The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-24
= CHAPTER 813-s. +. NO. 4G5


CHAPTER BIS. f. No 49,
AN ACT requiring county Commissioners
IN all counties of this state haJiJoC -
population Of two hundred tboTs59,J
(2OO,OOO) inhabitants. or over 70 80 =
pond to the State of Minnesota for The
daiLnLul performance of their duties as
be 1t enacted by the legislature oF +bs
State OF Minnesota: ~ ''o
oecIIon l. That each member oP tba
DoeaIU OF county commissioners of all
counties in this state now hay-irr1 a.. a..
Whlch shall hereafter have nonui9+fo1
u Two hundred thousand goo 600S IN
terS 49, 49, or over, shall before he en-
oeIS upon the duties of said office +alya
ana subscribe the oath nreScriIe,l7 - ~,
+e ~ Lllch oath Shall be indorsed ON thu
Doa 1!I1cdle OF his election or aDpoint-
meHI' and shall also give a bond e.
Culeu py surety company autbari,-,l =
10 business in the State of NIinneeoto
p pa3ai TO the State of Minnesota in tbs
6003 "a I'm La oI ten thousand dollars CSiO.-
H 49, 70 De approved by judge of the dis
LII -! court or the judicial district in V,bicb
aa!u county commissioner is elected 49,.
- pp "o conditioned that the said conn
~ commissioner shall We'll and faitbfI,ii,-
III al Things, perform and execnta ~,
IuuGs OF ms office according to law d.
t+s ms continuance in office, which bopd
tOSStHer with the oath and certifca+0
election, or appointment aforasatS Lf CI
ne recorded IN the Office of the register. -
oIIJS VI Such county and fled with me
Sup1ic examiner of the State of Mime
SoIa' provided, that the rate r. - 10
LOT such surety bonds shall not $500
me me rate now prescribed by law in resDec+
b E0 Guy ana county treasurers' surety
a cbs ,e, a1 S, the amount thereof shall be
a e CttdIse against the county. pavabIe oHf
u me county revenue fund
beci Z. All acts and parts of ac+s
w wiJt1 th, general or special inconsistent
WI Inns act. are hereby renea1ed "
Sec. B. This act shall tall 80. .,
NJ ~ LG je from and after the first day ~
nineteen hundred and three G00s,
approved April p. 1903. N4'0''
AM CHAPTER FL sI4.-s. F, NO 55s
AN ACT to provide free taTf T Soo,
fS iS IN independent school districts In In
sta AZ enacted ne a5i by the legislature Of the
school 9IIod d,st Il That IN all independent
1j+Ii qlslIlcts in this state sifmStdS
WITHIN the Incorporated Limits re situated
o eri9er ten thousand QO,OOO noprIa aIy oL
aG whose boundary lines are co-terrnir',is;,
said citv eA Zen I've with the boundary Of
soboo ny: the board of education Of srcb
Schooi district may. in their dis 81 2 i
tbe EIue Iree text books for such CuseI ~;
S,Icb Pupils OF al the schools located Win,
SUI scHooI district. and the eyTa, y" IN
SECURING such text books shall p ~ OF
DIaGu py tax to be levied upon an 10.
