SEC. 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and

after its passage.

[Approved January 9, 1865.]

AN ACT to incorporate the Montana Gold and Silver Mining Company.

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

SEC. 1. That for the purpose of developing the gold, silver, and other mineral resources of the country and encouraging the prospecting and mining interests of the Territory of Montana, William L. McMath, Alexander B. Davis, John W. Alley, William Y. Lovell, Wilbur F. Saunders, and A. L. Justice of the city of Virginia, William H. Miller, George Chrisman, and Benjamin S. Peabody of Bannock in said Territory, and such other persons as may hereafter become associated with them and their successors, be, and they are hereby, constituted a body corporate and politic, by the name and style of the Montana Gold and Silver Mining Company, for the term of fifteen years, and by and under such corporate name may make contracts and be contracted with, sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, in all courts of law or equity in this Territory, and may have and use a common seal, and alter the same at

pleasure.

SEC. 2. Any five of the corporators named in this act may proceed to open books for the subscription to the capital stock of said company, after giving ten days notice thereof by posting three printed or written notices of the time and place of the same in three public places in the city of Virginia, in this Territory. When an amount of stock is subscribed of ten thousand dollars they may proceed to organize under this act; and there shall be elected from the stockholders of said corporation five directors, who may serve for one year, and until their successors are elected, and from the said directors there shall be elected a president, and also there shall be elected a secretary and treasurer, but the offices of secretary and treasurer may be united in one person if deemed necessary.

SEC. 3. The capital stock of said company shall be twenty-five thousand dollars, which may be increased from time to time to a sum not exceeding the sum of five hundred thousand dollars, to be represented by certificates, in sums of fifty dollars for each share paid in. Said stock shall be deemed personal property, and transferable by endorsement, or on the books of said company. The said company shall have power to establish an office in the city of Virginia, in this Territory, and in the city of New York, for the transaction of their business, if deemed necessary. The stockholders shall be liable only to the amount of stock severally held by them in said company.

SEC. 4. The board of directors of said corporation may pass such by-laws and regulations for their government as they may deem expedient, not inconsistent with the laws of the United States or the laws of this Territory, and may alter or amend the same at any regular meeting of the board of directors.

SEC. 5. The said Montana Gold and Silver Mining Company may prospect for, and shall have power in the name of said corporation to pre-empt lode or lead claims of whatever kind, nature, or description, not exceeding the number now limited, or which may hereafter be limited by law, which said lode or lead claims shall be joint property of the several stockholders of said corporation, with the power to acquire and hold by purchase or otherwise any lode or lead claims, real estate, and other property of whatever description, for the purpose of carrying on the business of mining, crushing, smelting, or otherwise extracting or separating the minerals of whatever sort or description from the ore, quartz, or pyrites, either by water or steam, and for the purpose of mining may make or construct railroads, drive tunnels, sink shafts, and do and perform any and all other matters and things necessary and requisite to be done for mining, either by arastras, furnaces, or quartz mills, with the necessary machinery belonging and attached thereto.

SEC. 6. The said corporation is authorized to sell, convey, or dispose of any of their property in the manner they may prescribe by the by-laws, rules, or regulations they may make for their government, a copy of said by-laws, rules, or regulations being signed by the president of said board, and certified to by the secretary of said corporation, and recorded in the office of the recorder of deeds

of the county in which said real estate, lode or lead claim or claims, or other property may be located.

SEC. 7. This act to be in force from and after its passage. [Approved January 9, 1865.]

AN ACT to provide for the Compensation of Henry Thompson for Services rendered the Territory.

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

SEC. 1. There shall be, and is hereby, appropriated out of the Territorial treasury the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars, to be paid to Henry Thompson for money expended and time employed in the pursuit of G. Kelley, the murderer of R R. Dorsett and John White, on Boulder Creek, in Jefferson County.

SEC. 2. The Territorial auditor is hereby authorized and instructed to draw his warrant on the Territorial treasurer for the sum named in the first section of this act, in favor of Henry Thompson, which shall be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.

