The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-03-13
DIGEST OF
ATTY. GENERALS
OPINIONS

: OPINIONS
a The following are questions submit
:, ted for rulings to Attorney Genera
I Bonner and his official opinions rer
e dered on them:
! Question:: rs the Girl Scout Cour
Gil of Livingston, Mont, exempt from
: taxation on real property held in tn
name of the said council, and use,
in Girl Scout activities?"
+ Held: The property owned by tn,
Girl Scout Council of Livingston ant
!, used exclusively for the purposes O
that organization is exempt from tax
alton under the constitution and stat
utes of Montana relating to exemption
OF property used exclusively for edu
cational purposes and held by insti
tutions of purely public charity.
Question:: ITO be entitled to a
grant-in-aid from state funds, must a
county first have awaited itself of the
procedure under Section 44703, Re
vised Codes of Montana, 1895, in addi-
ton to requirements of Section TX,
Part II, Chapter 80, Laws of 1887, as
amended?"
Held: % 1t is not required that a
county invoke the provisions of Sec
ton 4470.3, Revised Codes of Mon
tana, 1885, before it is entitled to a
grant-in-aid under the provisions of
Section TX, Part II, Chapter 80, Laws
of 1887, as amended
(2) Section 4470.3, Revised Codes of
Montana, 1885, should only be used
in very extreme emergencies, not con-
templated under the Public Welfare
Act.
Question: Whether witnesses in
courts not of record and on coroner's
inquests are entitled to seven cents
per mile for each mile actually and
necessarily travelled as provided by
Section 4942, Revised Codes of Mon
tana, 1885, or are governed by Section
1854, Revised Codes of Montana, 1885,
as amended by Chapter 121, Laws of
1871, which provides for payment of
mileage at five cents per mile for
enumerated officers, witnesses and all
other persons"
Held: Witnesses in courts not of re-
cord and on coroners inquests are en-
titled to 7c per mile for each mile
actually and necessarily travelled.
Question:: "In the situation it ap-
pears that the bondsmen in another
state have paid a reward to your
sheriff for the capture of person
who was convicted of robbery in that
state. You inquire as to whether the |
sheriff may keep the reward or must
put it is the county general fund"
Held: Where an escaped criminal |
from another state is apprehended by |
a Montana sheriff when not perform
ing official duty, sheriff may retain
reward paid by bondsman in other
state.
Question: Whether or not a county |
treasurer has the authority to admin
lister and certify oaths, particularly
with reference to applications for
certificate of title for a motor vehicle.
You have furnished a printed form
of this application. The contents
thereof are varified by an affidavit
at the end thereof which is to be sub
scribed and sworn to by the applicant
tot tho ~ |
IS not an individual. You state that
recently the office of the Registrar of
Motor Vehicles has refused to accept
applications where the oath has been
and certified by the
county treasurer and that inconveni-
snce will result if this officer may not ;
administer the required oath. I,
Held: A county treasurer has au- {
hority to administer and certify oaths !
md this includes administering an f
statement in writing, or affidavit, {
which verifies the form Of an "Appli-
alton for Certificate of Title for {
Motor Vehicle" T
Question: GAS President of the b
1ontana State Board of Dental Ex-
l am writing you for an Of
icial opinion concerning the expenses
0 be allowed delegate to the Ma !
ional Association of Dental Examin-
RS under Section 20, of our Montana y
)ental Regulation Act (Section y
1880, Revised Codes of Montana, II
1857 II
"Also I would like an opinion as to
neither the President of the State n
oard of Dental Examiners is re- i,
uired to counter-sign all warrants q
rawn by the Secretary, since this a
as been done for several years in II
lie past" n
Held: A delegate from the Montana {.
tate Board of Dental Examiners to p
meeting or meetings of the National fl
entail Association is entitled to his ct
,tual railroad and pullman fare-or ii
l equal amount to the actual rail-
'ad and pullman fare-from his resi-
snce to the place of such meeting III
i'd return to his residence, as we'll q
the sum of ten dollars for each .,
~ of actual attendance at such meet !. !,
g and also ten dollars for each day ''i
,ant in fra va1jnp RI ond froy,, fbo