shall be the temporary County seat of said County until the permanent County Seat shall be designated as hereinafter provided. And for the purpose of finally fixing and creating the County Seat of the County hereby created, the Board of County Commissioners of Teton County shall cause to be inserted in the official ballots when printed for the general election held the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November A. D. 1894, at the foot of the names of the nominees therein, the following:

"For the County Seat of Teton County...

and the electors when voting at the said general election shall declare their vote upon said proposition by inserting in the blank space upon their ballot herein provided for the name of some one town within said County of Teton, and when the name of a town shall be so inserted in the said space by an elector, and the ballots have been cast, as provided by law, the same shall be deemed a vote for the designated town as the place of the County Seat of Teton County, and upon a canvass of the said ballots, the town having the highest number of votes shall be declared by the canvassing board the County Seat of Teton County which result shall be entered of record in the County Commissioners' books, and from the date of such declaration of result the town so elected shall be and remain until lawfully changed, the County Seat of Teton County. All laws of a general nature applicable to the several Counties of the State of Montana and the officers thereof, are hereby made applicable to said County of Teton, and the officers who may hereafter be elected or appointed therein except as otherwise provided in this Act.

SECTION 2. That the indebtedness of Choteau County, as the same shall exist on the first day of March A. D. 1893, shall be apportioned between the County of Choteau and the County of Teton by first deducting from the said indebtedness all moneys on hand in the Treasury of the said County of Choteau, and all moneys belonging to said County in the possession of or under the control of the County Treasurer thereof; also deducting the value on the first day of March A. D. 1893, of the Court House and furniture and County Jail, said valuation to be determined by a Commission, consisting of two County Commissioners of Choteau County, and two County Commissioners of the County of Teton, and William H. Hunt, Judge of the First Judicial District of the State of Montana, and the valuation of all real estate owned by said County of Choteau, as shown by the books and records of the Board of County Commissioners thereof; the remainder of the indebtedness shall be divided between the Counties of Choteau and Teton in proportion as the taxable property of that portion of the

former embraced within the boundaries as described in this Act organizing the County of Teton, bears to the entire taxable property of the present County of Choteau, taking as the standard therefor the assessment for the year 1892, provided, that the Treasurer of Choteau County shall at the time of the adjustment as herein provided, make -out and transfer to the County Commissioners of Teton County a list of all delinquent taxes and amounts of all uncollected taxes within the limits of the County of Teton as above established; provided, further, that no delinquent taxes due the County of Choteau shall be considered in the adjustment of the debt as hereinbefore provided, but it shall be the duty of the Treasurer of Choteau County to collect such delinquent taxes, and to turn over to the Treasurer of Teton County its pro rata share of such taxes, as he may be able to collect within thirty days after making such collection. And it is further provided, should there be a surplus of funds in the hands of the Treasurer of Choteau County after the adjustment, as hereinbefore provided, said surplus shall be divided between the Counties of Choteau and Teton, in the manner as herein provided for dividing the indebtedness.

SECTION 3. The Commission named in Section two (2) of this bill shall meet at the Court house at Fort Benton, on the first Monday of March A. D. 1893, to adjust the indebtedness between the said Counties named in section two (2) of this Act. When adjusted, if the County of Teton shall be liable for any part thereof, it is hereby made the duty of the County Commissioners of said Teton County, at their first regular session, to cause to be issued to the County Commissioners of Choteau County a warrant therefor equal to the amount of the indebtedness, for which the County of Teton shall under the adjustment herein provided for be liable, which said warrant, if not paid upon presentation to the Treasurer of Teton County, shall be by said Treasurer endorsed “Not paid for want of funds in the Treasury' and shall thereafter bear like rate of interest as other County warrants. SECTION 4. The Treasurer of the County of Choteau shall transfer and pay over to the Treasurer of the County of Teton such moneys as may be on hand on the first day of March A. D. 1893, to the credit of such school districts embraced within the limits of the said County of Teton, and formerly in the County of Choteau. Such moneys shall be received and held by the Treasurer of the County of Teton to the credit, and for the use of the same school districts as they formerly existed in the said County of Choteau.

SECTION 5. The following names presented are hereby appointed to the following offices, set opposite their names respectively: W. S. Clark, County Commissioner.

J. P. Flint, County Commissioner.

C. Wallace Taylor, County Commissioner.
C. L. Bristol, Treasurer.

J. E. Wamsley, Clerk and Recorder.

A. B. Hamilton, Sheriff.

S. F. Ralston, Jr., Assessor.

Sterling McDonald, Clerk of the District Court.

J. G. Bair, Superintendent of Public Instruction.
James Sulgrove, County Attorney.

Byron Coeson, Public Administrator.
J. H. Day, County Surveyor.

S. H. Drake, Coroner.

Who shall have the same powers, duties and privileges as are by law conferred upon like officers in other Counties in this State, and who shall hold their respective offices from the first day of March A. D. 1893, until after the general election to be held A. D. 1894, or until their successors are elected and qualified. Said County Commissioners, before entering upon their duties, shall severally give the bonds, and take the oath required of County Commissioners. Said bond shall be filed with and approved by the State Auditor.

