The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1893-05-19

hands for such purpose, such warrant to be
drawn In favor of and to the order. OF the
person or persons entitled to receive the
amount therein named.
Sec. Il. The attorney general shall DO the
legal adviser Of the said board.
Sec. Is. This act shall take effect and be
In force from and after it's passage.
Approved April Z, 1898.
CHAPTER 3-S. f. 661. ~
AN ACT to amend an act to provide for .
new capitol for the state of Minnesota,
F. 694. ~ > -0' @'N1 ~0"- - -
Approved April Is. 1898.
Amends subdivision nine of section eight
relating to designs; subdivision ten, relating
to heating and ventilating; also section ten,
removing the restriction of the selectioAttO
the ste allowing limit NIT
to be received under the control of the COM
mission; and makes change in the word
ing limiting the cost to two million dollars,
SO that portion OF the work may be con-,
tracted for and carried forward, but every
contract shall be void which causes the
aggregate of said contracts to exceed two
nine SO that no plan shall be adopted unless
based upon accurate details and minute
specifications Of the cost Of supervision and
labor.
CHAPTER IA. B.. No. 1872 ~
AN ACT to regulate elections.
Be it enacted by the legislature Of the State
OF Minnesota:
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 election districts Of the state, which
shall be known as 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,
sentatives 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.
ct1of
members of the legislature and representa-
tives in congress OF the United States shall
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 first Monday in January next succeeding
law.
Sec 8. Every organized township, every
Incorporated village which is now 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
election to contain more than four hundred
male voters, it shall be the duty Of the
supervisors. Of the town, or of the city
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
voters.
Sec 4. When a ward in any Incorporated
city or village shall be divided into two or
more districts the city council village or
municipal corporation shall publish the
same by making a map or description of
such division, defining it by known boun-
v,,r ,a1, dos +sox~
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 CT election il easx, Of SAT- districts.
Sec. 3. Whenever any number of voters,
not less than eight, residing in an morgan
lied or partially organized county, shall, at
six weeks before any special election, petit
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,
at such place or places as the petitioners
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
six weeks before a general election, and
within four weeks before a special election,
publish in one newspaper published at the
state capital a list of all election districts
by him established in unorganized counties,
together with the places where the elections
are to be held, and the names Of the judges
Of election by him appointed.
Sec Z. 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
pulSOry half-hol1day, and all employees Of
every kind whatever shall be allowed the
whole Of said forenoon for the purpose Of
voting.
Sec. 8. The secretary Of state shall, be-
tween the first days Of July and September
in each year, direct and cause to be deliv-
cred to the auditor Of each county, a notice
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 aftidavits and all other blanks
necessary
the several election districts at any election.
He shall also provide copies Of this law
or so much thereof 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
auditor of such county at least thirty days
before any election. And in like manner he
shall provide and transmit copies containing
50 much Of this law as pertains to like
lation Of less than twelve thousand inhab-
itants, and to townships and villages.
:. And the said auditor shall forthwith de-
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.
Sec. 10. Whenever there is no election Of
any state or county officers, or of the re-
Quired number Of members Of the house Of
representatives, or senate, or of representa-
tives in congress, by reason Of any two or
more persons having an equal and the high
est number Of votes for any such Office, or
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 proclamati ton
the proper election district or districts, at
a time to be specified in the proclamation,
not more than twenty days from the date
thereof, to fill 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 be held
Provided, that If the vacancy occur in the
Office Of representative in congress or state
senator, or member Of the house Of repre-
sentatives, 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-
Quoted and the returns thereof made and
canvassed in the same manner as general
elections are held, conducted and the re-
turns thereof so made and canvassed.
Sec. IL. In elections to fill any vacancy
as hereinbefore provided, the auditor shall
within fifteen days after such election,
transmit statements Of the votes given to
the Office of the secretary Of state, and take
his receipt therefor, under the penalty Of
five hundred dollars fine. to be recovered
from him in a civil action in the name Of