SEC. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval by the governor.

[Approved January 11, 1865.]

AN ACT to incorporate the Jefferson Town Company.

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

SEC. 1. That Nathaniel Merriman, Philip Shenon, and others, who are or may be associated with them for that purpose, and their successors, are hereby incorporated a body politic and corporate, by the name and style of the Jefferson Town Company, and by that name shall be capable of suing and being sued, impleading and

being impleaded, defending and being defended in all courts of law and equity in this Territory having jurisdiction in such cases. Said company is authorized to have and use a common seal, to alter the same at pleasure, and make such rules and regulations not incompatible with the laws of the United States, the Organic Act of Montana Territory, or any acts of the legislative assembly of Montana Territory, and appoint such officers for the management of its affairs as the company may deem necessary.

SEC. 2. The said corporation shall have power to hold, manage, and control one hundred and sixty acres of land now owned and occupied by said Town Company, and to sell, improve, or convey the lots, or any part of said tract, not incompatible with the laws of the United States, the Organic Act of Montana Territory, or any of the acts of the legislative assembly of the Territory of Montana.

SEC. 3. The said company shall have power to make additions to the said town tract as they may deem consistent, not intruding or infringing on the rights or prior possession of any other person

or persons.

SEC. 4. This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

[Approved January 11, 1865.]

AN ACT to incorporate the Hell Gate and Deer Lodge Wagon Road Company.

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

SEC. 1. That Christy P. Higgins, W. B. S. Higgins and John F. Higgins and their legal associates, representatives and successors are hereby constituted a body corporate and politic by the name and style of the Hell Gate and Deer Lodge Wagon Road Company, and by that name shall be capable of making contracts, of suing and being sued, impleading and being impleaded, in all matters whatsoever, in all courts of law and equity in this Territory, and may have and use a common seal, which may be altered at pleasure. SEC. 2. The capital stock of said company or corporation shall

be twenty-five thousand dollars, and it shall be divided into shares of five hundred dollars each.

SEC. 3. That said company or corporation shall have the power to make, and afterwards alter, all needful rules and regulations for the government of said company and the management of the road constructed by them, and elect a President, Secretary, Treasurer and Superintendent at such time and place as the said company may agree upon, and on the first Monday in April, A. D., 1865, and annually thereafter, to elect a President, Secretary, Treasurer and Superintendent from the shareholders of said company, who shall hold their offices for one year, and until their successors are elected and qualified; Provided, that said company may, if they deem it advisable, unite the offices of President and Superintendent in one person.

SEC. 4. All elections shall be by ballot, and each stockholder shall be entitled to one vote for each share he holds, and votes may be given by proxy.

SEC. 5. Said company are hereby authorized and empowered to make and construct a wagon road, practicable for the use and passage of wagons at all seasons of the year: Commencing at the town of Deer Lodge, in Deer Lodge County, and Territory of Montana, running north down Deer Lodge Creek, to its intersection with Little Blackfoot Creek, then down the Hell Gate River to Hell Gate Valley, through what is known as Hell Gate Canon, said road being in length, about ninety miles, and to have the exclusive right of way, for one mile, on either side of said road.

SEC. 6. The said company shall have the right to construct two Bridges, one across the Big Blackfoot River, and one across the Hell Gate River, at any place on said road through Hell Gate Canon, that said company may select.

SEC. 7. Said company shall have the right to establish and locate two Toll Gates, one at the bridge across the Big Blackfoot River, and one at some point between Flint Creek and the bridge across Hell Gate River, in Hell Gate Canon, and to collect at each said Toll Gate, the following rates of toll, to wit: For each buggy or vehicle, drawn by one horse or mule, one dollar and fifty cents; for each wagon or vehicle, drawn by two horses, mules or oxen, two dollars, and for each additional pair horses, mules or oxen, one dollar; for each head of animals packed, one dollar; for man and