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

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library as they may deem best.
Sec. 6. Every officer of the state who
shall receive any volume OF the laws,
Journals, reports or other documents OF
any other state or territory of the United
States or any foreign country, or any OF
the for tS USE the OF
to the state librarian for the state
library.
sold or for injury to or failure to return
books nr other property OF the library, Of
for fines shall be expended for the bene-
1T of the library.
tied under the direction Of the judges OF
coed the sum Of four thousand dollars
$4,000 annually in the purchase OF oEok Ks
(s70O annually in binding, and repairing
books for the library, and FIVE hundred
dollars (s5OO) annually for contingent
SEC. 8. For the purposes Of this . a aat
e sum geo Of Sp 3e iSa sca Se enne
Sec. ID All acts ma parts Of asts in
pealed. Provided, further, that all stand
ing appropriations heretofore made for
any of the purposes herein specihed are
Sec. II. This act shall take effect and
be in force from and after August first,
nineteen hundred and three.
Approved April 49, 1903.
CHAPTER 27a.-s. F. NO. 4es;
AN ACT entitled IAN act to authorize
savings banks, annuity. safe deposit and
trust companies to invest In certain Sc
Be it enacted by tho legislature of the
State of Minnesota:
Section 1. It shall hereafter be lawful
for the trustees of any savings bank to
invest the moneys deposited therein, and
for any annuity, safe deposit ana trust
company doing. business IN this state TO
under its control, in the debenture STOCK
Of any railway company owning ana
operating line Of road In whole or
in part within the State of Minnesota;
provided that said debenture stock shall
bear at least four per cent Int per an,
mum, and shall be secured by trust DECD
as first lien upon said line OF rallWay'
provided. that no annuity, safe dep9sl1;;
trust companies, or savings banks shali
ever loan upon or invest In the debenture
stock of any one railroad company TO e6.
coed in the aggregate five 90 per cent OF
consistent herewith are hereby repealed.
Scr t Ts a as1 s sha take anu
Approved April 1s, 1903.
CHAPTER 274-s. F; NO: 49,: ,,,
AN ACT to authorize and empower VII
lagos under certain circumstances to IS
sue bonds for the payment OF its hoae-
Be ''f It enacted by the legislature OF tho
State Of Minnesota:
Section 1. That any village In this state
which has aoating indebtedness m
CURED by legitimate expenses for I'm IN
provements on streets r0r Proc or ranairs
Of village hall or for. any ana all such
improvements amounting to three thou-
sand dollars ($3,0OO) or over besides Its
>1l1cJ {~Io
to the amount Of such floating indebted-
ness, not to exceed IN the agsregate WIZ u
the assessed valuation of such village,
which bonds shall bear interest at rate
to be determined by the village council OF
(8] per annum, payable semi-annually
and Shall mature at such time as may be
determined by said village council not
to exceed fifteen uO years from the ;, GATE lie
cold by the village council OF Such village
in such manner as they shall deem ad-
visable. but shall not be sold tor le ss
arising from the sale thereof shall be
applied to the payment Of the DEBTS OF
said village not represented by its bonds;
t to SUCH indeb t as shall be actually
Sec. = Before bonds shall be issued
IL of this act si the Village council shall
by resolution duly passed and recorded,
authorize the issuance thereof, subject
village and by such resolution the village
council shall determine the amount CT
bonds to be issued, the rate of interest
which they shall bear ss and tn the time t?m OF
either at an annual village election or a
special election to be called for that pur,,,
pose when the voters Of such village shall
+1o Of
such bonds.
The form of the ballot therefor shall be
as follows:
s shall is the SoH g5!aeS n of the sum 81 Yes
s. bearing interest at the
1ste of go per cent per :; ann n f4n1
date thereof, pursuant to resolu!,
passed on the - day Of
Voters who desire to vote for the Is
5 Ks opp Do haon the Uo word Yes on said
ballot, and those who desire to vote
Place cross (X) opposite the word mo-
On said ballot. The said election shall
be conducted and the votes cast thereat
shall be canvassed ana counted 'i1l1 ana the
in the case of an election for village Off
GERS. If majority Of the voters who
the osG iss un Sa Of said bonds then the
shall be issued by said council and sold
but not otherwise.
. This act let shall ffl take Ak effsot and be
Approved April Is. 1903
CHAPTER 275-s. F. NO. 415.
AN ACT to provide for and authorize the
payment Of q bounty for the arrest and
conviction Of any person or persons for
horse stealing, where application for
such bounty has not heretofore been
mazda nv the nerSOn parsons claiming
the same, within twenty days after the
conviction of the criminal.
Be it enacted by the legislature Of the
State of Minnesota:
Section !: That whenever any person or
and conviction Of any person or persons.
tie General Statutes Of Minnesota for
1894, as amended by chapter 81 Of the
laws of 1897 and by, chapter 212 Of the
Judge, or to ile such application with the
clerk, of the district court of the county
wherein such conviction, was had, for the
vided in SECTION 1870 of the General Sta
tutes for 1894. any such person or per-
seas, so claiming such bounty and fail
tug to make the application aforesaid
said section, may within thirty. days from
the taking effect of this act, file with the
clerk of the district court of the county
wherein such conviction was had, an ap-
pl1cation to the judge Of said court for
an order on the clerk thereof for the
certificate provided for in said sections
1869 and 1870; and the judge Of said court
is herepy authorized and empowered to,
and shall thereupon, in the same manner
as if said application had been made
said section 1870, appoint a time and
place for the purpose of taking and hear-
| Ing evidence. of the person or persons
cai1g such BOUNTY fStaeShnE their
! the clerk of said court of the time and
; place for hearing the same; and if, after
; hearing such evidence, it shall appear to
catiSfa C.tiQn of said Judge that