New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1895-05-22

flee Under the charter or ordinances Of the
city. He shall hold lliis office forf Two "
years and until Ills successor shall be APP
.Dpiirfeu and saai qualify as provided in
tins act. IN The taking effect of this act
IN any city the mayor thereof shall inn
lnediately appoint Il commissioner OF pub.
lie works to hold in the interim until the
time for the appointment of q commission
er o! pubic works for full term above
PROVIDED Tor. Said commissioner to have
all the powers OF commissioner of public
W WogKs herein d,ninp provided for In case Of
IN like manner appoint successor to fill
the unexpired term.
sec. o; The said commissioners Of public
sand $1,000 dollars per annum. and shall
give MS Wnole time and attention to the.
proper and efficient discharge of the duties
imposed upon him by the provisions of this
MS duties he shall take and Subscribe an
oath to the effect that he will faithfully
ana ana im M ,i execute his duties to the
filed with the clerk of the city The com
missioner of public works may appoint n
cierk and such other employees as he shall
d gee n necessary for the proper conduct Of
the business of his Office. Neither the COM
missioner of public works nor any officer
or clerk in his employ shall be interested
directly or Indirectly in any contract made
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public works for any work or for any ma
terials to be furnished therefor; and all
contracts made with said commissioner in
which said commissioner shall be so inter
ested shall, at the option Of the city, be
declared utterly void and of no binding
effect whatever, and said commissioner shall
thereupon forfeitshs Office and he removed
therefrom upon proof of such delinquency;
and it is hereby made the duty of the may
or and every officer of said city to report
10 the common council any such delinquen-
op w n n rad NON ,,SySf< Cf
public works or any Of his clerks or en-
ployes who shall be interested directly or
indirectly in any such contract or contracts
aforesaid, any contractor or other per-
son who shall take any such contract or
contracts with knowledge of such interest
OF such commissioner, clerk or employee in
such CONTRACT or contracts, or who shall
ccorruptly influence or attempt to influence
the action OF the commissioner or any
of his clerks. or employees in the
a Lifting or making or enter,ng into
% any oca or duty th Of sndS eom
missioner, clerk or employe, shall be guilty
OF mlsdemeanor, ana liable on an ,nalcI-
ment and conviction thereof to be n7nishod
SIX t6) months, or a fine not exceeding one
thousand $1,000 dollars or by both such
imprisonment and fine in the discretion of
the court The commissioner. may be re-
moved for cause By twO-thirds 90 vote
OF all the members of the common council
and not otherwise.
Sec. 6. The clerks and other employees of
the commissioner Of public. works shall re-
ceiye such compensation as the council
shall determine. and shall hold office at
the pleasure Of the commissioner of public
works.
Sec. T. Any city in this state now or
hereafter having over one hundred thou
sand lOO,OOO Inhabitants is hereby author
lied and empowered to condemn land for
public parks, public markets, for the open
ing, widening, extending, altering. or
strengthening Of any street levee, lane.
alley or highway, and to condemn any
easement in land across, over or under the
property of corporations and others for
streets. bridges, approaches, culverts,
bitches or sewers, and to condemn an ease
ment in land for the construction of slopes
or retaining walls for cuts and fills upon
real property abutting on any street, levee,
lane, alley or highway now ordered or
to be hereafter ordered to be onened ex-
ard for change Of grade in any street,
levee lane, alley or highway, and to abate
nuisances, and to drain swamps, marshes
and ponds and stagnant pools ana to ill
ments for all the improvements above men
toned, and for such other local improve
ments as may be ordered by said city upon
property fronting upon such improvement,
or upon the property to be benented by
such improvement or Improvements, with
out regard to cash valuation. Two or more
of said improvements may be combined In
one proceeding when deemed proper to do
so by, the common council. The provisions
of this section shall apply to any and all
improvements heretofore ordered, as well
as to those that may be hereafter ordered.
Sec 8. Such assessments may be made
this act for grading, iilling, leveling, nav
ing, curbing, 'walling, bridging, grayeiing.
ing. widening, contracting, altering and
Strengthening any street or streets, levee,
lane, alley or highway, and for a change
of grade in any of the same; and also for
the condemnation of land for public parks,
public markets, and for an easement in
land across, over and under the property
of corporations and others for streets,
bridges, approaches, culverts and bitches.
and for an easement In land for the con-
struction of slopes or retaining walls for
cuts or fills in any street, levee lane, alley
or highway, which has been or shall here
after be ordered to be opened, extended.
widened, altered or Strengthened, and for
change of grade in any of the same; and
also for keeping the same in repair; also
for filling, grading, protecting, improving
and ornamenting any public park. square
or grounds now or hereafter laid out; also
for planting and protecting shade and or
namental trees and for constructing grass
plats or bouevards, or for the setting of
curbs in any public street, lane or high
way; also to abate nuisances, and to drain
sWamps, marshes and ponds and pools of
water and to fill the, same; alss
for constructing laying and repairing Cross
walks and sidewalks, retaining walls and
walls, cutters, sewers and private drains
street sprinklng, street sweeping, and also
for the abatement of any and all public
nuisances wi thin the limits of said city;
and the city is also empowered to combine
two or more OF any of said Improvements
in one proceeding.
Sec. 0. The expense of any improvement
mentioned in the foregoing sections shall
be betrayed, save as otherwise provided, by
an assessment upon the real estate bene-
fitted thereby, or by an assessment upon
the real estate fronting thereon to be lev
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Provided. that cross foot walks over pub
lie streets, lanes or alleys, and sidewalks
to public squares. public grounds
general fund of the city, and that all or
any part of the expense of improving or
ornamenting public grounds, squares and
parks may, if deemed expedient, be paid
out. of the general fund of the city or the
park fund. as hereinafter prescribed.
Provided, also. that any assessments for
any of the above named local improvements
which shall be apportioned or levied
against public property or property other
wise exempt shall be paid out of the gen
eral fund of the atty.
Sec. TO- All assessments for local i'm
proVements aforesaid as herein provided
for, shall be made by the commissioner Of
public works.
Sec. II. All applications or propositions
Tor any improvement or improvements here
for public parks, shall be made to or ema-
nate from the common council of the city,
and shall be first referred to the commits
soner of public works by the common co,ln-
ell.
Provided, that any such application made
to such council shall be in writing, and
said council shall not be required to pro-
coed farther with any such anpplication by
reference to the commissioner of public
works or otherwise, unless said council is
satisfied that the owners of at least one
half G@ of the property fronting and abut-
ting upon the line Of the said proposed i'm
prOvement resident within the same coun-
ty have subscribed to such application, and
upon such reference said commissioner
shall have power to investigate the same
and if he shall determine that such i'm
provement is necessary and proper he shall
report such determination to the common
council. accompanied with an estimate Of
tho pyDenSa thereof and n plon nr nrof;Io