New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1905-05-24
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of Minnesota.
| Dated, ----
County Attorney.
Sec. 6. This act shall take effect and be
in force from and after its passage.
Approved April IL, 1905.
CHAPTER 2s2--s. T. al.
AN ACT entitled .tAn act to provide for
the creation of board of court house
commissioners to contract for and SUI
perintend the erection, construction and
furnishing of any new court house and
to approve the selection OF a site there
for in counties of this state having at
any time population OF over seventy
ive-thOusand Inhabitants when the
need for such building and the limits
of the expenditure to be made for the
erection, construction and equipment
thereof shall have been determined by
the board of county commissioners of
such county,
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
State of Minnesota:
Section 1. Whenever in any county of
this state now or hereafter having a pop
ulatlon of more than 75,Oe9 Inhabitants
the county commissioners thereof shall
by appropriate resolution declare that the
existing court house of said county is In
adequate for it's needs ana that a new
structure is necessary for the purposes of
a court house, for county ofhceS and for
Jail purposes. or for any one Or more of
| such uses, and fixing sum in their
judgment sufficient to cover the cost OF a
new building and equipment for such
uses adequate to the needs of the county.
then and thereupon the county auditor of
such county shall Immediately upon the
passage of such. resolution !, forward to the
| and for such county a certified copy
thereof and thereafter all the proceed
ings with reference to the choice, Of site
for such building and the construction
and enuiprnent thereof shall be governed
by the provisions of this act.
Sec. 2. Immediately upon receiving a
edd OF If t Iuoh d5tro court
| the judicial district in which such county
| is situated shall proceed to appoint five
men, legal voters of said count county three
| appointment members of the. board of
county commissioners of such county,
and l., not more than one OF such members 81
| municipality, and not more than three of
| the persons appointed by such judge or
| judges shall be resident within any one
| city or municipality in such county, who
shall constitute upon accepting their APP
| pointment and upon. taking the oath here
matter provided BOARD ct court house ;
commissioners, whose duties and Obl-
cations shall be those fixed and imposed
| by the provisions of this act. Each com
| missioner before entering upon the duties
| of his office shall file with the county
| auditor a written acceptance of such APP
! pointment and shall take and subscribe
| an oath before one OF the judges of the
district courtrof the district in which such
| county is situated that he will faithfully
| and honestly perform the duties Of his
| said office and will support the consti-
| tuition of the United States and of the
| State of Minnesota, as one of said COM
| missioners, and that he will not know
! ingly permit any fraud, dishonest prac-
| tice or cheating by any contractor or
! other person doing work or performing
in or about the erection or furnishing Of
| any public building contemplated by this
| act nor will he knowingly permit any
! such fraud, dishonest practice or cheat
ing by any person or persons whomso-
| ever ..e...-. ...e .,...
Sec. 8. Such board shall organize at a
| meeting which may be called by any
three members on five days notice in,
writing to the remaining members. At
! such meeting such board shall adopt
rules for their own government, shall
! elect a president from their own number
and shall choose a clerk, whose duty it
| shall be to keep the records of such
| board, to conduct the correspondence and
other clerical work of the board, and to
carry out such directions as the board
| may from timet to time give, and he shall
be paid therefor a salary to be fixed by
of such board shall be public records
! which shall be preserved in the Office of
| the county auditor after sucL board have
| discharged their duties. A majority of
| such board shall constitute a quorum,
! and three votes shall be necessary to
authorize any contract requiring the ex-
| penditure of money The members of
| such board shall receive no compensation
for their services, but shall be reimbursed
their expenses necessarily paid or in
CURED in the discharge of their duties.
Sec. A. Each Of said commissioners
! building for the purposes above set forth
J shall have been built and fully complet-
ed and furnished as herein provided, and
| in case Of vacancy occurring in said
| board said vacancy shall be filled by ap-
pointment in the same manner as the
original appointments were made.
| Of Sid board to superintend the erection
| ana construction of the court house or
! county building so to be erected for the
| needs of such county, to furnish and
| equip the same, to choose the architect
| therefor, and the superintendent of con-
| struction, If one is deemed necessary by
| them, toilet all contracts for such erection
| or construction, to purchase all material
| and employ all Workmen except where the
work and material shall under the pro-
visions Of this act be let by contract, and
| IN general to have full authority within
! the limits fixed by this act to bind the
county in and about the construction,
| erection and furnishing of said building,
| but the price at which the contract for
such construction shall be let by said
| board of court house commissioners shall
not exceed the amount fixed by the board
I of county commissioners of such county
| in their said resolution as the proper cost
| of the same, and no steps shall be taken
| toward such erection and construction
until the site Tor SAID building has been
determined in the manner provided by
| this act. u. " -
! Sec. 6. The site for such court house
| building shall be determined in the first
! instance by the board of county commits
! sioners of such county, but no such de-
| termination shall be final until the same
| has been approved by said board of court
! house commissioners, and no proceedings
! shall be taken toward the acquisition of
any site by said county, either by pur-
chase or condemnation until the selection
| thereof has received the approval of such
| board Of court house commissioners.
Sec. l.. The said board of court house
! commissioners shall let by contract to
| the lowest responsible. and acceptable
bidder the contract for the erection and
! construction of such building after notice
| given in such manner as said board may
| direct for the purpose of securing COM
| petitive bids, the board, however, to have
! power and discretion to reject any and
all bids. Any work subsequently found
| necessary and not included in such gen.
| eral contract may be let by contract or
| completed by day labor under the direc-
ton Of said board, and the furnishing
and equipping of said building after COM
pletion may be contracted for in such
| manner as to such board of court house
| commissioners may seem best, but where
| practicable, such board shall endeavor to
procure competitive bids therefor
Sec. 8. In no county, OF this state, hav-