The Bemidji pioneer., 1901-02-07
A TOUGH BILL.

"A IUUUH BILL.
Senator Myran, from this dis
trict, has introduced a bill in the
senate which should condemn
him forever in the eyes OF every
citizen of Beltrami county. He
asks the state to do that which
the supreme court has declared
wrongthe saddling upon Bel
trami the old debts of Becker
county. This bill is rotten.
Below we give a complete draft
of his bill:
A bill for an act to provide for the
payment of county orders issued on
behalf OF unorganized counties.
Be it enacted by the Legislature OF
the state of Minnesota:
Section l. Whenever any estab-
lished county of this state has hereto
fore been or is now or may hereafter
be attached to any duly organized
county for judicial purposes, and
there shall have been issued on behalf
OF said established county, by the duly
authorized officers of said organized
counties, county orders or county
warrants drawn for services rendered,
goods sold and delivered, or supplies
furnished, or other lawful purposes,
to said established county, and which
said orders shall have been duly
drawn and made by the duly author
lied officers of said organized county,
and payable out of the funds Of said
established county; and when said
orders shall not have been paid prior
TO the organization of said established
county, the and in that case said ord
ers and each of them shall become
lawful Indebtedness against said es-
tablished county upon it's organiza-
ton, and shall be payable by said
county in like manner and with like
effect as if said orders had been drawn
and issued by the proper officers OF
said county after its organizations.
Provided, however, that said orders
when so drawn and issued on behalf
OF said established but nnorganized
county by the proper officers of the
county to which said unorganized
county is attached for judicial pur-
poses, shall, if remaining unpaid at
the date of the passage OF this act,
draw interest from the date of their
issue at the rate of six per cent. 6 per
cent. per annum.
Section 2. The holders or owners
of any county orders or warrants
issued on behalf of an
unorganized county by the officers OF
the organized county to which it was
attached for judicial purposes may,
at any time after the passage OF this
act, present such orders to the Board
of County Commissioners 1of said
established county on whose behalf
said orders shall have beeH issued
provided said county shall have been
organized ], and thereupon said Board
Of County Commissio shall allow
ell and singular said orders as avalid
claim and demand against said coun-
ty, with interest as hereinbefore pro-
vided, at the rate Of six per cent. 6
per cent. per annum, and shall cause
said orders to be paid by the treas
urer OF said county: provided, how
ever, that in case there should not be
In the treasury OF said county sufi-
cient money to pay said orders, then
and in that case the said Board OF
County Commissioners shall order,
and the proper officers OF said county
shall draw and deliver to the owner Or
owners OF said orders, the county ord
ers or warrants of said county for the
full amount of the same, with interest
as aforesaid, said orders SO issued to
be issued to the owners and holders
of said former orders; and thereupon
said former orders shall be surrend-
cred to the proper officers OF said
county and the same shall be can
celled.
Section 3. No defense under any
statute of limitation shall be made
against any Of said orders so present.
ed and to be surrendered, nor shall
any defense be valid against the same,
save that said orders were fraudulent
ly issued or that the services claimed
for in said orders or the supplies fur
nished therefor were not rendered or
furnished: provided, however. that
said orders and each OF the same,
shall be primafacie evidence Of their
validity, and that the services claimed
for, or goods or supplies furnished
were actually furnished; and the burd-
en- of proof to establish the said de-
tense shall be upon the said county