with an iron-bonneted safety cage, to be used in the lowering and hoisting of the employees thereof, said cage to be also provided with sheet iron or steel casing not less than one-eighth inch in thickness, or wire netting of not less than one-eighth inch in diameter; doors to be made of the same material, shall be hung on hinges, or may be made to slide and shall not be less than five feet high from the bottom of the cage, and said doors must be closed when lowering or hoisting men.

The saftey apparatus, whether consisting of eccentrics, springs, or other device, must be securely fastened to the cage, and must be of sufficient strength to hold the cage loaded, at any depth to which the shaft may be sunk.

The iron bonnet of the aforesaid cage must be made of boiler sheet iron, of good quality, of at least three sixteenths of an inch in thickness, and must cover the top of such cage in such manner as to afford the greatest protection to life and limb from anything falling down said shaft.

It shall be the duty of the mining inspector and his assistant to see that all cages are kept in compliance with this Section and to also see that the safety dogs are kept in good order.

Every person or corporation failing to comply with any of the provisions of this Section is punishable by a fine not less than three hundred dol lars, nor more than one thousand dollars.

All Acts and parts of Acts in conflict with this Section are hereby re pealed.

This Act shall be in effect from and after June 1st, 1897.
Approved March 1st, 1897.

HOUSE BILL NO. 149.

An Act to amend Section 712 of the Penal Code of the State of Montana. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of Montana:

Section 1. That Section 712 of the Penal Code of the State of Montana, be amended so as to read as follows:

Section 712. It shall be unlawful to knowingly transport or deliver or cause to be delivered Giant, or Hercules Powder, Giant Caps, Nitroglycerine, Nitroleum, Blasting or Nitrated Oil, or powder mixed therewith or fiber saturated therewith, or any other highly explosive substance

in any quantities whatever on any vessel or vehicle whatever carrying passengers by land or water between any points within the State of Montana: Provided, that on mixed trains intended for service on railroad lines leading to mining localities or camps the aforesaid explosive substances or any of them may be lawfully carried, by hanging a placard on each side of the car or cars carrying the explosives, reading thus: "This car is loaded with Powder"-each letter of said placard to be at least two inches long, but this proviso shall not permit the carrying of any of said explosive substances in the same car or coach in which the passengers are carried.

Approved March 6, 1897.

SUBSTITUTE FOR SENATE BILL NO. 5.

An Act to amend Section 883 of the Penal Code of Montana, relating to Grand Larceny.

Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of Montana:

Section 1. That Section 883 of the Penal Code of Montana be amended so as to read as follows:

Section 883. Grand Larceny is larceny committed in either of the following cases:

1. When the property taken, is of value exceeding fifty dollars.
2. When the property is taken from the
person of another.

3. When the property taken is a stallion, mare, gelding, colt, foal or filly, cow, steer, bull, stag, heifer, calf, mule, jack, jenny, goat, sheep, or hog.

4. If any person or persons, shall steal or with intent to steal, shall take, carry, drive, lead or entice away any mare, gelding, stallion, colt, foal or filly, mule, jack or jenny, ox, cow, bull, stag, heifer, steer, calf, sheep, goat, or hog, being the property of another, he or they shall be deemed guilty of grand larceny; and shall be liable to the person or persons, whose property is so stolen, for the said property or the value thereof, and for any expenses by him or them incurred in endeavoring to make reclamation thereof.

Section 2. That this Act shall be in effect from and after its passage and approval.

Approved February 23, 1897.

HOUSE BILL NO. 57.

An Act to amend Sections 897 and 898, of Chapter V, of Title XIII. of Part I. of the Penal Code of the State of Montana, relating to larceny of gas, water, and electrical current for light and power purposes.

Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of Montana:

1. That Section 897 of Chapter V. of Title XIII. of Part I. of the Penal Code of the State of Montana, be, and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

"897. Every person who, with intent to injure or defraud, procures, makes, or causes to be made, any pipe, tube, wire, or other conductor of gas or electricity, and connects the same, or causes it to be connected, with any main, service pipe, or other pipe for conducting or supplying illuminating gas or any wires or other conductor of electricity, in such manner as to supply illuminating gas or electricity to any lamp, motor, burner, or orifice, by or at which illuminating gas or electricity is consumed, around or without passing through the meter provided for the measuring and registering the quantity consumed, or in any other manner so as to evade payment therefor, and every person who, with like intent, injures or alters any gas or electric meter, or obstructs its action, is guilty of a misdeIn prosecutions for offenses under this Section proof that, any of the acts herein forbidden have been done in, upon, or about the premises owned or used by the defendant charged with the commission of such offense in such a manner as to decrease or lessen the amount he should pay under his understanding or contract with any person or corporation engaged in the business of furnishing and selling gas or electricity, shall be prima facie evidence of the guilt of said defendant.

meanor.

