The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-04-28
NEW LAWS.
Some That are of Interest to
MankatO.
A Few of the Measures That the Legis.
lature has Enacted Into
Laws.

The last legislature enacted several
laws of local interest to Mankato and
Blue Earth county. The following are
some Of them:
S. F. 500. Amends section 665, Sta
tutes of 1894, relative to the pay of
county commissioners, by providing
that in counties whose assessed valua-
ton is more than 100000 and not
more than $50, ZOO, 900. which includes
only Stearns, Winona and Blue Earth
counties, each commissioner except the
chairman may receive pay for not to
exceed sixty days services and the
chairman for not to exceed seventy
days. This extends the time ten days
in this county.
S. F. III. Amends the wolf bounty
law very materially For a female
wolf full grown the bounty under this
act is 81; for any other full grown wolf,
S., and for cub 49, These figures ap-
ply all the year. 1t is required that the
person claiming bounty for killing a
wolf must take the carcass before the
town clerk of the town wherein the
wolf is killed, or in unorganized towns
before the nearest town clerk. From
him he secures a certificate as to the
facts, after an examination made in
the presence of two witnesses, The
wolf slayer then takes the certificate
and the head of the wolf to the county
auditor and gets his money.
H F. SO. Amends the general game
and fish law in several particulars.
Spring shooting is forbidden, the closed
SESSION for Aquatic fowl beginning Jan.
/ and extending to Sept. l. 1t is made
lawful to take pickerel, red horse and
suckers at any time of the year with
hook or spear. The deer season is
changed from Oct. % to Nov. 10 to
Nov. l to Nov 20, and it it is made I'M
lawful TO ship any deer during the first
five days of the season. A nonresident
hunters license of S25 is to be paid for
privilege of hunting deer, elk, moose or
caribou, and residents must also take
out a licenge at cost of % cents.
H. F. 1876. Amends section 1887, Sta
tutes of 1894, by sadding to the list of
legal holidays the first day Of January,
the fourth day of July and Christmas
day. These were national holidays,
but had not been previously recognized
as such by state law. Incidentally, 1t
might be stated that the other legal
holidays recognized by this statute are
Lincoln's birthday, Feb. 70, Washing
tons birthday, Feb. %, Memorial day,
May 80, the first Monday in September,
Labor day, and the first Tuesday after
the first Monday in November in even
numbered years, general election day
H. F. SIG Declares to be public
nuisance dog that ''habitually chases
or molests teams, bicycle riders or per-
sons travelling peaceably upon the pub
lie highway. An action to have any
dog declared public nuisance may be
commenced by filing complaint with
with any Justice of the peace. The act
then provides for hearing and the de-
struction of the dog if the allegation is
proved The.costs are to be paid in
the first instance by the person making
the complaint, and if the owner is
known Judgment shall be entered
against him for such costs.
H.F. Z. Makes it a misdemeanor to
wilfully obstruct or destroy or drive
any cattle or other domestic animals
or any vehicle, or wllfully to allow any
cattle to stray upon any bicycle path,
except for the purpose of crossing such
path at street intersections or for the
purpose of reaching the adjoining pre-
misses. These, offenses are punishable
by fine of from S. to $50 or imprison-
ment for not more than thirty days. 1t
is also made misdemeanor to throw
or drop on any path, any glass, tack,
nail, barbed wire or other substance
that might puncture bicycle tire or
iniure a rider, and this offense is pun
ishable by fine of from SO to S5ONor
Imprisonment for not more than sixty
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