Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1901-04-19

assessment of such property. .
nothing nerenn contained
shall be construed as legalizing any
bonds now in litigation.
Sec. 2. h act shall take effect n
be In force from and after its passage.
Approved March 13, 1901.
CHAPTER 4S. F. NO. 4.
AN ACT to provide for the payment of
county orders issued on behalf OF I'M
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
State OF Minnesota:
Section /. Whenever any established
or Is now or may hereafter be attached
to any duly organized county for judicial
purposes, and there. shall have been Is
sued on behalf Of said established county
by the duly authorized officers Of said
organized county, county orders or coun-
ty warrants drawn for services rendered,
goods sold and delivered or supplies fur
established county. and which said or
ders shall have been duly drawn and
made by the duly authorized Officers Of
Of the funds of said established county;
and when said orders shall not have been
paid prior to the organization of said
established county, then n In that case
said orders and each of them shall be-
come a lawful Indebtedness against said
established county p NO. Its organization,
and shall be payable by said county IN
said orders had been drawn and issued
by the proper officers of said county af-
ter Its organization. Provided, however,
that said orders when SO drawn n Is
sued on behalf of said established but
~unorganized county by the proper officers
of the county to which said unorganized
county is attached for judicial purposes:
the passage of this act, draw interest
from n after the date of the organdZa-
ton Of said established county, at the
rate of six per cent Is per CENT? per an
mum.
Sec. 2. The holders or owners of any
county orders or warrants heretofore is
sued on behalf OF an. unorgamzed county
by the officers OF the organized county to
poses may at@any5 time after the passage
oflathisr act present sucn orders ITO the
board of county commissioners Of said
established county on whose behalf said
orders have been issued Crowded said
county shall have been .~organized), and
thereupon said board OF county commits
orders as a valid claim M demand
against said county. with interest as
~hereinbefore provided at the rate Of six
per cent Is per cent? per annum, and
treasurer Of said county; provided, how
ever, that in case there should not be in
the treasury of said county sufficient
money to pay said ORDERS, then and In
that case the said board of county COM
m~isioners hall order and the proper Of
ticers OF said county shall draw and de-
liver TO the owner or owners NOI SAID or
ders the county orders n warrants Of
said county for the full amount of the
same with interest as aforesaid, said Or
ders so issued to be issued to the owners
and holders Of said former orders; and
thereupon aid former riders shall be
surrendered to the proper officers of said
county, and the anne shall be cancelled.
Sec. 3. No defense under any statute
of limitations shall be- made against any
Of said orders SO presented and to be
surrendered, nor shall any defense be
valid against the same save that said
orders we're fraudulently issued or thai
the services claimed for in said orders
or the supplies Furnished therefor were
not rendered or furnished. Provided.
however. that said orders and each of
the same shall be prina facie evidence
Of their validity, and that the services
claimed for, or goods or supplies fur
nished, We're actually furnished: and the
burden of proof to Establish the said de-
Tense shall be pom said county upon
whose behalf said orders were. issued.
Sec. 4. This act shall extend to and
apply to any orders hereinbefore issued
by the officers Of an organized county for
and on behalf Of any established county
which had not been organized at the date
Of thei issuance Of said orders, and which
had been attached to sale other county
for judicial purposes.
Sec. s. This act shall take effect and
be in force from and after its passage.
Approved March II, 1901.