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

statement showing the total cost Of each
tition for said ditch or bitches; and each
petition and each ditch located, con-
structed and established, Shall be known
to it BY the county auditor. Such state
ment shall be headed as follows:
Statement showing cost Of ditch No..
To whom
For what
Said statement shall be summed up,
showing in figures the total cost OF each
and form a part of the statement herein
provided for. Ihe total cost shall then
be divided by the total estimated be1le-
fits, as provided for in subdivision hve
Of this section, for the rate of cost on
each one dollar Of benefits. the auditor
not to be obliged to carry out and use a
smaller fraction than one-tenth OF one
mill. The amount of estimated benefits
on each tract Of land, or on each public
or corporate road or railroad (as heral1l,
before provided for), shall be multiplied
by said rate, and the result set down IN
III proper column opposite each OF sag
tracts Of lands, public or corporate roads
or railroads; and such result so obtained
shall be the mount that eaGh OF SAY
tracts or corporate roads.or rallrGa11a W. ~
ment, less the amount OF damages a-
Sec. 10. Said statement, as provided for
LII SSclOQl 10 Ol uUS dNII ANA fuAA3
completed BY the auditor, he shall sign
and acknowledge the Same before sonae
officer authorized to take now eGS-
ments; which said signature snail pc W.
ment shall then be recorded by the reg
ister of deeds, and posted upon the ap-
straot books in his office. il n such
books are there, OF tine proper ~ Isni
and each publi or corporate o or rail-
road viii be liable for, and the interest
thereon, as hereinafter provided; snail Pc
or corporate roads OR railroads, until
fully paid; said payments to be made as
hereinafter provided. The filing OF sucn
statement In the register OF eussus "a
flee shall be notice to all pa1tles interest,"
ed Of the existence Of such lien. me
fee Of such register Of deeds Tor sucn
recording, shall be paid by the county n,,nf
commissioners. and said statement, aftec
the same has been recorded, shall pc re-
turned to the county auditor, to pc by
him placed with the other papers relataI1g
to such ditch or bitches, II caleAuuy
Sec. 20. The amount that each tract
of Land, public or corporate road or ra a.
road shall be liable for on a est J h1is 6I ea9
of any ditch or bitches, under the ploI
visions of this act. shall bear 1ntereEt
from the date Of the filing CT the aug,
tors statement in the register OF deeds
mum until paid, and said interest shall
constitute an additional hen n on u5 SId
said interest. when about to be paid
be computed by the auditor;
Sec. 81. The payment OF such LIENS
be made to the county treasurer OF
viz: one-te1lth of said principal. witt
tine interest thereon, on or before olae Ne
year from such filing in the register OF
deeds office; odle-temth Of same ON or oe-
g. l-.- ,~x&V- ~nn ont nf m or
before three years; one-tenth of same on
or before four years; one-tenth OF same
before five years; one-tenth OF sanaS
on or before six years; orle-tenuh ~
of same on or before eight years; one
tenth Of Same on or before nine years.
of same on or before ten Years.
Provided, that if such first 1nstalLment
lis not paid by the owners before the first
day Of January next succeeding tine GATE
Of fling the aforesaid statement in the
office Of the register Of deeds, ana ea aat
in~stallment before the hist
of January Of each succeeding year,
until all such installments shall have
been fully paid, then and In that case uhe
auditor shall enter said o1 ON tsas d By
ouency occurs against the tract OF lana
affected thereby on the tax lists o1 Ine
as a tax on said tract, and Tue
same shall become due and payable, Wluh
the accumulated interest thereon, ana pc
with like penalties and in the
same manner as all other taxes are col
leeted for said yea year 1 oh sag All nas1as; paDt
shall have been made on n tract OF
Land, the auditor shall certify to the fact,
the record of such cerulflcate IN the
office of the register of deeds, at the IN
stance of any person interested, shall
release and discharge the same OF record,
provided further, that any person may
pay the full amount Of SAID men' WI, VIII
presentation to the treasurer OF a state
.ent by the county auditor showing
such amount.
all lands owned by any railroad or
other corporation benefited by n such
drain OF water course. snail oe ma
Bile for such benefits the same as n
Sec. Is. The sum Of five Thousand dol
lars for the year one thousand nine hum
and one, and annually t~hereafter,
or so much thereof as may pc neees Say
lands under this act, is hereby appropIl-
ated out of the general revenue fund Tor
Sec. "a. All public or corporate roads
or railroads benefited shall a the
taxed up against them, as FOL
lows: Whenever any public MghWay IS
benefited by. such, drain or ditch; ohe
which Is by law charged with the
duty of keeping sue highway In repair:
shall be assessed with the amount Of
benefits accruing to such highway IN sald
JOWn Nv ISdSO1l Oh Sdlu OlLC1A w.
and the same shall be paid out of the
of such town upon demand OF
the county auditor; M II not PAID Wlnh5
in sixty days thereafter shall be assessed
with interest against such town, and en-
In the same manner as judgments
against a town, and whenever any rail-
road, or the lands of any railroad com
is or are benefited by such ditch or
be assessed it's just proportion OF
such benefits, the same as other LaIds
benefited are assessed; which assessments
shall be collected from such railroad cor
or company in the same man
ner as personal taxes are collected py
Or said den against amy such
company may be foreclosed by SUIT LII me
foreclosure Of mortgage liens upon real
Sec. Is. After the construction Of amy
township in which the same is, or amy
part thereof, shall keep the same, or
such part thereof, In proper repair and
free from Instructions, so as to answer
Its purpose, and pay for the same out OF
the general township fund; n to radse
the necessary money to reimburse that
fund they shall apportion and assess the
be benefited by such repairs Or removal
of obetr u~ctions, according to such beme-
fits, In their judgment. They shall make
a written statement OF such assessments
the county, who shall put the same upon
the succeeding tax duplicate, and it shall
be a lien upon the lands, and be collected
in the same manner as state and county
The provisions Of this section
shall also apply to all works constructed
for the urpos of drainage, under any
law now or heretofore in force In this
state, except state bitches. If they shall
be OF opinion that such assessment, or
part thereof, ought to be charged to
lands in other townships. the supervisors
thereof shall, on request and written no
tice, not less than ten days prior there
to, meet with them at a lime and place
by them appointed, and they shall Jointly
such assessments and certificates %
the auditors OF the proper counties. A
any such meeting shall nave power to
act and decide any question, and to make
the assessments and certificates; and UP
on failure of any township supervisor to