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CHAPTER 237-s. F. NO 1853
AN ACT providing for certain refund
ments to and for the use Of the state
( Be it enacted by the Legislature Of the
| State of Minnesota:
/ Section 1. All funds appropriated by
section - of chapter 3S1 of the Laws
of 1901 for the purpose of laying water
| mains, both within and without the state
| 1alr grounds, connecting with the water
WORKS WORKS system of the city of ST. Paul,
after be repaid to said city, and there
upon pursuant to the terms of said act
pecome due and payable to the State of
use of, and made payable to the state
| agricultural society for the purpose Of
extending and completing it's water main
/ system upon the state fair grounds.
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and
| be in force from and after it's passage.
| Approved April Is, 1905.
CHAPTER 23s-s. f. No. s7s.
| AN ACT to authorize the board of county
| commissioners of any county in this
| state to change the name of such
county.
| Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
| State of Minnesota:
Section l. The board Of county COM
missioners of any county in this state
may change the name of such county
upon petition signed by a number of
| the legal voters of said county equal
|
| cast at the last preceding general cleo
| ton, and shall adopt the new name sug-
| gested in such petition as the official
name of such county. Such petition shall
| be filed with the county auditor and it
| shall be the duty of the auditor there
| upon to give public notice of the filing
| or such petition by publishing the same
| in the official newspaper of the county
and said petition shall be taken up and
| considered at the next meeting of said
| less than thirty days after the date of
| such notice.
Sec: ?. The prayer of said petition be-
ing granted, the board shall make
| formal order to that effect, which shall
be filed with the auditor. and thereupon
| the official name of said county shall be
| the one so adopted.
| Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and
| be. in force from and after it's passage.
Approved April 10, 1905.
CHAPTER 239-S. F. NO. 239.
| AN ACT to amend section 81, chapter 2
of the Laws Of 1902, as amended by
| section 1, chapter 1924 of the General
Laws Of 1908, relating to the d1strtbu-
| ton Of penalties, costs and interest on
real estate taxes.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
State of Minnesota:
Section l. That section 81 Of chapter 2
| of the General Laws of 1902, as amended
| by section 1, of chapter 1924 Of the Cen
| eral Laws of 1908, be amended so as to
| read as follows:
"All penalties and interest accruing up
| on any tax levied by special assessment
OF otherWise, for local purposes, on
citl, borough or Village s '''e shaIl be
| apportioned to the general revenue fund
| OF the city, borough or village where the
real estate is situated, and all other pen
alt1es, costs and interest collected on real
estate taxes shall be apportioned one-half
to the county revenue fund and the other
half to school districts Of the county in
| the manner provided for the distribution
of other school funds by section 3763 Of
| the General Statutes of 1894 as amended
by chapter 40 of the General Laws of
Sec: 2. This act shall take effect and be
Approved April IS, 1905.
CHAPTER 24o-s, F.. No. s72
| AN ACT to fix the salary of the members
Of the railroad and warehouse commits
money therefor =
Be it enacted by the Legislature Of the
State of Minnesota:
Section !: Beginning with May LIST, 1905,
the annual salary of each member of the
railroad and warehouse commission shall
pc th1rty-six hundred dollars, payable in
me same manner as are salaries of other
state officers. The necessary funds to pay
the same are hereby annually appropriat-
ed out of any funds in the state treasury
not otherwise appropriated. -.
sec. 4. All acts and parts of acts in
pealed.
Sec. 8. This act shall take effect and be
In force from and after its passage
Approved April IS, 1905.
CHAPTER 241-s. F. No. 4ee.
AN ACT to amend section 1 of chapter 90
of the General Laws 1901. entitled IAN
act to authorize cities and villages hav-
ing ma E p9p Hnal Of less than fifty thou
tons for public libraries, and author
izing such cities or villages to secure
sites therefor and otherwise comply
with the terms Of said proposed dona-
pass control of such sites to the library
board of such city or village
BE 1t enacted by the Legislature Of the
State of Minnesota:
Section l., That section one ~ of chap
ter ninety-three (93) of the General Laws
for the year 1901 be and the same is
hereby amended so as to read as fol-
lows:
Section /. That whenever any incorpo-
rated city or village in this state having
100000 shall receive from any person,
company or corporation a proposition to
build, erect or construct a public library
building. or to give or donate a sum Of
money for the purpose Of the construc-
ton and erection of such public library
building, the erection or construction of
g Mhich ~ pue s library building, or the
purpose, is conditioned upon the secur-
ing by such city or village Of a site for
such public library building. as an an
or village for the maintenance of such
| library; that said city or village and the
councils I IL and governing bodies thereof be
and they hereby are authorized to Sc
cure and take title to such tracts or
| parcels of land as they deem necessary
and suitable for the site of such public
library building, and by ordinance or
ordinances, to be passed and enacted as
other ordinances Of said village or city
are required to be passed and enacted. to
pledge such city or village and the gov
erningI bodies thereof to annually there
after levy and appropriate for the pur-
pose of maintenance of such public
| library sum not exceeding two mills
| on the dollar of and on all the taxable
| property Of such city or village. Ali
| ordinances so enacted pledging such CITY
or village to whom such proposition for
| the erection Of a public library building.
| or the donation of money therefor shall
| be made to the annual appropriation of
| a sum of money not exceeding two mills
| on the dollar on the taxable property Of
| such city or village, be and the same are
| hereby authorized, legalized and Walt
| dated. anything in the laws or statutes
| of the State of Minnesota, or the Special
| laws or statutes under which any Of such
| cities or villages are incorporated to the
| contrary Notwithstanding. And the CITY
| council or governing body of such incor-
porated city or village is hereby author
| lied and empowered to levy such tax for
| the support of such library property, not
to exceed In any one year two mills on
the dollar on all the taxable property of
such city or village for the maintenance
of such library