The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-19


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Sec. = This act shall take effect and
De in force from and after its passage
Approved Feb. %, 1901
CHAPTER Us. T. NO. 1o5.
AN ACT to provide for the number of
county commissioners in counties Of
this state containing at least an area
of five Thousand $1,000 square miles,
and hay1ng at least seventy-five thou
sand Q5,O00) inhabitants, and to author
re the board of county commissioners
OF Sucn counties to rediStrict the same,
and to confer upon such board certain
:, powers and duties in relation thereto
BE 1t enacted by the Legislature of the
state OF Minnesota:
Section 1. Each and every county of
The State of Minnesota, containing at
least, five thousand 5000 square miles
ana having at least a population of sew
according to the last completed United
States or state census, shall be entitled
70 board of county commissioners,
which shall consist of not less than five
or, more than seven members.
Sec z Whenever there shall be pre-
Senled 10 the board of county commits
Sloners of any such county, at any regu-
Lar or adjourned meeting, the petition of
not less than twenty-five (25) per cent
OF the legal voters of said county. accord
ing TO the vote thereof at the last pre-
Gfeolng general election, praying that the
BOARD of county commissioners of said
county be increased from it's then present
membership, which petition shall con
tam what is hereinafter required and
nave attached thereto the affidavit or
aftldav1ts of the person or persons who
procured the signatures to such petition,
to the effect that the signers were, when
Ihey signed the same, actual residents
and legal voters of said county the
board of county commissioners thereof
shall at o8rce file the same, and i'm
medlateiy meet and consider said petit
ton, and, If 1t be found to conform to
law, said board shall, Within sixty (60)
days AFTER such filing, increase the mem
bershlp Of said board to the number
stated In safd petition, and redistrtct and
divide said county into a corresponding
number of districts, in the manner pro-
vided by. law, and said board, in such
redistr1ct shall use as the basis there
O. O. tne laSt preceding census, either United
states or state
Sec 3. Such petition shall specify the
NUMBER on members of the board of
county commissioners which it is pro-
posed to increase and the number of com
nlsSioner's districts into which said coun-
ty shall be divided and such petition
may az be in the following form:
ITO the board of county commissioners
of the county of ..........; in the State
OF Minnesota:
The undersigned, legal voters of the
SW9iqIty % 49,, 49, IN the State OF
missioners of said county be increased
to ............ members, and that said
county be redistrcted and divided into
petitioners therefore pray that the pro
ceedings required by law to increase said
board of county commissioners and Gre
ate the districts as prayed, he had and
complied with.
Dated this 500. day Of A. d
49,. a.
lHere insert names of signers)"
sec. 4. Immediately upon. such redis-
trict1ng OF any such county, the board Of
county commissioners thereof shall ap-
point a commissioner for each additional
district for which there shall then be no
commissioner, who shall be a resident Of
the district for which he is appointed
and shall reside therein during his CON
flnuance in office, and such commission
er, SO appointed as aforesaid, upon quail
Tying as required by law, shall hold and
continue In office until the next general
election and until his successor is elect
ed and qualified. .-
commissioner shall be elected for each
additional district Heretofore created, &C
cord1ng to the provisions hereof and if
me new district IS an even numbered
dlstr1ct, the commissioner therefor shall
be elected and shall hold office for such
term as shall be coterminous with rhe
terms of office of the commissioners from
the other even numbered districts of said
county, and thereafter the commits
stoner from such new even numbered
district shall be elected for four
years; and if the new district ds an odd
numbered district, the commissioner
therefor shall be elected and shall hold
Office for such term as shall be cotermi-
nous with the terms of office of the COM
mtssioners from the other odd numbered
districts of said county, and thereafter
the commissioner from such new odd
numbered district shall be elected for
four years.
Sec. g. All acts and parts of acts in
consistent with the provisions hereof are
hereby repealed.
Sec. T. This act Shall take effect and
be in force from and after it's passage.
Approved Feb. q, 100L