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SEC. 15. It may and shall be lawful for the said board of county commissioners to temporarily lease rooms or buildings for the public officers of the county, if the same shall be required, while the new court house is in process of construction, including a court room and jury rooms for the courts held in Lewis and Clarke county.

SEC. 16. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after the sixteenth day of March, A. D. 1885.

Approved March 12, 1885.

AN ACT to ratify and validate certain bonds issued by the county of Choteau to erect a court house and jail.

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

SEC. I. All those certain coupon bonds issued and sold by the board of county commissioners of Choteau county, by virtue of and pursuant to the authority conferred in that certain act entitled "An act to enable the county of Choteau to erect a court house," approved March 3, 1883, and in that certain act entitled “An act supplemental to an act entitled 'An act to enable the county of Choteau to erect a jail,' approved February 22, A. D. 1881," approved March 2, 1883, shall not be invalid by reason of any neglect, failure, or omission to advertise and give notice of the time and place of sale of any such bonds, as required by law, and all such bonds are hereby ratified and declared valid.

Approved February 5, 1885.

AN ACT to enable the county of Choteau to pay a balance due for the erection of a court house.

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

SEC. I. The board of county commissioners of Choteau county is hereby authorized and empowered to issue, on the credit of said county, coupon bonds to an amount not exceeding the sum of eight

thousand five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to enable said board to pay any balance due upon the contract price for the erection and completion of the court house in said county, and to deliver such bonds to any person or persons to whom any such balance may be due and owing by said county in settlement of any such indebtedness, which said bonds shall be dated on the day of their issue, shall be redeemable at the pleasure of said county after ten years, and shall become due and payable after fifteen years from the date of their issue.

SEC. 2. Said bonds shall be of the denominations of one hundred and five hundred dollars each, and shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding seven per cent per annum. Said bonds, and the coupons thereto attached, shall be signed by the chairman of the board of county commissioners and the clerk of said county, and shall be in such form as said board of commissioners may direct. Each bond issued shall, at the date of its issue, be registered by the county clerk on the left hand pages of a book prepared for that purpose, which said book shall show on the left hand pages the number, date, and amount of each bond, and to whom issued; and on the right hand pages, the date of redemption, the amount of the bond redeemed, the amount of interest paid thereon, and the name of the person from whom redeemed.

SEC. 3. For the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this act the said board of county commissioners is hereby authorized to cause to be engraved or lithographed, at the lowest practicable rates, suitable blank bonds, with coupons attached, and shall pay therefor out of any moneys in the treasury of said county, not otherwise appropriated.

SEC. 4. The treasurer of said county shall pay in lawful money of the United States, semi-annually, on the first days of January and July of each year, the interest due on said bonds, upon the presentation at his office of the proper coupon, which shall show the amount due and the number of the bond to which it belonged. All coupons so paid shall be returned to the board of county commissioners at the first regular meeting thereof after such payment. Should the holders of such bonds to an amount not less than one thousand dollars give the treasurer notice in writing that they desire the bonds so held by them, and the interest accruing thereon, to be paid at a designated bank in the city of New York, then the said bonds and coupons so held by such person or persons shall be payable at such bank in the city of New York.

SEC. 5. The county clerk shall enter on the right hand pages of the book provided for in section 2 of this act, and opposite to its

appropriate number, all bonds returned to the board of county commissioners, redeemed, and such entry shall show the amount of each bond redeemed, its number, date of redemption, the amount of interest paid thereon, and from whom redeemed.

SEC. 6. The county clerk shall be entitled to receive the sum of fifty cents for each bond issued, as full compensation for all services required of him by this act.

SEC. 7. The faith of Choteau county is solemnly pledged for the payment of the interest and the redemption of the principal of every bond which shall be issued under the provisions of this act.

SEC. 8. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved March 10, 1885.

AN ACT to enable the county of Jefferson to erect a jail.

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

SEC. I. That the board of county commissioners of the county of Jefferson be and they are hereby authorized and directed to issue, on the credit of said county, coupon bonds to the amount of seven thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary to enable said board to erect and finish a jail at the county seat of said county, which said bonds shall be dated on the day of their issue, and shall be redeemable at the pleasure of said county after ten years, and due and payable twenty years from the date thereof.

