Mont. Code Ann. § 7-14-2822

Every applicant for authority to erect and take tolls on a public ferry must publish notice as provided in 7-1-2121, specifying the location and the time when and place where the application will be made. Publication must be made in at least one newspaper in each county in which the ferry is or touches or, if there is no newspaper published in the county, then in one published in an adjoining county.