AN ACT to amend Section One of an Act entitled "An Act to amend an Act to provide increased Compensation to the Officers of this Territory," approved December 6, 1867.

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

SECTION 1. That section one of the act which this is intended to amend, be amended so as to read as follows: "The salary of the governor of this territory, in addition to the sum already provided by the United States government, shall be and is hereby increased to the sum of one thousand dollars per

annum.

SEC. 2. All acts or parts of acts in conflict with the provisions of this act be and the same are hereby repealed.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 15, 1869.

AN ACT supplementary to an Act to provide for the Funding of the Debt of Montana Territory, approved December 3, 1867.

Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Montana : SECTION 1. That the treasurer of Montana territory shall, on or before the first day of June, 1869, issue bonds of the territory of Montana for all territorial warrants, outstanding, which were issued prior to the first day of November, A. D. 1868.

SEC. 2. The said bonds shall be issued and paid as to interest and principal, in accordance with the provisions of the "Act to provide for the funding of the debt of Montana territory," approved December 3, 1867.

SEC. 3. The territorial auditor is hereby authorized and empowered to have printed, sufficient bonds to fund the balance of said territorial warrants issued prior to the first day of November, A. D. 1867.

SEC. 4. That any person or persons, having deposited with the territorial auditor, territorial warrants, and failing to procure bonds, prior to the first day of June, 1868, shall be entitled to

their bond, by paying to the territorial treasurer the difference between said warrants and sum fixed in said bonds in cash.

SEC. 5. This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

AN ACT to amend an Act entitled "An Act defining the Council and Representative Districts of the Territory of Montana, and appropriating the Members of the Legislative Assembly thereof," approved December 13, 1867.

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

SECTION 1. That section one, of an act entitled "An Act defining the council and representative districts of the territory of Montana, and appropriating the members of the legislative assembly thereof," approved December 13, 1867, be and the same is hereby amended, so as to read as follows: "SECTION 1. That the next session of the legislative assembly of the territory of Montana, shall convene at the seat of government of said territory, on the first Monday of December, one thousand eight hundred and seventy, at 12 o'clock, M., on that day, and biennially thereafter."

SEC. 2. That in case an extraordinary session of the legislative assembly shall become necessary, or be convened after the next general election, then the members of the council whose terms of office have not expired, together with the members of the council and house of representatives elected at the said next general election, shall constitute the said legislative assembly.

SEC. 3. That all acts or parts of acts in anywise conflicting with this act, be and the same are hereby repealed.

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

Approved January 15, 1869.

AN ACT to authorize the County Commissioners of Choteau County to establish a system of Wharfage at Benton City, in said County.

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

SECTION 1. The county commissioners of Choteau county are hereby authorized, if they deem proper, to collect a wharfage fee at Benton City in said county, subject to the restrictions herein contained. The said commissioners are authorized to collect from each and every steamboat, landing at said port, between Fort Benton and old Fort La Barge, or the point opposite which Fort La Barge formerly stood, a sum of money not to exceed ten dollars per day for each and every day or fractional part thereof, which such boat lies between the points above named.

SEC. 2. The said commissioners may appoint a wharf master, who, before entering upon his duties, shall file with the county clerk of said county a bond, with at least two sufficient sureties, to be approved by the probate judge and treasurer of said county, in the sum of one thousand dollars, conditioned that he will faithfully perform the duties of his office as prescribed by this act. He shall report, at least once in every week during the season in which the waters of the Missouri are navigable, to the county treasurer of said county, the number of steamboats landing within said limits, the number of days each one has laid. there, the number at that time remaining, the amount collected from each, and the total amount collected; and he shall, at least once in every month, pay into the county treasury all moneys collected by him during the month last past.

SEC. 3. All moneys collected under the provisions of this act shall be expended under the supervision and direction of the county commissioners of said county, in the building and construction of a wharf or wharves to be located at such place or places as the said commissioners may select: Provided, That such wharf or wharves, pier or piers, shall be constructed within the limits herein before prescribed.

SEC. 4. The county commissioners shall pay to the wharf master a reasonable compensation, to be allowed and paid out of the fund collected under the provisions of this act.

SEC. 5. In case of refusal by any master, clerk, agent, owner, consignee, or other officer or person interested in said steamboat,

to pay the amount of wharfage as fixed by the county commissioners in accordance with the provisions of this act, the wharf master may proceed to collect the same in the same manner as is prescribed by law for collectors in enforcing the collection of licenses on like property.

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

Approved January 15, 1869.

AN ACT to amend an Act entitled "An Act to prevent the collection of Illegal Toll," approved December 23, 1867.

Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Montana: SECTION 1. That section one, of an act entitled "An Act to prevent the collection of illegal toll," approved December 23, 1867, be amended to read as follows: "That any person or associa tion of persons charging toll upon any road, bridge or ferry without authority of law, or who shall charge more toll than is allowed by his or their charter, shall be liable to the person or persons paying such illegal toll, in ten times the amount so paid, which may be recovered in any court, having jurisdiction, and in addition thereto, shall be subject to a criminal prosecution, and upon conviction, shall be fined in any sum, not less than fifty dollars, nor more than five hundred dollars, to be imposed and collected as fines in other cases, one-half of which fine shall go to the informant, and one-half shall be paid into the county treasury for the benefit of the school fund of the county in which the offense was committed."

SEC. 2. That all acts and parts of acts in conflict with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed.

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

Approved January 14, 1869.

AN ACT to repeal an Act entitled "An Act to prevent the sale of Intoxicating Liquors to Soldiers."

Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Montana: SECTION 1. That an act entitled "An Act to prevent the sale of intoxicating liquors to soldiers," approved January 6, 1865, be and the same is hereby repealed.

SEC. 2. That all acts and 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 11, 1869.

AN ACT in relation to Public Highways.

Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Montana: SECTION 1. That the several boards of county commissioners, on the petition of thirty bona fide citizens of any township of this territory, may, in their discretion, establish such township, or any part thereof, into suitable and convenient road districts, and cause a brief description of the same to be entered on the county records. That in all cases where such petition is presented to the board of county commissioners of any county, they shall, prior to granting the same, cause a public notice thereof to be given by publication or otherwise, as they, the commissioners, may elect.

SEC. 2. The county commissioners shall, annually, at the February term thereof, appoint a supervisor of roads, for each road district in the county, and shall at any time fill any vacancy that may occur in such office; and the county clerk of each county shall immediately notify all persons who have been appointed as supervisors, and they shall qualify within twenty days after their appointment, and such supervisors shall take an oath before entering upon the duties of their office, for the faithful performance of their duties; that they will call out all persons in their respective districts liable to work on highways therein; that they will super