St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-11
THE ST PAUL DAILY GLOBE WEDNESDAY MORNING MARCH il 1885

and all debts due and owing said Board, for
any cause whatever, together with an accu-
rate account of all the expenses of said Board,
and the said Secretary may appoint an Assis-
tant Secretary for whose acts he shall be re-
sponsible, who shall only be authorized to
act in the absence of said Secretary from said
city, and while the Secretary is unable to
perform such duties owing to sickness, and
In case of the disability from absence or
other causes of said Secretary, and the fall
ure of said Secretary to appoint such assistant,
the said Board may appoint Secretary pro
tenn. to perform the duties Of such Secretary
1t is made the duty of the Treasurer OF
said Board to receive all moneys which may
be paid into said Treasurer on account OF
said Board of Water Commissioners from The
sale of bonds for water taxes or from any
source whatever, and all moneys so received
shall be retained by said Treasurer, and paid
out only upon the orders of the Board, signed
by the President and Secretary thereof and
countersigned by the City Comptroller, and
shall keep detailed and exact account
thereof in such manner as to show at all
times the exact financial condition OF
said Board; and the City Comptroller
shall keep regular books of account in which
all moneys received or paid out for or on &C
count of said Board shall be entered. He
shall audit and countersign all bills and ac-
counts allowed by said Board, and other evil
dences of the indebtedness of said Board and
shall keep an exact account thereof, stating
to whom and for what purposes issued and
shall keep an account with the Treasurer OF
said Board, showing the amount received
from all the different sources of revenue and
the amount disbursed under the direction of
said Board. The said Comptroller shall on
the first (1) day of each month return to
the Secretary of said Board all bills and az
counts received from said Board during the
month next preceding. The books of said
Board shall be opened to the examination
of any person or persons appointed for that
purpose, or to any committee of the Common
Council or the Comp troler of said city. Said
Board shall also on the first Q) day of De-
cember of each year make a report to the
Common Council of said city of the
condition of the works under their charge
and of the receipts and expenditure on ac-
count of the same.
SECTION THIRTY.
All contracts for material or for the con-
struction of any part of said work which shall
involve the expenditure of the sum of three
hundred dollars (S3O0) or more shall
be in writing and in duplicate, one of which
shall be filed with the said Com pIroller, the
other with the Secretary of the Board. Pro-
vided, that in the event Of any extraordi-
nary and sudden injury to said works
whereby great damage might ensue by rea-
son of any delays the said Board may cause
the damage or break to be repaired without
contract, and in such manner as the Com
missioners may deem for the best interests of
the city.
SECTION THIRTY-ONE.
That the said Board of Water Commits
sioners shall establish such water rates as will
at all times insure to the city sufficient in
come to pay the interest and to provide
fund to pay the principal upon all the bonds
to be issued under this act, as well as to pay
all the expenses and costs of the mainte-
nance and repairs of said water works, and
it is hereby declared to be misdemeanor,
punishable by fine not exceeding five hun
dred dollars ($500) or Imprisonment in the
county jail not exceeding one Cd year or
both at the discretion of the Court for said
Board, knowingly to omit the property of
any person from assessment for water rates,
or to neglect or refuse to collect the same
or to give any person other or different
credit for the use of water than that given
the whole public. Provided, however, when
meters are used for the purpose of showing
the amount used the water rent shall be col
lected on the first CD day of each and every
month.
SECTION THIRTY-Two.
Whenever the Board shall determine to lay
new mains, set MIGRANTS, to relay mains or
reset MIGRANTS, on any of the streets of said
city the Board shall make application to the
City Engineer, whose duty it shall be, with
out any unnecessary delay, to furnish the
Water Commissioners with profile Of the
street with the grade line thereon and to set
stakes of grades and lines of streets and
sidewalks when required. Before the Board
of Public Works of said city shall report in
favor of change of grade on any street on
which the mains Of said Board of Water
Commissioners are laid they shall notify the
said Board of Water Commissioners of the
contemplated change, and it is hereby made
the duty of said Board upon being so notified
to report to the Board of Public Works the
damage, If any, that will be incurred by said
Board of Water Commissioners by said
change or grade, which damage shall be
taken into consideration as part Of the cost
of said improvement.
SECTION THIRTY-THREE.
In all cases where rights of way and ease
ments have been or may be hereafter ac
quired, either by purchase of title or by con-
demnation, for the laying of any conduits,
supply mains or other appliances or works
for supplying water as contemplated in this
mt nf
shall be paramount, and neither said City
Of st. Paul, nor said County of Ramsey,
nor other county or municipal body, or cor
poration or other corporation or person shall
enter thereon, use or occupy the same for
any purpose other than said purpose for
which said right of way or easement was or
may be acquired as aforesaid, except with
the consent of said Board, and upon such
terms and in such manner as may be agreed
upon with said Board of Water Com mission
ers, and said Board of Water Commissioners
is hereby authorized to make and enter into
any agreement in that behalf which it may
deem necessary and expedient.
SECTION THIRTY-FoUR.
Any and all causes of actions, either at
law or in equity which now exist, or which
may hereafter occur, by reason of any act or
omission by or on the part Of the Board of
Water Com missiouers or Of any of its SER
wants, agents, employees or otherwise, shall
be brought and maintained by such claimant
or claimants against the said Board of Water
Commissioners, anything in the statutes Of
the State of Minnesota TO the contrary not
withstandiug, and any and all judgments
recovered against said Board Of Water Com
missioners shall be paid out Of any moneys
In the hands of the City Treasurer OF the
City of st. Paul, belonging to said Board, as
other indebtednesses are paid.
SECTION THIRTY-FIvE.
Before any action shall hereafter be main
tanned in any court of this state having juris-