Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1893-05-05

drawn in favor of and to the order. OF the
person or persons entitled to receive the
amount therein named
Sec. H.. The attorney general shall be the
legal adviser Of the said board:
Sec. 10. This act shall take effect and be
In force from and after its passage.
Approved April Z, 1888.
CHAPTER SIS. F. 561.
AN ACT to amend an act to provide for a
new capitol for the state of Minnesota
Approved April Z, 1898, and known as h.
Approved April IS. 1898.
relating to designs; subdivision ten, relating
to heating and ventilating; also section ten,
removing the restriction of the selection to
three:fourths Of mile. Places the moneys
to be received under the control Of the COM
mission; and makes change IN the word
So that portion e Of the ii work may be- con-
tracted for and carried forward, but every
contract shall be void which causes the
| millions of dollars. Also amends section
nine so that no plan shall be adopted unless
| based upon accurate details and minute
| specifications of the cost Of supervision and
| labor.
CHAPTER FH. F. No. 1872.
| AN ACT to regulate elections.
Be it enacted by the legislature of the State
Section /. On the first Tuesday after the
| first Monday in November Of each even-num-
| bered year an election shall be held in the
| several CleCllOu UlSlflClS OIL Tue state, winch
! shall be known us the general election
| On a year when the president and vice
| president Of the United States are to be
! chosen, number of electors of president
| and vice president Of the United States,
equal to the number Of senators and repre-
| scntatives to which this state is entitled in
| the congress of the United States, shall be
elected at said election.
The several state and county officers,
| judges Of the supreme and district courts,
| MEMBERS of the legislature and representa-
tn Vote
be elected at the general election next pre-
ceding the expiration of the term of each
of the said officers. respectively.
Sec. 2. The regular term of office of all
state and county officers shall commence on
| the hEst Monday in January next succeeding
| their election, unless otherwise provided by
| law.
Sec. 3. Every organized township, every
| incorporated village which is now a sepa-
| rate election district, and every ward Of
each Incorporated city shall form at least
| one election district, but no election district
| in any incorporated city or village shall,
when first formed, contain more than four
hundred male electors as shown by the
| registers used at the then last preceding
| election.
Whenever any election district is found
bao the number OF votes there cast at any
male voters, it shall be the duty of the
| supervisors of the town, or of the city
| council, village or municipal corporation Of
the city or village, to cause such district,
! at least six weeks before the next ensuing
| general, town or city election, to be divided
| into two or more districts, each containing,
as nearly as may be, an equal number Of
| Sec. 4. When a ward in any incorporated
city OF, village shall be divided into two or
more districts the city council. village OF
same by making a map or description of
such division, defining it by known boun-
daries,, and keeping such map or description
open for public Inspection in the office of
the clerk of such city or village, and also
| by posting up copies Of such map or descrip-
ton IN at least five of the most public places
| in every district therein; and said city cOun-
Gil, village or municipal corporation shall
| also, prior to the next election, furnish
| copies Of such map or description to the
judges of ELECTION in each Of said districts.
| Sec. D. whenever any number of voters,
| not less than eight, residing in an unorgan.
lied or partially organized county, shall, at
least eight weeks before any general and
ton the governor to establish new election
| district designating the boundaries Of the
same, which shall not be within five miles
it shall be the duty of the governor, and he
| is hereby authorized and directed to cause
to be established such district or districts,
may require, and he shall select from the
names Of the petitioners or others three per-
sons who shall be judges of election therein.
| judges SO appointed shall belong to the
| same political party.
! Sec. g.. The governor shall, within at least
within four weeks before a special election il
publish in one newspaper published at the
state. capital q list of all election districts
by nm she IN counties
are to be held, and the names Of the judges
of election by him appointed.
| Sec. I. During any day on which any gen
held, no civil process shall be served upon
any elector entitled to vote at any election
and the forenoon of each day. on which a
general election is held shall be a com
pulsoryy half holiday, and all employees of
every kind whatever shall be allowed the
whole Of said forenoon for the purpose of
voting.
Sec. s. The secretary Of state shall, be-
tween the first days of July and September
In each year, direct and cause to be deliv-
specifying all the officers in said county
| whose term of Office will expire on the first
Monday of January next succeeding, and
| specifying, also, the several officers to be
| voted for in such county at the next general
| election.
The auditor to whom such notice is de-
livered shall, upon receipt thereof, cause a
| like notice to be sent to each town, city and
village clerk in his county.
Sec. o. The secretary of state shall pro-
vide uniform blanks for making lists or
registers and attidavits and all other blanks
required by law or necessary to be used in
the several election districts at any election.
He shall also provide copies of this law
| VI 50 LluCu thereon as pertains TO the duties
of city officers the registration of electors,
| preparations for and conduct of elections,
| the casting and counting of votes and the
making Of returns thereof, in cities having
| a population Of twelve thousand or more
| inhabitants. and transmit the same to the
andtor Of such county at least thirty days
s oed9re any election I ana in Ike manner he
so much Of this law as pertains to like
| duties and subjects in cities having a popu-
lation Of less than twelve thousand inhab-
| n fnV C hiYaC oro1x vii
>. And the said auditor shall forthwith de-
| liver to the clerk Of every city, town and
village in his county the necessary copies
of each of said blanks, and one copy of the
said law, or abridgement thereof, for each
| judge of election in each Of said cities,
| towns and villages
| any state or county officers, or of the re-
CURED mum Der of members Of the house of
| representatives or senate, or Of representa-
tHes IN by of two
est number Of votes for any such Office, or
whenever any vacancy occurs in any Of the
said Offices, which said vacancy is not other
wise provided for, the governor, within ten
| days after he is informed of such vacancy
or failure to elect. shall issue a proclamation
directing or, that special election he held in
| a time to he specified in the proclamation,
not more than twenty days from the date
thereof, to IN such office, and said election
shall be called in the manner herein pro-
vided for calling elections. One copy of
such proclamation shall be forwarded by
mail to the county auditor Of each county
wherein such special election is to he held.
Provided. that if the vacancy occur in the
| Office Of representative in congress or state
| senator or member of the house of repre-
sentatiyes. and there be no session Of the
! legislature or congress between the happen
| ing Of such vacancy and the next general
election occurring twenty-eight or more days
| thereafter such vacancy shall be filled at
| the general election.
Special elections shall be held and con-