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

perjury; and upon conviction thereof shall
be punished by Imprisonment. in the state
prison for not less than one ul year nor
more than i've l5) years. sssS s4ss53
g Sec 81 Whoever shall make affidavit re-
CURED in section eighty t8O) OF this act, and
snail receive or cause to be received from
any such estimate or any part thereof
while any such claim for work or labor
remains unpaid. and for the recovery of
M SanG an action may be maintained the
jury, and upon conviction thereof shall he
punished by Imprisonment in the state
PRISON for not less than one a. nor more
Sec. SS The provisions of this act shall
not pc construed to make imperative the
provisions OF section seven % OF chapter
three 81 OF the General Laws of Mime
sofa Zone thousand eight hundred and
elghty-hye 1SS5). entitled an act to amend
an act. entitled an act to authorize the
safe deposit and trust companies, approved
March fifth (5th), one thousand eight hun
dred and eighty three (1SS3), approved March
NTH loth), one thousand eight hundred
authority conferred by said section shall
continue to exist Notwithstanding any Of
the provisions of this act, and any corpora.
ton duly organized and having authority to
act under the terms of said section may
become sole surety under any bond required
by the provisions of this act.
Sec 81. 1T snail be the duty Of the city
public works each week in writing the
TIme of each man and the owner of each
team employed by him during the week pre-
ceGing such report in the care of streets or
sewers, and the wages to be paid for each
man and each team. and the nature and
location of the work on which said men
and teams are or We're engaged, and said
report shall be filed by said commissioner
in his office and be open for inspection at
any time during business hours by any tax
payer; andl eight hours shall constitute a
days work for each such man and team,
and the common council shall have author
ity to fix the compensation therefor.
See. so. 1t shall be the duty of the
commissioner of public works as soon as
ing for the condemning of land by said
city or condemning any slopes by said city,
to cause to be made d certificate setting
forth the general description of the lands
city in said proceeding. together with IL
plat showing the same. The certificate in
stead OF being u separate writing, may be
written OIL the plat if convenient, which
by said commissioner under his seal and
recorded in the Office Of the register of
deeds OF the county in which the city
II the certlhcate is separate from the plat
it shall be separately recorded and a nota.
ton made upon the margin of the record
found in the registers office. The fees for
such recording shall be paid by the city.
Sec. 81. When the cost and expense of
any OF the following improvements. viz.
for street, public market, levee, alley or
park, or a condemnation of an easement of
land for slopes in cuts and fills does not
exceed the sum of two hundred 600 dol:
lars the assessment therefor shall be paid
out of the general fund of the city.
See. 50. The common council Of any city
within the provisions of this act shall have
power to establish and maintain at any
PAL
system or systems of sewerage for said
city i'll such manner and under such regula'
tons as the said council may deem eX-
pedient, and to alter or change from time
to time such system or systems as the said
council may deem proper. The city en-
gineer, by and with the consent Of the
common council, may appoint. a competent
person as sewer inspector, who shall hold
his position at the pleasure of the engineer
and at such as the engineer with the ap-
proval Of the common council may de-
termine. .-
Sec. SO. Sewers connected or intended to
be connected with such general system OF
systems of sewerage may from time to
time be ordered by said council to be con,
Structed by the. commissioner of public
works in the manner hereinbefore provided
for local improvements.
Sec. "a. The cost OF constructing, alter
ing or repairing any sewer or sewers shall
in this act; provided, however, that the
common council may order the cost there,
OF or such part, as it NAV, deem expedient
to be paid by the city at large out of any
pllcable to such purpose
Sec. 30. Any city embraced within the
PROVISIONS OF this act may include within
It's annual tax levy from time to time such
sums as it may deem expedient which
shall constitute a sewer fund and which
may be. used from time to time as above
provided to defray the costs of sewers.
Sec. So. The common council shall have
power to prescribe the conditions upon
which sewers may be tapped and to grant
licenses therefor and power to suspend OF
also have power to prescribe the conditions
upon which pavementS and macadam sur.
facing may be taken up and replaced for
sewer, gas and water connections or for
any other purpose whatever. Said commits.
Sloner shall also have power to grant
licenses to drain and sewer contractors and
TO any person or persons desiring to make
any excavation of any kind in any of the
Streets, avenues, levees or alleys, and
to suspend or revoke the same. Said com.
missioner shall prescribe the amount to be
paid for such licenses and shall prescribe
regulations for excavating streets. avenues,
levees or alleys for tapping and making
connections with sewer, gas, water OF
steam pipes, electric conduits and all un-
aa agin conduits or pipes for which
franchises nave been or may be granted
and for the protection and maintenance
thereof.
No person or corporation shall be per.
mitted to tap or. make connections with any
sewer, water, gas or steam pipes or cleo
whatever in the public streets, avenues
levees or alleys of said city without hav-
ing first obtained from the commissioner
of public works license therefor. An ap'
plication for any license provided for in
this section shall be in writing, signed by
the applicant and addressed to the com.
ton shall be accompanied by a bond in
the sum of five thousand dollars $4,000,
running to the city, executed by the ap,
plicant as principal and two responsible
and satisfactory SuretieS, conditioned that
such excavation and tapping, or connecting
with sewers, shall be made in accordance
with the regulations prescribed by the com.
missioner of public works for street ey.
cavatiOnS and sewer connections, and also
further conditioned to save the city harm
less from all damages, loss, cost and ex.
pense to which said city may be subjected
by reason of such excavation or sewer con.
nections. Said bond shall be approved by
the legal adviser of the city and the com,
missioner of public works and filed with
the city engineer.
No person or corporation, whether Ii
cenSed or otherwise, shall make any eN-
cavation whatsoever in any of the streets,
avenues, levees or alleys of said city with
out having first obtained from the city
engineer a permit therefor; provided, how
ever. that in the event of any unforeseen
accident to the Water-WOrkS OF the city, it
shall not be necessary to first procure a
permit to make any repairs necessary.
ANY violation of any of the provisions
Of this section by any person or persons
or corporation shall be deemed a misde.
meanor, and any person or corporation con.
victed thereof upon complaint therefor shall
be punished by u fine of not less than fifty
(5O) dollars nor more than one hundred
dollars.
Any city within the provisions of this
ordered built to include in such order the
construction as far as the property lines
Of all the lateral connections and private
drains that may be deemed e1pedient OF
paved to include in such order the con
struction as far as the property lines Of al
sewer, water and gas connections that may
be deemed eNDedient or necessary The
cost Of this work shall be assessed upon the
property benefited in the same manner as
any other local improvement