Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1893-05-11

Sec. IA. The attorney general snail pc the
Sec. Is. This act shall take effect and be
in force from and after it's passage.
Approved April Z, 1893.
CHAPTER SIS. T. 561.
AN ACT to amend an act to provide for a
Approved April Z, 1893, and known as H.
r. 604.
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 selection to
t thsee pfeafa1 ST. If a miie' Places G if the Moneys Ma1eys
to be received under the control of the com
mission: and makes q change IN the word
ing limiting the cost to two million dollars,
so that a 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
millions of dollars. Also amends section
based upon accurate details and minute
specifications Of the cost Of supervision and
labor.
CHAPTER HI. r. No. 1852.
AN ACT to regulate elections.
Be it enacted by the legislature of the State
of Minnesota:
Section 1. On the first Tuesday after the
first Monday in November of each even-num-
several election districts Of the state, which
shall be known as the general election.
On "a year when the president and vice
chosen, a number Of electors of president
and vice president of the United States,
equal to the number of senators and repre-
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,
judges Of the supreme and district courts,
member 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
their election, unless otherwise provided 10y
law.
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
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
by the number of votes there cast at any
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 OF village, to cause such district,
at least six weeks before the next ensuing
general, town OF city election, to be divided
into two or more districts, each containing,
as nearly as may be, III 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
same by making a map or description OF
such division, defining it by known boun-
daries, and keeping such map OF description
open for public inspection in the office of
the clerk Of such city OF 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-
ell, 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.
not less than eight, residing in an morgan.
lied OF partially organized county, shall, at
least eight weeks before any general and
six weeks before any special election, petit
district, designating the boundaries of the
same, which shall not be within five miles
of the polling place of any existing district,
it hall be the duty Of the governor, and he
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.
Provided, that not more than two OF the
judges SO appointed shall belong to the
same political party.
Sec. g.. The governor shall, within at least
six weeks before q general election, and
within four weeks before q 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
eral, special, town or charter election is
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 CON-
pulsory half-holiday, and all employees of
every kim whatever shall be allowed the
whole Of said forenoon for the purpose of
voting.
tween the first days of July and September
in each year, direct and cause to be deliy-
cred to the auditor of each county,. a notice
specifying all the officers in said county
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.
vide Uniform blanks for making lists or
registers and aftidavits 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
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
II 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 ne
so much of this law as pertains to like
duties and subjects in cities having a popu-
1ation of less than twelve thousand inhab-
itants, and to townships and villages.
And the said auditor shall forthwith de-
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, OF 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-
representatives or senate, or of>representa-
tives in congress-. by reason OF any. two or
more persons having IN equal ana the nigh
est number of votes for any such office, OF
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 approximation
directing that a special election be held in
the proper election district or districts, at
q time to be specified in the proclamation,
not more than twenty Gays from the uhle
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 tosbe held:
Provided. that if the vacancy occur in the
Office of representative in congress or state
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 hall be filled at
the general election.
Special elections shall be held and con-
Quoted Inc the returns thereof made and
canyassed in the same manner as general
elections are held, conducted and the re-
turns thereof so made and canvassed.