The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-04-29

eral Statutes of the State of Minnesota
for the year, 1894 be and the same is
herepy amended to read as follows
Section 1899. A person who obtains
any food or accommodation at any inn.
n93tel, lodging house or boarding house.
detraud the proprietor or manager there
or, or who obtains credit at any inn,
motel, lodging house or boarding house.
after obtaining credit and accommodation
at an Inn, hotel, lodging house or board
Ing house, absconds and surreptitiously
renn:es m ms baggage therefrom without
paying FOR his food and accommodation
is guilty of misdeneanor." and the
proprietor or manager of any such inn,
i1' boarding or lodging house, shall
any such person, in his possession, for
the amount due and unpaid: for food or
Sec 8. All acts and parts of acts in.
consistent with this act are hereby re-
pealed.
Sec. 4: This act shall take effect and
be In force from and after it's passage
Approved April 10, 1905.
49, CHAPTER 32e-H. F. NO. 300.
for counties to consolidate the rural
schools, to provide for the organization
and government of consolidated rural
portaton of pupils at atO public BIZ eNpens aeS-
Be it enacted by the Legislature Of the
State Of Minnesota:
sioners of any county in the state may,
and upon petition of % per cent of the
resident freeholders living on farms there
OF snail organize commission consisting
or seven members as follows: -Four mem
bers OF the board of county commission
ers chosen by said board, the county SUI
Perhtendent of schools, one member to
be appointed by the county auditor and
one member to be appointed by the state
Superintendent of public instruction, said
co11m1Il ion to be known as the
mission. The board of county commits
sioners shall provide for the reasona BILE
expenses Of said consolidation commits
sion.
Sec 2 Said consolidation commission
shall organize by selecting a chairman
and secretary from their number and
snail prOcC to formulate plan for re-
dlstrlctlnS the school districts of ;le
county so as to provide for the consolida-
ton of rural schools into larger dis
miles square, and shall provide for pub
fishing a map and statement showing the
proposed plan to the people of the county;
provided, that the said districts shall be
formed in such manner and the pro-
posed consolidated school shall be located
at such places as shall make it most
convenient for the transportation Of pupils
to ss and from Bald their hoSs commits
sion may recognize. or 1t may assist in
making an agreement between, for the
first part any district under it's juris-
dlction, the boundaries of which it shall
define; and for the second part, any
adjacent county or any school district
the school district of the first part shall
transport its pupils to the school sup
ported by the farm school district of the
second part, and shall pay said district
of the second part for the actual cost of
the instruction. Of the pupils from the
district of the first part, and the district
ton to pupils of the district of the first
part, for an equitable and just consider
alton.
Sec. 4. Said consolidated commission
shall call an election of all the electors
In each district and every township in
the county for the purpose OF deciding
whether the county rcdistricting plan as
said election shall be the same for all
townships and shall not be earlier than
thirty, (30) days after the call is issued
ing newspapers Of said county; said con-
solidation commission shall provide for
the election to be held at the usual places
spective townships; said consolidation
commission shall cause notice Of said
ELECTION to be posted, in ten Of the most
ten days before said election; said ccr-
ton shall be by ballot marked, For the
consolidation of rural schools or
scHGns the ote consoiiation OF r9rI
the line which he chooses and said COM
mission shall provide printed ballots aud
shall Immediately make up the vote, for
and against the proposed plan, and send
the same sealed, to the county superin-
f fendent, w VINO, upon receiving the vote
from each and all townshiPs of said
mission together to- count the votes ana
announce the decision of the respective
boards Of rural schools.
Sec. 5. If it shall appear from these
several reports that Of the electors pres
ent and voting a majority voted in favor
of the proposed redstricting plan, the
to each consolidated district in the counl-
ty a number and name, which, together
with the name Of the nearest pQstOf1icc,
shall serve as postal address, ard shall
certify to the county auditor that such
plan has been adopted, with descriptions
Of the outlines of the new districts or
ganized. and the numbers and names
which have been given to the respective
districts. These facts shall be made II
part Of the records of said auditors Of
flee.
Sec 6. In case the vote for conso1ida-
ton carries, the county superintendent OF
schools shall. within thirty 900 days
after the commission announces the de-
cision, cause notices to be posted in ten
QO) Of the most public places in each
newly organized district, and shall cause
to be published at county expense in one
tees requesting the electors thereof to
assemble at some specified time and
place for the purpose of electing board
Of school trustees and transacting such
9an tb as NAY h he
posted at least ten QO days prior to the
date of such meeting. The officers Of the
several original districts shall continue
to exercise their respective rights and
duties until the organization Of the new
boards Of school trustees, as provided by
law.
Section T. Sections six t6) and seven
co of chapter two hundred siXty-two
(262l of the Laws of 1901, relating 70 the
consolidation Of districts and transporter
I'm nf mil lT1nn ~ c ont
act, shall apply to all Consolidated rural
schools
Sec. 8. Where old districts owning
school property are SO divided that tho
district the Chairman Of said boards OF
directors of consolidated rural school dis
tricts shall constitute a board Of APP
praisement to award the proportion Of
such value to each district and to pro-
vide for the sale or disposal Of the same
and to give to each district it's just share,
and where such old district has an in
debtedness the board Of appraisement
shall be constituted in the same manner
which shall be assumed by each consolida-
ted district. In case such board Of APP
prasement cannot ayr; agree It Sha H. PACE 5
county commissioners, and the decision
Of said board shall be final.
Sec. O.. The board of directors OF con-
so1idated rural school districts shall have
the power to sell or move any school
building owned by the district, to sell
any land or apparatus not needed, and
land for said school site. The said board
of directors of consolidated rural schools
shall be empowered to erect such build
are necessary for the proper operation OF
said school, and for purchases and other
expenditures as &provision may be made
by them according to law.
Sec TO- For the purpose of determining
the salary Of the county. superintendent
in any county, each district or part of a
district united in forming the consolida-
ted rural school shall be counted the