The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-02-25
COY. SMITHS APPEAL
BE Asks the Legislators to Quit Talk
ing and Go TO Work.
POINTS OUT NEEDED LAWS
The House Holds an Evening Ses-
sion and Dlsposes OF a Lot of
Work-The Municipal Bills
About Road Improvement.

10 realize to-day that only a few more
days were left for the transaction of
business and accordingly worked at
good business gait all day and long into
the night. The road bills and the muni-
clpal bills were all considered and most
Of them favorably recommended. A
communication nom the governor urg-
ing action on some Of the recommen-
dations in his message. contained the
significant and somewhat impossible
advice that the members of the house
stop talking for the next seven days
and do some needed work. In the even
ing session the bill to extend the boun-
daries Of Lewis and Clarke was favor
ably recommended after hot debate.
Upon eonvenng this morning the
house resolved itself into committee OF
the whole with McNally of Silver Bow
In the chair. Bruffys road bill was
taken up and occupied the attention of
the committee until recess. The bill,
as amended and favorably recommend
ed by the committee, provides for a
uniform system of road Improvement
throughout the state. and the abolition
Of road supervisors. The road work of
each county is placed in the hands of
the county surveyor. who has the iniu-
ative up to a certain limit. The old law
Is practically restored insofar as II per-
mits a man To either work out or nay
his road tax, The bill, as amended,
follows:
BE Il Enucted by the Legislative Assem-
bly OF the State OF Montana;
section /. II shall he the dutv of the
county surveyor of each county of the
state.
4 To divide his county into suitable
road districts. of such size and form as
he shall deem hest for the puruose of car
rying out the provisions of this act.
. To defn. each and every public
highway I'm his county. and file with the
county clerk mans of all such roads OF
which no mans are already on file. and to
omen or cause TO be opened all public
highways which have becn. or which may
hereafter he laid our and established nc-
cordInp 10 law. and 10 survey and proper-
lv define the same.
2 To take charge CT the highways
within his countv and IN kecp them clear
from obstructions. and In good r.pair.
A. To cause banks TO be graded bridges
and causeways to be made when neces-
sary. TO keen the same i'm good REPAIR and
renew them when DESTROYED.
a. To mako or cause TO be made all
plnns and specincntlons for each and ev-
cry bridge and road hereafter to he built
mr. rontrurtpd and IN examine and report
IN the hoard of county commissioners
of hts couuty On All work when conn
pleted and IL said work is prop,glv don.
according 10 the nlaus. snecificatious and
contract. then said county surveyor shall
draw his voucher for the same. ana If
said work was done under contract. then
n copy of such contract shall accompany
such youcher
G. To do and perform such other duties
as are hereinafter proyile1 in this act
SECTION 2 ANY ten residents of n road
district NAV petItion I'm writing the coun-
~ surveyor OF the county 10 alter or dis
continue any highway or 10 Law out "A
new highway therein. ON receint of a
pe,ition 10 alter. discontinue. or law Out
!, new road within his county. as Is pro-
vided n shall be the duty of tho county
surveyor of The county 10 send two no.
tlces 10 one OF said p.titioners 10 post.
which noticss oro IN ba nosted one al
Tho herinninr and one al The terminatioo
N, tho road which N IL pronosed tn alter
discontinue or Law out and the county
surveyor shall post n like notice M the
door of tho county clerk's office of said
county. Each of said notices shall con-
tain "a description of the route of tho road
which II is proposod to alter. discontinue
or law ont and shal, state tho MACE of
bepinninp of tho Same and the terminus
,bsreof The chairman of the b,ard of
county commissioners. upon three DAYS
notice from the county surveyor shall
nsmo one person TO ACT as viewer of said
road in bebalf NJ said hoard and such
person shall Is, notified by registered
mail hv the county suryevor IN nresant
bims.,f al tho nlnc. of heginninp ~ said
road al The time stated I'm said notice 10
vlew said road I'm eompany with the couu-
~ surveyor. and one of the pctitioners
for said road who shall have b,en duIy
ounointed a viewer bv the county sur
vsvor and notifed an like manner. 10
forn boeinninp The view of any road the
countv surveyor shall REQUIRE sworn nroof
NJ Tho nos,ing of all notires herein pro-
vided for and all notires shall be given
M least Ten and NOT moro than forty dnys
before the viewing of any road is made.
section z After said viewers shown as
,hove nroyidad bnve bcen sw,r,, tbev
sh,II ,rocesd IN viexv the road which n is
nronoscd 10 alter law out or discortinup
n the ns,i,ion nsks FOR tha having o,,t oT a
new road and after having viewed said
n,onoseJ road snid viewers annrov. Of
,ba sa,no ,be,, sh.II ,p,medi,tslv s,rvcv
saia nronoscd road the county surveyor
~, ho assIste1 b,, ,h, other ,,iew.rs 4, INC
n,aLirs, ~ such survey
Sec,iop In case nn,. nerso, a,nointed