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 602 FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 354, 355. 1897. E1·;¤€*°¤ °fof¤¤W And in case any such agent so elected shall refuse to serve, or die, £Zy,m °°°° "` resign, or be removed, any shareholder may call a meeting of the shareholders of such association in the town, city, qr village where thebusii ness of the said association was carried on, y giving notice thereo for thirty daysin a newspaperpublished in said town, city, or village, or if no newspaper is there published, in the newspaper published nearest thereto, at which meeting the shareholders shall elect an agent, voting by ballot, in person or by proxy, each share of stock entitling the holder to one vote, and when such agent shall have received votes representing at least a majority of the stock in value and number of shares, and shall have executed a bond to the shareholders conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties, in the penalty fixed by the shareholders at said meeting, with two sureties, to be approved by a judge of a court of record, and file said bond in the office of the clerk of a court of record in the county where the business of said association was carried on, he shall have all the rights, powers, and duties of the agent Vvm of <¤¤<=¤¤>r¤, first elected as hereinbefore provided. At any meeting held as herein- °t°‘ before provided administrators or executors of deceased shareholders may act and sign as the decedent might have done if living, and guardians of minors and trustees of other persons may so act and sign for Di¤#ri¤·¤¢i<>¤ of ¤¤- their ward or wards or cestui que trust. The proceeds of the assets or °°"' property of any such association which may be undistributed at the time of gugh meeting or may be subsequently received shall be distributed as o ows: F¤P°¤¤°¤· f“Fi{·lst. To pay the expenses of the execution of the trust to the date o suc payment. ,__£;>1>·r¤·¤¤¢*·¤1¤¤=~¤- “Second. To repay an amount or amounts which have been paid in °” °° ° by any stharehol<§1;1pr shareholders of such agsoeiationfupocii and by reason o any an assessments made upon the stocko su association by the order of the Comptroller of the Currency in accordance with the provisions of the statutes of the United States; and ]’*""°"· “Third. The balance ratably among such stockholders, in proportion to the number of shares held and owned by each. Such distribution shall be made irom time to time as the proceeds shall be received and as shall be deemed advisable by the said Comptroller or said agent." Approved, March 2, 1897., llnmh 2, 1997. CHAP. 355.—An Act To establish an additional land office in the State of Montana. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United §*,Q;},*j_’j,*”*j;,_h,ct States of America in Congress assembled, That all that portion of the State · mums. emsurusul of Montana bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a point ”°“""“"°'· on the national boundary line where the same would be intersected by the range line between ranges fourteen and fifteen west of the Montana principal meridian when projected (this line being the present boundary "°*·’°·P·”· between the Helena and Missoula land districts); thence south on said range line between ranges fourteen and fifteen west to the southeast corner of township twenty-two north, range fifteen west; thence west on township line between townships twenty-one and twenty-two north to the southwest corner of township twenty-two north, range twenty- three west; thence north on range line between ranges twenty-three and twenty-four west to the sixth standard parallel north; thence west on said standard parallel to the southwest corner of township twenty- tlve north, range twenty-six west; thence north on range line between ranges twenty-six and twenty-seven west to northeast corner of township twenty-six north, range twenty-seven west; thence west on township line between townships twenty-six and twenty-seven north to the northeast corner of township twenty-six north, range thirty west; thence north on range line between ranges twenty-nine and thirty west to northeast corner of township twenty-seven north, range thirty west; thence west on township line between townships twenty-seven and