82-2-403. Penalty for commingling foreign substances with ore. Any person or persons, corporation, association, or partnership which shall, with intent to defraud, in any manner whatever, introduce any foreign substance into any ore or commingle any foreign substance with any ore intended for sale in any smelter or which any person, association, or corporation shall have undertaken for hire to smelt or into any sample retained for tests or assays, as provided in 82-2-402, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than $100 or more than $1,000 or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period of not less than 60 days or more than 12 months or by both such fine and imprisonment.
History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 54, L. 1909; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 44, L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3438, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 3438, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 50-203.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Title 82. Minerals, Oil, and Gas
Part 4. Assaying of Ore and Payment for Consignments
82-2-401. Sampling rooms required
82-2-402. Samples of 50 pounds per ton to be retained until settlement
82-2-403. Penalty for commingling foreign substances with ore
82-2-404. Umpire assayers -- appointment, qualifications, and duties
82-2-406. Violation -- penalty
82-2-407. through 82-2-420 reserved
82-2-421. Time for payment for ores
82-2-422. Violation -- penalty
82-2-423. Statement by purchasers of ore from leased mines
82-2-424. Copy of statement to lessee