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


AN ACT to amend sections 1926, 1927,
142S and 1929 of chapter ten QOl title
five 90 OF the General Statutes of 1894,
as amended by chapter one hundred and
fourteen 114) of the General Laws OF
1897 and chapters fOrty-eight (4S) and
one hundred and siXty-two Q62) Of the
General Laws of 1899, relating to public
libraries and reading rooms.
Be 1t enacted by the Legislature of the
State of Minnesota:
Section 1. That section 1896 Of the Cen
eral Statutes of 1894, as amended by chap
ser one hundred and stXty-two Q62l OF
the General Laws of 1899 be amended so
as to read as follows:
Section 1926. When any city or village
council shall have been thus authorized
to establish and maintain a public library
and reading room or either of them under
This act, written notice shall be posted in
three Of the most public places in said
city or village, signed by the city clerk
or village recorder of said city or village,
requesting the qualified voters of the city
or village III when the aelty or village
council shall have been thus authorized
TO establish or shall have established such
library or reading room or either of them,
TO assemble on the third Saturday in July
next following the passage of this bill;
and in cases where such authority is
hereafter given, requesting the qualified
voters OF any city or village in Which the
city or village council may hereafter be
thus authorized to establish q public IL
brary or reading room or either of them,
TO assemble on the third Saturday in July
city or village council shall be so author
tied and at some suitable place in said
city or village, to be named in said no
tees, then and there to vote by ballot for
nine directors for said library and read
ing room or either Of them, which notices
shall be posted at least ten days prior to
said meeting, and the failure of said clerk
to post said notices shall be a misde-
meanOT.
Sec , That section 1927 of the General
Statutes of 1894 be amended so as to
read as follows:
Section 1927. The electors assembled at
said time and place shall proceed to APP
point a chairman, assistant chairman and
clerk, who shall be JUDGES OF said cleo
ton They shall then proceed to elect, by
ballot, nine directors for said library and
reading room or either of them, chosen
from the citizens duly qualified by law to
vote at such elections, three Of whom
shall serve for one year, three for two
years and three for three years. and until
their successors are elected and qualified;
the time that each shall serve to be desig-
mated on the ballot; and annually there
after on the third Saturday in July,
there shall be chosen by ballot at meet
ing of the voters held for that purpose
three directors, whose term of office shall
be three years and until their successors
are elected and qualified. No more than
two members of the city or village coun-
ell shall at any time be members of said
board. Notices of all such meetings after
the first shall be signed and. posted by
the secretary of said board. The polls
shall remain open one hour, and the time
and place of election may be the same as
that at which the school election in said
locality is held.
Sec. 3. That section 1923 Of the General
Statutes of 1894, as amended by chapter
one hundred and sixty-two (162) of the
General Laws Of 1899, be amended so as
to read as follows:
Section 1928 In case of a vacancy, the
said board shall have power to fill the
same by appointment until the next an
nuaI election hereinbefore provided for,
when the electors of said city or village
may choose, by ballot, suitable person
to fill the remainder Of such term, and no
director shall receive compensation as
such. Provided, the clerk of said board
shall give notice of such vacancy as re-
Quired in other cases.
Statutes of 1894, as amended by chapter
one hundred and fourteen Q1Q of the
General Laws of 1897 and chapter forty
eight (4S) Of the General Laws Of 1899, be
amended so as to read as follows:
Section 1929. Said directors shall, imme-
diately after each election, meet and or
ganize by the election of one OF their
number president, and by the election of
such other officers as they may deem nee
essary. They shall make and adopt such
bylaws, rules and regulations for their
own guidance and for the government of
the library and reading room, or either OF
them, as may be eXpedient, not lncon-
sistent with this act. They shall have the
moneys collected and placed to the credit
of the library fund, and of the construc-
ton of any library building, and OF the
supervision, care, and custody OF the
grounds, rooms or buildings constructed,
leased or set apart for that purpose: pro
vided, that all moneys received for such
library shall be deposited in the treasury
of said city or village to the credit Of the
library fund, and shall be kept separate
and apart from other money or said city
or village, and shall be paid out only up
on the properly authenticated voucher OF
the library board. Said board shall have
power to lease and (provide) appropriate
Of col Nl~rlIN OlI
have power to appoint a suitable librarian
and necessary assistants, and fix their
compensation, and shall also have power
to remove such appolntees; and shall In
general carry out the spirit and intent OF
This act. Said board shall have power,
when approved by such city or village
council, to purchase grounds and erect
thereon a suitable building for the use
of said library.
Sec. ). The provisions of this act shall
not apply to cities having a population OF
over fifty thousand, and all provisions OF
law with reference to cities of over fifty
thousand population shall be and remain
the same as if this act had not been
Sec. 6. All acts and parts of acts incon-
sistent herewith are hereby repealed.
Sec T. This act shall take effect and
be in force from and after its passage.
Approved April ID, 1901.
CHAPTER PISS. F. NO. 254.
AN ACT to amend section five thousand
five hundred and fifty-eight (555S) OF
the General Statutes of 1894, relating tc
fees of justices of the peace.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
State of Minnesota:
Section L That section five Thousand
five hundred and ffty-eight (555S( of the
General Statutes of eighteen hundred
and ninety-fOur, be and the same hereby
is amended by adding thereto at the enc
thereof, the following words, viz:
For entering proceedings in his dock
ct. fifteen cents per folio.
For entering each motion, objection
or exception thereto, fifteen cents.''
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and
be in force from and after its passage.
Approved April Is, 1901.
CHAPTER 274-H. F. No. 26S.
AN ACT to amend section five thousand
four hundred twenty-five (5425) of the
General Statutes Of Minnesota of the
year 1894, relating to docketing judg-
nlents, transcripts, and liens on real es-
tate.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
State of Minnesota:
Section 1. That section five Thousand
four hundred twenty-five (5425) of the
General Statutes Of Minnesota for the
year one thousand eight hundred ninety.
four (1S94l, be and the same is hereby
amended so as to read as follows: "Or
filing q judgment roll upon a judgment
requiring the payment IF money, the
Judgment shall be doc1eted by the CLERK
of the court in which it was rendered
and IN any other county, upon filing r
the office of the clerk of the district
court of such county a transcript of the
original docket; and thereupon the iudg.
ment from the time of docketing the
same, becomes a lien upon all the rea
property of the debtor in the county
owned by him at the time Of docketins
the judgment, or afterwards acquired
provided that in all new counties hereto.