5-11-204. Secretary of state to assign chapter numbers to new laws. It shall be the duty of the secretary of state, when bills passed by any legislature of Montana are filed in his office as directed in 5-4-302 and 5-4-305, to note thereon the date of filing and to number such bills, except resolutions, in the order of their reception by him, chapter 1 and upwards, using Arabic numerals.

     History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 17, L. 1903; re-en. Sec. 162, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 141, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 141, L. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 82-2209; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 138, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 95, L. 1989.