Sec. 57. Any parent, guardian, or other person, who shall upbraid, insult, or abuse any teacher, in the presence of the school, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and liable to a fine of not less than ten dollars, nor more than than one hundred dollars.

Sec. 58. Any person who shall wilfully disturb any public school or public school meeting, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and liable to a fine of not less than ten nor more than one hundred dollars.

Sec. 59. In case any district clerk shall fail to take the census provided in this act, at the proper time, and if, through such neglect, the district shall fail to receive its apportionment of school moneys, said district clerk shall be individually liable to the district for the full amount so lost, and it may be recovered on a suit brought by any citizen of such district, in the name of and for the benefit of the district.

Sec. 60. All cases of dispute in relation to school matters, not properly belonging to courts of justice, may be referred: first, to the county superintendent, and appealed to the territorial superintendent, whose decision shall be final.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Sec. 61. The school year shall begin on the first day of December, and end on the last day of November.

Sec. 62. All printing or binding required under this act shall be executed in the form and manner and at the prices of other territorial printing, and shall be paid for in like manner, out of the general fund of the territory.

Sec. 63. This act shall be known and referred to as the Montana school law, and no other title or reference shall be necessary. Sec. 64. An act entitled an "Act establishing a common school system for the territory of Montana," approved February 7, 1865, and an act to define the duties of territorial superintend ent of public instruction, approved December 24, 1867, and all acts or parts of acts, conflicting with the provisions of this act, are hereby repealed; but such repeal shall not affect any legal proceedings taken or taxes levied or officers elected or contracts made in accordance with the provisions of such repealed acts.

Sec. 95. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved January 12, 1872.

CHAPTER LXXXIX.

STATISTICS.

AN ACT to provide for the collection of statistics.

Section 1. That it shall be the duty of the territorial auditor annually, hereafter, to prepare from the official reports, and from whatever other reliable sources to which he may obtain access, as full, accurate, and intelligible tables of the statistics of Montana as may be in his power, and report the result of his labors to the governor, or the legislative assembly, if in session.

Sec. 2. That in order to insure more perfect collection of the statistical information contemplated by this act, it shall be the duty of any territorial or county or other officer, without compensation, to answer fully and promptly such special and general questions as the territorial auditor may propound in carrying out the intention of

this act.

Sec. 3. That the several county or district assessors and deputy assessors shall annually, at the time of taking the lists of personal property for taxation, take from each person, company, or corporation in his own county or district, a statement of the numbers of acres he or they may have had the preceding year in wheat, rye, barley, corn, oats, and buckwheat, and the number of bushels each produced the preceding year; the number of bushels of stone coal dug; the number of pounds each of butter and cheese made; the number of acres planted in potatoes, and the number of bushels obtained; the number of pounds of wool shorn the preceding year; the number of acres occupied as orchards, and the number of bushels of apples, pears, and peaches produced the previous year; the amount paid for wages the previous year; the gross proceeds of all mining claims and quartz lodes the previous year; the number of births and deaths, and the number of deaths resulting from natural causes, and the number from violence the previous year; the assessor is hereby authorized to administer all oaths necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this act.

Sec. 4. The assessor shall make return of all statistics collected to their respective county clerks at the same time they return. the list of personal property for taxation, and each county clerk shall make return of all such statistics returned to his office to the territorial auditor, on or before November first, annually; and the territorial auditor is hereby required to cause to be printed and distributed to the assessors the blanks necessary to enable them to carry into effect the provisions of this act.

Sec. 5. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. Approved January 12, 1872.

CHAPTER XC.

BLOODED STOCK.

(See ante chapter 2.)

AN ACT to encourage the introduction of blooded stock.

Section 1. That all thorough-bred stallions and jacks, and all horned cattle with pedigree recorded in American or English herd books, and all imported sheep and swine, shall be exempt from assessment and taxation for one year after their arrival in this territory; but it shall be the duty of the assessor to assess all such property at its cash value, but in the list and assessment rolls he shall write the word "exempt," opposite the entry of all such property.

