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

lhcatlonS shall be accepted by said board
of county commissioners which shall ex-
coed the limitations of cost herein pro-
vided, not except upon and after at least
four a. weeks notice that such board
will receive and consider such plans and
specifications; which notice shall be pub
lished for at least two (2) successive
weeks in at least one % daily or weekly
newspaper printed and published in said
pepper printed and published at the capt.
tai of said state. The board may reject
all plans and specifications submitted and
readvertise for plans and specifications.
Sec. 8. The contract for the erection
and building of such jail, and the build
ing and erection thereof, shall be let to
the lowest responsible bidder, or bidders.
for the whole or any part thereof, and
the board shall require good and suf-
f1cient bond from any one with whom
contract shall be made for the whole or
any part Of the work of construction.
Sec. 10. This act shall take effect and
be in force from and after it's passage,
and shall cease to be in force after one
year from the date of the passage of this
act.
Approved March %, 1903
CHAPTER 95-H. F. NO. 149.
AN ACT relating to the levying. of taxes
for county purposes and requiring GER
tain statements and estimates, of the
board Of county commissioners prel1m-
mary to such levy. and limiting the
power and authority of such board in
making of contracts, and defining the
duties of board of county commission
ers, county auditors, and county treas
urers, in relation thereto, and provid-
ing a penalty for the violation thereof,
in all counties having one hundred and
fifty thousand Q50,000) inhabitants or
more.
Be it enacted by the legislature of the
State of Minnesota:
Section 1. In all counties of this state
at any time having a population of one
hundred and fifty thousand Q5O,OOM in
habitants, or over, according to the last
then completed state or national cen
sus, 1t shall be the duty of the board OF
county commissioners thereof, when de-
Gliding upon the total amount of money
necessary to be raised to meet the antici-
pated expenses of the county for the
next ensuing year, to make an itemiZed
statement covering all county eXpendt-
lures for such year, divided into not TO
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-
BILE, the specific amounts necessary for
each purpose named therein, with APP
propriate titles for the funds indicative
of the purposes for which the money is
to be used And said board of county
commissioners shall, at the same time,
make an estimate of all revenues the
county will receive for the next ensuing
year, exclusive of the revenues derived
from taxation, and shall also estimate
the amount OIL money! II any, lndI Will
be credited to the suspense fund at
the end of the current fiscal year, as
provided by section ) of this act. Such
1temtzed statement, together with said
two (2) estimates, shall be embodied in
and form a part of the official proceed
ings of said board and the amount final
ly determined upon and allowed to be
raised by taxation, together with the
amount of said two (2) estimates, shall,
when the same has not been apporttoned
by law be apportioned by the county
auditor into the several funds in the
proportion and for the specific purposes
designated by the board of county COM
missioners in it's itemized statement
aforesaid, as the basis for taxation for
the ensuing year Provided. however.
bonds, interest on bonds salaries and all
items the charges Of which are fixed by
law, the full amount actually required TO
meet such items shall be apportiOned.
The money so raised by the levying Of
taxes and from said estimated amount
of all revenues which the county will re-
cetve for the ensuing year and said esu-
when all is apportioned to the several
funds as hereinbefore specihed-shall be
expended for the particular purpose
designated in said itemized statement
and to which 1t is apportioned as afore-
said, and for no purpose in excess of the
specific amount appOrticaed thereto.
Sec. 2. One of the funds herein pro-
vided for may be designated emergency
fund" but no money shall be expended
from said emergency fund except in
cases of actual emergency, arising from
unforeseen demands upon some other
designated fund, which has become ex-
hausted, and then only upon the unani-
nous vote of the board of county COM
missionerS, upon which vote, and not be-
fore, said board will be authorized to
transfer the amount necessary to meet
such emergency to the fund from which
such payment ought regularly to be
made. and thereupon said authorized
r9 OF ha do hTy
rant upon the county treasurer.
Sec. 3. It shall be the duty Of the
county auditor, in each warrant drawn
by him upon the county treasurer, to in
dictate the purpose for which such war
rant IS issued and the fund from which
it is paid, which in every instance shall
be the fund upon which such warrant
should be legally drawn, and upon no
other fund, 1t shall be the duty of the
county commissioners, whenever a con-
tract is awarded, to make an appropria-
ton for payment of the same out of the
proper fund, by resolution.
AS soon as such appropriation has been
made by the board. the county auditor
shall draw warrant on the proper fund
it to the county treasurer, who shall pay
the same at once
The county auditor shall Immediately
indorse the check and return it to the
county treasurer, who shall give him
receipt therefor specifying the appropria-
ton under a suitable name designating
the purpose Tor which said appropriation
has been made
The county auditor shall open a special
account with each appropriation by cred
iting the amount to such special account
under the general head Of "Appropria-
ton"
When any part or all Of said appro-
prtatton shall become due and be allowed
by the board of county commissioners, a
commissioner warrant shall be issued
for the same as provided by law, and
shall be charged to its specific appropria-
ton bV the county auditor. The county
treasurer need not keep the specific ap-
preparations account separately, but shall
keep general appropriations account.
If any balance shall be left in any APP
preparation account after the work is
completed and paid for within the fiscal
year the county auditor shall transfer
the same by elimination back to the fund
out Of which it has been appropriated.
If any balance shall be left in any ap-
preparation account after the current ifs
cal year shall have expired, and the
work shall have been completed and paid
for. the county auditor shall draw his
warrant therefor to the county treas
urer. who shall give his receipt for the
same and credit the amount to the coun-
ty revenue fund, as other miscellaneous
receipts are credited. 1t shall also be
the duty of the county auditor to pre-
sent. at each regular meeting of the
board of county commissioners, a state
ment showing the appointments made
to each fund, as required by section / 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-
tfOnment, at the opening of business on
the first day Of the month 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
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