Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-03-15
LOCAL LEGISLATION.
[pUBL1sHED BY AUrHoRIrY.1

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AN ACT to amend can Act to allow the
common council of the city of Saint
Paul to lay out levee and street."
approved March 9Th, 1879
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
State of Minnesota:
Section l. That section one ~ of an
act en- titled can Act to allow the COM
mon council of the city of Saint Paul to
lay out a levee and street, approved
March eighth (Sth), one thousand, eight
hundred and seventy nine (1879), be and
the same is hereby amended so as to read
as follows:
Section /. The municipal corporation
of the city Of Saint Paul is hereby au-
to appropriate and condemn
whatever land and real estate that it may
deem necessary for the opening, extend
ing and widening street or levee along
length within the Sixth ward of said city
therefor upon the property fronting upon
such Improvement, or upon the property
to be benefited by such improvement
now provided by law for other local i'm
pIOVCluCuIS Ill IlC City VI OdlHt 1 dui,
PROVIDED, hooeuer, That whenever the
Board of public works shall be required
by an order of the common council to
report upon the necessity and propriety
of such improvement, if, IN the
opinion of the board of public
works, property cannot be fonnd bene-
flied to the extent of tie damages, costs
and expenses necessary to be incurred
thereby, they shall so report, and to what
amount of the costs, property cannot be
found benefited to pay for such improve
ments, and if the amount does not ex-
coed twenty thousand dollars for the en-
tire improvement, the common council
may, by three fourths vote of all the
members elect, order part of the
damages, costs and expenses in
CURED in the opening, ex-
tending and widening said levee
or street as aforesaid, to be paid out Of
the local improvement fund of the city
of Saint Paul, but to an amount not to
exceed twenty thousand dollars for the
whole improvement as aforesaid; Pro-
0ided, If for any cause the common coun-
Gil shall order the opening, extending or
widening of a part only of the levee,
street or river front along SAID Mississippi
river within the limits of the Sixth ward,
in that case pro rata part, according to
distance, only of the sum authorized by
this act in addition to the amount to be
assessed, shall be used or appropriated by
said common council for said improve
ment; Provided, further, That it is,hereby
made the duty of the common council of
said city, either at the next succeeding
tax levy after such improvement has been
ordered. to levy tax for sum which
shall be sufficient to reimburse the local
improvement fund of said city for the
advance made as aforesaid, or to issue the
bonds of said city to an amount equivalent
to the sum advanced out of said local i'm
provement fund in aid of said improve
ment to repay said advance. Said bonds
shall bear interest at rate not to exceed
five per cent. per annum, and shall be
payable at such times as the common
council may order PROVIDED further, That
said bonds shall never be sold less than
par.
Sec g. That after the street or levee re-
ferred to in the foregoing section shall
have been opened, extended and widened
as therein provided, and the grade thereof
established, the common council, by a
elect, is hereby authorized and empow-
cred to issue the bonds of the city of st.
Paul to the amount of five thousand dol.
lars, to aid in the grading and improving
said street or levee between Ethel street,
in Guerin's addition to West st. Paul, and
the west line of F. Ames' addition to West
St. Paul, and the board of public works,
in making the assessment for said grading
aforesaid shall only make said assessment
for the expenses and cost of the same in
excess of five thousand dollars. That
said bonds shall bear interest at rate not
to exceed five per cent. per annum, and
shall be payable at such times as the COM
mon council may order, and when sold
the proceeds thereof shall be paid into
the city treasury to the credit of the said
improvement fund; Provided, hoacever, If
any part of the twenty thousand dollars
appropriated by the first section of this
act be expended in the opening, extend
ing and widening the said levee or street
as therein provided, the said unexpended
sum shall be added to the fund appropri-
ated by this section, and used in the grad
ing as aforesaid
Sec. 8. This act shall take effect and
be in force from and after its passage.
Approved March 7th, A. D. 1881.
STATE OF MINNESOTA,
DEPARTMENT OF STATE.
1 hereby certify that l have carefully
compared the foregoing with the original
on file in this department, and that it is a
true and correct copy thereof, and OF the
whole of the same.
Witness my hand and the great seal of
GREAT SEAL the State this 9th day
OF THE STATE. of March, A. D. 1881.
FRED. Won BAUMBACH,
Secretary of State.
AN ACT to further amend an act entitled
an act to reduce the law relative to
public schools in the city of st. Paul
into one act, and to amend the same.
Be 1t enacted by the Legislature of the
State of Minnesota:
Section l. For the purpose of purchas-