The people's voice., 1959-03-13
Some Other Proposals

mangled with exemptions by the time
it reached the House, the Chouteau
senator asked that it be killed.
Air pollution control legislation
(HB "a, by Emmons and others),
badly needed as it is and will be in
years ahead, suffered the full on
slaught of corporate opposition and
died on adverse committee report.
Browning and other cities will be
able to finance city halls and other
municipal improvements through rev.
enue bonds, because of HB 378 by
DeWolfe (Glacier) having made the
grade.
Stiffer penalties await narcotics
peddlers under a revised law spon-
sored by Bradford and Gilfeather of
Cascade.
The Senate killed bill (HB 400
by Cerovski, and Haines of Missoula
to materially weaken the qualifica-
tions for executive director of the
State Board of Health.
Liquor interests, by and large,
didn't fare very we'll. The Governor
vetoed their bill to place a saloon
man on the State Liquor Control
Board. The Senate killed a bill to
permit resident agents of distillers
in Montana. And the House once
again held up the "stop" light to the
bill to eliminate the state-owned re-
tail liquor stores. They did get a
little relaxing on the election day
closing provision, henceforth having
to close only on primary and general
election days. Their big gambling
bill died in House Committee.
The Governors desire to throw
an $S5,00O "boozin' n cruisin'"
party in Glacier Park this summer
for the benefit of the 48 Cor 49)
other Governors, didn't fare very
well in the Senate. $$$-conscious
Senators thought the Governor had
a lot of nerve to ask for such an
amount for pleasure purposes
when the State is so very hard
pressed for money to maintain es-
sential services.
The Governors mansion will be
and furnished-if it can
,e done for 1924, 900. Building-wise,
t will still be an ugly duckling but
~ the time Landscape Architect Her.
nan Krogman gets through land
Gaping the grounds it will be a rea-
onably presentable spread-1922
rade school windows not withstand
ng.
District judges who may be preju-
iced toward defendant in a crimi-
al action may be disqualified simply
y an affidavit from the defendant
lleging prejudice as a result of Rep.
nderson's HB 70 making its way
trough onto the law books.
The Moscow plan" for letting the
overnor appoint Supreme Court
Justices (HB 230, also by Anderson),
gain went down the drain. So did
bill by Eskildsen which would have
eturned judicial candidates to parti-
IN ballots.
One important proposed constitu-
onal amendment which failed to Sc
Ire legislative approval was SB 5
7 Sen. Mahoney of Garfield. call
g for an annual session. The meas
re failed to secure the two-thirds
,te necessary in its house of origin.
Icreasing press of work will bring
lis or similar amendments up again
Id again until eventually the peo-
e will be permitted an opportunity
vote on the question.
Rep. Powers efforts to secure
W making mandatory that initiative
.tition circulators be at least 21
.ars old and registered voters, died
a the 'voice vote" route in the
mate.
HB 72 by Abel (D-Hill) prohibit
g unauthorized people from re-
hitting legislative bills without iden-
'ying themselves was killed by
lbernatorial veto. HB 72 was a
rect outgrowth of the printing of
dead bill by representatives of the
laconda Company's Butte DAILY
)ST, in 1857, for the purpose of
maging four Democratic legisla-
rs.
The big loan sharks are happy at
st. They've finally managed to
stem a three per cent per month
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