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

! one year. nor snail any one peISOA CiA
ployed by fire wardens to assist In eX-
tinguishing or preventing forest or pral-
RE fires be paid for more than ten Cu)
days Of such service In any one yeai,
hundred ($5OU dollars Of public money
In any one year under this act on Its
own account.
Sec. 8. Any person who willfully,
negligently or carelessly sets on fire, or
causes to be set on fire, any woods, ,pra!-
RE or other combustible material. Wheth-
or or not on his own lands, by means
whereof the property Of another Is injured
or endangered. or any person who Will
fully, negligently or carelessly suffers any
fire set by himself to damage the property
and shall be punished BY a fine not ex-
ceeding one hundred ($10O dollars, or by
Imprisonment In the county jail not ex-
ceeding three () months. Any person
who maliciously sets on fire, or causes to
be set on fire. any wood, pralrles or other
~combustible material whereby the proper
ty of another is destroyed and life is sac
rificed, shall be punished with a fine OF
not over five hundred $4,000 dollars, or be
imprisoned In the state prison Tor a. term
Of not over ten Q0) years. or both sucn
fine and imprisonment.
Sec. 10. Any person who shall klndle
a fire on or dangerously near to forest
or prairie land and leave 1t u~nquenched,
or shall be a party thereto. and every
bustible wads for firearms, or who shall
carry a naked torch, fire brand or other
exposed light in or dangerously near to
forest land, causing risk Of accldental
c GEE; nsa one Dg ha nuii!sae (s1 q dollars or i'm
prisonment In the county Jail not exceed
ing three 90 months.
Sec. II: Every person who shall will
fully or heedlesSly deface, destroy or re-
move any warning placard posted under
the requirements Of this act shall be Il
able to a fine not exceeding. one hundred
(s10o) dollars for each such offense' or
am yriInr ~ ~ in tho nr11ntV iQiI nor eA-
ceeding three go months.
Sec. i. 1t shall be the duty of al! rail-
road companies operating "a any fai apenR
a M,fnln snl on a al tbe dp e aSa es' and to S keep
(5o) feet on each side Of the center Of
the main track cleared Of all c9 9;a1ouse
of the same within said limits Of their
right Of way between the fifteenth day
Of April and the first day of December.
No railroad company shall permit Its EN-
ployes to leave a deposit of fire or live
Goals. or hot ashes, in the immediate
vicinity Of woodland, or lands liable to
be oyerrun 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
may pass. In seasons of drouth railroad
companies shall give particular tnstruc-
tions to their employees for the prevention
n prompt extinguishment of fires and
nished by the forest commissioner to be
posted at their stations In the vicinity Of
forest and prairie grass lands. and where
a fire occurs along the line of their road
adopt sue measures as shall be available
to effectively ~extinguish it. Any railroad
company violating the requirements Of
this act shall be deemed guilty Of a mis-
Hpma9 NOR and no nI1niSho1 NV q fro rOt
exceeding one hundred ($100) dollars for
each such %offense, and railroad employees
violating the requirements Of this section
shall be guilty Of a misdemeanor and be
$3.50 dollars nor more than fifty ($50)
dollars But this section shall not
be construed to prohibit or prevent any
railroad company from piling or keeping
upon the right of way cross ties or other
material necessary in the operation or
maintenance Of such railroad.
every owner Of threshing or other porta-
BILE steam engines to have efficient spark
arresters on their engines at all times
when in use. and no person in charge
Goals or hot ashes from his engine in
any place without putting them out or
covering them with at least three
inches of earth before leaving them. All
persons violating the provisions of this
section shall be deemed guilty of a mis-
demeanor. and upon conviction thereof
shall be punished by a fine not less than
Aye $50 dollars nor more than fifty $500
Sec. IA. Nothing in this act shall be
construed as affecting any right of action
Sec. Is. 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
act shall be paid into the county treasury
of the county, wherein the offense oc-
Cured, to be known as the county fire
fund, and used under the directions Of
the county board in d~efraying the, ex-
penses Of enforcing the provisions OF this
act within such county.
Sec. II. The sums mentioned In sec
lions five o. and seven @ of this act.
are hereby annually appropriated out of
any money In the treasury not otherwise
appropriated.
Sec. IS. All acts and parts of acts
pealed.
Sec. 10. This act shall AXE effect and
be In force from and after its passage.
Approved April Fl, 1903.
CHAPTER 364-H. F. No. 4O4.
AN ACT to authorize and empower viii
lagos under certain circumstances tn
Issue r D9nds for the payment Of their
Be it enacted by the legislature of the
State Of Minnesota:
Section 1. That any village in this
State. who's Indebtedness at the time Of
the passage and approval of this act ex-
ceeds the SUN of three thousand G., OOO)
dollars besides It's bonded Indebtedness,
may issue its bonds for an amount as
nearly as may be equal to the amount
Of such Indebtedness, which bonds shall
bear interest at a rate to be determined
by the village council of said village, not
annum. payable s~eml-annually. and shall
mature at such time as shall be deter
mined by said village council. not to ex-
coed fifteen years from the date Of their
ISSUANCE Such bonds shall be sold by
the village council Of such village in such
manner as they shall deem advisable, but
shall not be sold for less h their par
value, and the proceeds arising from the
sale thereof shall be applied to the pay
ment Of the debts of said village not
represented by it's bonds.
Sec; 2 Before any bonds shall be issued
one a. of this act. the village council
shall. by resolution. authorize the is
suance thereof, subject to the approval Of
such ic RESOLUTION such da'O v 1haaSs' e eounc cH
shall determine the amount of bonds to be
issued, the rate Of interest which they shall
bear and the time Of their maturity, and
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,
council the legal voters Of such village
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 it's
bonds in the sum Of ....... dollars, bear
Ing interest at the rate Of ......per cent
per annum, payable s~emi-annually, and
maturing ........years after the date
thereof, pursuant to a resolution Of the
village council of said village passed on
the......... day 10.
Yes Mo-"
Voters who desire to vote for the is
.suance Of such bonds shall place a cross
opposite the word 'Yes'' on said ballot.