Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1891-05-07


one or more OF said counties is located, the said
Judge is hereby authorized to appoint three COM.
iaissloners, whose duty it shall be to meet at
such tunes ana places as may be necessary, and
70 immediately proceed to lay out n road as di-
fected by said district Judge i'll accordance with
Ine prayer OF the petitioners; provided, that no
road sti;aii be ordered by any such district Judge
70 extend more than six miles outside the
iuolclal district ill which the application is made,
ana such road shall be extended beyond the dis
.rlct only Tor the purpose OF commencing or end
ing at some village or public road; and provided
iurther, that this limitation shall not be con-
strued to apply to that portion CT such road
extending along the line of the county located in
such judicial district. The same notice shall be
gwen OF the presenting of such petition as is now
road III more than one county by section ~
OF chapter ID OF the General Statutes OF
The State of Minnesota, and all proceed
algs had hereunder shall conform as near
as may be to sections u, rs, 10, so, 81, 50, SO
anu 81 OF said chapter Is of the General Stat
htes OF The state oil Minnesota; and thecommls-
slouerS hereby provided for shall have the same
powers. rights, duties and Obligations as are
provided for i'll said sections; aldin addition to
the reports now required by said sections to be
tlled Dy the commissioners therein referred 10,
1t shall be the duty OF said commissioners TO
Tile duplicate reports in each OF the counties
:hrough which said road may pass. or III Whlch
khe same may be partially located.
SEC. .. The damages sustained by any person
by reason of said road, and the apportionment
OF the same between the counties through, or
along which said road may be located, shall be
ascertained and paid in the same manner as Is
how provided for in said sections above rcferEsd
TO, except that the apDortlonment OF the >aNhe
between said counties shall be made by the
unanimous decisions OF a district judge from
each OF the judicial districts along or through
Shlch said road may pass.
SEC. 3. This act shall take effect and be IN
sorce from and after its passage.
Approved April 20, 1891.
o5-H. F. No. BOZ
An Act relative to plats of towns and cities
IN this state and OF additions to and sub-dlvls-
IONS thereof, and the correction anu lesallza-
ton oil the same ~.
Be 1T enacted by the legislature OF the state OF
Minnesota:
SECTION L. That in all cases where the plats
Or what purport to be plats Of any towns Or
cities in this state or OF additions to or supal-
visions thereof, OF copies thereof fail to loentlly
Or show correctly, upon their face, the lLacC ol
land covered or intended to be covered thereby,
.he surveyors, orone of them, who laid OUT OF
surveyed the same, and, IN case sald surveyor
or surveyors shall have died, or his or their
place OF abode be unknown. or he or theS De
unable or refuse to make or execute sucn Ger
Hticate, one or more OF the original proprietorS
may, within one year from the passage OF I'll
act, make and file i'll the office OF the register OF
leeds OF the county i'll which SAID iallds are
situated, a certificate duly executed ana acknoNl-
edged by him or them, as deeds are to be executed
Or acknowledged wherein shall be set forth a iuii
description of the lands actually covered and
Intended to be covered by said plaJ. II slcn
sSIl ~ Z lliIlNS " y d p.oGltCtoI VI hS.tttN
tors OF such town, city, addition or SUBDIVISION
The same shall also be sworn to by him or them
Is being correct in all respects: And slch Ger
tlticates. so executed, acknowledged ana Vefl-
bed. shall be recorded at length by SAID register
pf deeds in a book by him provided for that
purpose, entitled, Book OF Plat Certificates
Ind said register OF deeds shall, thereupon. note
: lpon such plat and the cops thereof, filed III
his office as aforesaid, ana referred to i'll such
certificate and affidavit, the fact of filing such
certificate, aud the book and page where re-
sorded; and he shall receive from the person
offering said certificate Tor record, the fees pro-
7lded by la Tor similar services, And such GER
siicate or the record thereof shall, together
NTH such plat, be prina facic evidence, i'll all
eases, as to lands covered by said plat.
SEC. =. This act Shall take effect and be iii
torce from and after its passage,
Approved, April L, 1891.