SEC. 2. The bonds above provided for shall be of the denominations of one hundred and five hundred dollars each, and shall bear interest at the rate of seven per cent per annum. Said bonds, with the coupons thereto attached, shall be signed by the chairman of the board of county commissioners and the treasurer of said county, and countersigned by the county clerk, and sealed with the county seal, and shall be in such form as shall be prescribed by said board of county commissioners. Each bond issued shall, at the date of its issue, be registered by the county treasurer in a book provided for such purpose, which said entry shall show the number, date, and amount of each bond, and to whom issued, the date of redemption,

the amount of the bond redeemed, the amount of interest paid upon the same, and the person from whom the redemption was made.

SEC. 3. For the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this act, the said board of county commissioners are hereby authorized and directed to cause to be engraved or lithographed, at the lowest practicable rate, suitable blank bonds, with coupons attached, and shall pay therefor out of any moneys in the treasury of said county not otherwise appropriated.

SEC. 4. The said board of county commissioners shall, at the earliest practicable period, procure the blank bonds and coupons aforesaid, and order a sale thereof, which shall be at private [sale] or public auction, for cash, at not less than ninety-eight cents on the dollar of their face value, at the court house of the county seat of said county. Notice of the time and place of such sale, describing said coupon bonds to be sold, shall be given by advertisement in two newspapers published in Montana territory, one of which shall be in Jefferson county, if any newspaper be published in said county, and also one in the city of New York, state of New York, at least once a week, for four consecutive weeks prior to the day fixed for said sale, the last insertion thereof to be at least ten days before such sale.

SEC: 5. The proceeds of the sale of said bonds shall be paid into the county treasury of said county to the credit of the jail fund, and shall immediately thereafter become available for the purpose of erecting and finishing said jail, and shall be drawn from time to time and in such sum or sums as may be necessary to carry out and fulfill any contract or contracts made by said board of county commissioners, in and about the erection and finishing said jail. Bids for such contract or contracts shall be advertised and let upon such plans and specifications and to such person or persons as to said board of county commissioners shall seem to the best interest of said county.

SEC. 6. The treasurer of said county shall pay the interest on said bonds semi-annually, on the first day of January and first day of July of each year, upon the presentation at his office of the proper coupons, which shall show the amount due and number of the bond to which the same belonged. All coupons so paid shall be duly entered by said treasurer, and returned to the board of county commissioners at its next regular meeting thereafter. Should the holder or holders of said bonds, or any portion thereof amounting to the sum of one thousand dollars, give notice to said treasurer in

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writing that he or they desire said bonds and interest thereon, or the portion thereof so held by him or them, paid at some bank, to be designated in said notice, in the city of New York, and state of New York, then the said bonds and coupons shall be payable at the bank so designated; and said treasurer shall deposit therein the interest necessary to take up said coupons, and, when so taken up, shall return the same to the said board of county commissioners as hereinbefore provided.

SEC. 7. The county treasurer shall, upon the receipt of the purchase money therefor, execute and deliver to the purchaser or purchasers the coupon bonds so purchased by him or them. And the county treasurer shall receive as a compensation for receiving, keeping, and disbursing the moneys arising from said sale the sum of one-half of one per cent of the amount in full for his services; and said county clerk shall receive the sum of fifty cents for each bond issued and entered by him, which said sum shall be in full compensation for all services rendered by him under the provisions of this act.

SEC. 8. This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved March 10, 1885.

AN ACT concerning the meeting of the county commissioners of Yellowstone county.

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

SEC. I. The regular meeting of the board of county commissioners, in and for the county of Yellowstone, for March, 1885, may and shall be held on the 23rd day of March, 1885, instead of as now provided by law; but thereafter, all regular meetings of said board hall be held as provided by the general laws of the territory of Montana.

Approved February 28, 1885.

AN ACT to apply certain money to the payment of the bonds of Deer Lodge and Silver Bow counties.

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

SEC. I. That the boards of commissioners of the counties of Deer Lodge and Silver Bow are hereby authorized and empowered

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