The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-24

| authorized to issue its bonds as herein
| before provided, the town supervisors
| shall give notice by publication for three
| tO consecutive weeks in the ofnclai
newspaper Of the county in which said
1 IoWn Is situated and by a similar pub
| ncatlon' for the same length of time in
| weekly or daily newspaper printed at the
capital OF the state, all of which said
| newspapers shall be designated therefor
| 9y d reSoIuton of such town supervisors,
| duly made and recorded; that the said
| SUPERVISORS will. receive bids for the. sale
OF sad bonds at the time and place to be
named In such notice.
IL sec s;,o ., At the time and place named named
visors snail open and consider said bids,
| ana may thereupon sell said bonds to the
person, company or corporation offering
| the most advantageous terms for the in
terest OF such town; provided, that the
SAID town supervisors may reject any
! and all bids offered for the purchase of
| such bonds, if they deem it necessary
Tor the best interest of the town so to do.
| sale of such bonds shall be placed in the
| town treasury, and devoted as far as
| may be necessary to the purpose named
In the aforementioned resolution or petit
tion, and the residue thereof, after the
! cost and expense of building such road,
bridge or town hall shall have been paid
road and bridge fund of such town.
Sec. 8. Said board of supervisors and
their successors are hereby authorized,
on or before the first day of October next
! after the date on said bonds, and in each
and every year thereafter, on or before
the first day Of October until the pay
fully provided for, to levy. and in due
| form certify to the auditor of the county
in which such town is situated a tax
upon the taxable property of said town
equal to the amount of principal and in
| terest maturing next after such levy
and in the discretion of said board of su-
| perv1sors such further sum as it shall
deem expedient, not exceeding fifteen (15)
| per cent of such maturing bonds and in
| terests, which taxes shall be payable in
money and shall constitute fund for
! the payment of said bonds or interest
! thereon
Sec. 9. All acts and parts Of acts in
consistent with this act are hereby re-
Sec. 10: This act shall take effect and
be in force from and after its passage.
Approved March 8, 1903.
! CHAPTER 87-H. NO. 14s.
| AN ACT entitled an act providing for
| the election Of a vice chairman of boards
Of county commissioners and defining
the powers and duties Of such vice chair
| man.
Be it enacted by the legislature of the
| State Of Minnesota:
section l.: The commissioners Of each
county of this state at their first regular
session after the passage of this act, and
hereafter at their annual session in jan
| uary, or at their first session in each
year, shall elect one of their number as
vice chairman, who In case of the alb
sence, illness or incapacity of the chair
man, shall perform all the duties which
| the chairman of the board Of county COM
! miss1oners Is now or may hereafter be
| authorized or required by law to do or
| perform.
Sec. 2. This law shall be in force and
effect from and after its passage.
Approved March 6, 1903
CHAPTER 3S-H r. NO 14s
| AN ACT to amend section 1878 of the
| General Statutes of 1894, as amended by
chapter IS of the General Laws of 1S99
relating to school meetings in common
| school districts.
Be it enacted by the legislature Of the
State OF Minnesota:
eral Statutes Of 1894, as amended by
chapter Is of the General Laws of 1899.
be and the same is hereby amended so as
Section 367S. The officers of each COM
mon school district shall be a director a
| treasurer and clerk, who shall together
| constitute the board of trustees, and hold
their offices for the term of three years,
! or until their successors are elected and
| qualified. They shall be elected by bal
lot, one each year, at the annual meeting
which shall be held on the third Saturday
! IN July OF each year, at seven o'clock p.
M, unless a different hour shall have been
fixed at the preceding annual meeting,
and the e, polls shall remain open for one
hour: The term of office of each trustee
Ausass 5s9s sss e 'as p 9esH Ha
tains ten Or more townships the trustees
| shall hereafter, commencing with the gen
eral election to be held in 1904, be elected
biennially at the general election; two
trustees at every such election, the term
/ of Office of one to commence on the first
day of August in the year following his
first day of August in the second year
following his election the time of the
commencement of the term of each to be
indicated on the ballot. Whenever trus-
| tees are elected at the annual school
| meeting, the clerk shall forthwith notify
them of their election, and when elected
at the general election, the auditor of the
county in which such district is situated
| shall give them SeaSonable notice.
Whenever new district is formed, a
meeting for organization may be called
| upon the written application of three or
more freeholders and legal voters resid-
| ing within the limits thereof, by ten days
posted notice. stating the object of such
meeting. Such meeting so called shall
ing, except that the board of trustees
then elected shall hold office only until
the next annual meeting. At the first
annual meeting after organization a di-
rector shall be elected for one year, a
| treasurer for two years and a clerk for
three years; provided, that If any annual
trustee is not elected, the incumbent shall
hold over until the next annual meeting,
when his successor shall be elected for the
| uneXpired term.
Sec 2 This act shall take effect and
be In force from and after its passage.
Approved March G, 1903.
CHAPTER 39.-H. F. NO So.
| AN ACT to amend section 40 of chapter
300 of the General Laws of 1901, as
amended by chapter 76 of the General
Laws of the extra session Of 1902 relat-
ing to the appropriation of money out
of the internal improvement fund to
aid in building a bridge in Murray coun-
ty.
Be it enacted by the legislature of the
State of Minnesota:
Section l. That section forty-nine (49),
of chapter three hundred nine (3O9), of
the General Laws Of 1901, as amended
by chapter seventy-siX co, of the Cen
eral Laws of the extra session of 1902,
be and the same is hereby amended so as
to read as follows:
Section 40. That the sum Of four hun
dred 900 dollars is hereby appropriated
out Of any moneys in said fund to aid
in building bridge across the Des Moines
river where the section line between sec
lions twenty-sevelI CD and thirty-four
(34}, in town one hundred six QO6), range
thirty-nine 800. in Murray county. crosses
the same
That the work shall be done under the
supervision of the town supervisors of
the town of Des Moines River, Murray
county, Minnesota.
Sec Q This act shall take effect and
oe in force from and after it's passage.
Approved March :. 1903.