Montana Attorney General Opinion 15-20

Opinion No. 20 Clerk of Cou~al-Concealed Weap- on, Certificate of Application to Carry-Foos. HELD: It is obligatory upon the Clerk of the Court to make a charge of $.50 for attaching his seal to a cer- tificate. January 11, 1933. You ha,e requested my opinion on whet'her the Clerk of· the Court's office should make a charge of $.50 for at- taching its seal to a certificate of an application to carry concealed weapons. ·We have to advise that it is the opinion of this office that the collection of such fee is obligatory upon your office as Clerk of the Court. Section 11306 provides that there shall be no charge for filing petitions but Section 4918 also provides that the Clerk of the Court shall charge $.50 for attaching the court's seal to each certificate. The rule of construction of the courts is that if two or more stat- utes seem to conflict the courts will at- tempt to give effect to both so far as possible and the filing of a petition such as you refer to and the attaching of the court's seal to certificates are two sep- a ra te propositions.