resident of the district since his last previous registration and he is fully qualified to be registered.

Section 1215. During the time intervening between the closing of any registration of electors and the day of the next ensuing election, each registry agent must carefully copy from the official register into suitable books, one for each election precinct within his district, the names of the electors registered for such election precinct, alphabetically arranged (the surname first) entering opposite each name the number it bears on the official register together with words requiring challenges and all other entries therein found opposite the name. The registry agent must. also prepare in suitable books to be known as "check lists" one for each election precinct a list of the names of all electors found on the official register for such election precinct alphabetically arranged (the surname first) with the number each name bears in the official register placed at the left of the name and with a blank column at the right for the use of the judges at election headed with the words "Voted at the general election 18-.

Section 1216. The copy of the official register together with the "check lists" for each election precinct must be carefully prepared and duly certified to by the registry agent and delivered together with the affidavits mentioned in the preceding sections of this chapter to one of the judges of election, in each election precinct not later than the day next. preceding that on which such election is to be held, and such copy of the official, register, "check list," affidavits and any surrendered certificate of registration must be preserved and transmitted by the judges of election to the county clerk of the county, as part of the election returns of said precinct. If any registry agent refuses or fails to furnish to the judges of election of any precinct, the lists of electors, provided for in section 1215 the judges of election are authorized to take a copy of the printed or writen lists of electors, provided for in this chapter, and conduct the election in said precinct, in accordance with the provisions of this title and their returns must show the reason for using such lists instead of the regular lists, herein provided at such election.

Section 5. Section No person shall be entitled to vote at any election mentioned in this Act unless his name shall, on the day of election, appear in the copy of the official register or check lists, furnished by the registry agents to the judges of election, at the precinct at which he offers to vote, except as otherwise provided in this Chapter; and the fact that his

Section 1234 is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

name so appears in the check lists and in the copy of the official register, in the possession of the judges of election, shall be prima facie evidence of his right to vote; Provided, that when the judges shall have good reason to believe, or when they shall be informed by a qualified elector that the person offering to vote is not the person who was so registered in that name, the vote of such person shall not be received until he shall have proved his identity as the person who was registered in that name. Approved March 9, 1897.

SENATE BILL NO. 74.

An Act authorizing the issuance of bonds to provide for the payment of outstanding warrants and for the erection and completion of a building for the school of mines at the City of Butte and providing for the payment of interest thereon, and repealing of sections 1584, 1600 and 1601 of the Political Code of Montana.

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

Section 1. The Board of School of Mines Commissioners and the State Board of Land Commissioners of the State of Montana are hereby authorized to issue and dispose of bonds for the purpose of erecting a building to be known as the "School of Mines Building" to be located in the City of Butte, Montana, under the following conditions and restrictions, to-wit: First. The aggregate amount of bonds authorized by this Act shall not exceed the sum of One Hundred and Twenty Thousand Dollars ($120,000.) Second.

The denomination of each bond shall be one hundred dollars, or any multiple thereof, but the maximum amount of any bond shall not exceed the sum of One Thousand Dollars.

Third. The term of said bonds shall not exceed thirty years from their date, and they shall be payable at any time after fifteen years from their date at the option of the issuers.

Fourth. The bonds may bear any rate of interest not in excess of six per centum per annum, and the interest may be payable semi-annually. Fifth. The principal and interest shall be payable at such place and in such manner as is designated in the bond.

Sixth. The Board of School of Mines Commissioners and the State

Board of Land Commissioners shall prescribe the form of the bond, the bonds shall bear upon their face the words "School of Mines Building Bond of the State of Montana" and they shall be signed by the members of the Board of School of Mines Commissoners and the State Board of Land Commissioners and shall be countersigned by the Secretary and the Treasurer of the State and the seal of the State, shall be affixed to each bond, and the bonds shall be registered in the office of the State Treasurer.

Seventh. The coupons representing the interest on the bonds shall be signed by the State Treasurer, or an engraved or lithographic facsimile of the signature of the Treasurer may be affixed thereto provided it is so authorized in the bond.

Section 2. The bonds provided for in this act shall be disposed of by the Board of School of Mines Commissioners and the State Board of Land Commissioners in such a manner as they shall deem it for the best interests of the State, provided, that no bond shall be disposed of for less than its par value.

