1872 Terr. of Mont. Laws 562
| dc.coverage.spatial | Montana [Territory] | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-10-24T02:41:42Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-11-12T14:41:18Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-03-17T02:51:07Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1872 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Ch. 63, § 1: It shall be the duty of any keeper of the arsenal, military stores, ammunition, arms and ordnance belonging to this territory . . . to report to the governor in writing the amount of such military stores and ammunition, and a list and description of such arms and ordinance in his possession and within his knowledge | |
| dc.description.summary | Section 1. It shall be the duty of any keeper of the arsenal, military stores, ammunition arms, and ordnance belonging to this territory, on the first day of February, A. D eighteen hundred and seventy-two, and on the first of January of each year thereafter, to report to the governor in writing the amount of such military stores and ammunition, and a list and description of such arms and ordinance in his possession and within his knowledge. Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of keeper to take care of and pre serve the same, and deliver the same only upon the written order of the governor. Sec. 3. Such keeper shall, before entering upon the duties of his office, file with the territorial secretary his official bond, in the sum of one thousand dollars, with two good and sufficient sureties, to be approved by the governor , conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of his office, and shall also file his oath of office with the secretary; and any such keeper now holding such office, shall within thirty days file such bond and official oath, or his office will be deemed vacant. Sec. 4. The governor is hereby authorized to collect at the capital all the arms and ammunition, ordnance, military stores and equipments, and place them in a suitable building in charge of a keeper, at a salary not to exceed two hundred dollars per annum. Sec. 5. It shall be the duty of the governor to require of any person to whom such arms, ammunition, ordnance, military stores or equipments may be delivered, to execute a bond to the territory in the sum not to exceed the value thereof with such sureties as may be approved by him, conditioned for the safe keeping of the same, and the return thereof on the demand of the governor, unless the same shall have been delivered to the county commissioners of any county when the same shall be charged to such county at the value thereof to be returned when called for by the governor. Sec. 6. The sum of one hundred and fifty dollars is hereby appropriated out of the territorial treasury to defray the expense of collecting such arms, &c., as required in section four. | |
| dc.description.summary | The law established oversight and accountability requirements for the territory’s military arms, ammunition, and equipment, requiring inventories, secure storage, and controlled distribution under the governor’s authority. It also provided for the consolidation of military supplies at the capital and required bonds from officials or recipients responsible for safeguarding them. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.firearmsresearchcenter.org/id/frc0001/4475 | |
| dc.relation.isreferencedbyGoogle | https://www.google.com/books/edition/Laws_Memorials_and_Resolutions_of_the_Te/rLEwAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Montana+laws&printsec=frontcover | |
| dc.subject | ARMED FORCES | |
| dc.title | 1872 Terr. of Mont. Laws 562 |