Montana Code Annotated 2001

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     85-8-308. Oath and bond of commissioners -- quorum. (1) Before entering upon their duties such commissioners shall:
     (a) take and subscribe an oath to support The Constitution of the United States and The Constitution of the State of Montana, to faithfully and impartially discharge their duties as such commissioners, and to render a true account of their doings to the court by which they are appointed, whenever required by law or the order of the court; and
     (b) execute a bond running to the clerk of said court and his successors in office as obligees, to be filed with said clerk for the benefit of the parties interested, in an amount to be fixed by the court or presiding judge and with sureties to be approved by the court or presiding judge, conditioned for the faithful discharge of their duties as such commissioners and the faithful accounting for and application of all moneys which shall come into their hands as such commissioners.
     (2) A majority shall constitute a quorum, and a concurrence of a majority in any matter within their duties shall be sufficient to its determination.

     History: En. Sec. 17, Ch. 129, L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 7281, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 7281, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 89-2218.

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