St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1907-05-10

CF 1901
, Btp-GNo parson shah Ms#. rel, use Of
BAIT, nets, fhsh berries, dynamite OF other
explosives. or q other deleterious sub
any tip-up, snare or net or trot line or
any wire string, rope or cable OF any
sort in any. Of the. waters Of this state.
with intent to thereby OF Herewith catch.
Sec. 4. sale trout, Black and Gray
Bass.I-No person shall have "a possession
fer sale. or with intent. to sell, expose OF
brook trout, or gray, black or Oswego
shipped. or had Ia possession with intent
%itS b6,R. IT, to any person anS s,, eifh9 ash wi ar pa9 Or
ny black, gray or Oswego bass In his
possession except during the season for
taking the same. or any trout during the
a private hatchery.
Sec. 40. Fishing in Lake Superior.-Fish
OF any, description shall not be caught
Superior under the jurisdiction Of the
State of Minnesota, between the LIST day
of November and the Both ,day Of the
same month. No person shall take,
control for any purpose whatever. any
sturgeon caught in Lake Superior prior to
June !, l31O. ~
Any person violating the provisions Of
this section shall be guilty Of a misde-
meanor. and upon conviction thereof be
punished by a fine Of not less han one
h hundFsd 1888 1888 d dol1ars, a ned @efs eea prd axe
cution. or by imprisonment in the county
| Jail for not less than thirty 900 nor more
than ninety 900 days for each and every
Sec. 30. Coupons-Conspiracy.-:Any per-
son who %solicits, or directly or Indirectly
procures the issuance and delivery Of n
persons other than himself and uses it
in n manner, or who obtains possession
or any such coupon and delivers 1t to any
person. or who ~solicits or procures the
shipment to himself or any third person,
from another, Of any game bird or game
animal or any part thereof, or who soHc-
ITS another to- come to Minnesota and
hunts with another knowing he has not
procured and Is not in possession of a
license. or who takes or uses the license
license. shall be guilty of a misdemeanor,
| and upon conviction thereof be punished
by a fine Of not less thar fifty. 900 dol
dollars, or by Imprisonment in the coun-
ty Jail not less than thirty 900 nor more
than ninety GO) days for each and every
offense.
Approved April 26, 1907.
CHAPTER 470-H. F. NO. $50.
AN ACT creating a state drainage COM
mission, for the purpose Of draining
state lands, and such private lands as
may be benefited thereby, providing for
assessments for draining private lands,
and for Strengthening, widening, deep
v1.ps: o aaa e.e ana Draining e ! n sn any y'r marah y.
or meandered lake when the same will
be be Of PHblic benefit or promote the pub
e esda hsaitd def sai5ae'i tha dEut & moa and Of c 9ao-
p%ensation Of the members of the COM
mission, appropriating money for the
purpose OF carrying out the provisions
for Interfering with or ob%structing the
members Of the commission or any
officer, agent or employe. in the dis
charge Of his duties connected there
with.
Be it enacted by the Legislature Of the
State Of Minnesota:
Section 1. That a commission consist
Ing Of the governor the state auditor.
same hereby is created, to be known as
the state drainage commission. The gov
ernor shall be chairman Of said commits
said commission, and the state auditor
shall be the secretary; a majority of the
members shall have the authority to act
required to be performed by said COM
mission.
Sec; 2. The drainage commission of
the State of Minnesota shall nave power
| W o1S al IcIS1lldllSI pIOVlutu, ally
ditch, drain or other water course within
the State of Minnesota, and such ditch.
drain or other water course may in
whole or in part follow n consist Of the
whether meandered or not. and they may
widen, deepen, %straigthen, change, lower
or drain the channel or bed Of n creek.
whether en- navisa doe or Whe ether o mean M.
dered or not, and may construct new and
additional outlets to any marshy, shall
low or meandered lake, for the purpose of
extend the same into or through any city
or village within the state far enough to
secure a sufficient fall n flow Of water
to reasonably e~ffectuate the purpose for
which the work is extended, and may
confine any such creek, river or other
natural water course by means Of dykes,
levees and entertainments to Its natural
or artificial bed. as laid out;
Provided, that when In any such pro-
ceedings the waters of any creek, river
or other water course are diverted from
their natural bed by such artificial ditch
or drain. such ditch or drain shall
general directions OF such creek, river or
water course, and terminate therein. And,
provided, further, that no m~eandered lake
this act, except in case such lake is
normally shallow and grassy and of q
marshy character or except in case such
meandered lake is no longer Of suf-
ficient depth and volume to be capable
Of any, beneficial public use Of a substan-
tial character for fishing, boating or
public water supply.
Provided, further, that no meandered
lake shall be drained or lowered under
the authority Of this act unless petitioned
for by at least 60 per cent Of the legal
voters residing within four miles of such
lake, who are fr~eeholders, whose lands
are affected as shown by the viewers re-
port and filed in the office Of the clerk of
the district court OF the county in which
such proceedings are had.
Sec. 3. Said state drainage commits
sion shall appoint a chief engineer who
ma, comforting upon him such degree from
a school of good standing in which the
science of civil engineering it's taught, and
who must be a practical drainage en-
gineer, who shall be known as the state
drainage engineer, and who shall hold his
office subject to the pleasure of said COM
mission, whose salary shall. be fixed by
the commission. Before entering upon his
duties as state drainage engineer he shall
subscribe to, execute and file an oath of
office and bon in the penal sum Of $1,000,
with sufficient %sureties to be approved
the faithful performance of his official
duties. He shall keep complete records
of all his surveys and of every official act
Of said commission. Said state drainage
commission shall a the full power to
appoint n employ as many agents and
servants and assistant engineers. and who
shall furnish a bond In the same amount
as the chief engineer, n qualify In the
same manner as they find necessary and
proper to comply with the provisions
of this chapter, n to fix the compensa-
ton which shall be allowed for their serv-
ices.
Sec. 4. Before said state drainage COM
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