The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1883-03-09
WORK OF THE THIRTEENTH SESSION.
Summary of Acts Passed and Approved or
Vetoed.
To March Z, 1888

To March I, 1888.
III. b. No. 8, an act concerning the Terri
.orial Funding Act, approved Jan.'30th, pro-
vides for payment with money now LII treas
ury of all outstanding Territorial indebted
ness.
ii. B. No. Is, an act concerning the seal of
The Territory, approved Jan. 80, 1888, max
ing an appropriation of SIS or as much more
As necessary for the manufacture of new
Territorial Seal.
II. B. No. 2, An act providing for tire cleo
ton of Public Administrators,ap approved Jan. |
81, 1883, to be elected at next general cleo
ton and every two years thereafter. Uncer |
former law were appointed by Probate |
Judges.
H. B. No. II, An act to increase the COM
psnsation and mileage of County Commits
sioners, approved January 81, 1883, amends
Section 347, Fifth Division Revised Statutes,
each member Of a board of County Com
missioners shall be paid by the county ~
cents per mile for distance necessarily trav-
elled going and coming from the county
seat, and SIS per day out of the contingent
fund for each day while i'll actual session.
No other compensation.
BIB. No. 10, an act concering MissOula
county and election of officers thereof, APP
proved Feb. 2, 1883, doing away with the
consolidation of offices.
H. B. No. 0, act concerning compensation
of deputy clerk of District Court of Dawson
county, fixing salary at $500; approved Feb.
8, 1889.
III. B. No. 20, act TO amend section ISL,
chapter XXXVII of General Laws, approved
Feb. 3, 1888, provides that all postmasters
who have qualified and are acting under the
laws of the United States, in addition to the
persons exempted from jury duty shall be
exempt from serving as grand or trial jurors
in Territorial courts.
II. b. No. SO, Act to amend Section 32S,
Fifth Division Revised Statues, approved
February I, 1888, defining boundary lines OF
Dawson county.
II. b No. %, Act fixing punishment in
cases of assault and battery, approved Feb
ruary 7, 1888, amending Section 81, Fourth
Division Revised Statutes. Person convicted
thereof shall be fined not less than $40, nor
more than Sl00-or imprisonment in county
Jail not less than one, nor more than three
months, or both,
H.B. No. 81, Act to provide for refdndlng
of bonded Indebtedness of Beaverhead
county, approved February 8, 1888.
II. 3. No. q, act to enable people OF Mis-
soula and Stevensville to erect school houses
in said towns; TO enable the people OF Mis-
soula to issue bonds to the amount of $751;
900, and those of Stsvensville, 1900; ap-
proved Feb. -, 1888.
H. B. No. 46, act providing for printing
blanks for use Of Governor, approved Feb. IL,
1888, appropriating $500.
| ii. B. No 10, act TO change southern boun-
Diary line Dawson county, approved Feb. IL,
1883, taking five mile strip from Custer all
along the southern boundary of Dawson.
II. B. No. Il, act to provide for collecting
special Poor tax from persons who pay no
property tax; approved Feb. 10, 1888.
III. j. r. No. 8, making an appropriation OF
two thousand dollars for law division OF
Montana library; approved March 5, 1888.
II. i. No. 102, act to amend an act entitled
an act to incorporate the City Of Virginia,
provides for an election TO be held on the LIST
Monday in February, 1884, to elect enc may
or whose Office shall he for one year; two al
derman in each ward who shall constitute
the city council. one Of said aldermen shall
hold Office for one year and one fer two
years; the aldermen to appoint OF elect one
police magistrate. one city marshal, one city
attorney who shall be er o6icie clerk of said
city council, and one city treasurer whe shall
be er O6ciO city assessor and shall have pow
er to examine and approve bonds of said ap-
ii. b. No. 81, act to prevent the carrying of
deadly weapons, approved March 5, 1888.
