Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1903-05-01

ifcations shall be accepted by satd board
of county commissioners winch shan ex-
vided, not except upon and after al, least
| four ~ weeks notice that such board
will receive and consider such plans and
specifications; which notice shall be pTna
weeks in at least one ~ daily or weekly
newspaper printed and published In sale
county, and one % weekly or daily news
tai Of said state. The board may reject
| all plans and specifications submitted and
readvertise for plans and specifications:
Sec g. The contract f9r tn the ne efg b,'31da
ing and erection thereof, shall be let to
the lowest responsible bidder, or bidders;
for the whole or any part Thereon, ana
icient bond from any one with Who1n a
| contract shall be made for the "hole or
any part of the work of construction:
Sec. 10. This act shall take eIe1. a ge
and shall cease to be In force aIeer one
year from the date Of the passage OF this
act.
Approved March %, 1908.
CHAPTER 95-H. F. NO. 149.
AN ACT relating to the levying, OF taxes
for county purposes, and requiring 10
board of county commissioners preliIn-
mary to such levy, and limiting me ne
power and authority Of such board N
the 6XU6lulIuIC VI IklOl1CJ oAAo
making of contracts, and defining the
duties of board Of county COMMISSION
ers, county auditors, and county treas
urers, in relation thereto, ana Proniaf-
ing a penalty for the violation Thereon;
In all counties having one hundred anu
fifty thousand Q50,O00) inhabitants or
more.
Be it enacted by the legislature OF the
State of Minnesota:
Section 1. In all counties Of his state
at any time having a populat1on OF one
hundred and fifty thousand qoo,Uoo i m a.
habitants, or over, according to the last
then. completed state OF national cen
sus, it shall be the duty of the board OF
county commissioners thereof, When de-
necessary to be raised to meet the antict-
pated expenses of the county for the
next ensuing year, to make an 1temlzeu
statement covering all county ex PEI ~
exceed twenty-five general SUBDIVISIONS
or funds, which amount shall be Kept at
the lowest practical limit, and IN no case
exceeding any maximum limit prescribed
by law, and Specifying, as near as posi-
bic. the specific amounts necessary for
each purpose named therein, with apo
propriate titles for the fnn as l Ionnay is
to be used. And said board OF county
make an estimate of all revenues me
year. exclusive Of the revenues derived
from taxation, and shall also estimate
the amount Of money, If any, that VIII
be credited to the ..gusp enee, i vear. as as
provided by section 5 Of this act. such
itemized statement, together with SAID
two CO estimates, shall be embodied IN
ings Of said board and the amount anal
ly determined upon and allowed to be
raised by taxation, together with the
amount of said two ~ hea Una annort inalii
by law be apportioned by the county
auditor into the several funds In the
proportion and for the SPECIFIC purposes
m%issioners in it's itemized statement
aforesaid, as the basis for taxation for
the ensuing year: Provided, hoW TendT
that for the items sof for 81 sl n rIas a 1aha al
items the charges Of which are meg qy
law, the full amount ACTUALLY required 70
meet such items shall be apportioned:
taxes and from said estimated amount
of all revenues which the county VIII re-
ceive for the ensuing year and said eStl-
When ali is apportioned to the several Il
funds as h~ereinbefore sp~ecifed-shan be
expended for the particular purpose
designated in said itemized s5atem MEM
said, and for no purpose In excess OF the
specific amount apportiesied thereto.
Sec; 2: One Of the funds 4dd !sn9aTea gro1
fund" but no money shall be expended
from said emergency fund except in
cases OF actual emergency, arising from
unforeseen demand md; upon %gs some Seanne ota aer
hausted, and then only upon the unant-
nous vote OF the board Of county com
m~issioners, upon which vote, and not be-
transfer the amount necessary to meet
such emergency to the fund from which
such payment ought regularly to be
made, and thereupon said authorized
- orcfor -oho11 at once he made DV war
rant upon the county treasurer.
Sec. 3. It shall be the duty. Of the
county auditor, in each warrant drawn
dicate the purpose for which such war
rant is issued and the fund from which
it is paid, which in every instance shall
should be legally drawn; and upon no
other fund, It shall be the duty OF the
county commissioners whenever a con
t tract is is a agvnaan4 d to t make sam aa opt Of the
proper fund, by resolution.
AS soon as such appropriation has Deen
made by the board. the county auditor
shall draw a warrant on the proper fund
and charge the same thereto and deliver
1t to the county treasurer, who shall pay
the same at once.
indorse the check and return it to the
county treasurer, who shall give him a
receipt therefor specifying the appropria-
ton under a suitable name d~es1gnating
the pulpOSS ~ WIN ooAN ~RPASS
has been made.
The county audito shall open a special
account with each appropriation by cred
iting the amount to such SPECIAL account
under the general mead or "Approprla-
ton"
When any part or all Of said appro-
p%riation shall become due and be allowed
by the board Of county commissioners, g
commissioners warrant shall be issued
for the same as provided by law, and
shall be charged to it's specific a%ppropria-
Treasurer need not keep the specific ap,,
preparations account separately, but shaH
keep a general appropriations account
IF any balance shall be left th IN any any aP p
completed and paid for within the fscal
year the county auditor shall transfer
the same by elimination back to the fund
II any balance shall be left in any ap-
preparation account after the current fs-
cal year shall have expired, and the
work shall have beer comp pr am an ana 1, ph hia
warrant therefor to the county treas
urer. who shall give his receipt Tor the
same and credit the amount to the coun.
receipts are credited. 1t shall also be
the duty Of the county auditor to pre-
sent. at each regular meeting OF the
ment showing the apportionments made
to each fund, as required by section I OF
this act. for the various county purposes
for the current year, together with the
actual balance. if any, remaining to the
credit of each fund out of said appor-
tiun' first day lay Of the moth of such reg
ular meeting, and the amounts. If any.
still unpaid on account OF contracts, or
on orders for all supplies. work, mate
rails, labor or services already made or
entered into by the board of county
commissioners SO as to show not only
the Their present balance, If any but
also the balance when the appropriations
for the contracts already made and en-
tered into and orders given are deducted,
which statement shall be embodied In
and form a part Of the minutes of the