MATTER OF SENATE BILL NO. 23, CH. NO. 491

No. 12980.

540 P.2d 975 (1975)

In the Matter of the Interpretation of SENATE BILL NO. 23 CHAPTER NO. 491, MONTANA SESSION LAWS OF 1973. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MISSOULA COUNTY, Montana, Appellant, v. J. G. "Bud" LAMOREAUX et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided October 1, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Woodahl, Atty. Gen., James Walsh, Asst. Atty. Gen., appeared, Helena, Robert L. Deschamps III, County Atty., Harold V. Dye, argued, Missoula, for appellant.

Garlington, Lohn & Robinson, George D. Goodrich, argued and Jack L. Green II, argued, Missoula, Dennis Wood, pro se, for respondents.


CASTLES, Justice.

This is an appeal from a declaratory judgment entered in an action brought in the fourth judicial district, Missoula County, Hon. Jack L. Green presiding.

On March 13, 1973, Senate Bill No. 23 was enacted by the Forty-Third Legislative Assembly to be effective July 1, 1973. Section 1 of that bill, which is now section 93-413, R.C.M. 1947, provides:

"Salaries of justices of the peace. The board of county commissioners shall...

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