COUNCIL JOINT RESOLUTION

In relation to the keeping, clothing, and maintenance of territorial convicts.

Be it resolved, by the legislative assembly of the territory of Montana, That the words "one and one-half dollars," mentioned in an act entitled "An act to authorize the governor to contract for the keeping, clothing, and maintenance of territorial convicts, and to furnish them clothing when discharged," be so construed as to read, "one and one-half dollars, in United States currency." And the territorial auditor is hereby required to issue territorial warrants for such amounts as may be necessary to pay for such maintenance, clothing, and keeping of such convicts; and the governor and auditor are authorized and required to sell the same, at the highest price that can be obtained therefor, in United States currency, and apply the proceeds of such sale to the payment of all sums due, or that may become due the United States, under the provisions of said act: Provided, That the auditor shall conspicuously put a notice in his office for thirty days previous to his selling such warrants, stating the amount of United States currency he shall require at a given time, and requesting written bids for the same.

Approved January 12, 1872.

COUNCIL JOINT RESOLUTION

As to act entitled "An act revising, re-enacting, and codifying the general and permanent laws of Montana Territory."

Resolved by the councils, the house of representatives concurring, That the act entitled "An act revising, re-enacting, and codifying (the) general and permanent laws of Montana Territory, this day passed both houses of the legislative assembly, be considered as an enrolled act, and the president of the council and the speaker of the house of representatives are hereby requested to sign said act as an enrolled bill.

Approved January 12, 1872.

HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION

Authorizing the secretary of the territory to discharge certain duties.

Resolved by the house of representatives, the council concurring, That in comparing and arranging the copies of the laws of the

seventh session of the legislative assembly of the territory of Montana, the secretary of the territory be, and is hereby, instructed and authorized to make such correction in the orthography and punctuation of the said copies as he shall deem necessary to complete the sense of the laws: Provided, That when words and clauses are inserted, such change shall be denoted by enclosing such words and clauses in brackets; and that as soon as practicable, after said laws are printed, the secretary of the territory shall furnish, and he is hereby authorized to do the same, each member of the council and house of representatives of said assembly, and the chief clerk of each house and each county and territorial officer, with two copies of the laws passed at the seventh session of said assembly, and two copies each of the journals of each house; also each assistant clerk, engrossing and enrolling clerk, sergeantat-arms, door-keeper, and fireman of said assembly, one copy of all the laws and journals of both houses: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to bind the territory of Montana for the payment of the printing of said laws and journals.

Approved January 8, 1872.

HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION

To authorize the joint committee on enrolment to employ a clerk or clerks for certain purposes.

Resolved by the house of representatives, the council concurring, That the joint committee on enrolment be, and is hereby, authorized to employ a clerk or clerks, if found necessary to assist the engrossing and enrolling clerks of either house, in the performance of their official duties, and that such clerk or clerks shall be allowed and paid the sum of $12 per day for services actually performed: Provided, That mileage to or from the capital shall not be allowed nor paid to any such clerk or clerks employed by said committee, and the territorial auditor is hereby authorized to draw his warrant in favor of such clerk or clerks upon an order properly certified to by the members of said joint committee, and said joint committee shall, immediately after issuing such certificate to such clerk or clerks, report the fact to their respective houses, stating the time such clerk or clerks have been employed and the amount for which such certificate has been issued.

Approved January 4, 1872.

HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION

In relation to pay for newspapers.

Resolved by the house, the council concurring, That the auditor be, and he is hereby, authorized to draw his warrants, one in favor of G. F. Cope for the sum of twelve hundred dollars ($1200), one in favor of Fisk & Bro. for the sum of two hundred and sixteen dollars, one in favor of Kerley, Smith, McQuaid & Co. for the sum of twenty-three dollars and ninety cents, one in favor of Jas. H. Mills for the sum of twenty-three dollars and ninety cents, and one in favor of Wilkinson & Ronan for the sum of two hundred and sixteen dollars; the same being in payment for (news) papers furnished the council and house.

(The foregoing resolution, having been presented to the governor of the territory for his approval, was, on January 11, 1872, returned to the house of representatives, in which it originated, without his approval, and with his objections thereto; the objections were entered at large upon the journal of the house. The vote by which the resolution was passed was reconsidered, and on the question, "Shall this resolution pass, the objections of the gov ernor to the contrary notwithstanding," it was passed by a twothirds vote of the house. The resolution was then immediately sent to the council, together with the objections of the governor; the vote by which the resolution was passed by the council was then reconsidered, and upon the question, "Shall this resolution pass, the objections of the governor to the contrary notwithstanding," it was also passed by a two-thirds vote of the council.

HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION

Granting the governor certain powers.

Resolved by the house, the council concurring, That the executive of this territory be requested to ascertain if the authorities of Idaho Territory are responsible for any part of the costs made in the case of Mallewelle and others for the murder of Allord, in Idaho Territory in 1870, arrested in Missoula County, Montana Territory, and delivered up to the authorities of Idaho by the sheriff of Missoula County, according to the order of Gov. Potts, issued October 3, 1870, and in case said executive shall find any such money due this territory he is hereby authorized to collect the same for the benefit of the treasury of this territory.

Approved January 12, 1872.

HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION

Relating to auditor's and treasurer's reports and accounts.

Be it resolved by the house of representatives of the territory of Montana, the council concurring, That the auditor of the territory of Montana is hereby authorized and required to have printed, for the use of the legislative assembly, five hundred copies, each, of the reports of the auditor and treasurer, and to draw his warrant on the treasurer for the expense incurred in printing the

same.

That the committees already appointed by the house and council to examine and report upon the auditor's and treasurer's books, constitute a joint committee for that purpose, and said committee shall examine and report upon said books and accounts, including the books and accounts of the territorial treasurer, and said examination and report shall embrace all accounts of said officers since the report made by the joint committee of ways and means of the council and house of representatives of the legislative assembly, at their sixth session; and that said joint select committee is hereby empowered to send for books, papers, and persons, to administer oaths, and to employ in their labors such expert accountants as they shall find necessary to facilitate their labors.

Approved December 23, 1871.

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