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

vided, further, that the provisions Of this
act shall not apply to n action OF pro
ceedlng now pending in any court OF TINS
state relative toathes legality of the bonds
SO issued. H.Nf4,t..
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and
be in force from and after it's passage.
Approved April q, 1903.
CHAPTER BIOS. f. NC. 443.
AN ACT to fix salaries of certain elective
o onnr sfi IN fttles a now l or n Rsnea inh,h haa1hg
and not including cities now or here.
after governed under a. charter adopted
under and pursuant to section 3D., ar
ticle 4 Of the constitution OF this state,
as amended, and chapter 35l Of the
General Laws Of 1899 and amendments
thereto.
Be it enacted by the legislature Of the
State Of Minnesota:
Section l. That in cities now or here
after having over fifty thousand (5O,0IOW
nhabitants the salary Of the mayor shall
num-, and the salary of each alderman
shall be eight hundred dollars .($9OV per
annum, payable pro rata monthly out or
the city treasury. Provided. that this act
hereafter governed under a charter
adopted under and pursuant to section 36,
article 4 of the constitution of this state,
as amended, and chapter 351 Of the Gen
eral Laws of 1899 and amendments there
Sec: 2. All acts or parts Of acts,
WIGCIlGF general OF Special, luCOilSlStCIl
with this act are hereby repealed.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect n
1904 IL A'''0 Afofn anu "A'ef '"''@lS iS''
Approved April 81, 1903.
CHAPTER 311-S. f. NO. 400.
AN ACT to amend section p Of chapter
amended by section 10 of chapter So Of
the General Laws of 1902, providing for
the drainage of lands in certain cases.
prescribing the powers and duties of
county commissioners and other officers
in the premises, and appropriating funds
for the aymen of assessments against
STATE lands AFFECTED thereby, and Pre-,
thereof, and repeating certain acts
therein mentioned and referred to.
BE 1t enacted by the legislature Of the
State Of Minnesota:
25S of the General Laws of 1901. as
amended by section u of chapter 80 of
the General Laws Of 1902, be amended so
as to read as follows:
Section u. The payment of such liens
shall be made to he treasurer Of such
county, as follows, viz: O1ae-tenth of
said principal, with the interest thereon,
on Or before one, ~ year from such
filing in the register of deeds office, one
tenth of the same on or before two CD
years.; one-tenth Of the same On or be-
fore three, 60 years.; o~ne-tenth on or be-
fore four ~ years; one-tenth Of the same
on or before five 90 years.; one-tenth of
the same on or before six 90 years.; one
tenth Of the same on or before seven GU
| years; one-tenth Of the same OIL or before
eight (S) years.; one-tenth Of the same on
or before nine (O years; one-tenth Of the
same on OF before ten QU years. All
reckoned from the date of such filing;
provided, where the annual instalment to
be assessed amounts. to less than one mill
per year, the auditor shall levy the
amount Of one mill per year for as many
years as is necessary at that rate to pay
the fJ111 lien 1nVia6 9p4jnSt the tr9c ct or
parcel Of land. On or before the fifteenth
day Of November next following such Ill
ing the auditor shall enter on the tax
list Of said county the amount Of such
lien then remaining unpaid against each
respective tract of land subject thereto,
as a tax on said tracts, with a proper
each year thereafter Of the unpaid bal
ance of sue lien. One-tenth of such tax
shall become due and payable, with &C
cumulated interest thereon, at the time
and in the manner and be subject to and
be collected with like penalties as all
other taxes for said year on said tracts
in which such entry was made, and an
other one-tenth with n as the taxes of
each successive year, until all is paid.
When the full amount of such lien. with
accumulated interest, shall thus or at
one time be made, the auditor, upon
presentation of a receipt from the treas
urer to that effect, shall issue under his
| hand and official seal q certificate of such
payment, and the same, when recorded
| IN the ONCE OIL r CIlG register OIL OG6CS,
shall release and discharge such lien of
| record.
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and
be in force from and after it's passage.
Approved April p, 1908.
CHAPTER 312-s. T. NO. 495.
AN ACT authorizing cities having a pop
ulation Of 10000 or less to establish and
maintain a general system Of sewers,
and to maintain, alter, relay and ex-
tend any existing system of sewers. and
to provide for the cost thereof, and to
create sewer districts within the limits
Of such cities.
Be it enacted by the legislature Of the
State of Minnesota:
Section 1. In any city Of this state hav-
ing a population Of ten thousand or less
the city council shall a V power to main
tain and extend. any existing. sys-
tenn, to relay, alter or extend any exist o
a. general system Of sewers, and to create
sewer districts, and change, diminish, or
enlarge the boundaries thereof from time
to time.
Sec. 2. The city council may at any
time establish a general sewer system.
and may classify sewers as General: das1
sewers shall be the designation of such
| large sewers as shall be common to the
entire city or used as outlets for district
of Joint district sewers, and shall not in
| cl1de those which may or shall be con.
structed for the immediate drainage Of
! any particular district. District sewers
| shall be the QeSlR1ldLlUI VI i 1dl SC"-
ers laid for the Immediate drainage Of a
particular sewer district. Joint district
sewers shall be the designation of such
large sewers as may ne lalo tnroush VI
be used Jointly by two or more sewer dis
tricts between a district sewer and a gen.
eral sewer or independently of general
sewers, and for all purposes pos a or c faEa !
or providing for the cost therefor shaIl
be treated as though In a single district.
Lateral sewers shall be the ~slgnatl
length, which may be constructed to
drain any portion of a district al
rectly into any district, joint district Or
Wherever practicable laid out to fnc 1id
anv particular portion Of the CITY which
may be drained entirely by Itself or
which may be first drained py ltseil amI
then through connection with a general
Sec, 3. All general, district and joint
district sewers shall be laid, When prac-
Alleys siieyse WheeneVer it shall be necessary
in the judgment of the city councll TO
lay n maintain n general, district.
ieint d@is dfha, + or n ,aF1ra1l a seMet the an city
may acquire the right thereto 9y p t1a
chase, or by condemnation under the
risht of eminent domain, eou
Sec. 4. No action shall be taken for
the extension Of any existing sewer nor
for the construction Of an entire or
partial system, except upon the adoption
of Of i an ord dina of a 9f the ge member of Of the
city council. The creation of sewer dis
tricts and the alteration of boundaries
thereof shall be by ordinance. and the
council may at all times cause lnspec-
made made by the the city engineer, or other
competent engineer to be selected by the
city council, and reported to the city
the form. and extent of any sewer dis
trict to be. created, enlarged, or dimin-
isned; and such sewer districts shall be
consecutively numbered.