The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-03-18
Senate Bill No, 40.

fine his duties and provide for his compensation and expenses.
Be it enacted by the Legislative assembly of the stat of Montana:
Section L. That there shall be appointed by the governor as soon as pracHc ahe
after the passage of this act a mineral land commissioner for the state of Montana
whose duty it, shall be to prepare and publish a clear an concise statement l the
IN respect to the danger of millions O acres of the best gold, silver andl COP.
Pacific Railroad company.
Section g.. He shall AUS to be collected and arranged the decisions oft he
courts bearing upon thiss subject and such other facts as show the absolute neces.
dy of congressional action, and shall prepare for introduction into ON ress sncb
an act OIL acts as wills avesif passed. lot only the discovered but the undiscovered
and all the reserved mineral lands to the people. And he shall ihave these
facts placed IN thu hand O. the president and each member o congrc ss mdth he
United States senate and lie shall as far as possible have their attic, ,ion called
personally to this matters nd shall have these facts published throu ghout Mon.
taa and throughout the country as far as practicable. He shall sec ure proofs as
to tn incl character OF the mountainous portions o. Montana ckaimed bv this
railroad company, and shall preserve either the original or certified .comes offs uch
proofs. 1t shall b his duty to employ counsel to protect the interests of Montana
in her mines and mineral lands before the courts and United St;4te and Offices
whenever he may deem thu same is in danger. He shall also pre- pare or cause to
be prepared a map or maps showing the mountainous mineral lands within the
limits of he grant of the Northern Pacific Railroad company in N1cntana and show.
ing such of these lands as have already been selected by this comp any and in every
way useh his most earnest efforts to protect the mineral lands CA Montana d to
such congressional action as will save all these mineral IL hs and the mines
contained therein from becoming the property of any railroad corporation.
Section 3. He shall also BIT required to guard and caret r the interest of +he
state of Montana in all its grants of public lands from the fed eml government for
school or other purposes; ant he shall at all times as to this branch of his duties
be under tn control of he state board of land commissioner.
Section 4. Hiss salary shall be 100000 per mnum, VIII ih with e neces.r,
expenses lot to exceed 100000 per annum, including counsel fees, shall be maid
by the treasurer of Montana upon the proper vouchers br g Furnished.
Section S. The frt mineral land commissioner of Nor tana shall hole his oencs
until March 4h, 1885, unless Done removed.
Approved March 5h 1891.
STATE OF MONTANA, L.,
IL. Rotwit, secretary of state of the stat of Mor tana, do thereby certify thai
the above lis, with the exception of corrections in O. TYPOGRAPHY and punctuation
and insertion of omhsionso orr substitute words in IRA ,kets, a rue AM correct COPY
OF al acte entitled, can act to provide a mineral land commissioner for the state of
Montana, to define his duties and provide for his c OK mpensatona and expense an.
acted by the second legislative assembly of the sta tie of Montana and approved by
Joseph K. Toohe, governor offs said state, o m the 5h day of March, 1891.
said sate
Done at the city of Helena, the capital of said state, this 18th day of March, A.
D. 1891.
lsEAL] L. Rorwrrr,
SecptaryO OF Stale