20-8-101. Montana school for deaf and blind -- independent institution. The school for the deaf and blind, formerly located at Boulder in connection with the Montana state training school but transferred before July 1, 1943, to the city of Great Falls, shall be known and designated as the Montana school for the deaf and blind and shall be conducted as a separate and independent unit and institution of the state of Montana under the general supervision, direction, and control of the board of public education. However, the transfer of that school or any change in the name thereof or in the objects or purposes thereof may not be considered or construed to impair or work any forfeiture or alteration of any rights, grants, or property made to or acquired by that school or by the state for the use and benefit of that school prior to July 1, 1943.

     History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 182, L. 1943; amd. Sec. 39, Ch. 266, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 80-102; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 151, L. 1983.