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

lie examiner, or his deputies or ASSIST
ants, in examining the ONCE ana reeo eaer
and other revenue and financial oincers OF
the City Of st. Paul, shall inure TO tne
personal benefit of said PUBLIC examiner.
All fees collected by the public exam
liner. pursuant to the provisions Of chap
ter 1913 of the laws Of Minnesota TOR loVl.
entitled IAN act to revise and codify the
laws relative to building, loan ana sly az
ings associations doing a general business
in the State of Minnesota snail ne aPo
piled towards paying the expenses OF me
office Of said public examiner, and snail
not inure to his personal penentt ,noon-
Sec. 2. All acts or parts or acts neon
sistent with this act are hereby. repealeq.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be
in force from and after. it's passage.
Approved April 20, 1903.
CHAPTER 2s9-S. +. NO. 458.
AN ACT to authorize the reorganaIa a
population Of 10000 inhabitants or less,
in which the city council or common
council performs the duties OF d oo"io
Of education. 9 tho
Be it enacted by the leslslaIoAe VI 0
State of Minnesota: o+o
Section 1. That in any city in TINS stat &,
containing 10000 inhabitants or less, - -
which the city council or common couac,l
performs the duties Of a board or eou5
cation, the said council may pc Leleysu
Of said duties, and a board OF scnool ,1 n,
spectors may be elected, ana WISH n1d du-
ties resting upon the said city councli III
relation to the public schools OF sucn
city, shall vest In and be performeo ny
said inspectors, VINO s snall If o such clU CITY.
Sec. 2. Whenever a ma]or1ty o. .rG
gal voters Of u city, to be deterIalnsu
by the total vote cast in such city at lie
lieve the council of the said city from
the duties of controlling and managing
the public schools of said city, such legai
voters shall p petition It'll IT. the n1e c { of a ep board
OF education, which petition shall pc nled
with the city recorder or city CLERK OF
said city at least forty go lays oeiofe
Sec. 5. Upon the filing Of such petition,
the said council shall Immediately cause
notice to be given that at the next cry
election the question VIII e pc srp +ha meth ~
cd Of managing the public schoois OF
said city shall be changed, and shall SUP
nit said question to the voters at the
thirty $50 days after the filing Of said
petition. The said question shall be sub
mitted to said electors on the city bal
lot and may be in the followln form;
In favor Of a new board of e~ducaHon,
against a new board Of education, ana
the voter shall put an x mark opposlte
the proposition he shall vote for. II a
majority. of those voting on said ques,1oh
new board, then the management, dlrec-
ton, supervision and control OF the pup,
lie schools of such. city, shall pc vested
in such board OF education, and shall be
Invested out of the council of said city.
Sec. 4. Nominations for members OF
such board Of education, to be denom1n-
ated school inspectors may be MADE
and such inspectors may be elected at
the same election at which the PROPOSE
ton to change the management and con-
troll Of the schools from the city council
,-Iy ---I 81 shall IN c11h
mitted; and if said proposition is adopted
by the voters, as specified in section 5 or
this act, the inspectors SO elected shall
Immediately become, the board Of sduca-
all the powers, rights, duties and privi-
leges theretofor vested in the council Of
said city acting as a board of education;
Sec. ). Such school inspectors shall pc
shall be elected from each ward of said
city. and one inspector shall be ELECTED at
large; said inspectors shall hold office for
four years and until their successors are
ton one of the inspectors from each ward
shall be nominated and elected to hold Of
fee for two years only, and thereafter one
Inspector from each ward shall be elected
for four years. =,
Sec. 6. The inspectors so elected and
qualified shall be a body corporate and
shall be known as the board Of education
of said city, which shall be their corpo-
rate name. Said board of education may
sue and be sued, have a corporate seal,
and may do and perform all the acts and
things and have all the powers and du-
ties with their predecessors, such coun-
Gil, as a board Of education, could do or
perform in the management: control and
operation of the public schools Of the said
and charge Of all the funds of the said
public schools, and have power TO levy all
necessary taxes for educational purposes
for the construction of school houses, the
a. o-% tIa,,anf o,16 for tho rpnnSGqrV
equipment Of all the public schools of
said city, and for the maintenance and
support Of said schools. Said board Of
education shall elect one Of their number
president Of said board, who shall hold
office for two years and until his success
sor is elected n qualified.
Sec. Z. The city clerk or city recorder
shall ex-of1cio be the secretary Of the
board of education, and the city treas
urer shall ex-offlcio be the treasurer Of
said board Of education. The funds of the
said board Of education shall be paid out
on the warrant Of the board, signed by
the president and cuntersigned by the
secretary, and the secretary and treasurer
Of said board shall give bonds for the
for the faithful care and custody of the
unds Of said board, in such amounts and
as often as shall be required by the board.
Sec. 8. Upon the adoption by the legal
Of the management of the public schools
Of such city from such city council to
such board Of education, and Immediately
after the election and organization of
such board, all funds in the city treasury
Of said city belonging to the educational
fund, or to the school fund. or to the
common schools of said city, shall imme-
diately De subject to the order, drafts
troll of said board of education, and the
city council of said city shall nave no
further authority over said funds. The
city treasurer of said city shall hold the
az me SIhipcf fO the order of said hOa r1
of education Only.
Sec. g.. Nc member of the board Of
education shall receive any salary, fees or
compensation whatsoever for any duties
required Of him as a member Of such
board. The city clerk or city recorder
shall receive no salary, fees Or cOmpensu-
such board Of education. The city treas
urer shall receive no salary, fees or COM
pensation whatsoever for acting as the
treasurer of said board of education, but
the said city clerk or city recorder by
such city; and the salary or compensa-
ton paid to such city treasurer by such
city shall be in full compensation for all
service required by the provisions of
this act.
Sec. 10. No member Of the board Of cd
u%cation, secretary of said board, or treas
urer thereof, and no city officer Of said
any contract made with the said board
Of education, nor shall said board CT edu-
schools or any teacher for the schools Of
the said city who is related by blood or
marriage to any member Of said board of
education, except by the unanimous cen
sent and vote Of all members-clect Of
said board.
Sec. IL. This act shall take effect and
be in force from and after it's passage.
Approved April 20, 1903.
CHAPTER 20O-H. +. NO. 912.
AN ACT to appropriate money out Of the
internal improvement fund to aid in
building bridges and constructing roads
and culverts, or draining lands or
roads, or other improvements as the
case may be, in certain counties in this