The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1883-03-17

An Act to regulate village and city plats.
Be it Enacted hy she Legislative assembly
ofEhe TERRITORY Of Nontana:
SECTION /. Whenever any city, town
or village shall be laid out. the proprietor
Or proprietors Of the city, town, OF village,
or addition laid out, shall cause to be made
an accurate plat or map thereof, Esetting
forth:
Nirst-All streets, alleys, avenues, and
| highways, and the width thereof;
Second-AIl parks, squares, and all
other grounds reserved for public uses,
with the boundaries and dimensions there
of;
Third-All lots and blocks, with their
boundaries, designating such lots and
blocks by numbers, and giving the dim men-
sions Of such lots.
SEC. 2. All such maps or plats shall be
acknowledged by the proprietor or some
person for him, duly authorized by deed
before some officer authorized to take the
acknowledgment of deeds, and a copy
thereof, so acknowledged, shall be filed i'll
the office Of the Clerk of the county, and
also in the office of the Clerk of such city
or town, if such town be incorporated, and
all such plats shall be sworn to by the sur
veyor executing such survey, before some
| persons authorized to administer oaths in
| the Territory of Montana, such oath to
state the width Of al the streets and alleys.
and that such town OF addition has been
laid out according to the map so acknowl-
edged.
| SEC. 3. There shall be two or more
stone monuments placed at points to be
designated by the surveyor, to serve as a
guide for future reference, and from which
to make additions to the town, Or to re-
survey any portion of it, and the points
where the same may be located shall be
designated on the plat. Said monuments
must be placed a sufficient depth in the
ground to prevent ing disturbed.
Sec. 4. The Clerk of the county shall
file all such plats, and place them in a
book to be kept by him for that purpose.
The paper upon which said plats are made
shall not exceed in size thirty by thirty-six
inches. The Clerk Of the county in whose
office the same is flied shall certify thereon
the day and hour upon which the same
j. was so filed for record, and shall preserve
the same by pasting such plats into the
book kept by him for such purpose, with
gummed stubs suitable therefor, and the
preservation of such plats in the manner
aforesaid shall be deemed sufficient
record Of such town plat. The fee of the
! Clerk of the county In which such plats
shall be recorded, shall be for placing the
same on record ten (10) dollars.
SEC. 5. All such original plats, for tie
record thereof, or copies therefrom, togeth-
er with all certificates and acknowledge
ments thereon, certified by the clerk hay-
ing custody thereof, shall be evidence in
all courts and places.
SEc. q. Upon the filing Of any such
map or plat the fee of all streets, alleys,
avenues, highways, parks, and other par
GELS Of ground reserved therein to the use
Of the public. shall vest ii such city OF
town, ,ifincorporated, If in trust for the uses
therein named and expressed; or If snel
town be not incorporated, then in the coun
ty until such town shall become ineorpo-
rated for The like uses.
SEC. Z All additions to any city OF
town shall be SO surveyed and plated
ii that the streets Of such addition shall con
!, form to and be extensions OF the streets q
1 the original town, or as near as may be, il
the same direction, unless IN the Judgmen