Montana Code Annotated
Part 22. Creation of New Counties by Petition
7-2-2242. Conduct of business by commission

7-2-2242. Conduct of business by commission. (1) The commissioners provided for in 7-2-2241 shall, within 10 days after the notice of the appointment, meet at the county seat of the new county and organize by electing from their number a presiding officer and also by electing a secretary, who may not be a member of the commission. Thereafter, the commission may meet at a place that it may select. A majority of the commissioners constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business.
(2) (a) The commission may compel by citation or subpoena, signed by its presiding officer and secretary, the attendance of persons and the production of books and papers before the commission that may be required in the performance of the duties imposed by this part, except that the official records of any county or counties from which the new county was formed may not be taken away from the county seat of the original county.
(b) It is the duty of the sheriff of any county to execute in that county all lawful orders and citations of the commission, and for the services performed, the sheriff is allowed the same fees that are allowed for services in civil actions.
(c) All witnesses attending before the commission are entitled to the same compensation and mileage that is allowed to witnesses in courts of record. A witness may not be excused from attendance at the time and place mentioned in the order or citation by reason of the failure of the officer making the service to tender to the witness fees and mileage in advance.
History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 226, L. 1919; re-en. Sec. 4397, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 4397, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 16-510(part); amd. Sec. 270, Ch. 61, L. 2007.

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