The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-02-09
\ IMPOR TAlNII Bill
g! Owners !! rlsa q Pine and Mineral Lands Re-
qsilred to Pay Taxes Before the
asnds are Rende Worthless.
sssvsre Penalties Imposed for Failure to
Pay Taxes Before Pine OF Minerals
Az Removed From the Land.

Sssh AHilAhuy sOI8SLn6 {cOuntleS In northern
aMllnnesot TIA, there}are thousands of acres
iand eh iely valuable for the pine tim
Der rowing thereon, ID these timber
.eo e y the county officials lind it al.
most i'm possible to enforce the collec-
ZION OF taxes on pine lands. The lum-
SberIperl cut off the tim Der and neglect
,ofisasreIanse to pay the taxes. After the
Timber y gone there is nothing left but
- treary waste of pine stumps. The
state auditor has held that under the
present law the collection of taxes can
be- enforced before the timber is re-
moved q However, in order to remove
az doubt in the premises a bill has
8beeNp repaired in the State auditors
.otheefand was introduced Tuesday in
tlat s. ou l by Hon. g. F. Staples, of
slD@akota county. II the bill. insquestion
.bedpmes q law, owners Of pine and
lands will be obliged to pay
5ttstxas before pine or mineral can be
lremoyed from the land We are de-
.cidsxll Of the opinion that some such
laWaas absolutely necessary. We deem
.thesbil Of sufficient Importance to re-
produce it in the columns OF the UNION:
sABHi for an Act Relating to the Tax
asion of Timber and Mineral lands. Z
I'ssss,, enacted By the legislature of the State
Minnesota: /. Il.
s5 iSEsCTIoN I. That all timber now
standing and growing on any tract of
f,tnl this State, and all minerals not
yetSmined from any Of the landsof this
stastd, are hereby declared to be real
estAte;for the purposes Of taxation.
ELTIoN 2. That all taxes hereafter
assessed against any tract of land re-
feEredsto in section one Of this act shall
be and remain in lien thereon as now
provided by law and on any and upon
all tim Der hereafter cut therefrom
andssupon any and all minerals
hereafter mined therefrom I'M
ill 1slich taxes shall be paid and dis
charged And no timber or minerals
M bes removed g from any tract Of
siaad until all the taxes assessed against
such tract and due and payable shall
have been fully paid and discharged.
& SECTION 8. That where any taxes
hereafter assessed against any tract of
land referred to in section one of this
act become due and payable, and the
State auditor has reason to believe
that timber Or minerals will be re-
moved therefrom before the taxes
which have been assessed against such
tract, and are due and payable, will be
removed therefrom, he shall direct the
county attorney OF the county in which
such tract is situated, to bring suit in
the name of the State to enjoin any
and all persons from removing any
timber or minerals therefrom, as the
case may be, until such taxes shall be
paid. No bond or undertaking shall
be required of the State of county, or
ofany one in behalf of either the State
or county, in any such injunction suit.
It shall be the duty of the attorney
general, when requested by the State
auditor, to assist the county attorney
in prosecution such suit, in any court
in which the same shall be pending.
SECTION 4. That any timber here
after cut or any minerals hereafter
mined from any part of land of this
State and removed therefrom, subject
to the lien hereinbefore provided, or.
so much thereof as may be necessary,
may be seized by the State auditor, or
by any of his agents, or by the sheriff
OF any county when appointed and
authorized by the State auditor in
writing, and sold in the manner pro-
,vided for the sale of personal property
in satisfaction of personal taxes. All
moneys received from any such sale in
excess of the amount necessary to sat-
isfy the taxes delinquent and the costs
and expenses incurred in making such
seizure and sale shall be returned to
the owner of the timber or minerals so
seized and sold, if known, and, if I'M
.k'nwn, the same shall be deposited in