The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-24

and on the company issuing such policy;
relating to co-insurance shall in no case
apply to dwellings or to farm property,
nor shall said clause apply to any risk
wherein the total insurance shall be less
than twenty-five thousand dollars on any
one risk. Except grain elevators and
warehouses and contents of same, and
any person who solicits insurance and
procures the application therefor, shall
be held to be the agent of the party
thereafter issuing the policy upon such
application, or a renewal thereof, any
thing in the application or policy to the
contrary notwithstanding.
Sec. 2 This act shall take effect and
Approved April II. 1903.
CHAPTER 246-H. F. NO. S61.
AN ACT to amend section 1887 of the
General Statutes of 1894. relating to
taxes.
Be it enacted by the legislature of the
Section / That section 1887 of the
General Statutes of 1894 be and the same
is hereby amended so as to read as fol-
lows:
Section 1887. The county auditor shall
annually provide the necessary assess
ment books and blanks, at the expense Of
the, county, for and to correspond with
each assessment district. He shall make
out, in the real property assessment
book, complete lists of all lands or lots
subject to taxation, showing the names
unknown, so stated opposite each tract
or lot, the number of acres and the lots
or parts OF lots or blocks included in
each description of property The list of
real property becoming subject to assess
ment and taxation every odd-numbered
year may be appended to the personal
property assessment book. There shall be
appended to each personal property as
seSSment book a list of all mortgages, or
other real estate securities, held, owned
or controlled by the residents of the town
or district, showing the names of the
owners or agents alphabetically arranged,
and the amount due on each separate in
Strument. 1t is hereby made the duty of
the register of deeds to make out such
lists according to the records of his Of
nee, and deliver them to the county au-
d1tor on or before the last Thursday of
April in each year. The expenses of such
lists shall be paid by the county on al
loWance by the county commissioners
The assessment books and blanks shall
be in readiness for delivery to the asses
sorS on the last Thursday of April in
each year, and the assessors shall meet
on that day. at the office of the county
auditor, for the purpose Of receiving
such BOOKS and blanks, and for confer
ence with the auditor in reference to the
performance of their duties.
Sec ,. This act shall take effect and
De In force from and after Jan, l, 1904.
Approved April II, 1903.
CHAPTER PATH F. NO. 800.
AN ACT to provide for the care and
control Of the court house and city hall
pudding erected pursuant to chapter
395 of the Special Laws of 1881
Be It enacted by the Legislature of the
State Of Minnesota:
Section l. That from and after the
first Monday in January, 1904, all of the
completed portions Of the Hennepin coun-
ty and Minneapolis court house and city
hall building, erected pursuant to chapter
$50 of the Special Laws Of 1887, shall be
under the exclusive care of a commits
sion of four members, STYLED 1.-THE Mu-
nicipal Building Commission" which shall
he constituted as follows: The chair
man of the board of county commission
ers Of HenneDin county, the mayor of
the city of Minneapolis, the auditor of
Hennep1n county and the treasurer of the
city Of Minneapolis The chairman of the
board Of county commissioners Of Henne-
pin county shall be president of said
commission. and the mayor of the city
of Minneapolis, vice president thereof.
| The auditor of Hennepin county shall
be the secretary of said commission and
as such shall keep the records and ac-
counts thereof. The treasurer of the city
of Minneapolis shall be the treasurer of
such commission and as such shall keep
a correct account of it's receipts and eX-
penditureS.
Sec. .. The commission hereby created
shall have the entire care of all the COM
pleted portions of said court house and
| city hall building by whomsoever occu-
| pied. 1t shall have power to assign I'M
assigned rooms in any part Of said build
ing, with entire control of any room or
rooms in said building not permanently
assigned to any official use and of all
halls and corridors and of all boiler and
machinery rooms. 1t shall also have the
care and control of all engines. boilers,
machinery, elevators and all mechanical
| and electric appliances of every nature
| in said building. 1t shall cause all of the
| occupied portions of said building to be
| properly heated, lighted, cleaned and kept
| in repair for public use. with full author
| ity to appoint any and all employees neceS-
| sary to properly perform the duties here
| by deVolVed upon such commission, with
| authority to fix the compensation of such
employees and to remove any thereof at
! pleasure.
Nothing herein contained shall be con-
trued to interfere in any manner with
1 the powers and duties of the court house
| and city hall commission engaged in COM
! pleting and furnishing said building.
Sec. 3. Said commission shall at the
beginning of each calendar month render
| a detailed statement to the county audi
| tor Of Hennepin county and to the city
| controller of the city of Minneapolis, re-
| spectively, of all its expenses necessarily
! incurred for the purposes contemplated
| by this act during the last preceding
| month in or with reference to portions
| of said building used or occupied by the
! county and by the city, respectively, in
! Guiding the proper portions of all eX-
! pensas rendered for the common benefit
! of the county and city and properly
! chargeable to each of such municipali-
| ties; whereupon it shall become the duty
| of the proper officers of said county and
| of said city to forthwith draw warrants
! upon their respective treasurers, each for
| the amount of the account rendered
against it by said commission, and it
| shall be the duty of the treasurer of
| said municipal building commission to
| forthwith pay to the parties properly
entitled thereto the several amounts speci-
| fed in said accounts rendered
Sec. 4. From and after the first Mon
| day in January, 1904, neither the board
| of county commissioners of Hennepin
| county, nor the city council of the city
| of Minneapolis shall have anything to do
! with the care of any portion Of the court
| house and city hall building, nor shall
| troll of any portions of said building not
| specifically assigned for official use.
! Sec. ). 1t shall be the duty Of the
| municipal building commission to prepare
| a detailed statement of the estimated eX-
| penditures of such commission for the
| then ensuing year and transmit the same
| to the board of county commissioners of
| Hennepin county on or before the first
| day of july in each year. Said estimate
| shall specify what proportion Of the total
! expenditures of said commission shall be
| borne by the county and city, respec-
! lively. and it shall be the duty of the
! county commissioners to levy a tax at it's
! ty share of such expenditures. A like es-
| innate shall be transmitted to the city
| council of the city of Minneapolis on or
! before the first day of July in each year,
| and it shall be the duty of the city coun-
| Gil to fevy a tax at it's proper meet
| ing sufficient to meet the city's portion of
| such expenditures.
! Sec. 6. This act shall take effect and
| be in force from and after its passage.
! Approved April is, 1903.