The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-10-11
DISCUSSES LIBRARY
HELENA LAWYER COMMENTS ON
THE STATES LEGAL VOLUMES.
CATALOGUE IS JUST ISSUED
Collection Of Law Books Is One Of the
., Best in the West-Statement
'' of Librarian.

1AOuSu lndUy Oh tne attorneys Ill
Montana towns outside Of Helena may
be more or less familiar with the state
law library, some Information that has
recently been made public concerning it
may be of interest to lawyers and peo-
pie generally
This was the way Helena lawyer ex-
pressed himself at the Thornton today,
when the subject of the legal library
that is kept in the Lewis and Clarke
county court house was introduced.
Montana has reasons to be proud of
her law library" continued the lawyer
1t is one of the best, if not the best, in
the west. Considering the age and pop
ulation of this state its collection of
legal volumes compares favorably with
that of any state in the union. The
matter of preserving the books has so
much concerned the trustees of the Ii
brary that a thorough Encouragement
and Reconsideration Of the hooks has
been made of all the books. A. cata-
logue, the advance copies of Witch are
now ont, will be distributed. There
are fully 10000 volumes of legal lore in
the library, and they are shelved in
rooms where they can be used to the
best advantage.
The rooms are all light, and conven-
lent tables allow lawyer to work in
the library as comfortably as he can
work in his office. Helena attorneys do
not fail to appreciate the advantage they
enjoy in having access to the books"
The title page of the catalogue which
is just out bears the names of the Ii
brary trustees as follows:
Chief Justice Theodore Brantly, pres
ident: Associate Justice William T.
Pigott, Associate Justice George r. Mil
burn. Secretary of State George NJ.
Hays and State Auditor j. H. Calder
head.
This is the statement that is made to
the trustees by the librarian, Miss Lou
Guthrie the address being printed in the
catalogues
The catalogue has been prepared in
two general parts, reports and text
10 ks. Under "Rel orts'' may be found the
published reports Of courts of the United
States and of the states, the digeSts OF
these reports, statutes and session laws;
also the reports Of the courts of Eng
land and Canada. The part entitled
''Textbooks'' Is again divided into two
sections, the first comprising all text
books indexed by the names OF their re-
spective authors, and the second con-
tanning these same books, entered under
their respective titles and subjects, both
alphabetically arranged. 1t contains all
books in the library on August l, 1901.
The number is estimated at 10000, eXlu-
siye of duplicates, older editions of text
books and pamphlets.
The work of preparing the copy has
BEEN to insure accuracy, necessarily
slow and laborious, and 1T is noped Dut
few errors have crept in.
Great credit is due 10 Mr.. a. Z.
81 hneider, the stenographer of the SUI
Dreme court, for his valuable assistance
in the arrangement and preparation OF
this catalogue.
The rules of the library as revealed by
the catalogue are these:
Open hours of the library same as
those of public offices, except during ses-
sions of the legislature, and then from
7:3O a. m. to p. m.
Only Judges of courts of record, state
officers and members of the legislature
during it's sessions, can take books from
the library.
A receipt on printed slip must be given
for every book taken from the library.
Books borrowed, except by Judges
must be returned the same day. bor-
rowers are liable for cost of books II this
rule is violated.
Persons taking books without report
ing same to the librarian, except o1ncers
above named, will be prosecuted TO the
extent Of the law. -,
Persons offending against any rule Will
he denied the privileges OF the library