The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-03-15
HOUSE RILL NO. 6.


AN ACT to create the County ofSilver Bow
and for the election of officers thereof.
Be it enacted by the Legislative assembly Of
the Territory Of Montana:
SECTION l. That all that portion of the
County of Deer Lodge, Montana Territory,
living and situate south and east of the follow
ing lire, to wit Beginning at the point where
the first standard parallel north Of the base
line, according to the government survey OF
the public lands for Montana Territory crosses
the eastern boundary Of said Deer Lodge
County, thence west along said first standard
parallel north of said base line, to the point
where said parallel intersects the Deer Lodge
Guide meridian according to said government
survey, hence south six miles, more or less,
to the southeast corner of township 4 north
Of range 10 west of the principal base and
meridian for Montana Territory =; thence west
to the western boundary of said Deer Lodge
County, be and the same i, hereby erected
into a new county, which shall be known
and called Silver Bow County. That the
Tow of Butte, situate within the boundaries
south of the line mentioned shall be the
county seat of the County of Silver Bow.
All laws of a general nature, applicable to the
several counties of this territory and the off
GERS thereof, are hereby made applicable to
the County of Silver Bow and the officers
who may hereby be elected or appointed
therein, except as otherwise provided in this
act.
SEC. 2. That the Indebtedness of the Coun-
ty of Deer Lodge, as the same shall exist on
the first day OF March, A. D. 1881, shall be
apportioned between said county aud the
county of Silver Bow, by first deducting from
said Indebtedness all money on hand in the
treasury of said Deer Lodge County, and all
moneys belonging to said county in pos
session or under the control of the county
treasurer; also deducting the cost of the
county Jail as shown by the books of the
county commissioners the remainder Of the
Indebtedness shall be divided between said
counties in proportion as the taxable property
in each county bears to the entire taxable
property of the present County of Deer Lodge
taking as a standard thereof the assessment
for the year 1880.
SEC. ). The county commissioners of Deer
Lodge and Silver Bow Counties shall meet at
the court house in the Town of Deer Lodge,
on the first Monday in March, A. D. 1881, to
adjust the indebtedness between said cOun-
ties upon the basis named in section 2 of this
act. When adjusted, if the County of Silver
Bow shall be liable for any part thereof, it is
hereby made the duty Of the county commits
sioneIs of SAID last named county to cause to
De issued to the county commissioners OF
Deer Lodge County a warrant or warrants
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the amount of said lndebtv dness for which
the County Of Silver Bow shall, under the
adjustment, be liable and said warrant or
warrants, it not paid on presentation to the
treasurer of Silver Bow County, shall be by
said treasurer endorsed "not paid for want Of
funds in the treasury" and shall thereafter
bear like interest as otheI county warrants,
endorsed in like MANNER, issued prior to
March 6, 1881. If the County of Silver Bow,
rrno,, rn,l ,rt ~l,all h. .t. Id $500
portion of the funds Oh hand in the County
Of Deer Lodge, it shall be the duty of the
county commissioners Of the latter county to
cause to be issued like warrants tor the
amounts thereof to the county commissioners
of Silver Bow County, which warrant or war
rants, if not paid Oh presentation to the trea-
surer of Deer Lodge County, shall be en-
dorsed by said treasurer in like manner
as in the former case, and after said endorse
ment shall bear a like rate of interest.
SEC. 4. An election shall be held III the
County of Silver Bow on the first Monday in
April, 1881, at the different precincts and vo-
ting places appointed at the last general cleo
ton for the election of the following officers,
to wit one sheriff, one probate judge, one
county clerk, one assessor, one county trea-
Suler, one county surveyor, one coroner, one
county superintendent of schools, and
three county commissioners The persons
seVerally elected to said offices, except the
county commissioners, shall hold office until
the next general election in the year 1882,
and UNI heir successors are elected and
qualified. he county commissioner receiv-
ing the highest number of votes at said cleo
ton shall continue in office until the general
election i'll 1886; the one receiving the next
highest until the general election in 1881, and
the one receiving the next highest number
until the general election in 1882. Said sew
eral commissioners shall continue in office
until their several successors are elected and
qualified. If two or more persons voted tor
as commissioners at said election receive an
equal number of votes, the term of office
of the commissioners between whom such tie
exists shall be determined by lot under the
of the commissioners mentioned in
the next section.
SEC. 5. That Lee W. Foster, VIM. NJ. Jack
and j. r. Clark are hereby appointed COM
of Silver Bow County, with like
powers and duties as by law are conferred
upon county commissioners in other counties
in this territory said persons, before enter
ing upon their duties, shall severally give the