St. Paul daily globe., 1895-05-21
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! all section or property lines pertaining to
| any section or group of sections or any
| township in their respective countless upon
! the petition for such survey by the town
| supervisors of the township in which the
| lands to be so surveyed are located. or
| upon the petition of at least two taxpayers
| in each section to be thus surveyed.
Sec @ Upon the filing with the county
auditor of the petition mentioned in the
| foregoing section the county commission
ers shall at their next regular meeting fix
time and place, such time to be at least
one month later than the date of such
| meeting, when such petition will be con-
| sidered; and shall cause to be published in
the next issue Of the official paper of their
respective counties notice of such date Of
| hearing, fully describing in such notice the
essence of such petition, the land to be af-
fected by such survey and the names of the
owners thereof as they appear on the
| Sec s. Upon the date fixed for such hear
| ing the petition shall be either granted
or refused. or the date of such hearing
! postponed to a future fixed time.
! Sec 4. Upon the granting of such pc
| titiOn the county commissioners shall ap-
! point a surveyor, who may or may not be
! named by the petitioners, as the said com
missOners may deem best; and shall cause
! such surveyor to enter into a contract
| for the performance of the work. secured
! by such satisfactory bond as may be re-
quired by such commissioners. and shall
! fix a date for the commencing of said
|
Of said date for the beginning of the sur
vey shall be published in the next follow
ing issue of the official paper of the
proper county, and upon the date hxed
surveyor appointed as herein provided shall
| begin the work of making such survey
and shall continue the same without un-
! necessary delay until completed
Sec. ,. The said surveyor shall re-estab-
liSh all lost government corners, according
to the rules Of the general land office Of the
United States in its printed circular en-
titled "Restoration of Lost and Obllter,
atcd Corners" dated March 13, 1888, and
approved the same date by the secretary
of the interior. And from such corners
so re-established, or from the original gov
ernment corners where the same nave not
been lost shall sub-divide, as set forth
in the petition, all sections therein IN
cluded according to the rules of said gen
eral land office for the subdivision OF sec
tions, dated June ID, 1887, approved by the
acting secretary Of the interior on the
same date, and republished Dec. ,, lS9o
(said rules being in accord with the laws
of Minnesota but more specihc III lanSuaSel
He shall locate all property lines required
by the petition according to all existing
authentic field notes, plats and other eyi-
dence and by the original deeds II tne
same are furnished him, otherwise by tne
descriptions given in the latest tax dupl-
cate. He shall keep complete ana accurate
field notes of all the work, giving dates;
weather, names Of assistants, lengths ana
relative direction of all lines. OF me 1ull
topography Of all evidence by which cor
ners are located, and full Data Dy Whicn
the entire survey can be relocated IN the
future Distances shall be given IN rect
and decimals thereof. Substantial lime or
other stone monuments shall be pialiteu
at or near all government corners re-eS'tp- Az,
lishpd but not in Travelled roads, ana the
names Of at least three resident witnesses
must be given for each monument in such
notes. He shall make plat on strong
linen paper showing all of the above men
toned information practcable 10 De SCI
forth in a plat, and shall show thereon All
farms or tracts of land which are bene-
fitted or affected by such survey together
with the owners names ana the acreage
of each separate tract !.
See g. The plat so prepared shall be
presented to the board Of county commS-
sioners for approval, and. when so ap-
proved, shall have inscribed thereon ii Ger
tifcate signed by the chairman or such
board setting forth such approval ana
the aDpointment of the surveyor under TINS
act by such board. and shall further nave
inscribed thereon the sworn athdaVlt OF
the surveyor making the same as to the
correctness and accuracy OIL the survey
and of the plat
Sec. Z. The plat thus prepared and In,
scribed shall then, together with the nelq
notes of the survey it represents, he hlcd
in +ba office of the register of deeds in
and for the county wherein the landS so
surveyed are situate, where they shail De
received by the register of deeds ana en-
tered IN the reception P1ok upon bicb me pfs ae
is TO be paid by the surveyor making me
survey, and shall thereupoh become Pilnld
facie evidence of the correctness anu az
curacv of such survey and of the lines
tLarahv established Provided, however,
that nothing in this act shall be construed
TO appy III cases where owners nave nAeu
q line bv agreement, or where any nl%h-
way has been laid out along the line OF any
ion, or. subdivision
as TO change the lines of such highway.
Sec. s. The surveyor shall thereuDoh
make and submit to the board OF county
commissioners an assessment upon lhe
lands so surveyed to cover the entire cost
Of such survey which said aSSeSSmehl
shall be determined according to the 1ol-
lowing rule -.
RuIe-Said assessment upOn the indi-
viduaI tracts Of land included in the pc
tition and survey shall be made proportl0h-
al to the area of said tracts multiplied Dy
the ratio of the length of their DounqaIieS
surveyed to the length of their total pouli-
darieS the boundaries surveyed hot 10 ~
clude boundaries which were accurately
and definitely marked before the cOnlinehc
ing of the survey under TINS act oalu lacI a.
srssment shall not exceed lour Genus !fo
ner acre excepting for tracts containing
less than ten 00) acres, and shail not eA-
coed five dollars $50 for any one farm
See 9. Upon the receipt of the assess
ment roll thus prepared the county CON,
nmhIished once in the official paper or the
county. said publication to contain
description the supposed owner % %hitllle,
the amount assessed against each sGpaIatc
tract and a notice of the time ana pace
when and where the beard VIII Eseet 10
correct and confirm said aSseSsment, any M
mon tbe date thus fixed the board snail
after making proper corrections ana au-
justments, confirm sald asStam'nIm, asses ,,nor tho
See 10. The county auditor, upon the ii
confirmation of said assessment NY ny I
hoard of county commissioners us plosi,tou p'i
NV thr preceding section, Shall enter upoIa p
the tax duplicate FOR the tuIaVn' IVA so as
sCScod thc amount of said assessment 't9
shown by said assessment roll WhlSh as
snssment shall then be collected anu '3 pay
ment thereof enforced IN the sline ,.nridad
ne and with the regular taxes: prGvlutu; tN;
tbot if all the owners of the landS allectcu
shaiI voluntarily pay into the county taS treaS-
urv the said assessment then Ihe plQO 90.
ings required by sections , anu ~ " '-i'1
act shall not be had ,,a+tor Of +be
Soc II. Upon the completion OF e1a lIG
work and the fling of the plats anu nciu ,a
notes and Of the assessment ron as p% pn%T
NIT to the board of county commissioners MSS, .,,r
his ranort and a bill for making sucn SUI sur
,lnI. Which bill shall cover all eXpen9ltufGIS1 I1
IN connection with such survey ana SUI sni.i
not exceed the total amo9lin nin oi orin% 'n been
,N,ii.o1ad and allowed by the poard oi
caInfy cpnf commissioners as reasonable f,,adl ana
lust lust SHAH be paid out OF the general dnnGs
of the proper county as in ofher tine manher smiler
ciStlr'' Snn - This act shall take effect ana De
in force from and after its passage
Approved April 13, 1879
NO. rs F. NO. 9:
AN ACT providing for the adjustment OF OF
an Aindnbtedness Of municipalities and
Observation-Disclosures l'ia: partially annexed TO
pe CIV If cnoctcd M by the Legislature of the
Scction SSatG ~ = !! i' In all cases heretofore
or hereafter arising in td1hh this srin state or in
Hart Of anv village. or in which a
BART BART of # any other municipality or quasi
inunicipality shall have been or shall be an