The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-03-27


AN ACT to amend Section % of Article 3, OF
Chapter of the General Statutes OF Mime
sofa. for 1860. i'm relation to the laying out OF
Cartways.
BE It enacted By tie LEGISLATURE Of MSe '"eof
Minnesota:
Section /. That section % OF article 3, OF
chapter of the general laws OF Minnesota Tor
1869. be and the same is hereby amended so Us
to read as follows:
yisors shall not be less than four rods wide:
procided that the Supervisors of the several
towns shall have power to lay out cartways two
rods wide when petitiOned for by the person
desiring the same. The cost of Surveying and
locating said cart way shall be paid by the town
as is provided by law i'm the laying out of pub
lie roads, and the damages to the lands through
or upon which the cart ways shall be laid out
shall be paid by the person for whose benefit
the said cartway shall be laid and the damages
in this section mentioned shall be ascertained
and an appeal had in the same manner as in
the case of public roads, and the Town Clerk
shall record such cartways in the same man
ncr as is provided in the case OF public roads.
Sec. ,. 1t shall be lawful for the owner or
occupant of any enclosed land through which
said cartway may be located to make and
maintain good and sufficient gates at the en-
trance of such cartways through such inclo-
sure, and any person who having opened such
gates shall fail to close the same, or who shall
throw down or damage such gates, shall on
conviction thereof before any Justice of the
Peace of the proper county, be fined in any sum
not exceeding ten nor less than five dollars.
Sec. 3. This act shall be in force from and af-
ter its passage.
Approved, February 16, 1868.
AN ACT To Provide for the Assessment and
Collection of Poll Tax for State Purposes.
BE enacted by tie Legislature q, the State Of Min
neSOtd:
Section ]. That every white male inhabitant
or legal voter of the State of Minnesota, above
the age OF twenty-One years, except soldiers in
the United States service, shall be liable to q
poll tax of one dollar. to be assessed and col
lected in manner hereinafter provided, and to
be applied to State purposes by special appro-
priatiOn.
Sec. 2. 1t shall be the duty of the several
town or city clerks throughout this State with
in eighteen days after the annual town meet
ings on the first Tuesday in April in the year
1868, and on the first day of January in each
succeeding year, to make out an alphabetical
list of all persons living in said town or city
subject to poll tax rs provided for in section
] OF this act. and shall tile the same in the Town
Clerks office, and shall Immediately deliver q
certified copy thereof to the town or city trel-
surer.
Sec. 3. The town or city treasurer having
bCCu nitilllltu uIlUCl TIC l1ONISlOuS VI W
act as town OF city treasurer, shall immediate
ly proceed to collect the sum of one dollar, as
provided for in section of this act, from every
person on his list liable to pay poll tax, and
upon the payment of the same in current funds
or in State Warrants, shall givea receipt there
for and shall mark the word paid opposite
each name and the said treasurer is hereby en-
powered TO place upon his list from time to
time, the name of any person not found in said
list subject to Il poll tax. Provided, That no
person shall be liable to pay poll tax in more
than one town in this State in any one year I'M
der the provisions Of this act Provided, also,
that no person who shall remove into this State
after the first day Of June in any year, snail be
liable TO pay poll tax under the provisions of
this act for that year.
Sec. t. The town or city Treasures are here
by empowered to collect the poll tax due from
any person liable to pay the same, by distress
and sale Of any of the personal property be-
longing to said person. or so much thereof rs
may be necessary to pay said tax with costs !:
and for the purposes herein named, the town or
city Treasurer shall have the same power and
be governed 10y the same law as is or may he
applicable To the collection Of taxes upon per-
sonal property.
Sec. ). 1t shall be the duty Of the town or
city Treasurer upon the Goth day OF June,
in the year 1868, and the second Monday in
February i'll each year thereafter, to exhibit to
the County Treasurer the certified list as fur
nished him OF persons liable to poll tax, to-
Sether with such names as may have been adj
dcd thereto, and shall at such time pay over to
the County Treasurer in current funds or in
State Warrants, a sum equal to the amount OF
tax collected as appearing upon the said list,
less five per cent. upon the same when the
amount collected does not exceed two hundred
dollars, and three per cent. upon all over two
hundred dollars, which may be retained by the
town or city Treasurer as fees for such collec-
-hor cl,ol
give the town or city Treasurer receipt fol
the amount paid him, together with the amount
allowed him as per centage for collection such
receipt shall be cOuntersigned by the County
Auditor who shall file an exact copy of the
same, and shall charge the amount to the
County Treasurer. P"ocided, that in case the
said town or city Treasurer shall fail to make
his return as herein provided on or before the
time herein specified for such return, then the
town or city Treasurer shall forfeit one PEI
cent. Of his fees for collection for every day he
shall so neglect to make his return, and shall
also be liable to a suit for misdemeanOr.
Sec. q. The town or city Treasurer shall at
the time of his payment to the County TreaslI-
rer make and subscribe an oath that he has
used every means in his power to collect the
said poll tax aud that after diligent search he
has been unable to find any personal property
upon which to distrain for any poll tax remain
ing unpaid upon his list The said list shall
tilCh NC HiCu III luc SOuuty AuultOrS OIIlce,
who shall inform the State Auditor the number
of polls assessed in his county, the number paid,
the number remaining unpaid, and the amount
allowed as fees for collection.
Sec. Z. The State Auditor shall charge each
county with the amount of polls assessed, and
credit the amount paid him, the amount OF
fees, and the amount uncollected Any officer
failing to perform his duties as provided in THU
act shall he guilty of misdemeanOr, and liable
to Il fine Of fifty dollars
Sec. g. This act shall take effect from and
after its passage.
Approved, March 3, 1868.