The Billings herald. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1882-1885, 1884-02-09
following substituted clause was
adopted.

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shall be held under the constitution
shall provide for the election of one
State Attorney for each organized
county Of this state except county
be attached to another for judicial
purposes. He shall have a salary
fixed by law which shall not be in
creased or diminished during his
term of office, and shall receive no
other compensation whatever tor
his services; Provided, one-half of
his salary shall he paid by the state
and the other half by the county
or counties in which such attorney
may be elected The states attor
ney shall possess all the qual,fca-
tion required for JUICES of the dis
trict courts, except he need not be
more than 2l years Of age, and the
term of office shall be two years.
A clause was then adopted pro
viding for the election of a county
judge for each county to hold Office
two years. The jurisdiction of
county courts was limited to $1,000.
Provision is made for dividing the
county into townships and for the
election therein Of justices of the
peace, their term Of office, etc.
Sections from 2S to 33 inclusive
were adopted Substantially as read,
and are as follows:
Section 2S.-The supreme, ,district
AMI county courts shall be courts
OF record.
Section 29.-Until otherwise pro-
vided by law, the judges of the
supreme and district courts shall
fix the time of holding the terms
OF their respective courts.
Section 80 provides that all laws
relating to courts shall be general
and of uniform operation through
out the state.
Section 31.-The style of all pro.
cesses shall be "The State of Mon
tana," and all prosecutions shall be
conducted in the name and by the
authority of the same.
Section 32.-There shall be but
one form of civil actions, and laws
and equity may be administered in
the same action.
Section 33-The Legislative AS
sembly may provide for the elec-
tion of all judicial officers at a time
different from the election of other
officers.
1t is also provided that no judge
shall receive any emolument ex-
cept his salary, except county
judges, who may receive fees.
The salaries Of the judges of the
supreme court are fixed at $4,000
each; the judges of the district
court, $4,000 each; county judges
of Madison. Beaverhead, Missoula,
Choteau, Meagher, Yellowstone,
Dawson and Jefferson counties,
81 200 each; Deer Lodge and Gus
ter, 81 400 each; Lewis and Clarke,
Silver Bow and Gallatin counties,
81 800 each.
FEBRUARY 4TH.
The convention continued in
of the whole consider
ing the
JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT.
Provision was made that all ex.
listing laws of the territory, not re-
to the constitution should
continue until they expire by their
own limitations or are regularly re-
pealed. Also that all bonds, recog-
nizances etc. shall remain valid.
The convention then went into
committee of the whole to consider
REVENUE AND TAXATION.
This file as adopted provides that
all property be taxe.l according to
its actual value; that the property
Of the United States, the state,
cities, towns and other
corporations AMI public
Libraries shall be exempt from tax
alton. The clause regarding ex
was adopted. 1t exe.npts
rom taxation lots with thei build
ngs used solely for religious wor-
ship or for charitable purposes,
not used or held for
profit, growing crops, live stock
under six months old, and all
mines and mining claims: provided
hat all improvements, machinery,
tic. and the annual net proceeds of
'aid mining claims shall be taxed
Is provided by law.
A clause affecting the rates of
axation was adopted. 1t provides
hat the rate of taxation of real .
for state purposes shall
never exceed three mills on each
lollar of valuation, and whenever
he taxable property in the state
hall amount to $10O,00O,OO0
he rate shall not exceed two mills
IN each dollar of valuation, and
whenever the taxable property in
he state shall amount to $500, ,OOO,-
100 the rate shall never thereafter
xceed one mill on each dollar off
.aluation, unless proposition to