SEC. /. II shall be unlawful for any per
son within the limits Of any city, town, or
village in this Territory to bear concealed
| upon his person any DIRK, dagger, pistol, re-
volver, or other deadly weapon.
SEC. 2. Any person violating the provis
ions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof
| snail be punished by fine not less than $40
or more than 500.
Ii. b. No. 81, Act to amend Fourth Divl-
sion of the Revised Statutes Criminal laws),
approved February II, 1883. Reduces pun
shment in nearly all misdemeanors so as to
make them cognizable in justices courts.
II. b. No. az, Providing for funding in
debtedness of jefferson county, approved
February II, 1888.
II. b. No. a, Act concerning Notaries
Public, approved February 10, 1888. All per-
sens authorized by the laws of the Territory
of Montana to administer oaths, may admin
| lister oaths of office TO Notares Public.
II. b. No. 81, Act concerning jurisdiction
| of Supreme Court, approved February 10,
| 1888, amending Section CIT, Revised Statutes.
| The Supreme Court shall have appellate
| jurisdiction in all cases tried in District
| Courts, and shall hold its sessions at the
capital at times liked by law.
Ii. b. No. IL, Act to regulate city and viii
lage plats, approved February 10, 1888. Pro-
/ prietors of city to make plat setting forth
streets, alleys, avenues and highways and
width thereof-all parks, squares, etc., for
public use. Lots and blocks to be designa-
| ted by numbers. Plat to be acknowledged
| by proprietor or agent. Copy TO be fled in
clerks office, also in city clerks Office. Sur.
veyor to swear to survey. Paper on which
| plat is made not to exceed 30x36 inches.
Ii. b. No. 80, Act concerning dispositions,
| approved February 10, 1883. When testi-
mony of a nonresident is necessary In civil
| cause, the party wishing the same shall give
| adverse party or clerk Of court, when defen-
| dant has not appeared therein, five days
| notice, together with interrogatories, to sue
| out from clerks office commission, TO any
| Judge, justice of the peace, clerk of a court
of record or notary public, or any person as
| commissioner of the place where witness re-
sides requiring him to cause such witness to
come before him and faithfully take deposit
tions. If issued to any country out of the
United States it mag be directed TO any min
lister, ambassador, consul, vice consul, or
| consular agent of the United States In such
country, or to any person agreedupon by the
| parties.
G. b. No. 5, providing for redemption of
funded debt of Lewis and Clarke county;
approved February 10, 1888.
G. b. No. l, to enable people Of Helena
School District No. / TO erect additional
school buildings and for other purposes; ap-
proved February 10, 1888.
c. D. No. 26, act to change the name of
town of Garfield to Victor, in Missoula
county; approved February 10, 1888.
III. j. M. No. l, asking increased per diem
| and mileage of jurors and witnesses; signed
February /, 1888.
c. J. NJ. No. /, to Congress of United
| States for reduction of Military Reservation
| Of Fort Keogh; passed February 10, 1888.
III. j. M. No. 2, concerning expense of
Governors Office; asking appropriation of
81 500; PASSED February ), 1888.
I'll. j. NJ. No. 3, asking for appropriation
for two artesian wells to be constructed in
Montana; passed February o, 1888.
III. j. M. No. 4, concerning pleuro pneu-
| monia in cattle; asking Congress to make an
appropriation to buy up all animals afflicted
with that disease and slaughter them; passed
February 7, 1883.
ii. j. NJ. No. 8, concerning erection Of
| custom house at Fl. Benton; asking an ap-
preparation therefor at discretion Of Con-
gress; passed Feb. @, 1888.
IL. j. III. No. O, concerning appointment Of
additional Associate Justice of Supreme
Court; passed Feb. 8, 1883.
III. j. r. No. /, to pay for Territorial seal;
adopted Jan. 10, 1888.
FL. j. r. No. 8, for appointment of COM
mittee clerks In House and Council. an