The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-03

other property needed in connection with
such water or light plants, or either OF
them, for the protection of the purity OF
the water supply. or otherwise. issued or
authorized to be issued bonds, so that
the amount of said bonds when added to
the other Indebtedness of said city shall
cause the entire Indebtedness thereof to
exceed five per cent (5%) of the total value
of the taxable property of said city, &C
cording to the last preceding assessment
for purposes of taxation, then said bonds
shall not be deemed to be a part OF the
total Indebtedness of said city, which said
city is hereinbefore forbidden to make to
exceed five per cent (5%) of the tota
value of said taxable property: anC
thereafter said city may issue such add
ticnal bonds as may be necessary to eX
tend, enlarge or improve such water ant
light plants or either of such plants, anc
such additional bonds so issued for such
a part of the total Indebtedness of said
city. which said city is hereinbefore for
hidden to make to exceed five per cent 70 ~
of the totalvalue of said taxable property
negotiated and sold in the same manner
as other city bonds, and shall be first
lien upon all water and light plants and
structures of every kind, if issued for
both; or if for only one, then upon the
appliances and structures thereof, and all
property acquired or used in connection
Herewith, erected, owned or purchased
by said city; and the proceeds of said
other purpose than that for which they
are issued. No city council of any city
in this state shall issue bonds for any
purpose to the amount Of one hundred
thousand dollars (S10O,OOO) or over, until
the proposition to issue said bonds has
been approved by majority OF the legal
voters of that city voting at a general
or special election.
Sec. II. This act shall take effect and
be in force from and after its passage.
Approved April %, 1897.
CHAPTER 256-S. F. NO. 662.
AN ACT t. to amend section sect on. one % Of Of
the State of Minnesota for the year
one thousand eighteen hundred and
ninety-three QS93) as amended by chap
ter one hundred and twenty-one Q2D
of the general laws of the State of Min
nesota for the year eighteen hundred
and ninety-tive QS95), defining what
shall constitute a newspaper for the
legal notices.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
State of Minnesota:
Section l.. That section one G of chap
ter thirty-three (33) of the laws of the
State of Minnesota for the year one thou
sand eight hundred and ninety-three
QS93) as amended by chapter one hundred
and twenty-one GID, general laws of the
state OF Minnesota for the year one thou
sand eight hundred and ninety-five Q995),
be and the same is hereby amended by
dQQlnS at the end thereof the following:
Provided, further, that in order to con-
stitute a legal newspaper under the pro
visions OF this act it shall not be neces-
sary that such paper be published or is
sued upon Sundays or holidays.
And provided further, that in newly
organized counties, during the first fif-
teen months after such organization, any
newspaper which does not comply with
this act as to length of time of publica-
ton and number of papers printed and
shall ha r.
cred legal newspaper upon complying
with all the other requirements of this
act.
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and
be in force from and after it's passage.
Approved April %, 1897.
CHAPTER 257-S. F. NO. 651
AN ACT to define the right of shore own
or lakes within the state and to provide
for the partition Of such lands between
the respective owners thereof.
be it enacted by the Legislature of the
State of Minnesota:
Section 1. All lakes and streams in this
state which have been or may hereafter
be meandered in the government surveys
are hereby classified into public waters
rivers, and all meandered lakes Of more
than one hundred and sixty (160) acres
in extent which are of sufficient
depth, and volume to be capable OF
x,
fowling, boating, or furnishing water
supply for domestic, municipal or agri-
cultural purposes, shall be known as pub
lie waters.
All meandered lakes and streams not
included in the above classification shall
be known as private waters.
Sec. 2. In all cases where any lake
belonging to. the class of private waters
above mentioned has been so meandered
in the government survey, the owners of
lands 1hnftinO chnrnS nf
said lake shall be the owners in common
of the bed thereof; and for the purpose
of this act the bed of such lake shall be
deemed to include all the lands within the
meandered lines established by such gov
eminent survey, and the rights of the
respective shore owners in case of the
partition of such lake bed as herein
after provided, shall be in proportion to
the length of the meander line upon the
tract or tracts owned by each. And in all
cases where such meandered lakes come
within the classification of public waters
the bed and waters thereof shall belong
to the state and in it's sovereign capacity,
in trust for the people for public use, and
the shore owners shall own in common
the fee in the lands to the waters edge
thereof. Provided, that whenever the
dry up as to reduce said lake within the
classification of private waters" as
above defined, the title of the state and
it's trusteeship shall cease, and the bed
among the owners of the shore of the
same as if said lake had always be-
longed to the class. of private waters.
Sec. g.. In all cases where any
or swamp appurtenant thereto has been
or may hereafter be meandered in the
United States government survey of any
of the land within this state, the owner
of lands abutting upon said stream or
river shall be the owner of the bed of
said stream, with all accretionS and re-
lotions, or intervening islands to the
thread of said stream; or if said stream
thread thereof was located; and the
lateral boundaries of said shore owners
shall be straight lines extended from the
widest point on the meander lines across
thread of said stream, running parallel
with the lines of the government survey,
and intervening irregularities of the &C
tual shore line of said stream shall be
disregarded if they cross or conflict with
such straight line SO extended. Provided,
that if by reason of the convolutions of
said meander line such straight lateral
lines so extended in the direction of the
thread of said stream would intersect
before reaching said stream with some
other point Of said meander line, said
lateral line shall nevertheless be extended
straight to such point of intersection,
and from such point the 1ntersecting
meander shall be the boundary line
of such tract to the point constituting
the extremity of the narrowest clear
space between such exterior meander line
and said stream, and from thence a new
lateral line shall be extended parallel to
the first to the thread of said stream.
Provided further. that in all cases where
such stream or river comes within. the
classification Of public waters, as above
defined, the title to the actual bed of
said river and the waters therein shall
be held in trust by the state in it's SOW,
ereigh capacity for public use, during an u
any such public use, and upon the dry
ing up of the same such trusteeship OF
the state shall cease. But such trustee
ship shall not in any manner Interfere
with establishing the boundaries Of the
lands adhering to the lands of any shore
owner by reason of accretions or reelection