The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-05-02

! service, Of whatever character. in any
| ployed by fire wardens to assist in ex-
| tinguishing or preventing forest or pr rsa>
RE fires be paid for more than ten Sao9
days of such service IN any one }6an Ave
hundred ($5OO) dollars Of public money :ty
in any one year under this act on US
own account.
negligentiy or carelessly sets on fire. or
| causes TO be set on fire, any woods prat-
RE or other combustible material. wheth-
err or not on his own lands, by means
| whereof the property of another IS INJURY
| or. endangered, or any person who WIZ
fully. negllgently or carelessly suffers any
! fire set by himself to damage the properly
| Of another, is guilty Of misdemeanor
and shall be punished by a fine not e x,
ceeding one hundred ($10O) dollars, or by
| imprisonment in the county jail not , eN,
egeding three g. months ANY, Sa,ses 3o
be set on fire, any wood, prairies or other
combustible material whereby the proper
| ty of another is destroyed and life IS sac &C.
not over five hundred $4,000 dollars, or pc
imprisoned in the state prison for term
Of not oyer ten 90 years. or both sucp
Sec. 10. Any person who shall klndle
| a fire on or dangerously near to foreSt
| or prairie land and leave it unquenched.
shall be party thereto dte ian ana ,ncom
bustible wads for firearms. or who shali
carry a naked torch, fire brand or other
exposed light in or dangerously near 70
ceedtng one hundred ($10o9 dollars or i'm
| prisonment in the county Jail not exceed
ing three 60 months.
fully or heedlessly deface, destroy or re-
move any warning placard posted under
the requirements of this act shali pe I'd "a
| (S100) dollars for each such ofense, or
Imprisonment in the county jail not ex-
ceeding three 60 months.
within this state to use efficient spark
arresters on all their engines and to Keep
right Of way to the hd ee0 ot
tible materials and safely dispose
Of the same within said limits of their
Of April and the first day of December.
| No railroad company shall permit its en-
| ployes to leave a deposit of fire or hve
| Goals, or hot ashes, in the, immediate
| be overrun by fires. and where engineers,
| conductors or trainmen discover that
| fences or other material along the right
| of way or woodland adjacent to the rail-
road are burning or are in danger from
| fire. they shall report the same promptly
at the next telegraph station that they
may pass In seasons Of drouth railroad
| companies shall give particular instruc-
tons to their employees for the prevention
| and prompt extinguishment of fires and
they shall cause warning placards fur
nished by the forest commissioner TO be
| posted at their stations in the vicinity of
forest and prairie grass lands, and where
fire occurs along the line Of their road
they shall concentrate such help and
tn pffpcfiVQ1V aXfjnQI1iSh If Anv railroad
this act shall be deemed guilty Of a mis-
a ana be RTahSd o BY doa ns
each such offense. and railroad employees
violating the requirements of this section
| shall be guilty of misdemeanor and be
| @$5? dollars nor more than fifty $500
! dollars. But this section shall not
be construed to prohibit or prevent any
railroad company from piling or keeping
MAINTENANCE of such railroad.
Sec. Is. It shall be the duty Of each and
| every owner Of threshing or other porta-
arresters on their engines at all times
| when In USE. and no person In charge
Of any threshing, engine shall deposit live
eoyyen aee tTam wh as least 0q
inches Of earth before leaving them. All
ptlSO1lS VlO1dIlIS Luo pIOVlS1OuS VI 'Illj
section shall be deemed guilty of mis-
deneanor. and upon conviction thereof
| shall be punished by a fine not less than
five Cs5) dollars nor more than fifty $500
! Sec. IA. Nothing in this act shall be
! construed as affecting any right Of action
Sec: IT, Woodland territory within the
terms of this act shall be construed to
mean bodies Of forest and brush land
Sec. 16. All moneys received as. pen
alties for violating the provisions Of this
of the county. wherein the offense &C.
Cured. to be known as the county fire
fund, and used under the directions of
penses Of enforcing the provisions Of this
! act within such county.
| Sec. II. The sums mentioned In Sec
tons five O.? and seven % of this act,
| or so much thereof as shall be necessary
are hereby annually appropriated out of
any money in the treasury not otherwise
| appropriated.
Sec. IS. All acts and parts OF acts
pea1ed.
Sec. 10. This act shall take effect and
be- in force from and after it's passage.
| Approved April 81, 1903.
CHAPTER 364-H. F. No. 4o4.
AN ACT to authorize and empower vii
lagos under certain circumstances to
issue bonds for the payment Of their
outstanding Indebtedness.
State Of minnesota
sfs9 whose mSat 7HEs he t h d
tho passage and approval of this act ex-
| ceeds the sum Of three thousand $4,000
dollars besides its bonded indebtedness,
nearly as may be equal to the amount
Of such Indebtedness, which bonds shall
bear interest at rate to be determined
| by the village council of said village, not
| 10 %ton "a 49, ,Sx
annum, payable semi-annually, and shall
mature at such time as shall be deter
mined by said village council. not to ex-
Issuance Such bonds shall be sold by by
the village council of such village in such
manner as they shall deem advisable, but
shall not be, sold for less than their par
sale thereof shall be applied to the pay
ment Of the debts Of said village not
represented by it's bonds.
pursuant to the provisions of section
one a. of this act. the village council
shall. by resolution. authorize the is
suance thereof subject to the approval of
shall determine the amount Of bonds to be
issued, the rate Of interest which they shall!
shall fix a time, either at an annual
village election. or at a special election to
be called for that purpose, when the
/ voters OF SAID village shall vote upon the
question Of the issuance Of said bonds,
and at the time so fixed by such village
council the legal voters Of such village
J shall vote upon the question Of the is
| suance Of such bonds. The form Of the
ballot therefor shall be as follows:
| "Said village of ............. Issue its
| bonds in the sum of ....... dollars, bear
| ing interest at the rate Of ..... per cent
per annum, payable semi-annually, and
maturing ......years after the date
thereof, pursuant to a resolution of the