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isrtj TOL. 4, CHOTEAD, TETON COUNTY, MONTANA, FJRIDAY, JUNE 23, 1893 NO... 7. JA M E S SULGRÔ Ÿ E , A T T O R N E Y A T LAW, O M O T E A Ü , MONTv. Admitted to viático in Zand . tension and JP aient Claims before the interior D'erpartmer^t. Zand,-Water, and Irrigation Bights a 'Speci ally. All Loyal-Papers and Collections given care ful and prompt attention. , Attorney N. A. M. A'. Co. ' Correspondents in every city in North America. Notary Public . OOUNTY ATTORNEY, TETON COUNTY , T . G K ATTORNEY & COUNSELOR. ÄT LÄW. • •• S. H - D R A K E , M :D - ; PH Y S ICIAN A. SU R G E O N , Offioo over Volley Restaurant. CHOTEAU,-- MONTANA. XSuuniuer a New s p a p e r. Jim Jones, be was an editor; that is, he tried to be; He bought himself a hand press, an’ he start- ■ ed In to see • Je9’ what there was to editin’, hut when he’d s canvassed 'round, Some fifteen hundred editors In that same town he found. They all knew more about it than Joues could .hope to know; They told him: “You must run her, Jones, , ■ jes’so an’so an’so! Be sure an’ boom the Baptists, they’re bound \ ' to help you out, , i :An’ give the good old Methodists a big salva tion shout! J W A M S l/ E Y , ‘ P ir ^ y f i a t e s& S t e f g Q & k . C H O T E A U . M O N T. j , h : d a y . o p T T i s r m r s u b v e y o e IiTifa t ica 3 i Land Suxvsyingr a Spoolalty. C hoteau L odge N o 34 -A_. IP & c _A_, IMI. M*)d» it* Jegular communion tion* on tli* 1 st and SiJ Saturdays of each month. All yisitiuf brethrencordia.ily welcomed. Da. S. 1 5 . D iu k », W. M. “Give every man a notice; he sure an’ put it down Whenever Major Jinks is seen to perambulate the town;- \ Put In a few free locals for all the stores, an' •give : Each man a free subscription, if you want your sheet'to live.” Well, Jones, he done jes’ as they said, for fear they’d make a row; But the more he tried to please ’em all, the more they told him how! Until at last he took his book an' laid it on the shelf; Then run the paper in the ground an’.follered ithlmself. TH E M O N T A N A R O A D L A W ; O f In tercet to Every Resident of the State. rcænsr c. rrcrxuF1. Astksriird to practico before, the De part to »nt of the Interior, the Land OM«*, and the Pension and other Burrau*. PKMSI9N OLAIMS SPECIALLY ATTENDED TO. C*r. Maim a»«L St.,Jehn Bts., Fart Beaten. A. G- WARNER, M O T A ltT PUBLIO, U . s : COM MISSIONED, AUTHORIZED TO RECEIVE F il i k b b k F in a l P rooks on P u b l ic L ands . . . CHOTEAD, - - - - MONT. J S T o t s i x ' s r G = , u . ' t o i i c N » * » * . MORTGAGES mad all kinda of legal te»tr*»eats drawn up. fub*eripfiona received, for all' News paper*. and Periodicals at publisher’s, rates. .. C H O T E A U , M O N T . » . O. BARRETT. A- O. WARNER. GSRRETT & WJtRNER. 0»»VITAH0EEs, REAL SsTATR, . IN s U R A N C a CHOTEAU, MONT; . XX- S l C L i L I B , « Bfeilbei' & Hä'?Tcii'e00ef'' H o t an d C old B a t h s . — :— Q ftfc s it o Choteau . House r ' •• • * - A r ^ T '. roads and the levying and collec tion of (he special road tax; They will be found of, interest, to the people of the several road districts and (heir publication will be con tinued until all are given whiph will take two more weeks: ROAD LAW. S ection 1247. Any person or persons, corporation or company, who may dig and construct ditches, dykes, flumes, or canals over or across any public roads cr highways, or who use the waters of such ditches, dykes, flames, or canals, shall be required to keep the same in good repair at such crossings or other places where the water from any such ditches, dykes, flumes, or cauals. may flow over, or • in anywise injure any roadB or highways, either by bridging or otherwise. S ec .1 1248. Any; person or per sons oflending against section 1247 of this, chapter, on. conviction thereof, shall forfeit and . pay for every such offeuse a penalty of not less than twenty-five dollars, tq.be recovered, with costs of suit, in’ civil action, in the name of the state ot Montana, before any trale that such offense xhas been committed., All such fines- and costs shall, be collected without stay of execution, and such de iendants may, by order of the court, be confined in the county jail until such fine and costs shall have been paid. - S e c . 