The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-02-28
OFFICIAL PAPER OF cHouTEAu COUNTY
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 70. 1912.
ORGANIZING NEW COUNTIES.

Under the new counties law enacted
BY the twelfth assembly, there are q
few formalities connected with the or.
earization of lev county governments
following the elections at which the
pro positions carried. These formal
ties, however, do not involve extended
delay, and their Observance will put
the new county government machinery
in running order in q few days.
1t is provided that the vote cast
upon the proposition shall be q
vassed by the board of commissioners
of the parent county in the usual man
ner, and that if it shall be found that
Is per cent of the total vote is In favor
of forming the new county the board
must, by resolution entered upon its
minutes, "declare such territory duly
formed and created as a county OF this
state, of the class to which the same
shall belong" The board is also re-
quired to designate the county seat OF
the new county, as determined by the
election returns, and to declare the
persons receiving the highest number
of votes to be duly elected to the Offices
for which they we're nominated.
It is then necessary to file a certified
copy of this resolution In the Office OF
the secretary of state, and from and
after the date of such filing the new
county shall be deemed to be fully
created, and the organization thereof
shall be deemed completed, and it's
officers shall be entitled to enter i'm
mediately upon the duties of their
respective Offices upon qualifying in
accordance with law, and giving
bonds for the faithful performance OF
their duties as required by the laws OF
the state. The bonds must be ap.
proved by q Judge of the district court
OF the judicial district to which the
new county is attached.
Certificates of election must be ISSUED
to the officers of the new county by the
clerk and recorder of the parent cOun'
ty, and the terms of such officers will
be computed from the first Monday in
January following the last preceding
general election.
Each new county is entitled to one
state senator and one representative
In the legislative assembly until other
wise provided, but these Offices will
not be filed until the next general
election, unless there is q special ses.
zion Of the assembly. In that event,
il would become necessary to hold q
special election to provide this legis.
lative representation.
1t is provided that when q new coun'
~ is created and organized under the
provisions of this act, it shall be At
tached to such judicial district as may
be designated by the governor OF thu
state Of Montana, In q proclamation
issued from his Office.
The matter OF adjustment OF finances
between the new county and the paren
county is to be undertaken by a com
mission of three citizens appointed b!
the governor. One member of thi
commission must be q resident tax
payer of the new county, and the othe
two members from some other part Q
the state. 1t is expressly provided
however, that no two of the member
of the commission shall come fro1
any q county. The method of a.
irving at a fair superintendent {
finances is prescribed for the guidane
of the commission.
Other sections of the law relate
various minor features that enter in,
the organization OF a new county go
eminent.