The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1868-04-02
JOURNAL-THURsDAY APRIL

said. The same to be paid by tho State
Treasurer on the warrant of the Governor,
upon the condition following, that is to say
that tho said board Of managers of tho Min
nesota State Reform School shall convey tc
the State OF Minnesota, by sufficient deed Of
conveyance, all tho real estate and property
held in the name Of the House of Refuge of the
State Of Minnesota or otherwise held or owned
by the said Minnesota State Reform School
and the execution of said conveyance shall be
deemed full assent to and acceptance on the
part Of the State Reform School of all the pro,
visions of this act; Provided, That no money
shall be drawn from the State Treasury until
said conveyance is made to the State.
SEC. 8. That so much Of the act entitled
an act to incorporate a House of Refuge for
the State of Minnesota, approved March LIST,
1866, and of the acts amendatory thereof, as
may be inconsistent with the provisions oil
this act is hereby repealed.
Sec. 4. This act shall take effect from and
after its passage.
Approved March 6, 1868.
AN ACT prescribing and defining the further
duties OF County Auditor.
Be 1t enacted By the Legislature of the State Of
Minnesota:
SECTION /. Each County Auditor shall on
or before the first Tuesday Of April, A. D. 1869
and biennially thereafter make out and trans
NIT to the town clerk of each town in his
county, certified copy or abstract of the real
estate assessment roll of said town as equal
lied by county and State boards of equaliza-
ton.
Sec. 2. The County Auditor of each county
shall on or before tho 10th day of March, A.
d. 1868, and annually thereafter, make and
transmit to the town clerk of each town in his
county, certified statement showing the debt
and credit, existing between said town and
county, under the several distinct and appro-
pirate heads of taxation. And all moneys that
the auditor shall receive as fees for services
outside of his salary, he shall return to the
county treasurer under oath.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be
in force from and after its passage.
Approved March 8, 1868.
AN ACT to amend title two, chapter thirty
eight, General Statutes, relating to Public
Lands.
Be 1t enocted by the Legislature of the State OF
Minnesota:
SECTION /. Title two, chapter thirty.eight,
of the General statutes, is hereby amended by
adding at the end thereof as follows, that is
to say:
Sec 81. All lands donated to the State of
Minnesota by the United States, by act of Con-
gress entitled, An act donating to the States of
Minnesota and Oregon certain lands reserved
by Congress for the Territories of Minnesota
and Oregon, for University purposes, approved
March 2, 1861; and an act Of Congress entitled
An act donating public lands to the several
States and Territories which may provide COL
leges for the benefit of Agriculture and the
Mechanic Arts, approved July 2, 1862; and
any part or portion of such lands, upon the
written request of the Board of Regents of the
University OF Minnesota, to the Commissioner
OF the State Land Office, shall be appraised
and sold, and the minimum price thereof
shall be the same, and permits for the cutting
OF timber thereon, and upon any part of the
same, shall be granted, and the minimum price
of such timber shall be fixed, and the right to
cut grass and gather cranberries and make
maple sugrr thereon, or upon any part of the
same. shall be sold, and all moneys arising
therefrom, except as hereinafter provided.
shall be invested, and full record thereof
shall be kept and report thereof shall be
made annually.to the Legislature, and all tres.
passes upon said lands, or any of the same,
shall be prosecuted, by the same officer or
officers, respectively, and in the same manner,
in every respect, as is now provided by law
respecting school lands; except that there
shall be written on the bonds purchased
Bonds of the University of Minnesota, trans
ferable only upon the order of the Governor:
and such officers respectively, shall have the
same powers. and perform the same duties as
are provided by law respecting such school
lands. And the proceeds of the sale of such
lands above mentioned, when so invested,
shall constitute a permanent fund, and the
same shall be called the University Fund =:
and there shall be and is hereby inviolably
appropriated and placed Mt the disposal of the
Board of Regents of the University of Mime.
sofa, to be drawn from the State Treasury in
the same manner as the interest and increase
OF the fund derived from the sales of lands
granted to the State of Minnesota bv act of
Congress, approved July 2, 1862, as now pro.
v'ded by law, all of the interest and increase
of such University Fund; and also all the pro.
ceeds. of the sales of such timber and grass.
Sec. 2. Sec So. Nothing in this act contained
shall in any way modify or affect the powers
conferred by, or the provisions of, section
eight of an act entitled An act to reorganizc
and provide for the government and regulation
OF the University OF Minnesota, and to estab-
lish an Agricultural College therein, approved
feDruary ~, 1868.
SEC. 3. Sec. So. This act shall take effect and
be in force from and after it's passage.
Approved March 5, 1868.
AN ACT to provide for the assessment and
collection of tax for State purposes.
Be 1t enacted By the Legislature Of the State of
Minnesota:
SECTION l. There shall be levied on all the
taxable property in the State of Minnesota, for
the year one thousand eight hundred and six
ty-eight, tax Of five mills upon the dollar for
the use Of the State, including the sum to be
used as sinking fund: and for the interest on
the State debt, under tho provisions of law;
three mills thereof to be applied to the pay
ment Of the current expenses of the State;
one mill thereof to be set apart for the pay
ment of the interest and expenses on State