Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-03-09

several Wards in the City of Saint Paul, and
also in the several Townships in Ramsey county.
By order of the Board of County Commits
sioners of Ramsey county, Mimi.
s. LEE DAVIS, County Auditor,
81 Ramsey County, MINI.
An Act to authorize the board county COM
missioners of Ramsey county to issue bonds
of said county for the construction of a free
bridge across the Mississippi river at or near
Fort Smelling
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of
SEC. l. That the board of county COM
missioners of Ramsey county are hereby author
lied and empoSsred to issue at any time within
three (3) years alter the date of the approval of
this act the bonds of said county with coupons
to the amount of one hundred thousand
($1OO, 1000 dollars, or SO much thereof as may
be necessary for the purpose of aiding in con-
structing free wagon bridge at point within
distance of eighteen hundred feet Il 5000 north
of the ferry crossing at Fort Smelling, with
stone abutments or stone and iron abutments
and iron superstructure across the Mississippi
river at or near Fort Smelling, between the mill
tary reservation of the United States, upon
which said fort is located and point nearly OPP
posite said fort in said county, and the pro-
ceeds of said bonds shall be used and expended
under and by virtue of the provisions of chap
ter one hundred and twenty-five (125) of the
| special laws of eighteen hundred and seventy
| six Q876), entitled an act to authorize and pro-
vide for the construction of free bridge across
the Mississippi river at or near Fort Smelling,
and to lay out suitable roads and approaches
thereto approved March second (2d), eighteen
| hundred and seventy-six C1876), and amend
| ments thereto, and the proceeds of said bonds
shall be appropriated and paid over to the
| county treasurer Of Ramsey county and the
| same shall be placed to the credit of the Fort
Smelling bridge fund. All contracts made by
4 L.. J.. l.
construction of said bridge shall be
| filed in the county auditors Office
| of said county, and all claims arising from any
| of said contracts, for services rendered in
and about the construction of said bridge or
incidental expenses shall be first allowed and
certified to by majority of said board under
said act, after which the county auditor shall
examine said claims and accounts, and if found
correct and in accordance with the provisions
of this act, and such contracts file in his
Office, he shall then issue a warrant upon the
county treasurer, authorizing the payment of
shall be charged to the Fort Smelling bridge
fund.
| SEC. 2. Said bonds shall be in sums of
not less than five hundred ($50O dollars nor
more than one thousand ($1 ,0OO dollars with
interest coupons attached, and shall bear inter-
per annum, payable semi annually at such time
or times, and place not less than fifteen 15)
nor more than twenty (2O) years after the date
of said bonds as said board of county COM
missioners shall by resolution provide, and
said bonds and the coupons thereto shall be
countersigned by the auditor of said county
and sealed with his official SEAL which said
auditor shall keepa record in his Office of all
bonds 80 issued showing the number, date and
amount of such bonds and the name of the
| person in whose name the same are drawn, and
hOo Of hu~y
authority to negotiate the sale of said bonds in
such way as in their Judgment shall best sub.
| serve the interest of said county, but they
shall not negotiate sale, nor sell said bonds
nor any of them at less than their par value,
nor before lawful authority is obtained for q
complete site for said bridge and for suita-
BILE approaches thereto over legal highway.
SEQ. 8. The board of county commits
sioners of said county and the proper
authorities Of said county shall an
nually levy tax the taxable property
of said county in addition to all other
taxes required by law to be levied, sufficient to
provide for the payment of the interest accru-
ing upon said bonds and the principal of said
bonds as they shall mature, which tax shall be
levied and collected in like manner with other
taxes of said county, but such taxes 80 to be
levied and collected shall be set apart for the
| purposes aforesaid, namely the prompt pay
ment of the semi-annual interest on said bonds
as the same may accrue, and of the principal
thereof at their maturity, and shall constitute
q fund for the payment Of said bonds and in
terest thereon, and shall not be applied to any
other purposes whatever until said bonds and
interest are fully paid, provided the payment
of the principal of said bonds may be appor-
toned upon such years as the said board of
county commissioners may deem expedient,
or they may annually, after ten lO) years
from the date of said bonds levy upon such
taxable property and cause to be set apart as
| sinking fnnd snch aums "a with the accrne1 IN
terest thereon shall amount to an equal pro-
portion of the whole amount of bonds issued,
which shall be applied to the punctual pay
ment of said bonds at maturity.
SEC. 4. Said bonds shall not be issued as pro-
vided in section one % of this act unless au-
thorized by . majority of the qualified voters
of said county as hereinafter provided, and for
the purpose of taking the vote of said voters
the board of county commissioners of said
county are hereby directed and required to call
and appoint q special election for such purpose
within thirty (3O) days after the approval of
this act, and shall give public notice of such
special election in some newspaper published
| in the city of st. Paul and having gem
eral circulation in said county, for at
least fifteen Q5) days previous to said election,
and shall also post notices in at least (5) public
places in said county, at least fifteen (15) days
previous to said election, setting forth sub
stantially the amount of bonds proposed to be
issued or disposed of, and the time of voting
upon the question, and those voting in favor of
such issue shall have written or printed, or
partly written, and partly printed on the bal
lots used at such election, the words, For
Bridge Bonds, and those voting against such
issue shall have written or printed, or partly
written and partly printed on the ballots used,
Against Bridge Bonds Voting shall be done
said county, and shall be conducted by the
/ same officers and in the same manner A. other