CHAPTER 26-S. T. NO.. 400.
AnAct to provide for the organization OF school
districts.
Be it enacted by Legislature OF the State OF Min
neSOta:
SECTION /. Whenever it may be desired by
Residents and taxpayers of two Or more school
districts in this state to organize a new school
district, they snail petition the board of county
commissioners therefor, and such petition shall
tontaln the following facts, to wit:
L. a correct description OF the territory de-
tired to be embraced in the proposed district.
.. The number OF persons residing i'll the pro
posed district.
3. The number OF children OF school age reSid-
ing therein.
i. ne ScnOD1 tlSlElctS ttlleCleu by Jne OrSdn-
ization OF the proposed district, the number OF
eniidren OF school age residing iii each district so
affected, and the number OF such children which
such organization would takefrom such districts
respectively.
5. Such petition shall be signed in writing by
a majority OF the treeholderS residing IN the por-
ton proposed to be detached of each OF the
several districts to be affected by such organiza-
ton who are entitled to vote at school meetings
in their respective school districts, and each
person signing such petition shall acknowledge
his or her signature before some person author
lie by law to take acknowledgment
SEC. 2. Upon the presentation OF the petition
PROVIDED iii section one () OF this act, the
rounty commissioners shall appoint a time and
place for a hearing upon it, and shall post
one ~ notice thereof, setting forth the sub.
stance OF the petition, and the time and place of
sucf hearing, i'll some public place i'll each dis
trict to be affected by the organization of such
district. and shall cause such notice to be pub
lished at least once in the legal newspaper printed
and published i'll the same county, and
such other newspapers printed and published ill
said county, not to exceed three t3), which
shall be designated by said county commission
us, if any there be, and cause g copy thereof to
De served upon the Clerk Oh each district SO
affected, at Leaf ten (IO) days before the time
appointed for such hearing. Ihe posting of each
notice shall be verified by the affidavit Of the
person posting the same, which said affidavit
snail state the time and place of posting, and
The serving of said copy OF notice upon the clerk
of each district Shall be verified by the certificate
Of the county auditor, and the publication of
such notice shall be verified by the publication
Of such paper or papers.
SEC. ). At the time and place so appointed
for said hearing the commissioners, having pub
liciy read the petition, shall proceed to consider
the same, and shall listen to argument by per-
sons interested for or against the proposed or
ginization. The hearing may be adjourned from
time to time, in the discretion OF the commits
sioners; and at the conclusion thereof the board
OF commissioner shall cause their decision to be
entered upon their records, which shall be in the
form OF an order particularly describing the dis
trict thus formed. the number by which it snail
be known, signed by the chairman. and attested
by the auditor, who shall. ii the action of the
commissioners be affirmative, cause a copy
thereof to be filed with, or addressed by mail to,
the clerk Of each district affected. The decision
of the said board When SO L ecOrded Shall be
final.
SEC. i. When the territory embraced in the
proposed districts consists OF parts Of two or
more counties, the petition shall be i'll duplicate,
or more, as the case may be, and one presented
to the board OF commissioners OF each Of said
counties. who shall severally proceed to hear
be requisite to the organization Of such district
in such case that the action OF each OF such
boards be in the affirmative.
The provisions Of section two (2) Of this act
shall be, in such case, i'll all things observed.
SEC. 5. Any school district organized under
the provisions OF this act may include any con-
tiguouS territory whether the same be included
in a special, independent or common school dis
trict.
SEC. 6. No new district organized under the
provisions OF this act shall be SO formed as to
Include the school buildings OF any existing dis
trict; nor shall any OF the territory incorpor-
ated into such new district be thereby relieved
OF any obligation to which it was subject prior
to the formation OF such new district as part of
another district; and where a district from
which any portion OF such new district shall be
detached WAS prior thereto bonded Tor school
purposes, the real estate embraced in the terri
tory so detached shali be taxed for the payment
of such bonds and the interest thereon in the
same manner as If such territory had not been
SO detached. No school district shall hereafter