Sec. 2. The owner or owners of such stallions, jacks, horned cattle, sheep or swine, shall be required to produce to the assessor of the county in which such stock is kept, a certified copy of pedigree or record of herd book or books, as aforesaid.

Sec. 3. All acts or parts of acts in conflict with this act be and are hereby repealed.

Sec. 4. This act shall be in force from and after its passage. Approved December 30, 1871.

CHAPTER XCI.

TERMS OF SUPREME COURT.

AN ACT to prescribe the time of the holding of the terms of the supreme court.

Section 1. That the terms of the supreme court of the territory of Montana shall be held at the seat of government of the territory, on the first Monday in January and the second Monday in August of each year.

Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved December 30, 1871.

CHAPTER XCII.

REPORTING DECISIONS OF SUPREME COURT.

AN ACT to provide for reporting the decisions of the supreme court.

Section 1. The opinion and decisions of the supreme court of this territory shall be reported by an attorney and counsellor at law, appointed by the judges of the supreme court, who shall be an officer of such court during his continuance in office.

Sec. 2. The reporter shall make careful and accurate reports of all cases argued and decided by the supreme court. He shall be entitled to the possession of the original files in all cases, for a reasonable time, to prepare copies for publication. The report of such cases shall contain concise notes of the points decided, a statement of the facts taken from the record, when the same are not fully given in the opinion of the court, the names of the counsel, and the opinion of the court. He shall publish a volume of such reports as often as there is sufficient matter to form a volume of not less than six hundred pages.

Sec. 3. The reporter of such volume shall print and bind two hundred copies of such edition at the expense of the territory: Provided, That the same shall not cost a sum exceeding twelve hundred dollars, and the territorial auditor shall issue to the reporter his warrant upon the territorial treasurer, for the price thereof, as soon as two hundred copies of the reports are deposited in his office.

Sec. 4. The reporter shall have the exclusive copyright of each volume as his own property.

Sec. 5. Of the two hundred copies deposited with the territorial auditor as above provided, the following officers shall be entitled to one copy of such volume, to wit, the governor, secretary, territorial auditor, territorial treasurer, territorial superintendent of public instruction, the several judges of the supreme court, the several district attorneys, and the judges of probate of the several counties. A sufficient number shall be sent as exchanges to the several states and territories of the union by the territorial auditor; and the remainder shall be deposited with the territorial librarian.

Sec. 6. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved January 4, 1872.

CHAPTER XCIII.

SWINE.

AN ACT to prevent swine from running at large.

Section 1. That hereafter it shall be unlawful for any owner or owners of swine to permit the same to run at large.

Sec. 2. Any person or persons violating the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be fined in the sum of ten dollars for the first offence, and in an additional sum of twenty dollars for each subsequent offence, and shall be liable in damages to any party injured thereby, to be recovered in any court having competent jurisdiction: Provided, That the provisions of this act shall not apply to Missoula County.

Sec. 3. That all fines collected under the provisions of this act shall be paid into the county treasury for the use and benefit of the common school of said county.

Sec. 4. This act shall take effect and be in force sixty days after its passage.

Approved December 27, 1871.

CHAPTER XCIV.

COUNTY WARRANTS.

(See ante chap. 27.)

AN ACT concerning county warrants and for other purposes. Section 1. No county warrants issued after the passage of this act shall bear interest.

Sec. 2. One-fourth of all taxes hereafter collected for county purposes may be paid in county warrants, and no more than onefourth of the county tax shall be paid in county warrants, whether they are in the person's name so paying or not.

Sec. 3. All county bonds hereafter issued in pursuance of law, shall bear interest at a rate not to exceed twelve per cent. per

annum.

Sec. 4. The county clerk of each county shall, in issuing warrants for any county indebtedness, issue to each creditor of said county the amount of his claim in one or more warrants, as said creditor may elect: Provided, That no county warrant shall be issued for a sum less than one dollar, unless the whole amount of any individual claim may be less than that sum.

Sec. 5. All acts and parts of acts in any wise conflicting with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 6. This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved January 11, 1872.