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

the General Statutes 1894, relating to
! public libraries and reading rooms.
! Be it enacted by the legislature Of the
| State OF Minnesota:
Section 1. The section one thousand
! four hundred and twenty-five of the
! General Statutes 1894, be and the same
| is hereby amended by striking out the
| words 'one mill" where they occur in the
fourth (4th( line of said section. ana ~
| serting in lieu thereof the words two
! mills
Sec. .. This act shall take effect and
be in force from and after its passage.
| Approved March 6, 1903.
CHAPTER 34-H. E. NO. 30.
AN ACT to authorize and empower the
city council and common council OF
cities Of this state of over $4,000 in
| habitants to issue and sell municipal
bonds and to use the proceeds thereof
for defraying the cost Of making GER
tain local improvements in intersections
of streets and in front of property eX-
empt by law from special assessments.
| Be it enacted by the legisla ture of the
| State of Minnesota:
Section 1. The city council or common
| council of each and every city in this
state now or hereafter having over SO, 900
inhabitants, in addition to all the rights
and powers heretofore granted thereto by
| law, is hereby authorized and empowered,
| for the purposes herein designated, to
! issue from time to time as needed the
| negotiable bonds of their respective city
! to an amount in the aggregate not to eX-
| coed one hundred and fifty thousands dol
| lars (S15O,0 said bonds to be made IN
| such denominations and payable at such
! places and at such times not to exceed ten
| years from the date thereof as may be
| deemed best, and to bear interest at
! rate not to exceed three and one-half (31s)
| per cent per annum, payable semi-an-
| nually and to have interest coupons at
| tached, payable at such place or places
| as shall be designated therein, and said
| city council or common council, as the
| case may be, Is further authorized to
| negotiate and sell such bonds from time
| to time to the highest bidder or bidders
! therefor and upon the best terms that
| can be obtained for said bonds. Provided.
| that no such bonds shall be sold for
| less amount than the par value thereon
| and accrued interest thereon; and, pro-
Vided further, that said bonds shall not
| be issued until the issuance thereof is
| authorized by resolution or ordinance
| duly passed by a five-sixths vote of all
the members of the city council or COM
mon council proposing to issue the same;
| and no bonds shah be Issued under the
| provisions of this act after the expiration
of six months from the date OF its
| passage.
Sec. 2 Nothing herein contained shall
| authorize the issue at any time OF the
| bonds of any such city to such an amount
| that the whole amount of the principal
| of the bonds actually issued by such city
and still outstanding, including water and
| light bonds together with the proposed
| issue, less the amount Of the bonds OF
| such city which shall be in and constitute
a part of the sinking fund of such city
! for the payment of bonds, shall exceed TO
per cent of the assessed valuation of the
non-exempt taxable property of such city
as shown by the last preceding assess
| ment.
Sec. 8. All bonds issued under authority
| Of this act shall be sealed by the seal Of
| the city issuing them and signed by the
mayor and attested by the clerk or
recorder and countersigned by the city
! controller. if such officer exists in such
| civ. proceeds bonds
| issued and sold under authority of this
act shall be placed in the city treasury
of the city issuing the same and shall
| constitute special fund and shall be kept
| distinct from all other funds Of the city
and shall be used only for the purposes
of paying for the cost of paving, re-
| paving or macadamiZing in street inter-
sections, and the cost of constructing curb
and gutter in street intersections, and
| also the cost of laying or relaying of
sewer pipes in the intersections Of streets,
and the cost of paving, repaving or
macadamizing in front of property ex-
| empt by law from special assessments.
and the cost of constructing curb and
| gutter in front Of property exempt by
| law from special assessments, and also
| the cost of laying, relaying or extending
sewer pipes in front of property exempt
| by law from special assessments, and
also for the increased cost of sewers
which are larger than two feet in dia-
meter; and the proceeds of said bonds or
! any thereof shall not be used for any
|
Sec. A. This act shall take effect and.
be in force from and after it's passage.
| Approved March e, 1903.
CHAPTER 35-FI. F, NO. 207.
| AN ACT to amend section thirty-one (31)
of chapter three, hundred nndr and nine 900
appropriation for building a bridge
across Root river. in the township of
Mound Prairie. Houston county, Min
| neSOta.
| Be it enacted by the legislature of the
State of Minnesota:
Section 1. That section 81 of chapter
| 300 of the laws of 1901 be amended to
read as follows:
That the sum of five hundred dollars
| CS500) is hereby appropriated out of any
TO the internal Improvement fund, or out
Of the first moneys which shall come into
| the state treasury belonging to said
fund, not otherwise appropriated to aid
| may be, bridge over Root river, in the
township of Mound Prairie, Houston
| county, Minnesota, at a point in section
thirty-one (3D, township one hundred
and four QOG, range five 90, Houston
| county, Minnesota.
That said sum shall be expended I'M
| der the direction of the supervisors of
| Mound Prairie township and when said
| work is completed said supervisors shall
| certify the fact to the state auditor, who
| shall draw his warrant upon the state
| treasurer, for said amount in favor of
said town.
Sec 2 This act shall take effect and
be in force from and after it's passage.
| Approved March 6, 1903.
CHAPTER 36-H. F. NO. 112.
AN ACT to authorize the issuing of
bonds by organized towns for the pur-
pose OF building roads. bridges and
town halls.
Be it enacted by the legislature of the
State of Minnesota:
Section 1. Every organized town in this
state. is hereby authorized to issue bonds
| for the purpose of raising money for the
purpose of building roads, bridges and
town halls within such organized town
by conforming to the provisions of this
act.
Sec, 2. Whenever the town Supervisors
| or any organized town in this state shall
determine, by resolution duly passed and
| recorded. to raise the amount Of money
stated In such resolution for the purpose
of building roads, bridges and town halls
IN sald town, said resolution to describe
definitely where such roads, bridges or
town halls are proposed to be built; or
when petition addressed to the town
supervisors of any organized town, and
signed by at least ten (1O) of the voters
and freeholders residing in such town,
setting forth in such petition that it is
the desire Of such petitioners that such
town shall build certain roads bridges
or town halls within the said town, the
location of said proposed roads bridges
or town halls being definitely described
IN SAID petition, the cost whereof shall
not exceed the amount named in said
petition, it shall be the duty of such
town supervisors to cause the proposition
expressed in such resolution or petition
to be submitted to the electors of such
town at the next following annual town