The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-24
CHAPTER BPS. F. NO. 4s5.

AIN AL dulHOIlZluS CltleS UdNlIS 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 l. In any city of this state hav-
ing a population of ten thousand or less
the city council shall have power to main
tenn, to relay, alter or extend any exist
ing sewer and to establish and maintain
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. dis
trict. 1oint-district and lateral. General
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
clude those which may or shall be con-
structed for the immediate drainage Of
any particular district. District sewers
shall be the designation of all main sew
ers laid for the Immediate drainage of a
particular sewer district. Joint district
sewers shall be the designation of such
large sewers as may be laid through or
be used Jointly by two or more sewer dis
tricts between a district sewer and gen.
eral sewer or independently of general
sewers, and for all purposes of construc-
ton, maintenance, repairing and taxation
or providing for the cost therefor: shall
be treated as though in single district.
Lateral sewers shall be the designation
of all sewers of whatever size, capacity or
length which may be constructed to
drain any portion of a sewer district Oil
rectly into any district, joint district or
general sewer. Sewer districts snail be
wherever practicable laid out to include
any particular portion of the citv which
may be drained entirely by itself, or
which may be first drained by itself and
then through connection with general
Sec, 3. All general, district and Joint
district sewers shall be laid, when prac-
ticable, in public grounds: streets or
alleys. Whenever 1t snal IT.. De necessary y
lay and maintain any general, district,
Joint district, or lateral sewer in or
through other than public lands, the city
may acquire the right thereto by pur-
chase, or by condemnation under the
right of eminent domain.
Sec. f. 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 an ordinance or resolution by a
majority vote of all the members Of the
tricts and the alteration of boundaries
thereof shall be by ordinance, and the
council may at all times cause inspec-
lions, surveys, plans and profiles, to be
competent engineer to be selected by the
city council, and reported to the city
council for its guidance in determining
the form and extent of any sewer dis
trict to be created, enlarged, or dimin-
ished; and such sewer districts shall be
consecutively numbered.
Sec g. The cost Of constructing gen.
eral sewer shall be paid out of the sewer
fund if any, or, if there is no sufficient
sewer fund, then out of the general
revenue fund of the city.
The cost of constructing every dis
trict sewer may be assessed against all
the land in the sewer district subject
to assessment for local improvements,
without regard to cash valuation. and
each lot, piece or parcel of land in the
district so subject to assessment shall
be assessed in the ratio of the square
feet area to the total assessable area of
the whole sewer district.
The cost of constructing every joint
district sewer may be assessed against
all the land in the two or more sewer
purpose all Of the districts so drained
by any joint district sewer shall be
treated as one district, and the same
plan, method and means employed as
in assessing for the cost of a district
sewer.
The entire cost of constructing all lat
eral sewers may be assessed against
every lot, piece or parcel of land abut-
ting thereon, subject to assessment for
local improvements, at an equal sum per
front foot without regard to cash valua-
ton.
Sec 6 Whenever the city council shall
determine by ordinance or resolution to
alter, repair, relay or extend any exist
ing sewer, or to construct any new
sewer, the cost thereof shall be estimated
by the city engineer or some other
competent engineer to be selected by the