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AN ACT to authorize the citizens of Jefferson County to chango the County Seat of said County.

Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Montana: SECTION 1. That the legal voters of Jefferson county at the next general election shall have the right to change their county seat, and the place receiving the highest number of legal votes shall thereafter be the county seat of said county.

SEC. 2. That it shall be the duty of all county officers of Jefferson county to remove to and hold their offices at such place as may be chosen, as the county seat of said county, by a vote of the people thereof, within three months after the vote shall have been canvassed and the result declared.

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SEC. 3. This act to take effect and be in force from and after passage.

Approved January 15, 1869.

AN ACT requiring the County Commissioners of Deer Lodge County to pay D. P. Newcomer for labor performed, and money expended for the benefit of said County.

Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Montana:

SECTION 1. The county commissioners of Deer Lodge county are hereby required to pay to D. P. Newcomer, clerk of the second judicial district court, of, in and for the county of Deer Lodge, the sum of five hundred dollars, money expended by said D. P. Newcomer in the purchase of books, etc., for the benefit of said court, and for work and labor performed by said D. P. Newcomer in transcribing the records of said district court in said books.

SEC. 2. That in the event the said county commissioners refuse or neglect to pay the said D. P. Newcomer, as required in section one of this act, the said D. P. Newcomer may bring suit against the said county commissioners for the amount specified in a preceding section of this act.

SEC. 3. This act to take effect and be in force from and

after its passage.

Approved January 15, 1869.

AN ACT to legalize the District Records of Jefferson County. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Montana: SECTION 1. That the county commissioners in and for Jefferson county are hereby authorized and empowered to examine the county district records, as copied into a record book, and indexed F, D, the letter "F" being the order in which the books are lettered, the letter "D" denoting it as a district record; and if a majority of said board of county commissioners shall declare the same as correctly copied, they shall be considered the legal records of said district.

SEC. 2. That these records shall be considered and taken as evidence in any court in this territory.

SEC. 3. This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved January 11, 1869.

AN ACT to change the Name of the Town of Farmington.

Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Montana : SECTION 1. That the name of the town of Farmington, the county seat of Gallatin county, be and the same is hereby changed to that of Bozeman City.

SEC. 2. All acts or parts of acts conflicting with this act be and the same are hereby repealed.

SEC. 3. This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved January 7, 1869.

AN ACT for the relief of the Masonic Fraternity of Virginia City. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Montana: SECTION 1. That the real property of the masonic fraternity of Virginia City, consisting of the lot, and the building erected thereon, known as the "Masonic Temple," in said city, shall not be subject to taxation either for territorial or county purposes, from and after the date of the passage of this act.

SEC. 2. That the territorial and county treasurer of Madison county be and they are hereby authorized to remit the tax levied upon the real property of said masonic fraternity for the past year, as released by enactment of the legislative assembly of the territory of Montana.

SEC. 3. All acts and parts of acts conflicting with this, be and the same are hereby repealed.

SEC. 4. This act to take effect and be in force from and after

its passage.

Approved December 31, 1868.

AN ACT to amend an Act entitled "An Act to incorporate the town of Montana, in Beaver Head County, Montana Territory, and to change the name thereof." Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Montana :

SECTION 1. That section 1 be amended as follows: That the names of the following persons be added to the names of the corporators in said act': I. A. Brown, C. Bray, C. S. Ream, A. K. Eaton, George Brown, D. H. Hopkins, E. D. Leavitt, A. J. Smith, E. F. Phelps, B. S. Peabody, and W. W. De Lacy.

SEC. 2. That the word "Montana," be stricken out wherever it occurs in said act, and that the word "Argenta" be inserted therein.

SEC. 3. Provided, however, That nothing herein contained shall in any wise interfere with, or invalidate any individual rights, interests or titles acquired in said town prior to the passage of

this act.

SEC. 4. This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved December 30, 1868.

AN ACT to repeal an Act to re-enact an Act to incorporate the El Dorado and Diamond City Wagon Road Company, and other purposes, approved December 20, 1867.

Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Montana: SECTION 1. That the above entitled act is hereby repealed.

SEC. 2. That the act entitled "An Act to incorporate the El Dorado and Diamond City Wagon Road Company," passed April 12, 1866, is hereby repealed; that said road is hereby declared a free road, open for the use and travel of the people of the territory.

SEC. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after ts passage.

Approved December 15, 1868.

AN ACT for the relief of Addison Smith, County Treasurer of Deer Lodge County.

Whereas, under the provisions of an act of the legislative assembly of the territory of Montana, approved November 22, 1867, providing for the funding of the indebtedness of the several counties of Montana territory; and whereas, the county commissioners of Deer Lodge county made an order calling in all the outstanding indebtedness of said county up to the date of said order, to wit: the day of February, A. D. 1868, and forbid ding the treasurer of said county from paying any such indebtedness; and whereas, an action was commenced against said treasurer, by one of the creditors of said county, to compel such payments, and an order of court had in said action, the payment thereof, and that said treasurer has, in defending said action, been subjected to a large expense; and whereas, pursuant to said order of said board of county commissioners, said treasurer has paid a large amount of the warrants of said county, issued subsequent to said order of said board, to wit: the sum of one thousand seven hundred dollars, and is now in danger of being compelled to

repay said last named sum on said indebtedness, existing prior to said order of said board; therefore

Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Montana: SECTION 1. The sum of seven hundred dollars is hereby appropriated to Addison Smith, treasurer of Deer Lodge county, out of any money or moneys in the territorial treasury not otherwise appropriated.

SEC. 2. The territorial auditor is hereby directed to draw his warrant on the territorial treasurer, in favor of said Smith, for the said sum of seven hundred dollars.

SEC. 3. The act of said treasurer of said county, pursuant to the order of said board of commissioners, in paying said warrants, issued subsequent to said order, is hereby declared legal and valid.

SEC. 4. The acts of said treasurer of said county, in paying the cash orders of said board of county commissioners, to defray the current expenses of said county, to provide fuel, lights, stationery, etc., for said county, are hereby declared legal and valid. SEC. 5. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved January 14, 1869.

AN ACT to provide for the Compensation of William Berkins for Services rendered the Territory of Montana.

Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Montana : SECTION 1. There shall be, and is hereby appropriated out of the territorial treasury, the sum of seven hundred and thirty-three dollars and eighty-four cents to William Berkins, for money expended and time employed in the pursuit of Charles Williamson and Joseph Powell, of Jefferson county, charged with the crime. of grand larceny.

SEC. 2. The territorial auditor is hereby authorized and instructed to draw his warrant on the territorial treasurer for the sum named in the first section of this act, in favor of William

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