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

| within and for the State of Minnesota
| for all public and private purposes
! Be 1t enacted by the Legislature of the
State of Minnesota:
! Section 1. That the time known as
| the mean solar time of 80 degrees longi-
| tude west of Greenwich, is hereby de
clared to be the legal time Within and
for the State of Minnesota for all pub
lie and private purposes.
Sec 2 This act shall take effect and
be In force from and after it's passage.
Approved Fob. %, 1901.
CHAPTER 16-S. f. NO. 88.
AN ACT to amend section 1888 of the
General Statutes Of the State of Minnie
sota, being General Statutes 1894 pro-
Viding for change of venue in certain
BE. it enacted by the Legislature Of the
State Of Minnesota:
Section :, l. That section 1888 of the
General Statutes of the State of Mime
sofa, being General Statutes 1894, be and
the same is hereby amended so as to
read as follows:
courts of record of this state shall sit
IN any cause in which he is interested
directly or Indirectly, or in which he is
or has been attorney or counsel for
either party or any person interested in
the determination of the action, or in
which he would be excluded from sitting
as a juror; provided, that he may hear
and grant motion for a change of
venue in such cause and it Shall be the
duty OF such judge in judicial districts
having only one Judge, upon motion of
any party desiring such change of venue,
TO order the same, upon proper show
ing OF such interest or disqualification,
as In other cases of change of venue,
and provided that the governor of the
state previous to the day upon which
notice OF said motion is given has not
| ASSIGNED another district Judge to hear
ana determine this action.
Sec. z This act shall take effect and
De In force from and after its passage
Approved Fob. 20, 1901.
CHAPTER US. Il. NO. 1o5
AN ACT to provide for the number of
county commissioners in counties Of
Ihls state containing at least an area
Of five thousand $1,000 square miles,
and nay1ng at least seventy-tive thou
sand Q5,0O0 inhabitants, and to author
ne the board of county commissioners
OF Sucn counties to rediStrlct the same,
ana TO confer upon such board certain
powers and duties in relation thereto.
BE II enacted by the Legislature of the
Section 1. Each and every county of
| the State of Minnesota containing at
least five thousand 5000 square miles
| enty-five thousand (75,OO0) inhabitants,
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. 2 Whenever there shall be pre-
scented to the board of county counnnis-
s1oners of any such county, at any regu-
! Lar or adjourned meeting, the petition of
not less than twenty-five (2o) per cent
| OF the legal voters of said county, accord
| ing TO the vote thereof at the last pre-
| eed1ng general election, praying that the
| board of county commissioners of said
/, county be increased from it's then present
men membership fdi which petition shall con,
| nave ATTACHED thereto the affidavit or
afhday1ts of the person or persons who
procured the signatures to such petition,
| to the effect that the signers were, when
they signed the same, actual residents
| and legal voters of said county, the
| board of county commissioners thereof
mediateiy 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
| bership. Of said board to the number
| stated in sand petition, and redistrict and
| divide said county into a corresponding
V1ded by law. and said board, in such
| redistrfcting, shall use as the basis there
| OF the last preceding census, either United
| States Or state.
Sec. 3. Such petition Shall specify the
| number of members of the board of
| county commissioners which it is pro-
posed to increase and the number of com
| nissioner's districts into which said coun-
| ty shall be divided, and such petition
! may be In the following form:
TO the board of county commissioners
| of Minnesota:
The, undersigned, legal voters of the
e1Tpty OF mo-, 49, IN the State OF
missioners of said county be increased
| to ............ members, and that said
| county be redistricted and divided into
...:.. commissioners districts. These
| petitioners therefore pray that the pro-
| ceedings required by law to increase said
| board of county commissioners and Gre
| complied with.
| Dated this $500. day Of A. D.
gIere insert names of signers.)"
Sec. 4. Immediately upon. such redis-
| tricting 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
| missioner, who shall be a resident Of
| the district for which he is appointed,
| and shall reside therein during his con-
f1nuance 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.
| Sec. 5. At the next general election a
| commissioner shall be elected for each
| additional district heretofore created ac-
| cordlng to the provisions hereof, and, if
| the new district is an even numbered
| district, the commissioner therefor shall
| be elected and shall hold office for such
| term as shall be coterminous with the
/
| the other even numbered districts of said
/ county, and thereafter the commits
sioner from such new even numbered
| district shall be elected for four
| years; and if the new district is 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
| rntssioners 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, 1901
| CHAPTER 18Th. f. NO. IL.
| AN ACT to repeal chapter three hun