New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1895-05-22
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! Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
! State of Minnesota:
| Section 1. That the county commission
ers of any county of the state be and the
| same are hereby authorized to cause to be
| surveyed, located and staked out any or
all section or property lines pertaining to
any section or group OF sections or any
| township in their respective counties, 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. 2 Upon the filing with the county
| auditor of the petition mentioned in the
foregoing section the county commission
| efs snail 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
! latest tax duplicate.
Sec. 3. 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.
| See 4. Upon the granting of such pc
| titlon the county commissioners shall APP
! named by the petitioners. as the said com
| missioners may deem best; and shall cause
| such surveyor to enter into contract
| for the performance of the work, secured
| by such satisfactory bond may be re-
| quired by such commissioners. and shall
fix date for the commencing of said
| survey. Notice of said appointment and
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 fixed
! hyr l,o ss;H,, f1,N
surveyor appointed as herein provided shall
begin the work of making such survey
| and shall continue the same without I'M
| 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 it's printed circular en-
| titled Transformation of Lost and Oblter-
ated Corners" dated March 10. 1888, and
| approved the same date by the secretary
of the interior And from such corners
so re-established, or from the original gov
eminent corners where the same have not
been lost shall sub-divide. set forth
in the petition. all sections therein in
Guided, according to the rules of said gen
tons, dated June I'd. 1887, approved by the
acting secretary of the interior on the
same date, and republished Dec. .. $50
(said rules being in accord with the laws
! He shall locate all property lines required
| by the petition according to all existing
| authentic field notes, plats and other evl-
! dence and by the original deeds if the
same are furnished him. otherwise by the
| descriptions given in the latest tax duph-
cate. He shall keep complete and accurate
| field notes of all the work, giving dates,
| weather, names of assistants. lengths ana
| relative direction of all lines. of the full
topography. of all evidence by which cor
ners are located, and full data by which
! the entire survey can be relocated III the
future Distances shall be given in feet
| and decimals thereof Substantial lime or
| other stone monuments shall be planted
at or near all government corners re-estab-
| lished. but not in Travelled roads, and the
| names Of at least three resident witnesses
! must be given for each monument i'll such
notes. He shall make a plat on strong
linen paper showing all of the above men
| toned Information practicable to be set
! forth in a plat. and shall show thereon all
farms or tracts of land which are bene-
| flied or affected by such survey, together
with the owners names ana the acreage
| of each separate tract.
| Sec. g. The plat so prepared shall De
presented to the board of county commits
soners for approval, and; when SO ap-
tifcate signed by the chairman of such
board setting forth such approval and
| the appointment of the surveyor under THIS
act by such board, and shall further nave
| inscribed thereon the sworn affidavit of
| the surveyor making the same as to the
correctness and accuracy OF the survey
and of the plat.
Sec. g.. Inc pat luuS pTepdieu anu IL
scribed shall then, together with the field
! notes of the survey it represents, be hled
in the office Of the register of deeds In
| and for the county wherein the lands so
received by the register of deeds and en-
! tered IN the reception book upon the pay
ment of Il fee of one dollar tSD, which Zee
| is to be paid by the surveyor making the
survey. and shall thereupOn become prlnl
| facie evidence Of the correctness ana ac-
curacy of such survey and of the lines
| thereby established. Provided however:
| that nothing in this act shall be construed
to apply in eases where owners have fixed
| a line by agreement, or where any high
way has been laid out along the line of any
such section or subdivision ,' theSso1: 50
| See s. The surveyor shall thereupon
| make and submit to the board of county
| commissioners an assessment upon me
of such survey. which said assessment
shall be determined according to the 1ol-
| lowing rule: .
RuIe-said assessment upon the indi-
| yidual tracts of land included in the pc
| tition and survey shall be made proportion
| al to the area of said tracts multiplied by
| the ratio of the length of their boundaries
surveyed to the length of their total bouli-
! DIARIES, the boundaries surveyed not to III
! cude boundaries which were accurately
and definitely marked before the commenc-
| ing Of the survey under this act. SAD as
| sessment shall not exceed four cents t4c}
less than ten GO) acres, and shall not eA-
coed five dollars $50 for any one farm
Sec 8. Upon the receipt Of the assess
mcnt roll thus prepared the county com
! missoners shall cause the same to pc
| published once in the official paper of the
county, said publication to contain a
description. the supposed owner name to
tract and q notice of the time ana place
when and where the beard will meet to
correct and confirm said assessment, ana
upon the date thus hxed tne noatu III Sha .,d
| after making proper corrections ana au-
| iustments, confirm said assessment.
Sec. 10. The county auditor upon the
| confirmation of said assessment ny sn 4
| hoard of county commissioners as PROVIDED
| nv the preceding section, shall enter upon
| the tax duplicate for the current year
| against the respective tracts or lahu SO as
sessed the amount OF said aSSeSsh h;ch as,
| sessment shall then be collecteu alo p,iS
ment thereof enforced in the same manner
as and with the regular taxes: pr4 ee1otoi
that if all the owners of the lands atfecten
| shall voluntarily pay into the county treas
ury the said assessment then the proceed
| ings required by sections ana III OF thls
Soc II. Jrpon the completion of the
| work and the filing of the plats ana held
| notes and of the assessment ron as pip-
vided by this act the surveyor sH.ii SUI,
| milf TO the board of county commissioners
| his report and bill for making sucn SUI
yey, Which bill shall cover all expenditures
! in connection with such survey ana snall
not exceed the total amount OF tne asses San,,
| MANI therefor. and said bill, having Deen
n Iu and allowed by the board Of
county commissioners as reasonable , anu
just Shall be paid out of the general enc n ane
| of the proper county as IN tne iiah n
nrovided for the payment OF other similar
| claims. 4,,o offoo+ ond he
| in force from and after It's passase'
Approved April ID, 1893.
NO. 47-s. F.. NO. 9:
AN ACT providing for the adjustment an o1