The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-04-29
GENERAL LAWS OF MINNESOTA PASSED
therein, and the levying Of a tax there

therein, and the levying Of a tax there
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
Section 1. Within a reasonable time
after January first. nineteen hundred and
g six $685. the ., shall
one from the First, Second, Third or
the Fifth, Sixth or Seventh. and one e
as the state highway commission; one
shall serve one, one two, and the other
three years, each year thereafter he shall
or until his successor has qualified, but
not more than two members shall belong
to. the same political party. SUCH com
missioners shall serve without compensa-
ton except their actual personal expenses
while in the performance Of their othclal
duties. The governor shall fill all va
cancies and may remove member TOT
duty. Ali questions shall be determined
by majority vote of such commission
elect from its members a chairman, it
shall have common seal, the members
thereof, shall have, the power to admits =
ter oaths. and it shall be provided with a
where it shall hold regular meetings not
less than once in every two months s:ouo
Said commission shall appoint a score,
practical road builder, who shall be
known as the state engineer and who
shall hold his office subject to the pleas
shall be eighteen hundred dollars Isl, 500
per annum, and it may also employ a
stenographer at fifty dollars $500 per
month, and such expert road builders and
require and fix their Compensation. Said
state engineer shall, before entering upon
the duties Of his office, subscribe to, exc
cute ana ME an oath tn Of omfg ana o
lars ($3,OOU) with sufficient suret1es, to
be approved by the attorney general, con.
dtioasd on the fatfHl Of
commission, shall file and, safely keep al
maps and papers belonging to 1t, sha III
the state '' as IS p ' by said eommis-
sion, and shall be in charge of the office
Of the commission at the state capitol:
It shall as9 be the dn{ Of s gGe
advice, assistance and supervision with
regard to road construction through
out the =, state, as time and con
and regulations Of the commission may
prescribe, and he and his assistants NAV
be required by the commission to attend
any public meeting held by the commits.
sion or other parties in, the interest Of
road improvements in this state, provided
that the state engineer. expert road build
ers or assistants shall be allowed neces-
their official duties outside the state capt.
toll.
All of the files and records Of said COM
lions, be Kept open for public inspection
and certified copies thereof shall be re-
ce1ved in evidence in any court OF this
state.
The attorney general of the state shall
be ex off1cio attorney for the commission
and shall give the commission such legal
counsel, advice and service as 1t may
q,Nr fyVon to fip>oa
Sec. 3. Whenever practicable said COM
mission shall Investigate and determine
the location Of road material in the
DDS Of construction and Improvement Of
roads, investigate the most approved laws
in relation to roads in other states. and
hGd R4bnc bH Hn or
for December 18th Of each year it shall
make a printed report to the governor.
stating as near as possible, the number OF
ing the year, their cost, and the general
character and location Of material suit
able for road construction, the general
character and needs of the roads Of the
1t deems advisable, and any other infor-
nation concerning road Improvement as
it deems expedient. =,
In the construction and Improvement Of
public highways, there shall hereafter be
levied annually on all taxable property
Of the state tax Of one-twentieth Q-2o
be collected in the same manner as other
state taxes, and the money so raised, to-
gether with all moneys accruing from the
shall have been made prior to May l.,
1905. have been provided for. shall con-
sSt the bte read 70 and PRICES
out Of the general funds Of the state six
thousand dollars $4,000, or SO much
thereof as shall be necessary, for the
year. 1903 and an the sum S Of six tbare1s
shall be EACH &C l Xear thersafter
penses Of the state engineer, ana all
other persons employed by the commits
sion. but in no year shall the expenses
Of the ass
priated, or which may hereafter be ap-
propriated for any one year.
certified by the chairman of said COM
mission, and paid by the state treasurer
upon orders drawn by the state auditor:
co san; o the !' state engineer or any
other person In the EMPLOY of the high
way commission, shall be, either directly
or indirectly, interested in any contract
Sec. I. On or before the first Tuesday
in March Of each year the highway COM
mission shall estimate the probable f1 s sum
road and bridge fund during that year,
and apportion the same among the diff
ferent counties Of the state as her herein
notice to the board Of county commission-
ers Of each county stating the amount
that such county shall be- entitled to re-
making an estimate of the amount Of the
state road and bridge fund accru1ng to
the several counties in the state, no
San{ re a Der cant nor IN an
half Of one per cent of said fund, to be
expended during such year, and IN de-
termining the percentage accruing to any
shall take into consideration the extent
Of the area Of such county, the amount
of money expended by it in road con.
such road construction and the extraordi-
nary expense connected with the Develop
ment Of new territory.
Sec. 8. AS, soon as the highway com
mission shall have the
throughout the several parts Of the state,
and the best methods Of road construc-
ton, as far as the same may be praG-
rules and regulations for the construc-
ton and Improvement Of state roads as
shall be most suitable to the require
msnts Of and 6rnE this the m o9 b praeti s
Such rules and regulations shall be
printed and several copies shall be for
warded to the county auditor OF each
county in the state for general distribu-
ton. Such rules and regulations may be
amended from time to time, but such
amendments must be printed and dis
tributed not later than March 1 of each
year.
Sec. 8. Any county board may desig-
nate any road or specified portion there
of, in its county as a state road. and con-
struct or improve the same in accordance
with the regulations Of said highway
commission relative to state roads.
ticable, make the necessary surveys, es-
tablish grades and prepare plans and
snocif3ca fiona for all state roads. Rut