St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1909-05-07
GENERAL LAWS oF MNHsoTA PASSED NJ TE LEGISLATIVE SESSION Of 1909.

PASSED al THE LEdll
auditor the usual bath Of ONCE. and shall
penal sum Of $1,000. conditioned upon the
faithful performances Of his duties as such
examiner, which bond shall be approved
and shall run to the county and be for
the benefit of the county and Of any
daa FL P by gea.o %h O. w ahs W gTtIST i failu pg
Of such examiner to faithfully discharge
his official duties.
Sec. 9. The salary Of such examiner
snail be $500 per annum, to be paid
from the county treasury in monthly in
stallments as other county salaries are
e amin - may nad'i be allowed II Susa f By the su coua ny
board his actual and necessary travelling
expenses, not including. board or lodg-
psFfo an mey Of p h lhce oficIal Oy du uflm IN the
Sec. 4. It shall be the duty Of any
examiner appointed under the provisions
Of Of ms nasa act to make, durinhg s eash o9 year OF
examination Of the affairs Of each town
ship, village, city, school district and
charitable and benevolent :, lnstltu u 1
by public contributions, in his said coun-
~, with reference to the method Of keep
ing the books thereof and the accuracy
e sd mod s:o * so s9d kaRs; % M l payins the he
bills thereof, with reference to the legal
or illegal nature Of the charges made for
to the same, with reference to the char
acter and amount OF n and all assets
and securities held by the officers there
OF, with reference TO the character n
or charges for services exacted by such
officers without warrant of law, with ref
erence to the bonded or other Indebted.
ness thereof. the purposes for which it
was contracted and proceeds thereof ex-
pended, with reference to the method and
place Of keeping the funds thereof and
such funds, and, In general, with refer
Germs the proper conduct Of the public
city, school district, or charitable or
benevolent institution maintained or sus-
ttaIibnsdI wholly e or Partly H BY sb pIpl sise CON n
ali aii'e cases s Which, asDre seem to % require III 1T It in
struct the officials of any such township,
village, city or school district IN the
business in his charge With such criti-
plieable ~ the ersseG as viii tend to secure
ni ma5s thrgu IN 5he s saRdu ceu nj pu0 His 0q in-
v%estigation, examination and report CON
corning such charitable and benevolent
institutions shall be confined to the ru mas
to the disposition made OF such FUNDS
BY such institutions.
Sec. s.. TO enable such examiner to
perform the services herein required OF
him, the various officers and employees of
any, township. village, city. school dis
trist, or charitable or b=eaeyolent In in a,;I
affairs he shall be hereunder directed to
examine, shall afford all reasonabl and
made the duty Of any and all such OIL
GERS, officials and employees to make re-
turns and exhibits to the said examiner
Il ,,rIo~ on+l tn c,yoh fNrm and at
J such time or times as he shall prescribe;
and each and every person so re-
CURED who shall refuse OF neglect to
said examiner, shall be guilty Of felony,
and shall be liable on conviction to a
(S1,OO0.O0) or imprisonment in the state
prison for a period not exceeding one
year; and if any person, in making such
e efferimr or any g'v staStem aaGa i rea@ired Under or
this act. on his oath. shall knowingly
swear falsely concerning the same, he
shall g3nisn be a aeenSd3n9 guilty Ao od E Ese ssid and md
ity for the purposes herein named to ad-
minister oaths, to examine any Of the
or other documents or property Of any
such township, village, city, school. dis
trict, or charitable or benevolent insti-
partly by public contributions, and any
oficial or Officials thereof and the Gus
todian or custodians of any of the funds
Sec. 8. Said examiner shall at all times
auditor and shall maintain his office in
eGG'toT: and Yi that the make afaee to Of sa the a eoaRty
monthly reports in detail Of ali the work
done by him or examined by him during
afe Rrseea to any %e errors, eh irreea1aPr atieeul or
criminal. acts or omissions Of any OFF,
Ger or body Of officers or private in
dividual, Of which ne has become eGg,
or otherwise. He shall in like manner
furnish a duplicate Of such report to the
county attorney of said county, and
shall make said report public, nor shall
any one be entitled to inspect said re-
ports as public, until not less
journment Of. the next grand jury which
co%nvenes after the filing of said reports.
! Sec 3 m;na :; s 1t shall be 21nd the tb dnty scf Of ,, any
the discovery by him Of any act or prac-
tice on the part Of any, public officer or
body Of officers Of any township t n,5h i1ta Village VII =
benevolent institution maintained or sus-
tanned wholly or partly by public con-
tributions. in his county, which is Grim
the grand jury Of his county at their SEES
; sion next following any such discovery,
together with all data Obtained by him
any n ali persons cognizant of any
facts pertinent thereto. It is hereby made
the duty Of any and all persons having
in their possession books, papers, docu-
ments or other material which In the
opinion Of such examiner should be pre-
scented to such grand Jury to furnish and
%entrust the same to the said examiner
for such purpose, and any. person re-
fusing or failing SO to do shall be deemed
guilty of felony and shall be liable OF
thousand dollars Isl, O0O) or Imprisonment
in the state prison for a period not ex-
ceeding one year.
Sec, 8. All acts and parts Of acts In
Sec. 8. At the end Of each official year
Of said examiner. all Of the previous
monthly reports which have then become
, become public documents shall be pub
lished In pamphlet form for free distrt-
button among the inhabitants Of said
county, which publication shall be or
dered by the county board. and the cost
Of which publication shall be paid out
of the county treasury.
Approved March rs, 1903.
CHAPTER 1O9-H. F. NO. 400.
AN ACT to amend section 24s3, Revised
Fl Laws 1905, relating to reservation of
II minerals and waterpower upon state
lands.
30 it enacted by the Legislature Of the
State Of Minnesota:
Section 1. That SECTION 24ss, Revised
Laws 1905, be and the same is hereby
amended SO as to read as follows:
Sec. 2483. Reservation of Minerals
The state hereby reserves for its own
use all the iron, COAL, copper, gold and