to
the interests of the possible small
previous owner of the land. Under
the present law, the small land owner
can hold out for his estimate of value |
of the land and can be taken to court |
only on the question of value" and |
generally the courts are disposed to |
take into account other considera- |
tons of the owner beside the posi- |
BILE productive acreage value of the
land. Under the amendment passed,
the condemnor cannot only take the
owner into court on a question of
value, but gives him more latitude in
The amount he can take, and he can
also take permanent and complete
possession under general conditions
under "a fee simple" depriving the
previous owner of any further rights.
1t is believed by many that the
measure was sponsored by the Mon
lana Power Company to which the
II ont hn nf Itri
great value, simplifying the process
If obtaining lands it may find desir-
lble and making their possession of
ands needed for reservoirs, dams and
,verflow waters, more secure.
The vote on the measure in the
louse on third reading follows. Those
Toting mo" voted to protect the small
and owner. aqe g
Those voting "Aye" were: L
Arson, Antrim, Aronson, Atkinson,
Baldwin, Ballard, BIenkner, BIewett, l
3ricker, Brumbaugh, Busch, Castles,
;haffin, Cummings, Dilavou, Dunn,
Esp, Fewkes, Flock, Foot, Freshman,
Hall, HazeIbaker, Horrigan, Hughes,
<emmis, Krieg, LaBonte, Lehrkind,
Lowe, Mcdaniel, Martin,
Mulch, O'connor, oliver,
'adbury, Page, Parker of Wbaux,
Parker of Flathead, Patterson, Potter,
ScofieId, Settle, Simon, Simpson,
Standish, Stout, Wenger, White, Will
Jams, Wilson, and Wright. Total 81.
Those voting "No" we're:
Anderson of Phillips, Anderson of
:. and c., Banka, Beck, Bourassa,
3ovey, Byrne, Cannon, Dallas, Davey,
FaIIan, Gebhardt, Graybil,
Hageman, Harken, HeaIy,
ioIie, James, kimpel, McCIeery, Nc
sreevy, McMichaeI, Mass, Nelson,
Parker of Cascade, Peterson, Rasmus-
en-, Rice, Saylor, and Watts. Total 80.
Those absent were: Cole, Hunter
little, and Winters.
enate
In the senate, the committee ON
griculture, while the majority ap-
ears favorable to the bill, is holding |
he measure providing for the relief
{ the grain division from the provi-
ions of lib 10 passed at the last ses-
ion, and allowing the department of
griculture to retain the fees col
ected for grain grading and inspec-
ion in a revolving fund which in
mes past has been the case. Speaker ii
0'Connor of the lower house and II
Hurricane" Horrigan, chairman of ii
ne committee on appropriations, ap II
cared before the senate committee
l opposition to the bill, and in their II
resentation presumed to commit the II
ouse to a practically unlimited II
mount of money for an appropriation II
IL the conduct of the grain division II
ervices, if the committee would not II
eport it favorably. y
AS we go to press, we learn that
he finance and claims committee of II
lie senate is disposed to cut to the
one the appropriation for the depart
lent of labor.
An Alabama farmer, with a 654-lb. Ii
hne h lie ha, Ie i |