Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1903-05-01
pTER 1R1-u r, NO S37.

after exist. without any graded street
leading therefrom to the main portlon OF
such city, the COmlnOn council OF sucn
city is hereby authorized and empowered
by q three-fourths vote of all members
elect thereof, upo recommendation Oh the
board OF lark commissioners. or such
other officials as ma have charge ana
supervision of the parks and
OF such city, to order and cause to be
opened and graded for public travel the
necessary street or streets to constitute
park or parks TO the main portion or such
city, without a petition therefor signed
or presented by the owners Of any prop
erty fronting or abutting upon the line
whole or any part of the necessary cost
and expense of opening and grading any
such street or streets to be levied and
assessed upon and against the property
benefited by such improvement, In the
same manner and with like effect as other
assessments for street grading are made
by such city.
Sec. 2. This act shall axe effect and
be in force from and after it's passage.
Approved April 10, 1903.
CHAPTER 162-H. +. NO. $50.
AN ACT legalizing certain floating in
debtedneSs OF villages and authorizing
the issue of bonds with which to fund
the same.
Be it enacted by the legislature of the
State of Minnesota:
Section l. Any and all orders hereto
fore issued by any village in this state
for the following purposes, or either
thereof, to wit, in payment of the cost, IN
or electric light plant, or both combined,
or the enlargement, Improvement and re-
pair thereof; in payment of the cost, in
whole or in part, of the erection and con-
struction Of any building, to be used for
the purpose of a village hall, village Of
by the public for exhibitions, lee
lures and other public entertain,
orders are still outstanding and unpaid,
are hereby declared to be lawful floating
indebtedness Of said village, as OF the
date of their issue, providHd only, that
voters thereof shall have heretofore rec
ognized said orders by voting to issue
bonds with which to- take them up,
purpose was or was not then authorized
by any law of this state.
Sec. 2. The village council Of any VIII
lage in this state is hereby expressly en-
in such amount and denomination and
bearing such rate OF interest as the voters
of any such village may have heretofore
authorized BY the votes of a majority of
all such voters present and voting at any
general or special election, upon a prop
osition as to whether or not the bonds Of
such village should he issued TOR the pur-
pose of taking up and paying outstanding
NllldSt O1utlS VI LIE CLldI dClCl ucSCl 1DCu
in section one of his act, whether any
such ~suanc of bonds was or was not
authorized at the time such vote was had.
Such bonds may be issued and sold by
any such village council in such manner
as it shall deem proper, but for not less
than their par value, and such bonds
shall run for such term of years, not to
exceed fifteen, and shall be payable at
such place as may be by said village
counc determined. The proceeds from
the sale Of any such bonds shall be paid
over to the village treasurer to be used
by him in taking up the specific indebted-
ness referred to in the action of the viii
lage council and in the proposition sub
mitted by it to the voters of any such
village and adopted by them as aforesaid.
Sec. 3. The right to issue bonds under
this act shall not be affected by the
amount of the Indebtedness of any such
village outstanding at the time of issuing
bonds hereunder.
Sec. 4. This act shall tax effect and
be In force from and after it's passage.
Approved April 10, 1908.
CHAPTER 1911: L. NO. 70S.
AN ACT to define articles of food and
drink for human use, to prevent mis-
branding or authorizations of the same,
to prevent fraud and preserve public
health. gG.-.3e
Be it enacted by the legislature Of the
Section /. The term "food' shall in
clude all articles used by man for food,
drink or condiment whether mixed. single
or compound. The term '~misbranded' as
used herein applies to all articles of food
or articles used in the composition OF
food, drink or condiments, the pack
ages or labels of which shall bear any
statement purporting to name any in
gradients or substance contained, In such
article which statement shall be false
in any particular; Or any statement pur-
porting to name the substance OF Wh1ci1
shall not fully give the names OF all the
substances contained in the article in any
quantity, or which names as a single ar
The term drink as used herein shal
not include liquids containing two C) per
cent or more Of alcohol.
Sec. 2. An article shall be deemed
adulterated in the case OF 1000 drink VI
c~Ondinent:
First. if any substance or substances
has or V been mixed and packed VIII
it so as to reduce or lower or lnlurlously
| product, when offered for sale, snail de-
ceive or tend to deceive the purchaser, or
Second, If any substance or substances
has or nave been substituted wholly or
in part for the article, so that the pro,
duct. when sold, or offered for sale sinai
deceive or tend to deceive the pur-
chaser, or -
Third, If any valuable constituent OF
the article has been wholly or IN part
soid or offfer ed for or sale shall deceive OF
tend to deceive the purchaser; or u,aon
Gus Ingredient or an ingredient which
may render such article Injurious to the
health Of the person consuming IT, or
Fifth. If it consists in whole or III Par!
Of a filthy. decomposed, or putrid animal
or vegetable substance, or any portlon "
any animal unfit for food, whether manu. manu-.
featured or not, or If it Is the proo hee
died otherwise than by slaughter, or,
sixth, if it be mixed, colored. powdered,
or stained in a manner whereby danlage
or inferiority IS conceal eese So 70 far sale
epha1l deceiye or tend to deceive the pur-
chaser. -5,tor,+ino y,
m~isbranding any artlcle o. LOU Two u,1 1a1 o.
who shall handle, keep for SAFE, 11dea o. o.
expose for sale any article SO adultetalaeo
or misbranded shall be guilty OF a nals uet
meanor and on conviction be tined not
| less than twenty-five (25) dollars, or more
than seventy-fve 60 dollars ana costs
or by imprisonment not to exceed ninety
600 days. ~. ,+, r.
dairy and food commissioner and ms as
%sistants, experts and and asetas
bv him appointed, to enforce the pio-
visions of this act. xo. ond
be In force from and after july l. A'oo'
Approved April 10, 1903.
CHAPTER 1e4LH. F. NO. 332.
AN ACT to ratify certain ~conveyances
and confirm the title in the State OF
Minnesota to lands thereby conveyed;
Be it enacted by the legislature OF the
State of Minnesota:
Section +. That all c~onveyances here
tofore made by any person or persons
transferring land situated in the State OF
Minnesota, to the governor ana leglslatlve
assembly of the Territory Of Minnesota
in trust for said territory, are hereb!
confirmed, and the title to such premises
80 conveyed declared to be vested IN the
State Of Minnesota.
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and
he in force from and after it's passage.
Approved April 10, 1908.
CHAPTER 18Th. F. NO. 3ss.
AN ACT to create in cities Of the State
of Minnesota which now have or here.
after may have, no more than fifty