. 





Tb* silver U animated at the coinage vn. 

 ft 1.39 an ounce, 



rrl*o.-The now military J*wt was 

 T^Kiuk^ at Helena in September, when 2 

 companies of infantry am-. 

 boineto garrison t . :. site com 



IjNOaorel "f which 300 acres are hilly .,.! will 

 in time be oaed for bomb-proof !! . 

 all the building* are up they will form a 



A oofopMe circle. AppropmtioM aavmnttaf 



. . . . . . \s .,,;.; -..\' ''.i I h. in. 



T B| . , I ,i ., . --vrrnl hutiiir. 



that* Indian* formerlv living ID British terri- 

 tory, but \|-lriated in the Hi. -I n-U-llion. an- 

 .- ; rfl fclj wi and :i 



toner to the peoplt m the sparsely settled lis- 

 The Leiplature adopted a memorial to 

 tteowrMi iilrlnf " tt.,v might IK- returned to 

 their own \ on some of the re- 



awed land. This was vetoed by the Go\ 

 oa the ground that the only proper course wan 

 to insist upon Uw removal of these foreign In 

 diam from the State. The veto was attained. 



lx-rMllfe8e*alon. The Legit*]. 

 WBtd Jan. 7, and adjourn.- joint 



ballot, the inn had 56 members. the 



Democrat* ] the Fusion ami 



I'opulwu 8. the Independent RepabUoaju and 

 PopolbU 1. Representative Swelt was Speaker 



us* 



Two United Slates Senators were to be chosen, 

 one for the regular terra beginning March 4, 

 UM, and one to fill a vacancy caused bythofaU- 



are of the thml Ix-gislative Assembly' to ,.1,.,-t. 



i! : . :>'.! [AC Mat.tl,- forth,- 



vacancy an<l Thomas II. rart.-r for th- full term. 



Before the vote was taken a communication was 



f House from the A. 1'. \. 



tan in Itutt*-. protesting against the election of 

 Mr. Cartrr. who i* a ( '., A hen t h.- rrailing 



had proceedMl far enough to show tho tenor of 

 the remonstrance its reading was interrupt.--!. 

 and by onanimoos vote the House directeil that 

 U be returned as unopened. All the Ik-publican 



- ' :'-.. :..'.. v 



radical work of the session was the adop- 

 ..;, irepared 



Code Commiarion. It was not merely a 

 f e, iting laws of the State, but in- 



* -; iaih in the 00d of 



eivil procedure, where the code prepare. 1 for 

 York bv David Dudley Field waa mainly 

 The House committee to whi< 1 



the 4 oodes VUL, the code of civil pr... 

 the penal code, the , -ml ,.,!,.. M n.l the 

 U r..le reported that th-v should be 

 MM at the earliest day po. 



Thr rodcs were enrolled and passed as recom- 

 SMSMMt. and amended in van 

 especially the political code. A bill 

 wrmrt practices at elections and n-.juirin g 



MM.U 



ota iHname a Uw. and one to regulat 



r. 



and primary elections. An 

 tlire to the marking of ballot* was vetoed 

 orrr the veto. 



. 



rw law on tho NUe of property for delinquent 

 fcwsji was ameixlM. 



..jfMp weys iojUodoeed for the creation of 4 new 

 ttsa^sjc only ft* Carbon and Sweet Grass, 



;llwas paRsc.l author urtinn 



, at llrlei. 



. proi idi-d for a coinmisj 

 UUV ft M' |- . 'I'lic money is to come from 1 

 of 'lands given to Mon'tnna by the ( ...\.imu, -nt 

 for such purpose. 



A law wn- all forms of 



Ming, lletvlofore LM 

 licensed; the n-\< mi> frm tin- . . 

 was $84,804.44, ! !.; h th.- Si 



fourth. The new law. | '.. 



;i line w n h mo-t of the other States 



ii .Inly 1. n 

 ;ne gambling places were clo 



Was claim. -d (hat the hiW Was li 

 tMMBed. o\\ ; ' tie. whirl: 



iMielidmellt to a section in |h< 



contained m reference to garnblini:. Te- 

 were brought bef..re two district ju<L 

 cided that llu- law was \oid, and t),. 

 wasaflirmed by the Supreme Court. 



The iramo laws were amended, i 

 allowed throughout the year, but can I 

 only with a pole, hook and line. 



. buffalo, ojiiail and Chinese pi,. 

 female moos,- and elk are protected 

 The o| for bull moose and elk i 



i to |>ec. IT). The open sea-oil f- ' 



mountain sheep, Kocky .Mountain goat - 

 antelope is from Sept. l.*i to .Ian. 1. 1 

 that time n.. person is allowed to kill moi 

 s animals of each kind. Prairie chicken. L 

 fool hen. pheasant, or partridge ca. 

 between Aug. 15 and .Ian. 1. and durii 

 open sea-on no more than 100 bird- 



killed. Ducks, brant, and gi 

 hunted between Aug. Hand Msiy I" 1 

 of singing Itinls are protected f 

 of I-'j-h and (Jame Commissioners was cr* 1 ;. 



Later in the year the Attorney-* 

 cided that the faw iidi was i 



fiealcd or amended, is still in force. That law 



I it illegal to kill any elk or moose ! 

 year-. 



ral bills were introduced providing for the 

 establishment and maintenance of 

 home, each naming a location. Tl 

 fern-d to the ('..mmittee on State Instil 

 and it reported a sub-t it ute which 

 providing for the location of a sold 

 but leaving the selection of a ail mitteo 



tennis, to be ap|*.inted lvtl 

 no more than 2 to to be from the - 

 Army po*t. Appropriations of $10,000 for a 

 building and $i:{.(HK) for support for tw< 

 viade. The committee decided npo; 

 at Columbia |-'alN. .">(> feet al-ove l-'lathea-: 

 and about half a mile from th- 

 Railway. Other acts of the session v 



dinjr for n B tier. 



. ? riL'eriey I 



\sith the lilireuu of A'gricultUP 

 In.lustry. 



liiiif fr tin- payment ,,f }, 



Utock-dctttroying HUIMKI]- un<i t<> .-n ate a j^^^l 

 fund. 



vide a floral einMem t 



rotecl aMOcjations ari'l union- -.t' wrk 

 and persona in their la ; 



f-.r the erection of buildings for ti. 



al School. 



