Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-28
THE NEW COURT HOUSE.

The Proposed Amendment to the Law
Authorizing the Issue of Bonds for Its
Construction,
The court house commission held very
short meeting yesterday afternoon, at
which Mayor Rice, DR.. Day, Mr.. Dawson
and II. R. Bigelow were present. No
business was transacted except to adopt
an amendment to the present law. This
amendment is introduced to remedy de-
fact in the law relating to the former sub
mission of the bond question for court
house to vote of the people, and to
legalize that act; also making the mayor
of the city one of the commission. The
resolution adopting the amendment di-
rected the clerk of the commission to
hand the same to our delegation in the
legislature and urge the members of the
delegation to have it adopted. The fol-
lowing is copy of the act amending the
present law, as proposed by Mr.. Bigelow
and adopted:
An act amendatory of an act entitled
san act in relation to the erection of pub
lie buildings for the use of the city of ST..
Paul and the county of Ramsey, Dpon
block 20 of st. Paul proper, known as the
Court House square, in the said city of st.
Paul." approved March 8, 1881.
WHEREAS, The proposition to issue bonds
mentioned in the proviso of section 70 the
act of March Sth A. D. 1881 above referred
to, was submitted to the electors of Ram
sey county at an election held in said
county on the - day of May, A. D.
1882, and was voted upon, and the votes
were canvassed as in said section provided,
and upon said canvass it was found,
and duly announced, that majority of
all the votes cast at said election upon the
said propositions were in favor of the is
suance of the bonds contemplated, and
provided for in said act; from which, not
withstanding the said election, and the
vote upon the said proposition may not
have been in all respects regular and law
full, it is evident that a majority of the
electors of said county are in favor of
the issuance of said bonds; therefore
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
of the State of Minnesota:
Section 1. That the proviso in section
Z of the act entitled "An act in rela-
ton to the erection of public buildings
for the use of the city of st. Paul and the
county of Ramsey, upon block 20 of ST..
Paul proper, known as the Court House
square, in the said city of st. Paul." ap-
proved March s., A. D. 1881, and all that
follows said proviso in said section T.,
together with the whole of section and
the first section of section 2 of said act,
be and the same are hereby repealed; and
all and every part of said act, except the
portions hereby repealed, shall stand and
remain as, and is hereby declared
to be law of this state, with the same
force and effect as if the portions hereby
repealed had never been inserted therein,
nor formed any part thereof; and section
2 of said act is hereby further amended by
striking therefrom the words, ''with equal
rights" and inserting in lieu thereof the
words, land upon ail questions before the
commission shall be entitled to the same
vote and voice, as one OF the special COM
missioners," and by inserting Immediately
after the word member" in the same sec
ton, the words 'of which four the said
mayor may be one"
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be
in force from and after its passage.