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

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which taxes may be in addition to the
amount permitted to be levied ION, otner
county purposes. a
by the county commissioners In the con,
struction. Improvement, maintenance all9
repair of county and own roads ana
bridges in the manner hereinafter pro-
vided for.
Sec. 1. Said county commissioners may
by resolution designate what work sNdli
be done by contract and invite bids there,
for. and such work h be performed
under the supervision OF the county sur
veyor and said board; provided, tna' al
roads or bridges work involving me -
penditure of over two hundred C2oO aoI.
lars shall be let by contract to the o"es'
responsible bidder.
Sec. .. The county commissioners OF
such counties shall be allowea ana ro und
hereby authorized to eXpend or the roao
and bridge fund q sum not eNceeolhs 49,
hundred dollars $4,000 In any one year
for the payment Of team hire ana trals.
portation Of said board, in viewing roaos
and bridges. ~
Sec. 6. The county commissioners OF
such counties may eNpend Sucn suIAs "
~provenent, construction or repair OF anrs
road in any city or village In such Goun-
ty where such road intersects with or
forms a continuation OF any county roau,
purposes mentioned in this section shall
not exceed in any one year a 'otai ~
one-tifth Of the entire road ana nr1ose
fund raised by taxation for that year.
Sec. Z. All acts or parts OF acts neon
sistent herewith are hereby repeated
Sec. s This act shall take effect ana
be in force from and after Its passage
Approved April II. 1903.
CHAPTER 18Th. f. NO. 245.
AN ACT to prevent the Introduction ana
spread of Injurious insects and dan.
gerous plant diseases In the State OF
Minnesota.
Be 1t enacted by the legislature oA ene
State Of Minnesota:
Section 1. The entomologist Of the state
experiment station is hereby constituted
the state entomologist and charged Win
the execution Of this act. He may ap-
point such qualified assistants as may De
necessary, fix q reasonable compensation
for their labor, and pay the same; ana
their acts shall have the same valld1ty
assistants, between the first day Of May
and the fifteenth day Of September, III
each year, when requested by the owner
or agent, or when he has reasonable
ground to believe hat any injurious IN
sect pests or dangerous and contagious
plant disease exist, carefully examine any
nursery, fruit farm or other place "neiS
/ trees Or plants are grown for sale, ana
If found apparently free from any ~
furious insect pests or dangerous or cen
tagious plant diseases, he shall issue MS
certificate stating the facts (good Tor one
year unless evoked and shall collect
therefor a fee of five dollars Go.OO per
day and expenses.
Sec. .. The state entomologist shah
have authority, when, requested by the
owner or agents, or when he has reason
able grounds to believe any injurious IN
sect pests, or dangerous and contagious
plant diseases exist, to enter upon any
of the grounds mentioned In section 1
hereof, public or private, for the purpose
Of inspection, and If he finds any nur-
sery, orchard, garden or other place. In
tested by any Injurious insect PESTS u
dangerous and contagious plant diseases,
ne may, by himself or his assistants; en-
ter upon such premises and establish
Quarantine regulations.
If, in his judgment. any insect pests, or
dangerous and contagious plant diseases
may be eradicated by treatment, ne may.
In writing, order such treatment, ana pre-
scribe its kind and character. IN case
! any trees, shrubs or plants are found so
infested that 1t would be Inpraclcaole
TO treat them, he may order them burned:
A failure for ten days after the delivery
of such order to the owner or persons II,
charge to treat or destroy such INFECTED
trees or plants as ordered, shall aulhor~
ize the entomologist to perform MS worn
by himself or his assistants ana TO as. 5.
the amount Of such cost to the
owner or person in charge of the
premises, and if the same is not PAID
to him within sixty days thereafter ne
shall certify the amount thereof to the
j county attorney, whose duty it shall be 10
proceed forthwith to collect the same OF
him in a civil suit, and return the anlount
so recovered over to the state auditor to
reimburse the state for the money eA-
pended.
Sec, 3. When nursery stock is shipped
into the state accompanied by a celLllcare
the state from which the shipment mas
been made, stating that the STOCK mas
been inspected and found to be tree from
- .,{o, 5~roof nnSfc or dangerous
and contagious plant diseases, 1t shall pc
held prima facie evidence Of the facts
therein stated, but the state entomolog1st.
by himself or his asslstants, "nsn ne ~
such stock is nevertheless infested by
any injurious insect pests, or dangerous
or contagious diseases, shall be aulhor-
ICED to inspect the same and submit II
to like treatment as that provided for
in section 2 hereof; and If, by reason or
the failure for forty-eight hours OF the
owners Of such stock to comply with the
treatment prescribed or to destroy the
stock If so ordered, the state entomolo-
.gist or his assistants are required to per-
form the work themselves, and 1t snail
Hhe amount of the cost thereof to the own
.er or the person in charge Of such stock
$50 treated or destroyed, and If the same
is not paid to him within ten days there
to the county attorney Of the county in
which the stock may be found in In af-
'hdavit. and it shall II be s,d the sa d1ty a;{ 9f a the
clerk Of the village. city or town in
which said stock may be, and the same
shall thereupon constitute a lien thereon,
(which it shall be the duty of the county
attorney to proceed to collect forthwith
in a civil suit, and to turn over the
amount recovered by him In such SUIT
TO the state auditor to reimburse the state
FOR the money expended
Sec. 4. It shall be unlawful for any per
son, firm or corporation to bring into the
state any trees, plants, vines, cuttings and
a1nless accompanied by a certificate Of In
epection by a state entomologist of the
state from which the shipment Is made,
and found apparently free from any in
curious insect pests. or dangerous and
contagious plant diseases.
Sec, 8. Any person violating or neg
aecting to carry out the provisions Of this
act, or Offering any hindrance to the car
1ying out Of this act, shall be adjudged
guilty Of a misd ! i,,a1,oc, ana an up upon ne con-
shall be fined not less than ten dollars,
nor more than one hundred dollars for
each and every offense. together with all
'the costs Of the prosecution, and shall
stand committed until the same are paid.
Sec. 6. All fees or other amounts col
F1ected or received by any person under
forthwith turned into the state treasury
ITO be paid over to the state auditor, to be
fadded to the FUND provided for combat
ting Injurious insects In Minnesota, and
hall expenses incurred In enforcing the
sprovisions hereof shall be paid out Of said
fund.
Sec. Z. This act shall take effect and
be in force from and after June LIST, 1908.
Approved April II. 1903.
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CHAPTER 238-H. F. NO. $50.
IAN ACT relating to the framing Of its
own charter for its government as a