The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1881-01-14
THE DIVISION BILL.
-E,,Il- Text Of the Measure Sub
mitted.

Following il the draft of the bin submitted
by Butte members to the Deer Lodge county
delegation for the division of the county:
AN ACT to create the county Of Silver Bow
and to provide for the election OF officers
BE It enacted by the Legislative Assembly Of
He Territory Of Montana:
SECTION |. That all that part of the pres
ent county of Deer Lodge, Montana Terrific.
nv, which lies south of q line drawn east and
west through said county and extending along
and in the direction Of the first standard par
allel north Of the base line according to the
system Of the survey OF the pubilc lands OF
Montana Territory be and the same Is hereby
erected and formed into new county which
shall be known and called Silver Bow County.
SECTION 2 That the town Of Butte is here
by made the county seat of said county Of Sill
yer Bow.
SECTION 8. That the Indebtedness Of the
county of Deer Lodge shall be apportioned
between said county and the county OF Silver
Bow as follows, to-wit: There shall first be
deducted from said Indebtedness all money in
the treasury of said county and in the posses
sion and under the control of the county col.
lector and treasurer; also one-haf the cost OF
the court house and the entire cost OF the
county jail as shown by the books Of the
county commissioners Of Deer Lodge county
and the remainder Of said Indebtedness shall
be divided between said counties In proper,
ton AZ the taxable property in each OF SAID
counties bears to the taxable property in the
listing, taking the assessors books OF SAID
county for the year eighteen hundred and
eighty as the standard of valuation. -,
SECTION 4. That an election. shall be held
in said county Of Silver Bow on the-day OF
- A. ID. 1888, at the different pre-,
cincts and voting places fixed and appointed
at the last general election held on the first
Tuesday after the first Monday in November,
1880, for the election of the following officers
Of said county, namely: one sherih, one pro
bate Judge, one county clerk, one county a.
SCISSOR, one county surveyor, one coroner,
three county commissioners.
SECTION B That the several judges OF cleo
ton appointed at said last general election
shall act az judges at SAID election sn,
ferred upon judges of election under the laws
OF SECTION ses nes0.ff That Lee w. Foster, William
NJ. Jack and j. Ross Clark are hereby ap-
pointed and constituted special commission
and returns at said election and Of declaring
what persons are or shall be elected In ike
manner as county commissioners are empow,
cred to do under the general election law ana
they or majority of them shall deliver TO
| persons SO declared by them to be elected Ger.
| tificate thereof and shall transmit
copies Of the abstracts Of the poll lists to the
Auditor of the Territory in like manner as II
required Of the Clerk Of the Board OF Coun.
| ty Commissioners under the general election
law and said special commissioners on ma M
jority of them shall exercise generally tEe
duties and powers conferred by law upon
| County Commissioners and the Clerk OF the
Board OF County Commissioners In reference
| to said election.
! SEcrIoN7. The persons exercising the du'
| ties OF Judges or election at the election ap
| pointed under section four shall enclose and
| seal one of the poll books prepared by them
| and direct the same TO said special commas
sioners named In section six, at the town OF
Butte, in the manner prescribed by section y
| Of the act In relation to elections, approved
| February IL, 1876, for transmitting like re
turns Of election to County Commissioners
| SECTION 8. That the several ofhcers De
| clared by said special commissioners 70 o.
elected shall hold the offices to which they
election to be held in this Territory in the
month of November, 1882, PROVIDED ina
J nothing herein contained shall deprive any
opposing candidate voted for at said election
| from contesting his right to the once fol
which he was voted IN the manner p.eso ~ ~.
| County Commissioners voted for Il sane
| election shall hold his Office until the genera
election in Nov. 1884 the commissioners holding
for the long term TO be determined by lot De
| tween themselves after said election.
SECTION 8. That the county commission
ems Of Silver Bow county, when elected ant
qualified, shall have power and authority q
contract for transcribing such parts OF sh'
public records Of Deer Lodge county - II
their Judgment may he useful and necessary
\ TO the county of Silver Bow and its inhabi
tants, aud for this purpose shall have access
at suitable hours and BY suitable nuinbcr-o
persons to transcribe the same.
4 SECTION 10. That the county OF Siive
Bow and all persons by or in It's behalf, or II
its name, are hereby prohibited from con
tracing any indebtedness whereby said coun
ty shall become bound above and exceeding
the sum Of twenty-five thousand dollars owe
and above the amount then actually on hsnt
In the treasury of the county, and any In
debtedness contracted in its name, howeve
evidenced, shall be null and void - agains
said county, but nothing contained here!'
OF such Indebtedness the night Of actloI
against the pefson orpersons who actually COZ
trscted the same Or received consideration
tion therefor.