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

OF their said terms OF once.
Sec. 2. This aut shall take effect ana
be In force from and after Its passage
Approved Feb. 4, 1903.
CHAPTER IS. F. NO. 1OS.
AN ACT to provide for the maintenance
and care Of law libraries for the use
of public officials in counties haylng
which there is a court house and city
hall used jointly by the county and
the city constituting the county seat;
Be it enacted by the Legislature OF Tic
State Of Minnesota:
Section 1. In all counties In this state
now having, or which shall hereafter
have, a population Of 200 DOC. or more.
in which there now Is, or shall hereafter
be, erected at the county seat a county
court house and city hall for the Joint use
Of such county and the city constituting
its county seat, law libraries for the use
of the officials hereinafter mentioned may
be maintained in such court house and
city hall in the hereinafter pro-
vided.
Sec. 2. Upon the filing Of a petition
with the clerk Of the district court by
any taxpayer or corporation in such
county, setting forth that it is for the
interest Of the public that such law IL
brary should be established ana IN man IN
tablishing and maintaining the same, ana
praying that such library n be estap-
lished and maintained in such court house
allO CITY uill, Sdlu CleIh SIdl1 AoouC " AO
tice addressed to the county attorney
and city attorney Of said county seat.
which notice shall fix a time for hearing
such petition by the district court not
less than eight days from the date Of the
service Of such notice. Such notice,
together with a cop of the petition at
tached thereto by the clerk, ,shal pc
served by the sheriff upon such county
as a summons in a civil action is served,
and if any private individual or corpora
ton is referred to in said petition as a
party to the establishing and maintenance
Of such library, then such notice and
petition shall be served in Xix manner
upon such private person.
Sec. 8. Upon the return day mentioned
in said notice, the district court, or a
Judge thereof, shall hear and determine
said matter in the same manner in which
motions are heard and determined by
the court at chambers or at a special
term. At such hearing the petitioner
shall be the moving party and the coun-
ty attorney and city attorney for such
county seat shall appear and represent
such county and city. respectively;
determine that it is for he interests Of
such county and city to maintain a law
library in such Joint building and it
poration is able and willing to install a
suitable library therein and maintain the
same in a suitable manner. the court
shall make an order, directing the coun-
" commissioners OIL SUCH equity d1lu
the city council of such county seat to
provide suitable accommodations or IL
brary rooms, properly heated and lighted,
for such library in such court house and
city hall, designating the same as near as
may be-. Such order shall also require
such county commissioners and city cOun-
Gil of such city to make an annual APP
preparation of not more than fifteen hun
hundred dollars to pay the expense of
the proper care of such library rooms
and the salary Of the librarian, other
thar, for light, heating and %janitor sery-
brary and such order shall apportion said
appropriation between such county and
city as shall be just n equitable and
shall require such appropriation to be
said court. Provided the owner Of such
library shall consent in writing to the
installing and maintaining such library
in said building for a term of not less
than ten years.
Sec. 4. All the Judges Of the district
court Of such county and the Judges of
gether with all city and county officials
in and for such county and city, shall
have the free use Of such library at the
library rooms, and shall be permitted
to take books therefrom to be used In
such district court and in the municipal
court Of such city, subject only to such
reasonable rules and regulations as shall
be established therefor by such district
court.
Sec. s.. The owner Of such library shall
retain the complete ownership, admins
tration and control thereof. elect its W
officers and said librarian therefor, make
all rules and regulations for the use
thereof by others than the officials afore-
said, and said owner shall maintain said
library in reasonable repair and efficiency
while it shall remain in said building
without any charge or expense therefor
to such county or such city for such
maintenance or for use by said officials
except as hereinbefore provided.
of se ali the IL % o%f1 ii nef Of such mae Counties ate G anS
Of such cities as shall come within and
take advantage of the provisions Of this
act, to take all necessary steps to make,
collect and pay over any appropriation
| approved and ordered under the pro-
visions Of this act. in the manner in
which other appropriations are usually
and to obey all the rules, orders and reg
u~lations made by the district court az
herein provided to the end that the full
purpose and intent Of this act shall be
carried into effect.
Sec. z. This act shall lake effect and
be In force from and after it's passage.
Approved Feb. Z. 1908.
CHAPTER StS. F. NO. "a.
| AN ACT to amend Section No. 1898 Of the
General Statutes Of 1894, and chapter,
Laws Of 1895, with reference to the
court in the Several counties of the
Tenth judicial district Of the State Of
Minnesota.
Be it enacted by the legislature Of the
Section 1. The general terms Of the
district court in and for the Tenth judi
cial district in and for the counties of
shall be held in said counties as follows:
In the county Of Freeborn on the first
Tuesday in May and the second Tuesday
in December of each year; provided, that
shall not be completed for any cause
prior to holding any other term of court
adjourned to the month of July follow
ing, and to such time In said month as
the presiding judge shall direct, for the
transaction of such unfinished business.
in November Of each year.
In the county of Houston on the fourth
Tuesday in February and the third Tues
day in October of each year.
In the county Of Mower on the second
Tuesday in January and the second
Tuesday in June Of each year.
Sec. q. All writs, processes, orders,
c~ontinuances, appeals, bonds. recog-
nizances, notices of proceedings issued,
made or returnable to the general terms
spectively. as prescribed by law prior to
the taking effect of this act. shall be
deemed n construed as made. taken
and r%eturnable to the proper term of
court of the counties, respectively, as
prescribed In this act.
Sec. 8. All acts and parts Of acts in
consistent with this act are hereby re-
pealed.
Sec. 4. This act shall take effect and
be in force from and after its passage.
Approved Feb. 10. 1903.
CHAPTER IS. r. NO. 100.
AN ACT to amend Section No. 4915 OF