Section 3. To provide for the payment of the interest and principal of the bonds authorized by this act, there is hereby created a special fund to be known as "The School of Mines Building Interest and Sinking Fund," into which shall be paid all sums of money realized from sales of lands, licenses to cut trees, leasing of lands, profits of any and all other sources by reason of the grants of lands by Congress to the State of Montana for the establishment and maintenance of a school of mines, as provided by sections 12 and 17 of an act of the United States Congress entitled "An Act to provide for the division of Dakota into two states, and to enable the people of North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington to form constitutions and State Governments, and to be admitted into the Union on an equal footing with the original States, and to make donations of public lands to such States," approved February 22nd, 1889, and from said "School of Mines Building Interest and Sinking Fund" there shall, as the same become due and payable, be paid the interest on said bonds; and it is further provided, that it is the duty of the "State Board of Land Commissioners" whenever there are any funds in the said "School of Mines Building Interest and Sinking Fund" over and above the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars in excess of the amount required to pay the yearly interest on said bonds, to invest such excess funds in the manner set forth and provided in section 4 of this act, and the amount so invested shall constitute a "permanent fund" to pay the

principal of the said bonds; but all interest or profit derived from the investment shall be paid into the said "School of Mines Building Interest and Sinking Fund" and the principal and interest of the said bonds shall be a first lien upon said funds; and all the lands granted and belonging to the State, for the purpose of establishing and maintaining a School of Mines.

Section 4. The State Board of Land Commissioners are hereby authorized and directed to create a "permanent fund" for the payment of the bonds authorized by this act, from the following revenues, to-wit: Whenever the revenues in any year are sufficient to pay the interest on the said bonds and there shall be in excess thereof the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars, then any and all funds over and above the said sum of twenty-five hundred dollars shall be invested for the benefit of the "School of Mines Building Interest and Sinking Fund" as follows, to-wit:

First. In the bonds authorized by this act, provided they can be purchased at a cost not exceeding their par value and accrued interest.

Second. In any legally issued bonds of any county, school district, city or town of the State of Montana, provided they can be purchased at a cost not exceeding their par value and interest.

Third. In any legally issued General Fund Warrants of the State of Montana, or any legally issued warrants of county, city or town of the State of Montana, provided they can be purchased at a cost not exceeding their par value and accrued interest; and the said Board of Land Commissioners are hereby granted discretionary power in the selection and purchase of the securities herein before described, as to the amount of each they shall purchase and conditions of general credit affecting the same.

Section 5. It is hereby provided and set forth, that in the event the State of Montana shall at any time provide and pay the interest, or any part thereof, on the bonds authorized by this act, from the general fund of the State, or by any special appropriation made or tax levied therefor, then for any and all interest so paid, the State shall be reimbursed from the said "School of Mines Building Interest and Sinking Fund", by the payment of the amount so paid or due, whenever there is sufficient money in said "School of Mines Building Interest and Sinking Fund" to pay the same.

Section 6. The State Treasurer is hereby designated as the custodian of the funds provided by this act and he shall pay all warrants properly

drawn by the "Board of School of Mines Commissioners" save and excepting as to the interest on the bonds, which he shall pay as the same becomes due and charge the amount thereof to the "School of Mines Building Interest and Sinking Fund hereinbefore created.

Section 7. All moneys received from the sale of the bonds authorized by this act shall be paid to the State Treasurer, and shall constitute a special fund for the erection of the "School of Mines Building, and shall be disbursed by the State Treasurer on warrants properly drawn by the "Board of School of Mines Commissioners" and including all warrants heretofore drawn by the "Board of School of Mines Commissioners" and registered prior to the passage of this act.

Section 8. Whenever any of the bonds authorized by this Act shall become due and payable, and there is sufficient funds to pay the same, they shall be called in and paid in the order of their issuance, beginning with the lowest number.

Section 9. The cost and expenses of issuing the bonds herein before authorized may be paid out of the proceeds thereof, or be chargeable to the expense of the construction of the building.

Section 10. In the event there shall not at any time be sufficient money in the "School of Mines Building Interest and Sinking Fund" to pay the interest when due, the State Board of Land Commissioners and the Board of School of Mines Commissioners shall, by an order entered on their minutes or record books, cause warrants to be issued on the said "School of Mines Building Interest and Sinking Fund" for the amount of interest due, and the warrants so issued shall be registered in the office of the Treasurer of the State, and shall bear interest at the rate of six per centum per annum, and said warrants shall be paid by the State Treasurer whenever there is sufficient money accumulated in said fund to pay the same, and by reason of the delivery of said warrants to the holders of said bonds and the surrender of the interest coupons, there shall be no default in the payment of interest.

Section 11. Nothing in this Act shall be so construed as to in any wise hold the State of Montana liable for the payment of the bonds herein authorized, except as to the lien heretofore created against the lands and funds granted for the purpose of establishing and maintaining the School of Mines and which lien shall not be abridged, annulled or set aside until the bonds authorized by this act shall have been fully paid, together with the interest thereon and the Governor is hereby specially authorized and