2. That Section 898, of Chapter V. of Title XIII. of Part I. of the Penal Code of the State of Montana, be, and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

"898. Every person who, with intent to injure or defraud connects or causes to be connected, any pipe, tube, wire electrical conductor or other instrument with any main, service pipe, or other pipe or conduit or flume for conducting water, or with any main, service pipe, or other pipe or conduit for conducting gas, or with any main service wires, or other electrical conductor used for the purpose of conducting electricity for light or motive service, for the purpose of taking therefrom

water, gas, or electricity without the knowledge of the owner thereof and with intent to evade payment therefor, is guilty of a misdemeanor. In prosecutions for offenses under this Section proof that any of the Acts herein forbidden have been done in, upon, or about the premises owned or used by the defendant charged with the commission of such offense in such a manner as to provide for such defendant's use water, gas or electricity shall be prima facie evidence of the guilt of the defendant."

That there is hereby added to Chapter V of Title XIII., of Part I, of the said Penal Code, an additional section to be designated as Section 900 as follows:

Section 900. Every person, or persons, or officer or officers or employe, or employes of any corporation or corporations who with intent to injure, or defraud, uses or causes to be used any false registering or false reasuring device or meter for the measuring of any water, gas or electric current that is sold to any other person or persons, corporation or corporations, or who shall alter or change the record or measurement of any such meter or measuring device with intent to injure or defraud, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction thereof shall be fined in the sum of not less than $100 nor more than $500. In prosecutions for offenses under this Section, proof of the use of such false registering meter or proof of an attempt to collect payment from any consumer for any falsified amount or quantity of gas, water, or electricity, shall be prima facia evidence of the guilt of such defendant. Approved March 6, 1897.

HOUSE BILL NO. 123.

An Act to repeal Sections 1110, 1111, 1112, 1113, 1114, 1115, 1116, 1117, 1118, 1119, 1120, 1121, 1122, 1123, 1124, 1125, 1126, 1127, 1128, 1129, 1130, 1131, 1132, 1133, 1134, 1135, 1136, 1137, 1138, 1139, 1140, 1141, 1142, 1143, 1144, of the Penal Code of the State of Montana, and to provide further protection to birds, fish, fur bearing animals and game.

Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of Montana:

Section 1. Any person who wilfully shoots or kills, or causes to be shot or killed, any Bison, Buffalo, Quail, Chinese Pheasant, Beaver or

Mountain Sheep shall be punishable by imprisonment in the State Prison for a term not exceeding two years or in the county jail not less than six months, or shall be fined in a sum not more than Five Hundred Dollars, nor less than Fifty Dollars, or by both such fine and imprisonment

Section 2. Any person, who, between the fifteenth day of November of one year, and the fifteenth day of September of the following year, wilfully shoots or kills, or causes to be shot or killed, any Moose or Elk, or who, in a single open season, shall kill or shoot, or cause to be killed or shot, more than two moose or elk, shall be punishable by imprisonment in the State Prison for a term not exceeding two years, or in the county jail not less than six months or by a fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars nor less than One Hundred Dollars, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

Section 3. Every person, who between January 1st and September 1st of same year, wilfully shoots, or kills or causes to be shot, or killed any Deer, Antelope, or Rocky Mountain Goat, or who, in a single calendar's Year's open season shoots or kills, or cause to be shot or killed more than six Deer, Antelope or Rocky Mountain Goat, shall be punished by imprisonment in the State Prison for a term not exceeding one year, or in the county jail not less than three months, or by a fine not more than Five Hundred Dollars, nor less than One Hundred Dollars, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

Section 4. Every person, who, wilfully hunts, chases, or runs with dogs, any of the animals mentioned in the three preceding Sections, at any time, shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars, or imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed three months or both.

Section 5. Every person, who, between the fifteenth day of December and the fifteenth day of August of the year following, wilfully shoots or kills or causes to be shot or killed, any grouse, prairie chicken, fool hen, sage hen, and pheasant or partridge; or who during the open season, shoots or kills, or causes to be shot or killed, more than twenty grouse, or prairie chicken, or fool hens, or pheasants, sage hen or partridges, in one day, shall be punishable by a fine of not less than Twenty five Dollars, nor more than Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed three months, nor less than one month, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

Section 6. Every person, who, wilfully shoots or kills, or causes to be shot or killed, any wild geese, wild ducks, brants, or swan, between