The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-01-18
also one-half 81 the cost Of the court NJ

and the entire cost of the Jail, as show
the books Of the county commissioners
Deer Lodge county, and the remainder
said indebtedness shall be divided bctw,
said counties in proportion as the taxa
property in each of said counties bears to
taxable property in the entire county Of D
Lodge as at present existing, taking the as
sor's books Of said county fer the /,
eighteen hundred and eighty as the stand
of valuation.
SEC. 4. That an election shall be held
the said county of Silver Bsw on --
at the different precincts and veting pls
fixed and appointed at the last general e
ton held or the first Tuesday after the
Monday in November, 1880 for the election
the following officers of said county, name
One Sheriff.
One Probate Judge.
One County Clerk.
One County Assessor.
One County Surveyor.
One Coroner.
Three County Commissioners.
SEC. s.. That the several judges of elec.
appointed at said last general election shall
as judges at said election and shall exercise
powers and duties conferred upon judges
election under the laws of this territory.
SEC. 6. That Lee w. Foster, William
Jack and j. Ross Clark are hereby appoin
and constituted special commissioners for
purpose of canvassing the poll lists and
turns at said election, and of declaring W
persons are or shall be elected, in like m
ner as county commissioners are empowe
to do under the general election law,
they, or a majority Of them, shall deliver
the persons so declared by them to be cleo
a certificate thereof, and shall transmit co,
of the abstracts Of the poll lists to the audi
OF the territory in like manner as is requi
OF the clerks Of the board of county conn
sioners undo the general election law /,
said special commissioners, or a majoritS
them, shall exercise generally the duties h
powers conferred by law upon the con-
commissioners and the clerk OF the board
county commissioners in reference to /
election.
SEC. Z. The persons exercising the dtn
of judges of election at the election appoin
under section 4 shall ipclose and seal one
the poll books prepared by them and dill
the same to said special comm ssioners nan
in section q, at the town of Butte, 10 the m
ncr prescribed by section % of the act I'M
lation to elections, approved Feb. II, 1876,
transmitting said returns OF election to
county commissioners.
SEC. 8. That the several officers decla
by said special commissioners to be elec
shall hold the offices to which they shall
may be elected until the next general elect
to be held in this territory in the month
November, 1882 provided that nothing be
in contained shall deprive any opposing C
diaate voted for at said election from cont,
ing his right to the office for which he
voted in tie manne prescribed by law
provided, further, that one of the cou
commissioners voted for at said election 81
hold his office until the general election
November, 1884, the commissioner hold
ter the long term to be determined by lot
tween themselves after said election.
SEC. 8. That the county commissioners
Silver Bow county, when elected and qua
tied, shall h~avedpower and authority to G.
tract for transcribIng such parts OF the pub
records of Deer Lodge county as in III
Judgment may be useful and necessary to
county Of Silver Bow 2Sd its inhabitants. a
for this purpose shall have access at suital
hours, and by 8 suitable number Of pcFsO
to transcrihe the same.
SEC. 10. That the county of Silver 30
and all persons by or in its behalf or in
name are hefeoy p~fOiilnlLed from collfatlN
any Indebtedness whereby said county Sh
become bound above and exceeding the 81
OF twenty-five thousand dollars over and abb
the amount then actually on hand in
treasury of the county, and any indebtedn
contracted in its name, hsWever evidence
shall be null and void as against said coun
hUt nothing contained herein shall be q
StrueG as denying to the holder of such
d~ehtedness the right of action against the p
son or persons who actually contracted
SAME or received a consideration therefor.