SECTION 6. That at their first meeting the said Commissioners of Teton County are empowered to subdivide said County into Munici pal Townships and establish Road Districts, and they are hereby authorized to appoint two Justices of the Peace and two Constables for each Municipal Township, and one Road Supervisor for each Road District, who shall hold their respective offices until the general election in 1894, and until their successors are elected and qualified.

SECTION 7. Said County Commissioners shall contract for transcribing such part of the public records of Choteau County as they may deem useful and necessary to the County of Teton and its inhabitants, and for that purpose shall have suitable access to the records of Choteau County, the copy of which said record when completed shall be carefully compared with the originals by the County Clerk of Choteau County and if so found he shall certify to their correctness under his official seal and thereafter the copies of said records so transcribed and certified to, shall be admitted and received in evidence in all Courts of Law in this State; and shall in all other respects be entitled to like faith and credit as such original records.

SECTION 8. All township and precinct officers, road supervisors, officers of school districts, and all other officers within and for the County of Teton, whose election or appointment is not provided for shall or may continue to hold the office and exercise the duties pertain

ing thereto until the expiration of the term for which said officers were elected or appointed.

SECTION 9. No Court house shall be constructed by said County of Teton, until the assessed valuation of property within said County shall exceed the sum of three million dollars.

SECTION 10. The County boundaries of Choteau and Missoula Counties are hereby altered, so as to conform to the boundaries of Teton County, as established by this Act.

SECTION 11. The County of Teton shall be attached to and form a part of the Tenth Judicial District, of the State of Montana.

SECTION 12. This Act shall take effect from and after March 1st, 1893.

APPROVED Feby. 7, 1893.

An Act to Create the County of Ravalli; to Define Its Boundaries and to Provide for Its Organization.

Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of Montana: SECTION 1. That portion of the State of Montana, lying and situated within the following boundaries viz:-Beginning at the summit of the Bitter Root range, on the boundary line between the States of Montana and Idaho, at the head waters of Lou Lou Creek, thence in an easterly direction down the channel of said Creek to the boundary line between townships eleven and twelve, north of range twenty, west of the principal meridian, and following said line due east to the eastern boundary line of Missoula County; thence south and easterly along said line to the boundary line between the Counties of Missoula and Beaverhead; thence in a southwesterly direction along. said boundary line to the boundary line between the States of Idaho and Montana; thence in a northerly direction along said line to the place of beginning, be, and the same is hereby created, set apart and established as a County to be known and called Ravalli County. That the Village of Stevensville, situated within said boundaries, shall be the County Seat of the said Ravalli County until some other place within said boundary shall be designated as provided by law.

All laws of a general nature applicable to the several Counties of this State, and the offices thereof are hereby made applicable to said Ravalli County, and the officers who may be hereafter elected or appointed therein.

SECTION 2. That the indebtedness of Missoula County, as the same shall exist on the first day of April, 1893, shall be apportioned

between the County of Missoula and the County of Ravalli by first deducting from said indebtedness the amount of all moneys on hand, and all moneys belonging to said Missoula County, and also deducting the value of all real and personal property within and belonging to said County of Missoula on said first day of April, 1893, and the remainder of said indebtedness shall be apportioned between the respectIve Counties in proportion to the amount of taxable property in each of said Counties, said amount of taxable property to be ascertained and said apportionment and valuation of County property to be made by a commission consisting of the Boards of County Commissioners of Missoula and Ravalli Counties and the Judge of the Third Judicial District of the State of Montana, which said commission shall meet at the Court house in the City of Missoula on the fifteenth day of April 1893, and shall take as the standard for such apportionment of indebtedness the assessment for the year 1892 as determined by the Board of Equalization of said Missoula County.

SECTION 3. The following named persons are hereby appointed to fill the offices set opposite their names respectively to-wit: J. M. Johnson, County Commissioner.

B. S. Chaffin, County Commissioner.
Abe Mettower, County Commissioner.
Thomas Irvine, Sheriff.

John A. Landrum, Treasurer.

R. Gwinn, Clerk of Court.
Charles Johnson, County Clerk.
J. H. Simpson, Assessor.

L. J. Knapp, County Attorney.
J. J. Bond, Superintendent of Schools.
T. B. Owens, Coroner.

G. T. Jones, County Surveyor.

J. W. Lancaster, Public Administrator.

Who shall have the same powers, duties and privileges as are by law conferred upon like officers in other Counties, and who shall hold their respective offices until after the next general election or until their successors are duly elected and qualified. Said County Commissioners before entering on their duties shall severally give the bond and take the oath required of County Commissioners; said bond shall be filed and approved by the State Auditor.

SECTION 4. At the next general election three County Commissioners shall be voted for in the County of Ravalli. The two persons receiving the highest number of votes for County Commissioner shall