St. Paul daily globe., 1895-04-15
FOR COUNTIES AND TOWNS.

An act to amend section Of chap
ter 80 of the General Statutes of 1878,
as amended by chapter 70 of the Gen
eral Laws of Minnesota for 1889, re-
lating to the filing of chattel mort
cages.
An act to amend section of chap
ter 12l of the General Laws of 1887,
entitled IAN act to provide for public;
school libraries"
An act to legalize certain township
orders heretofore issued under the au-
thority of a vote of the majority of
the legal voters of any township of
this state.
An act to authorize the use of waters
OF meandered lakes and streams for
protection of cranberry marshes.
An act to prevent the spread of
noxious weeds from empty freight
cars.
An act to amend section / of chap
ter 81 of the General Laws of 1879, re-
lating to highways.
An act to authorize the state audi
tor, under certain conditions, to cam
eel the accounts arising out of the
seed grain loans made by the state in
the years 1877 and 1878, and to enforce
payment in certain cases.
An act to amend chapter 1893 of the
General Laws of 1893 by allowing the
use of certain license moneys for GER
tain public improvements. Authorizes
any incorporated village within this
state to donate to the school fund, Ii
brary or other school purposes of any
legally incorporated school district
the territory of which forms a part
or all OF the territory of said village,
for the purpose of building or repair
ing the school houses, or providing a
library, school apparatus, or for any
educational purposes, all or a percent
age of the license money received by
any such village for licenses granted
to deal in Intoxicating liquors in said !
village, and any such incorporated viii
lage is likewise authorized, in the
discretion of the village council there
of, Ito, .expend under the direction of
said council, in the construction or re-
pair of roads and highways leading
into or adjacent to any such village,
the whole or any part of the license
money received by any such village
from the issuance of licenses.
An act providing for the enlarge
ment of organized counties by attach
ing thereto and Incorporating therein
territory from an adjoining unorgan-
lied county or counties.
An act to amend sections 129 and IA
of chapter s of the General Statutes
of Minnesota of 1873, relating to the
office of county auditor and county
treasurer.
An act authorizing county commits
sioners' in certain cases to allow
county treasurers and auditors com
pensation for clerk hire
An act to amend an act entitled "An
act to provide for the organization of
school Districts No new district Or
ganized under the provisions of this
act shall be so formed as to include
the school building of any existing dis
trict; but where an existing district
contains two or more school build
ings, the district so formed may in
clude not to exceed one of such build
ings; nor shall any of the territory in
corporated into such new district be
thereby relieved of any obligation to
which it was subject prior to the for
nation of such new district as part of
another district; and where a district
from which any portion of such new
district shall be detached was prior
thereto bonded for school purposes,
the real estate embraced in the terri
tory so detached shall be taxed for
the payment of such bonds and the
interest thereon, in the same manner
as if such territory had not been so
detached. No school district shall
hereafter be organized in this state
otherwise than in accordance with the
provisions of this act
An act to amend section 1 of chap
ter 16S of the General Laws of 1889, re-
lating to drainage of lands upon petit
ton of the supervisors of townships
Amendment provides that when, up
on the petition of the owner thereof.
it is sought to secure the drainage of
any land into any ditch or drain
constructed heretofore, or hereafter,
for the construction of which ditch
said lands have been assessed, it
shall be the duty of supervisors to
lay out and establish such ditch or
DRAIN"
An act to authorize the division of
organized towns by board of county
commissioners, in certain cases. Thir-
teen or more legal voters may peti-
ton for division. and commissioners
in their judgment.
An act to amend chapter 13 Of the
General Statutes of Minnesota of 1873,
relating to public highways in town.
ships, and authorizing the inhabitants
of towns to place all roads and bridges
within the town under the manage
ment of the board of supervisors;
provides that, whenever it shall be !
deemed eXpedient to abolish the cleo |
ton of overseers of highways in any |
township, and to abolish the collec- |
ton of poll tax, the legal voters of |
such township at any annual. town |
meeting may, by a majority of the |
votes cast, pass a resolution or resolu-
tions directing that all roads in such |
township, and the repairing of the |
same, and making of new roads laid |
out, or that may be hereafter laid |
out, and the building and repairing |
of bridges, and the general manage |
ment and care of the same, shall be |
under the control and direction of |
the supervisors of such township. |
That upon the passage of such a
resolution or resolutions, the election
of road overseers and the collection
of poll tax in such township shall
thereby be deemed abolished and the
control of the roads and bridges of
such township shall be transferred
to the supervisors, and all the duties
now imposed and powers conferred
by law on the oyerseers of highways