The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-03
TWO NEW COUNTTES
Added to Minnesota's Sisterhood Inv
the New Bill.

senators Potter and Whitney to
whom H. F. 568, the Cass-Reitra mi
county bill, was referred recommended
the IolIoWlng amendments:
mat Sect1onS~ l to 5 be amended To
read as follows:
oeCtlon !! That every unorganized county
IN the state Of Minnesota is hereby decIaroJy
organized for all purposes under tbe tdI+ Gu
LUIS ana restrictions embraced in this act
Every county so organized, which has 20n
Of reslstered voters, shall have a board
u county commissioners consisting of five
IAeHDeTS, and all other counties So 0reanizeJ
board of three members
oo 81 ~ -. IN every county organized by this
acI Ine governor shall appoint the number of
commissioners to which said county is on
titleo under this act, and the said commits
st 81 snail, within thirty days after notice
OF tnelr appointment, meet and ouaIifv ond
enter upon the duties of their ofHco go
they snail hold their offices for a nerjod Of
Iour years, and until their successors 70
elected and qualified al
The commissioners SC annointa5 sbo, III,
III thirty days after qualifying as such an
point all of the other county offinorS, 81
Sucn county, winch the county commission
ers OF organized counties are now authorized
oy law to appoint and the other county Of
HcerS snall be appointed as now provided NV
Jaw. All OF said county officers shall hold
their offices until the next general eIaction
and until their successors are eIected ond
qualified. 0o'ou anu
Sec. III. The commissioners so annointod
concurred in by majority of their number
locate the county seat of said county
odiu commissioners shall, at their JULY
meeung next preceding the general election
held IN the year 1900 divide the county into
such number of commissioner districts as
tney are entitled to; and the commission nrs
elected thereafter shall be elected one from
each commissioner district, as now provided
| Dy law; but until such election ali such -coro
mlssloners shall be commissioners at LARGO
! LOT the whole county, and may divide their
! selves i
Sec. ". Eevery county organized bv this
act is upon such organization declared to he
uetached from the county to which it is now
Attached Tor judicial ana registry purposes
and organized for judiciary and registry nur-
poses; and in every such county there shall
be held. at the county seat thereof. one
general term of the district court in each
year. the time for the commencement of
which shall be fixed by the Judge or Judges
OF the judicial district in which said county
! is located until otherwise provided by law
Such time shall lie fixed and the eount0
| commissioners Of said county notified thereof
! within sixty days after the organization of
| said county, and all suits actions or nro
| ceedings pending at the time of the orosni-
! cation of said county in the district court
| or any other county, which by law would
nave oeen tr1able in said county II the same
nad Deen organized for judicial purposes
! snail be transferred to said county so or
! ganiZed as aforesaid and all records ner
tanning to or which properly belong to said
!
/ law, shall be transferred to said county and
may be Transcribed into and become records
! thereof; and all Of the affairs of such conn
/ Ties shall hereafter be governed by the GEN
! eral laws of the state, excepting as herein
modified
! Sec. " Counties organized under the
| PROVISIONS OF this act shall have the usual
! and ordinary powers Of other organized CONF
! ties. provided and excepting that not more
/ than five thousand (S5 0eW dollars shall ha
! raised or expended within FIVE (5) wears from
! the time OF the organization of any county
! organized hereunder, for county BUILDINGS
nor shall more than ten thousand $50 G00l
/ dollars be raised or expended for such build
! ings within ten years from such organization.
nor shall any Indebtedness be incurred nv
! such county within ten years from the time
! OF its organization for any purpose other than
! and the total tax that may be levied in any
! such county for any one year for ten years
| after the organization of such county. shall
! not exceed the sum of twelve thousand lSf2 :
! 000) dollars, for ali purposes whatsoever ey-
! ceptfng the one mill local school tax and the
| one mill general school tax and village taxes
! provided should it be found that sufHnian+
! fund is not secured for the purpose of boId
ing five months school in each wear in any
district In such counties from the tax nro
vided for in this act for this purpose. Then
an additional tax Of not to exceed two mills
may be levied and collected in such tffsthict
but no more. Provided further that any
such county may Issue county warrants for
necessary current expenses, but at no time
during the said period of ten years subse-
quent to the organization OF such county
shall the outstanding warrants 10 issued e1-