St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-07
AN ACT
10 Amend the Charter of the City of St.
Paul, and the Acts Amendatory
Thnraof
Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the State
of Minnesota

SECTION ONE.
That sections one ~, two (2), eighteen
QS), ffty-seveu go and fifty-eight (5SJ OF
chapter one ~, title seven ~, of an act
entitled San act to reduce the law incorpor-
ating the City Of St. Paul, County of Ram
sey and State of Minnesota, and the several
acts amendatory thereof, and certain other
acts relating to said city, into one act, and to
amend the same" approved March fifth 90,
one thousand eight hundred and seventy
four QS74), be and tic same is hereby
amended so as to read as follows, viz: Sec
ton one Q). The Municipal Corporation of
the City of ST. Paul is hereby authorized
snd empowered to condemn land for public
parks, for the opening, widening, extending,
altering and Strengthening of any street,
lane, alley or highway, and for the construc-
ton of slopes for cuts and fills in any street.
Iane, alley or highway now ordered to be or
such as shall hereafter be ordered to be
opened, extended, altered, Strengthened or
graded, and for changes Of grade in any
street, lane, alley or highway in said city,
and to levy assessments for the same, aud
for such other local improvements as may be
ordered by said Municipal Corporation, upon
Or upon the property TO be benefited by such
Improvement, without regard to cash yalua-
ton. The provisions of this section shall
apply to any and all mprovements heretofore
ordered as well as those that shall be here
after ordered.
Section 2. Such assessment may be made by
Ihe said City of St. Paul for grading, filing,
eveling, paving, curblng, walling, bridging,
graveling, matchmaking, planking, open
ing, extending, widening, contracting, alter
ing and Strengthening any street, lane, alley
or highway, and for change OF grade in any
of the same, and also for the condemnation
of land for public parks, and for the con-
struction Of slopes for cuts and fills in any
street, lane, alley or highway which has here
toforc been or shall hereafter be ordered to
be opened, extended, wdened, altered or
Strengthened, and for change Of grade in
any of the same, and also for keeping the
same in repair; also for filing, grading,
protecting, improving and ornamenting any
public park, square or grounds, now or here
after laid out; also for planting and protect
ing shade and ornamental trees; also for CON
structing, laying, relaying and repairing
cross and sidewalks, areawalls, cutters, sewers
and private drains, and also for the abate-
ment of any and all public nuisances within
the limits of said city.
Section IS. As soon as the money is col
lectcd and ready in the hands of the Treas
urer to be paid over to parties entitled To
damages for property condemned ten (10)
days notice thereof by one % publication
shall be given by the City Treasurer in the
official paper of the city, and the city may
then, and not before, except as hereafter
provided, enter upon, take possession of and
appropriate the property condemned, and
whenever the damages awarded to the owner
OF any property condemned by said city for
public use, shall have been paid TO such
owner, or his agent, or when sufficient
money for that purpose shall be in the hands
OF the City Treasurer, ready TO be paid over
TO such owners, and ten Q0) days notice
thereof shall have been given in the official
paper of the city, the city may enter upon
and appropriate such property TO the use for
which the same was condemned. Pro1ided,
hoaceVer, That the city shall not be hindered,
delayed or prevented by the prosecution of
an appeal by any person as hereinbefore pro-
vided for IN section sixteen (lG) Of this title
from entering upon and appropriating such
property TO the use for which the same was
condemned. If the city shall, after such appeal
has been taken by its Mayor execute and
file with the Clerk Of the District Court of
,
said Clerk, payable to the appellant, con
ditioned that the city shall in case the assess
ment against the property appealed from be
annulled and set aside by said court, paw
whatever SUN shall finally be awarded by the
Board of Public Works, as damages for such
property so condemned and appropriated,
less such sum as shall be assessed thereon as
benefits. This provision shall apply as well
10 all proceedings for condemnation now
pending, in whatever stage such proceedings
may now be, as to those hereafter to be in
itiated. The Mayor of the city is hereby au-
thorized and empowered to execute the bond
herein provided.
Section 81 For the additional duties i'm
posed on the City Treasurer By this chapter,
he shall receive a fee on all collections
made by him upon warrants for special as
easements, as follows, viz: Upon the first
two hundred thousand (200,000) dollars
actually collected by him in any one year,
commencing January first () two o. per
Centum; upon all moneys in excess of two
hundred thousand GOO, OoO) dollars collected
10y him in any one year, commencing Janu-
AIRY first CD one per centum.
Section 80. All judgments rendered I'M
der this chapter upon said assessments shall
bear interest at the rate OF eighteen (lS) per
cent. per annum from the date thereof until
paid.
SECTION TWO.
That section forty (47) of chapter
seven ca title one tl) of an act entitled IAN
act to reduce the law incorporating the CITY
of St. Paul, in the County of Ramsey and
State of Minnesota, and the several acts
amendatory thereof aud certain other acts
relating to said city into one act, and to
amend the same" approved March fifth
90, one thousand and eight hundred
and seveuty-four (1s74l as amended by sec
ton four 90 OF chapter twenty-siX (26) of
Special Laws of one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-eight (lS7Sl is hereby amended
10y striking out all OF said section down 70
and including the word taxes in the fourth
"a line in sail section and inserting in lieu
thereof the following words, viz: 1t at any
sale any piece or parcel of land shall be sold
10 q purchaser OF the Oiece or parcel be
struck of TO the city the same nav be re-
deemed at any time within three (3) years
from the date of the sale by any person hav-
ing any interest therein, aud that said sec
tion be further amended by striking out the
figures tweuty-four (24) when they occur in
said section and inserting in lieu thereof
the figures eighteen ClSl and that said sec
ton be further amended by adding thereto
the following words: The City Treasurer
shall al least three (Sl months before the cx-
piratiou Of the time limited for redeeming
any lot or parcel Of land aforesaid cause 10
be published in the official paper of said
city once Cd week for twelve (l2l success
sive weeks, a list Of all unredeemed lots or
parcels Of land specifying each tract or par
Gel, the name Of the person 70 whom
assessed, II Ia any, aud the amount Of the
assessment, charges and interest calculated
to the last day Of redemption, due on eaeh
lot or parcel, together With notice that un-