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for bids and the letting of contracts in
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Section l. That section 4 Of chapter 80
of the General Laws of 1902 be and the
same is hereby amended SO as to read as
gency arising from breakage, DANA ge or
decay in any county property of any such
county that cannot be allowed to wait for
herein required then such repairs may be
made without advertising for bids, pro-
ylded, however, such work is authorized
by majority of the board of county
ratified and recorded in the official pro-
ceedings of said board at their next
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and
be in force from and after its passage.
Approved April is. 1905.
CHAPTER 1911. f. NO. 572.
AN ACT to authorize the appointment Of
a asa1 :, county supe adI ten Of
population and fixing their salaries; and
to repeal inconsistent laws.
Be 1t enacted by the legislature Of the
State OF Minnesota:
Of schools, in each county of this state,
having, or which may hereafter have, a
population of two hundred and twenty
five thousand t225,o0o) inhabitants or
more, shall appoint and employ and (an)
assistant to be known as assistant county
superintendent of schools, who shall be
dollars per annum. to be paid monthly
IN the same manner as other county Of
Gals are paid.
Sec. 2. All acts or parts of acts incon-
slstent with this act are hereby repealed.
Sec 3. This act shall take effect and
be in force from (on) and after its pas
Approved April 10. 1905.
CHAPTER 18Th F. NO. 65e
AN ACT to permit cities containing a
population Of ten thousand 100000 or
limits land dandsS lying Within the i'm
It's OF an adjoining county.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
State Of Minnesota:
Section L That any city, containing a
population of ten thousand 100000 or
less, whether incorporated by a general or
special act, may include within its corpor-
ate limits land Qands) which are not al
ready incorporated, lying within an ad-
joining county and contiguous to the cor
porate limits of such city. Provided,
however, that such lands shall not be
within ten miles Of any other Incorporate
ed city or village within this state; and
provided further, that for the purposes of
this act lands separated from such city
by an intervening river shall be consid-
cred contiguous to the corporate limits
Sec: ?. The city council of such city,
desiring to include within it's corporate
limits lands lying within. an adjoining
county as provided in section one of this
act, shall pass a resolution describing the
land Qands) desired to be included within
such corporate limits, which resolution
of the town in which hte said lands are in
Guided and to the board Of county COM
missioners in which said lands are stu
ate.
If the supervisors of such town and the
board of county commissioners of such
county shall approve the said proposed
annexation by resolution duly made and
entered on the minutes Of the town and
by resolution duly made and entered on
the minutes of the board of county COM
mlssloners, a duly certified copy Of the
| resolution together with duly certified
| copies Of the resolution Of the board of
| supervisors and of the board Of county
commissioners, shall be filed in the office
Of the secretary Of state and recorded in
| the office of the register Of deeds Of the
county within which said city is situate
and of the county within which said lands
are situate and a copy Of such, record
| shall be filed in the office of the secretary
of state. and thereupon the said lands in
said adjoining county shall become part
of the said city for all purposes and be
subject to the laws, ordinances and iuris-
d1ctlon of said city for all purposes what
| soever, except as hereinafter provided
Sec, 3. No territory so acquired shall
any Indebtedness Of said city incurred at
any time prior to the date of such an
nexation If the boundaries Of the spe-
| ing in said city, shall by the law under
which said school district is organized
be co--extensive with the limits of said
tory SO included within said corporate
limits under this act. shall be construed
to be part of the said school district, but
shall not be subject to taxation for any
| Indebtedness incurred by said school dis
trict before the date of such annexation
Sec. 4. No such territory shall be an
nexed, however, unless the majority OF
| the owners thereof shall consent thereto
| in writing
Sec. 5. This act shall take effect and
| be in force from and after its passage.
Approved April 15 1905.
CHAPTER 1921. F. NO. e2e.
AN ACT to provide for securing evidence
against persons illegally disposing of
cution Of such persons.
Be it enacted by the Legislature Of the
State Of Minnesota:
Section 1. Upon the filing of an affida-
Wit subscribed and sworn to by resi-
dent voter of the county, with any JUS
tice Of the peace having criminal juris-
said county. which affidavit shall set
forth upon knowledge or upon informa-
ton and belief the name of any person or
persons who frequent any place in said
toxicating liquors. the location of such
place and the name of the proprietor
thereof if known. such justice of the
peace if such place is within the town or
jurisdiction in an adjoining town or dis
trict, or clerk of such municipal court
having jurisdiction shall forthwith issue
a subpoena for the person or persons
named in said affidavit as frequenting
such place. commanding them to appear
before such justice or court at a day and
hour named therein. At the time of said
appearance such Justice or court shall in
terrogate said witnesses for the purpose
of determining whether or not intoXicat-
ing liquors are illegally sold or disnosed
of at the place named in said affidavit:
and if it shall apne"~ rs the result Of
such examination that intoxicating liquor
| has been ILLEGALLY sold or disposed of at
such place, such justice of the peace or
judge of such court shall forthwith issue
a warrant for the arrest of any person or
persons who shall appear by such ex-
animation to have been guilty of such
Illegal sale or disposition and such per-
son shall thereupon be prosecuted for
such offense. No testimony given upon
such hearing shall be in any manner
used to the prejudice of the witness CIV
ing the same, and the failure of any wit
ness to answer questions put to MN upon
such examination may be punished as a
contempt the same as in other cases.
Sec 9. This act shall take erect and
be in force from and after its passage.
Approved April IL. 1908.
CHAPTER 1871. F. NO. 800
AN ACT to authorize the reception as
evidence, in actions where the title to
land is in controversy, OF abstracts Of
title and abstractor's data or minutes,
or sworn copies thereof, when public
records have been lost or destroyed