The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-02-22
sILvER Bow COUNTY.

thereof, having passed both houses OF tine leeiS-
lature and received the signature OF the GOV
ernor, all extended synopsis of its provisions
may be of interest to our readers. The line
of division remains as heretofore stated,
commencing at a point where the first stan
dard parallel strikes the eastern boundary OF
the county, running thence west v the Deer
Lodge guide meridian; thence sonthto a point
nearly opposite the mouth Of German Gulch,
and thence west to the western line OF Deer
Lodge county.
The Indebtedness Of Deer Lodge county
as the same shall exist on the 9th day OF
March next, shall be apportioned between
the two counties after the following manner :
In the first place, all moneys belonging to
the county in possession of or under control
of the county treasurer, must be deducted
from the indebtedness, also the cost of the
county Jail as shown by the books of the
county commissioners. The remainder of
Indebtedness shall be divided between the
two counties in proportion as the taxable
property in each county bears to the entire
taxable property of the whole OF the old
county. As Silver Bow county has about
three-ffths OF all the taxable property of the
entire county, she will pay about that pro-
portion of the net indebtedness. We have
no reliable data at hand from which
we can arrive at this Indebtedness. Accord
ing to one statement of the New North Vest
it should now be about $4,000, but accord
ing to another i. is $4,000. The same
authority states there are about $4,000 in the
hands OF the county treasurer. This, added
to the cost OF the county jail-$l7, OOO-makes
the sum of S25, 900 to deduct from the COM
mon Indebtedness.
To arrive at the proper division of this in
debtedness, the act provides that Messrs. Lee
W. Foster, VIM. NJ. Jack and j. Ross Clark,
as commissioners from this county, shall on
the first Monday in March next, meet the
county commissioners of Deer Lodge county
at the town of Deer Lodge and adjust the
same on the basis named above. When ad-
iusted, if the county of Silver Bow shall be
liable for any part thereof, its commissioner
shall .use to be issued to the county COM
missi, ers of Deer Lodge county a warrant
or warrants for such part, said warrants if
not paid on presentation to the treasurer of
Silver Bow county, shall be endorsed after
the usual manner and bear the same rate of
interest as other county warrants.
An election shall be held in Silver Bow
county on the first Monday in April next, at
the different voting places appointed at the
last general election, for the election of a
sheriff, probate judge, county clerk, assessor,
treasurer, surveyor, coroner, superintendent
of schools and three county commissioners
who, except the county commission ers, shall
hold office until the next general election.
The commissions receiving the highest num-
Der of votes shall hold office until 1856; the
one receiving the next highest number, until
1884 and the third one, until 1882. Notice
of the election shall be given by the commits
sioners named for at east one month prior
to the holding thereof in some newspaper
published within the limits of Silver Bow
county. All township and precinct officers,
road supervisors, officers of school districts and
other officers of every kind within the coun-
ty Of Silver Bow, whose election is not pro-
vided for by the act, shall hold said offices
for the time for which they were elected.
After the county commissioners shall have
been elected and qualified, they shall at their
first meeting levy the rate of taxation in the
county for the present year, which levy shall
be in conformity with the general laws re-
lating to and governing the same. They
shall also have power to contract for trans
cribing such parts of the public records of
Deer Lodge county as they may deem useful
and necessary to the county of Silver Bow
and its inhabitants. These records must be
carefully compared with the originals by the
county clerk of Deer Lodge county, and if
found to be correct he shall certify to their
correctness under his official seal. For this
amount shall be paid by Silver Bow county.
The clerk, or his deputy, of the district court,
which may be appointed for this county shall
receive ar annual salary of 1926. The county
clerk shall receive an annual salary of 500
besides the fees now allowed by law.
Inc county, and all persons IN It's name
are prohibited from contracting any indebt
edness whereby it shall be bound in any sun
which shall, at the time of contracting thu
same, exceed two and one-half per cent. o
the assessed value of the taxable property o
the county, taking the last previous assess
ment thereof as the standard of valuation
The act shall take effect and be in force
from and after its passage, but the count!
shall remain united to the county of Dee
Lodge for judicial purposes until the 1st da!
OF May, 1881, and the officers of Deer Lodg'
county shall also act as the officers of thi
county until the date above named, except a
otherwise provided for in the act.
The county, when compared with its siste
counties, is a small one, but in point o