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

idnO OF OIulna1y DuolneS0 DlOCk0 or prop
erty owned by any such corporation, person,
hrm or company except In the manner
provided by the ordinary methods Of taxa
lion. -
pc submitted to people Of said state, for
their approval or rejection, at the next
general election for the year 1896. Each
ea voters Of said state may
said amendment, and such election shall
be conducted and the returns thereof made,
certified and canvassed, and the result
thereof proclaimed. in the manner provided
by law. save that it shall be sufficient to
state upon the ballots prepared therefor,
as follows:
the taxation of sleeping car and other
companies. and owners" etc yes No.
but this shall not preclude the adoption
OF said amendment i'll any manner what
soever. II it shall appear from such cam
vass and proclamation that a majority Of
the voters voting at said election upon said
Ineldmsnt Yes Or No. nave voted in
favor OF the same. said amendment shall,
upon such proclamation, take effect and be
In full force as part Of the constitution of
the State of Minnesota.
Sec. B. This act shall take effect and be
IN force from and after it's passage.
Approved April ", 1895.
NO. rs. f. NO. 6T3
JOINT RESOLUTION authorizing the ap-
polntment Of commissioners to confer and
treat with similar commissioners on the
part OF the State of Wisconsin in rela-
ton TO changing portion OF the bound
and Wisconsin.
Whereas, the City of Duluth, in Minne-
sofa, and the City of Superior In Wiscon-
si,,, at tne westerly extremity Of Lake
superior, though separated by state lines
are geographically and essentially one city
cIose IN community of interest and already
connected by several bridges spanning the
grand harbor common to both, and while
nature has especially favored these cities
IN placing at their doors immense deposits
or rich iron ores in the Missabe and Yer
hardwoOds, the great water power of the
st. Louis river and the richest agricul-
tural lands on the continent. the genius of
man within the past fifteen years has
supplemented these advantages by building
two modern cities of which any nation
might be proud. both already widely known
Tor their commercial and manufacturing
Importance. containing at this time a com
bned population of 100, 600 being the ter
| mini Of eight distinct railway systems
having Touring mill capacity second only
10 Minneapolis, 4 grain elevator capacity
in advance of Chicago. saw mill capacity
the greatest on the lakes, and larger coal
docks, iron ore docks, merchandise docks,
snip yards and manufacturing plants than
! any other point in America: and.
whereas. it is believed that the welfare
OF the communities at the head of Lake
Superior in the counties of st. Louis and
Carlton in Minnesota. and Douglas in
pie of Duluth and Superior. would be pro-
NOTED and their material and social inter-
ests advanced the credit of each improved
ana their taxes and expenses reduced by
having but one set of public officials, one
port collector, one fire department. one
lighting plant, one water supply plant,
one street car system, free bridges, one
board of trade, one method of grain in
spection, one code of laws and ordinances,
and one general interest in all things, pro-
vided the state lines which now divide
mercial and Industrial development were
obliterated and they were united parts of
one jurisdiction embracing within it's linn
its one proud city having for it's common
harDOr the noble bays of st. Louis, Super
| ior and AllOues; and,
Whereas, these cities and communities
may be brought together, their undue bur-
dens, hindrances and difficulties, removed
and their mutual good Subserved by annex
ing to the State of Minnesota that part
and portion of the State of Wisconsin
lying north and west Of the Brule and st.
CroiX rivers Tor such portion thereof as
may be deemed advisable), being about
twenty-eight townships out of the county
OF Douglas and one township out of the
county! of Burnett, and placing the state
line where its location was for a time under
consideration before the present boundary
lines were adopted. Therefore be it
Resolved. by the Legislature of the State
of minnesota:
That the governor Of the state be and
ne is hereby authorized to appoint, within
thirty days after the adoption of this
joint resolution, commissioners, as herein
after provided, to meet. treat and confer
with like commissioners from the State of
WISCONSIN, with respect to the change of
boundary lines and union Of the cities
herein mentioned. and to report to the
ieSlsl atIre at its next general session their
conclusions and recommendations thereon,
with full facts and Information relative
thereto: touching and including financial.
Industrial and commercial Statistics DODu-
ditions. plans. legislation and proceedings
essential to bring about such change or
modincation of boundary lines and con-
Soidation of the cities and communities
named. together with any and all other
facts and data bearing 1lpon the subject.
Such commissioners shall be five in number
and shall be selected. two from the City
of Duluth and two from the state at large,
and the governor shall, eX otticio, be
member and chairman of such commission
Their conferences and meetings shall be
named.
Resolved, the legislature of the State of
wisconsin is hereby respectfully requested
to give its consideration to the subject of
these resolutions and invited to appoint like
commissioners in this behalf with full
power to meet and act with the commits
sioners herein authorized by the State of
Resolved. that the secretary of state is
hereby directed to transmit to the governor
and legislature Of the State of Wisconsin
ceftlneu copies OF these resolutions imme-
diately after their adoption
Approved April Is, 1885.
NO. 73.-H. T.. NO. o.
AN ACT to amend chapter thirteen n3)
or the General Statutes Of eighteen hun
ured ana seventy eight QS7S) as amended
by chapter twenty-three (23), section one
" OF the General Laws of eighteen HIM
dred and eighty-one GSSD and to repeal
certain provisions of said chapter thir-
teen QS), relating to roads, cartways
and bridges, and to repeal certain pro-
visions thereof eO
BE it enacted by the Legislature of the
State of Minnesota:
section l: That section sixty-two (6o) Of
chapter thirteen Q3) of the General Stat
YVES ,da OF eighteen hundred and seventy-eieht
1888, as amended by chapter twenty-three
20, section one O, Of the General Laws Of
eighteen hundred and eighty-one lSSD, is
hereDy amended so as to read as follows.
Sec g.. Any person who shall feel
hlmself aggrieved by any determination or
award OF damages made by the supervisors
OF any town or towns or by the commits
sioners of any county. either in laying out,
altering Or disseminating, or in refusing
to lay out. alter or discontinue any hign,
way or cartway or any taxpayer or legal
ROAD o;a; i, or highway. or any part thereof,
which Is to, be laid out, altered, changed
| or vacated may Or shall pass, NAV Within
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