The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-08-24
More Discoveries OF II Remark
able Nature in the New
State Law.
new LAW UPON PROMISSORY NOTES.
Some Pointers upon the Topic
of Silver as 1t Appears
in the East.

Although the new codes have
been in operation about mouth, dis
coveries of a remarkabl nature con
tinue to be made by those who are
seeking to acquaint themselves with
the changed order of things. One
or two of the latest finds appear to
deserve brief mention.
The per diem and mileage of
grand and trial jurors are prescribed
in section iG44 Of the political code,
which says that they shall receive
s3 per day for the days which they
are at work, and fifteen cents per
mile each way for travelling from and
to their residences and the county
seat
In section 464S the per diem and
mileage of witnesses before the dis
trict court are fixed at S3 per day,
and mileage at the rate Of ten cents
per mile for the distance necessarily
travelled The difference Of five
cents per mile in the allowance pre-
scribed for jurors and witnesses is
one of those peculiar distinctions for
which the codes have become fam
Gus, the originators Of the idea seem
ing to have concluded that "A Jurors
travelling expenses are 90 per cent
larger than those of a witness.
Again, in section 1860 of the same
volume it is declared that members
Of the board of county commissioners
shall each receive IS per day and ID
cents per mile for the distance nee
essarily travelled in attending meet
ings of the board. On turning to
another page, however, in section
numbered 1880, we find that ''mem-
bers of the Legislative assembly,
state officers, township officers,
county officers, jurors, witnesses and
other persons who may be entitled
to collect mileage at the rate Of ten
cents per mile for the distance act
ually travelled and no more" These
discriminating and conflicting pro-
visions are now in full force and run
ming order, and parties affected
thereby are invited 70 take their
choice.
1t also appears, according to sec
ton 1861, that those who loan mo-
ney at interest or purchase notes,
bonds, or other evidences Of indebt-
edness, or who buy and sell gold
dust, or gold or silver bullion, must
take out special license ranging
from so to 500 per quarter, ac
cording to the amount Of business
transacted. This will be uuwel.
come news to small capitalists who
have been accustomed to earn al
honest penny by temporarily accom-,
odating their friends, but who vii
hereafter be required to take out /;
license if they propose to continue
the practice. a neglect to take this
precaution might give the borrower
an opportunity to repudiate the OBJ
! legation.
The provisions of this Requirement
are sufficiently elastic to include al
business men who in the conduct o
their affairs often find it advisable t.
secure themselves by promissory
notes from their customers. Such !
custom is equivalent to ioanine
money, and in addition to the bur,
den imposed by largely increased Ii
cense rates, the business man may
be further taxed in that connection
Other discoveries of more or les
importance are being made from da,
to day, and when the supply is ex
hausted we are promised list o
contradictions and surprises that vii
be the wonder of the age.