New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1905-05-24

CHAPTER 162-H. F. NO. AL
AN ACT to provide for the appraisal
lands and fixing the minimum price
therefor.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
State Of Minnesota:
Section l. Whenever in the opinion of
the land commissioner Of the State of
Minnesota it will be for the public in
terest that an appraisal Of any Of the
school or other state lands should be
made, he shall appoint one appraiser,
who shall be one of the regularly en-
ployed state cruisers, and who shall not
the lands to be appraised are situated,
and notify the governor, who shall ap-
point one appraiser who may be resi-
dent of such county. The land commits
ers of such county, who shall appoint a
third appraiser; such appointments by
the governor and county commissioners
shall be made within thirty 600 days
after such notice. Each appraiser shall,
before entering upon the duties Of his
office. take and subscribe an oath, be-
oaths, that he will faithfully and impair
TALLY discharge his duties as appraiser,
according to the best of his ability, and
directly in any of the school or other
state lands or improvements thereon,
and has entered into no combination to
which said oath shall be attached to the
report made Of such appraisal said APP
praisers after taking oath Of Office shall
proceed to view and appraise such lands
and the improvements thereon, and
make q report thereof to the land COM
missioner as he may direct. The valua-
ton of such lands and the timber shall
each be made and stated separately in
the appraisement, and the minimum
price established by such appraisal shall
be the minimum price for such lands un-
school or other state lands shall be sold
until SO appraised, nor for a less price
than five dollars $500 per acre. Such ap-
praisers shall receive as compensation for
their work the sum Of five dollars ($5.0O)
per day for each day actually employed
which shall include all expenses, ex-
espt railroad fare. actually expended
st a zaes M aehon sha hold fre
lands, the time and place Of such sales
to be publicly posted on the front door
Of the c court 81, house Of the county in
least three months in advance of such
sale, in addition to the regular notice Of
sale provided by law. At said sales the
as he considers for the public interest.
Where land mainly valuable for agricul-
tural purposes, as shown by the APP
praisements and other reports in the
office Of the land commissioner, contain
only small quantities of pine, tamarack,
or other timber, the land commissioner
timber separately in the manner provid-
ed by law for state timber sales. or he NAV
sell the land as agricultural land. re-
curing the purchaser to. pay down as
first payment an amount equal to the
value OF the timber, in addition to the
fifteen per cent first payment required
on the land. 1t shall be the duty of the
appraisers to report to the land com
missioner such lands as in their opinion
should be drained. After the state has
constructed or has been assessed for any
public ditch or drain, the lands hereby
assessed or improved shall thereafter be
reappra1Sed before being offered for
sale.
Sec. 2. All acts or parts of acts incon-
sistent with this act are hereby repealed.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and
be in force from and after its Dassa ge,
Approved April Is, 1905.