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


petition and each ditch located, com
structed and established, shall be known
and designated by a number to be given
to 1t by the county auditor. Such state
mernt shall be headed as follows
Statement showing cost Of ditch No. 49,.
no whom paid. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
For what paid. .................
Amount paid Observation-Disclosures.
Said statement shall be summed up,
showing in figures the total cost of each
ditch or bitches and shall be attached to
and form a part of the statement herein
provided for. The focal cost snail then
be divided by the total estimated bene-
fits, as provided for in subdivision tive
OF this section, for the rate or cost on
each one COLLAR of benefits, the auditor
not to be obliged to carry out and use
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 herein
before provided for), khall be multiplied
by said rate, and the result set down IN
the proper column opposite each of said
tracts OF lands, public or corporate ROADS
or railroads; and such result so obtained
shall be the amount that each of said
tracts or corporate roads or railroads Will
be liable for on account of such improve
ment, less the amount of damages al
lowed, If any.
Sec. 49, SAID statement, as provided for
In section Is of this act, having been
completed by the auditor, he shall sign
and acknowledge the same before some
officer authorized to take acknowledg-
messed by TWO persons. The sand state
ment shall then be recorded by the reg
lister of deeds, and posted upon the ap-
Stract books in his office, II any sGcn
books are there, of the proper county,
and the amount that each tract OF lard
and each public or corporate road or rail
road will be liable for, and the interest
thereon, as hereinafter provided, shall be
and remain a lien on such lands, public
or corporate roads or railroads, until
fully paid; said payments to be made as
statement in The register of deeds OF
flee shall be notice to all parties intern IT
ed of the existence OF such lien. Inc
fee of such register OF DEEDS Tor Sucn
recording shall be paid by the county,
ON the allowance of the board of county
commissioners, and said statement, after
turned to the county auditor, to be by
him placed with the other papers relating
to such ditch or bitches and carefully
preserved by him.
of land, public or corporate road or rail
road shall be liable for ON account of the
location, construction and establishment
of any ditch or bitches, under the pro
visions of this act. shall bear interest
from the date of the filing Of the audi
tors statement in the register of deeds
office at the rate Of six per cent per ain
mum until paid, and said interest shall
constitute an additional Lien ON said
lands or roads until fully paid; which
said interest, when about to be paid,
Sec u. The payment of such liens
shall be made to the county treasurer OF
said county by the owners, as follows
VIZ: One-tenth of said principal with
the interest thereon, on or before ONE
year from such filing in the register CT
deeds office; one-terath of same ON or be-
fore two years; one-tenth of same on or
before three years; one-tenth OF same on
on or before four years; one-tenth OF same
or before five years; one-tenuh Of same
on or before six years; one-tenth Of
OF same on or before eight years; one
tenth of same on or before nine years )
one-tenth of same on or before ten years.
Provided that if such first instaAlment
is not paid by the owners before the first
day Of January next succeeding the date
of filing the aforesaid statement in the
Office of the register of deeds, and each
succeeding 1nstaIlment beIore the nrSC
day of January of each succeeding year,
until all such intstallments shall have
been fully paid, then and in that case the
auditor shall enter said OTIe-tenth pay
ment for the year in which such delin-
quency occurs against the tract of land
affected thereby on the tax lists OF the
county, as tax on said tract, and the
same shall become due and payable, with
the accumulated interest thereon, and be
collected with Like penalties and In the
same manner as all other taxes are COL
lected for said year on said lands; pro-
vided further, that when full payment
shall have been made on any tract of
land, the auditor shall certify to the fact,
and the record or SuCn- C6rulIlCdI6 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 lien, with
accumulated interest, at any time, upon
presentation to the treasurer of a state
ment by the county auditor showing
such amount.
Sec %. All lands owned by this state,
and all lands owned by any railroad or
other corporation benefited by any such
ditch, drain or water course, shall be La
BILE for SUCH benefits the same abs owners
of taxable lands.
Sec. % The sum of five Thousand dol
lars for the year one thousand nine hum
dred and one, and annually thereafter
or so much thereof as may be necessary
to meet all assessments against state
lands under this act, is hereby appropri-
| ated out Of the general revenue fund for
Sec. a. Ali public or corporate roads
| or railroads benefited shall pay the
| amounts taxed UP against them, as fol
| lows: Whenever any public highway is
benefited by such drain or ditch, the
| town which is by law charged with the
| duty of keeping such highway in repair
benefits accruing to such highway in said
| town by reason Of said ditch or drain,
| and the same shall be paid out Of the
! treasury of such town upon demand of
! the county auditor; and if not paid with
| in sixty days thereafter shall be assessed
| with interest against such town, and en-
| forced in the same manner as judgments
| against a town; and whenever any rail-
! road, or the lands of any railroad COM
pany, is or are benefited by such ditch or
drain, such road or railroad company
shall be assessed it's just proportion of
| such benefits, the same as other Lands
| benefited are assessed; which assessments
shall be collected from such railroad cor
| poration or company in the same man
| ner as personal taxes are collected by
] law. Or said liens against amy such
| company may be foreclosed by suit in the
same manner as provided by law for the
foreclosure of mortgage liens upon real
| estate by action.
Sec. Is. After the construction of amy
| such work, the town supervisors of such
| township in which the same is, or any
part thereof, shall keep the same, or
| such part thereof, in proper repair and
| free from distractions, so as to answer
! its purpose, and pay for the same out of
the general township fund; and to raise
| the necessary money to reimburse that
| fund they shall apportion and assess the
| cost thereof upon the lands which will
| be benefited by such repairs or removal
| of instructions, according to such bena-
| fits, in their judgment. They shall make
a written statement of such assessments,
| and deliver the Same to the addition of
! 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 abs state and county
! taxes. The provisions of this section
| shall also apply to all works constructed
for the purpose 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
! any 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 time and place
| by them appointed and they shall jointly
make such assessments and certificates %
the auditors of the proper counties. A
majority of such supervisors as attend
any such meeting shall have Dower to
act and decide any question, and to make