1796. There shall be levied and collected on all taxable prop erty in the county the sum of not less than one mill nor more than two mills on the doilar for road purposes, also a,special road tax of three dollars on each able bodied, man between the ages of twenty-.one and forty five years residing in each road district; Pro vided, That any person liable to pay special road tax. may work out such lax under the direction of the supervisor of the district wherein such persons reside, and shall be allowed for such work the sum of three dollars per day,; The seyeral county treasurers are here by authorized and empowered to collect all road tax, • both special and advalorem, levied in each year as required, by law: for the court having jurisdiction; one-half of the fine, so collected shall be paid into the county treasury for the-benefit of‘the common schools of the county in which the offense was committed, and the other half shall be paid to the person or per sons informing the nearest inagis supervisor’s certificate for labor done and performed, or for mater ial furni?hed, on any road or bridge by order of said superi visor shall be allowed the same as his special road tax. S e c . 1797. The supervisor shall notify every person within his road district subject to road labor as aforesaid, to perform one day’s work in each year upon the pub lic roads, and if any person subject to road labor as aforesaid, shall, after three days’ notice, either per sonally.or by writing left at his usual place of abode by the super visor or'any other persoi^t under his direction, neglect or refuse to pay the said three dolllars to the supervisor, attend by himself or suitable substitute-at the time and place designated by the supervi sor, or having attended, shall re fuse to obey the directions of the supervisor, or shall pass his lime in idleness or inattention to labor or duties assigned him,' every such deliquent shall hereby become liable for iheamoun.t pfrhis special road tax' in money; and if such person has. no real estate assessed in hi's name, it shall be the duly of the superviser to make com plaint before Hie district judge, or some justice of the peace, setting forth the facts of such notice and iefusal to perform the required labor or to pay the money, when, if such charge be sustained after a hearing, the delinquent shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be fined not less than five nor more than ten dollars, to gether with all costs; such’fines to collected as in ordinarv criminal.be . « actions and to be paid into t,he county treasury for the use of;the- road fund in his district.; if not paid, to be enforced by arrest and imprisonment at hard labor on. any public road at the rate of, three dollars per day. S e c . 1798. Every pèrson n o t i fied to labor on the public roads' under the provisions of, this act shall be required to immediately, pay said sum of three dollars ($3) to^ the supervisor,or appear at the place appointed by the,supervisor at. the hour of eight o’clock in the forenoon, with . such.' necessary tools and implements as said su pervison may direct, and work in dustriously and diligently, doing at least eight hours’ work-faith fully in each day at ».such ‘ work and in such manner as shall be directed by the supervisor; and such supervisor may if he deem necessary, procure from any resi dent of his district a team of mi ployed or used on the roads under the direction of such supervisor, and shall allow .such person a reasonable compensation ihere- ior, not to exceed five dollars per dav’’ for the use of such team, wagon, cart, scraper or plow, and driver. S ec . 1799. For the purpose of collecting said special road tax, it shall be the duty of the board of commissioners of each county to provide blank printed receipts for such special road tax, which shall have pioperstub?, with memoran dum of names, amount, and date attached; and such, blank receipts, so many as may be deemed neces sary* shall be delivered by the. clerk of the board of commission ers to the road supervisors, an.d each road supervisor shall receipt to the clerk for the number of blanks of special road tax receipts respectively received by him. The road supervisor shall give the proper receipt for each special road tax collected by him and make the proper memorandum on the corresponding stub; and lie shall, on the first Monday in each month, pay over to the county treasurer all menevs collected by him during the preceding month, and take the treasurer’s receipt therefor, and return to the board of commissioners at each of-their n regular sessions, or at any other, time required by the board, all stubs of receipts given, all blank {Continued on fourthpag *.) ti , j i V ’ * ...... .aànAu *•
