Laws Passed by Montana Twelfth Assembly
As the twelfth Montana Legislature adjourned for the week, forty one new laws were added to the statutes and eleven joint memorials and resolutions were signed by the governor. Of the new acts twenty three originated in the house and eighteen in the senate. The joint memorials came from both houses and cover a wide range of subjects. A list of the bills signed up to that time follows.
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Legislative Assembly
Montana
House
Senate
Reapportionment Shifts House Representation by County
Under a reapportionment law, county population determines one representative per 4800 people or major fraction, altering seats across Montana counties. The list shows gains for Cascade Chouteau Fergus Flathead Gallatin Missoula Silver Bow Yellowstone and others, while losses hit Lewis and Clark Deer Lodge Beaverhead Broadwater Granite Jefferson Madison Meagher and valley. The accompanying table compares current allocations, noting gains and decreases and signaling continuation on the next page.
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Beaverhead
Broadwater
Carbon
Cascade
Chouteau
Custer
Dawson
Deer Lodge
Fergus
Flathead
Gallatin
Granite
Jefferson
Lewis and
Missoula
Rosebud
Valley
Yellowstone
Lewis and Clark
Madison
Meagher
Four Montana Daughters Targeted for Plump Looks
A Washington telegram says Missoula Great Falls Billings and Havre women faced scrutiny over artificial plumpers and other aids to appear fuller. Great Falls protested a reduction and awaits recount while the legislature debates numerous bills on state finances law enforcement and public services.
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Montana
Missoula
Great Falls
Billings
Havre
Washington
Durand
Department of Justice
Census Bureau
Popula- Elimi
Nated
Senate Debates Pure Food and Honest Weight Bills
Legislative action on two bills for pure food and honest weights faced fierce maneuvering. Amendments sought lower butter fat minimums and address evaporation losses, while safeguards against misbranding were added. Bills advanced with several changes including effective date and fine allocations to the state health fund.
Hartman Emerges in Helena Democratic Senate Talk
In Helena speculation grows as C. S. Hartman appears in a Democratic scattering column for the United States senatorship. Byrnes from Lewis and Clark cast a vote for him, boosting Hartman to two votes while Walsh retains limited support among his county's six Democrats.
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Helena
C. S. Hartman
United States
Byrnes
Walsh
Owenhouse
Gallatin
Hartman
Gavegh I.pisces
Ieia Peaneestans
Wooody
Swindlehurst
Cor Veteh Bats
Theodore Brantly
Nolan i
Sanweus Whigd Mecyor
Conrad
Carter
Big Timber Social and Commercial Club Hosts Inaugural Smoker
A large Big Timber crowd enjoyed the club’s first smoker at the Auditorium. The program featured four fifths of the Happy Five orchestra, speeches by President Clark, Vice President Doubhett, Hon. Robert Brownlee, and W. H. Turner, plus dialect recitations and songs. The event aimed to boost Sweet Grass County pride and unity, with optimism for local development ahead.
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Happy Five
Clark
Big Timber
Sweet Grass County
Doubhett
Sweet Grass
Robert Brownlee
Jean P. Decker
Celebration of Charter Day at the University of Montana
Missoula reports record crowds on Charter Day with campus tours of science halls shops and laboratories. Visitors viewed the engineering laboratories ice plant and biological geological forestry collections as well as Paxson pictures in the library. The day included two basketball games and an evening address by Dean Parker Hall of the law department.
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Missoula
University of Montana
Paxson
Dean Parker Hall
Law Department
University
Firemen’s Masquerade a Huge Success with Packed House
Spectators filled the stage gallery and floor as firemen’s masquerade delighted attendees with a wide array of costumes from clowns to colonial gowns. Nellie Lamb and Edna Sickley represented The Pioneer in fashion, Hap py Five orchestra provided music, and Mesdames Druckemiller Harris served a celebrated Grand cafe supper.
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Nellie Lamb
Edna Sickley
Pioneer
Happy Five
Mesdames Druckemiller & Harris
Prison Made Goods Law Passed in Montana
Montana enacts new statute requiring prison made goods to be stamped prison made. Burlingame bill, approved, bans sale of non marked convict labor products with misdemeanor penalties of fines or jail time.
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Montana
State of
Burlingame
Cascade
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Thirteenth Judicial District
Norris
G. W. Pierson
McKenzie
Livestock Commission
Board of Examiners
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Flathead County
Capitol Wing
Anaconda Company
Dairymen’s Association
Bozeman
Henningsen Produce Company
Butte
Conrow
Park
McDonnell
State Board of Health
Conron
Joint Assembly
Arter
Frank Eliel
Allen
Nolan
Pwesent
Woody
Aeesee
Laseee
Eeaee
St. Louis
W. H. Turner
Great West
Dean Hall of Law
Chicago University
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