R.oPeIIy situated within such scbooI { 40
name &c 10itiSeclea and paid in the same
sban r. as .olher taxes; and such tax JevI
FL, itto De deemed to be in addition IL az
IiutnoIIzed limit Of taxation now a1ie+i itio
such tax q'ibu daIt. The sum to be paid for
bo 1SI. 'e S9 BOOKS Shall be certified bv tha
oc@rQ OF education Of such district ~ ~
SUuiiity AUDITOR of the county i'm Ubfnt
audi+o o!s s[I Is located, and the COUNT
auultor snail forthwith proceed ~ 10y 10y
TAX suIncient to meet such exnanSa 4evS ~
~ FL, eau t1e same upon the tax list at tba
oLime Oh IeVylng all other taxes in e,Irb
COUNTY or school district 'A
sec <. Whenever the hoard 90 s
- 0t 9 nan receive petition signed nv - p
sedst twenty-five qualified voters of sucb
books be- 'I nroyi 29e9duS9ning that such text
o ~ ~. IN the event Of declining to nro,,iTn
" tieII own motion for such text bo(ils,
onIIo, IIid1sIllt such petition to the cifv
Goulcu OF the city in which such districyt
ID Iocated, and shall request sncb IT,
council TO submit the proDosition 0P - [S
t t.fGing Tree text books in such school dis
~ 70 an the qualified voters OF sncb
CITY at the next regular enslIine, 1o, 81
tpal erection, at which election ali t6a
voters OF such city entitled to vote upnp
QueSuons relating to schools shall Loii
titled to vote upon the pron0sitioI,I De en-
E Iue such text books, and in the eiaUt
Cnat majority Of all the votes cast ~
ne Iro IILiIiGIpai election shall be in favor
u pF0vldlng such text books it shall Ts
Lne duty OF the school board Of sucb
a aSI.I uistIlct to provide text books 40
d djt0trg;salo for use Of the pupils Of such
Sec. 3. This act shall take affect and
De IN force from and after its passage
approved April p. 1903
CHAPTER 315-s. F.. NO 5eo
AN AL to amend chapter two b1fn5ra5
a anu HIty-elght Of the General Laws ~
MlnhesoIa Tor nineteen hundred ana
one. and any acts am endatorv therenf'
DelhS an act providing for the drain,
aBe OF Iands in certain cases Drescrih
ing tHe powers and duties Of county
commissioners and other officers in ~
premises, and apprOpriatfne, fupds co..
the payment of assessments agef+e+
state lands affected thereby. and bre-
scrolng penalties for the viola tior
thereof, and repeating certain ects
thereln mentioned and referred TO - az
sald chapter Is amended by CHAPTER thiT-
Ly-elSht OF the General Laws Of Mime
sofa for nineteen hundred and W.
sad chapter thirty-egh being an ACT
10 amend chapter two hundred and IF
ty-elght Of the General Laws Of nine
teen hundred and one -A-'''
BE IL enacted by the legislature of the
State Of Minnesota: u '"o
section l. That section seventeen ~
chapter two hundred and 6ftV-njaLt ~ -
the General Laws of Minnesota for nine
teen hundred and one, being AN act pro
t wong LOT the drainage Of lands in Ger
tam cases, prescribing the power and du-
tles OF county commissioners and other
o1nceTs IN the premises, and approDriat-
ing Iunds for the payment Of assess
ments against state lands affected there
by, and prescribing penalties for the VIC
Iation thereof, and repeating certain aefs
therein mentioned and referred to" as
tlon ten or chapter thirty-eight OF the
General Laws Of Minnesota for nineteen
hundred and two, being an act to amend
chapter two hundred and ffty-eIght OF
the General Laws Of nineteen hundred
and one. be and the same is herebv fI,,,
Their amended to read as follows:
Section IL. The board of county commits
Sioners of each and every county where
in any such ditch is proposed to be Wholly
or partly located and established ara
hereby authorized to issue the bonds Of
their respective counties in such amount
as may be necessary to defray in Who'll
or In part the expense incurred or to he
incurred in locating, constructing and es-
tapnshlng 80 much of any such ditch "a
may be located within such county: or
in SUCH relation to such county as TO af-
fect lands therein within tn terms OF
this act. The word Expenses shall La
construed to mean and to cover every
item or cost OF said ditch from its iDcep-
ton TO its completion, and all fees and
expenses to be incurred Ia pursuance
thereof.
Such bonds shall be payable at such
time or times-nOt to exceed ter years
from their date-and shall bear such rate
Of interest-not to exceed per cent per
annum-payable annually or sen.i-annu-
ally, all as the board Of county comrnis-
sioners shall by resolution deter mine
Each bond shall contain q recital that
it is issued by authority Of and in stricC
accordance with the provisions Of this
act, and shall be signed by the chairman
of said board and cOuntersigned bv the
county auditor, who shall keep a record
thereof.
said board shall have power to negotf-
ate said bonds as they shall deem FOR
the best interest of said county. bur nor
for less than their par value The DrO-
ceeds from the sale OF all such bonds
shall be placed in a general often fund
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