Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1909-04-30

! shall visit state and county officials with
out previous warning, and examine their
books. accounts and vouchers, ascertain
the items of their receipts and disburse-
ments, verify and inspect the moneys, as
sets. and securities held by them on pup,
lie account, and discover the amount ana
Or other charge for services unlaWfully
exacted by them: Should any snch ON,
Ger refuse to obey a lawful direction
Of the examiner. the attorney genera,
compliance herewith. The amin slall
report any failure of duty on the part
OF such officers to the governor, VINO
further performance of his duty until an
examination can be had. or security oo-
tanned for the public funds.
1888. Financial Officers OF 81. Pauil.
All the powers and duties conferred ana
imposed upon the by seclloH
1882. shall be exercised and pertorInea
by him in respect to the comptroller
cial officers Of the city of st. Paul, and
their respective offices. The city snail
pay to the state treasurer six dollars TOT
each day of service SO rendered, not eS-
year, which payment shall be made with
in thirty days after the requisition by the
treasurer therefor.
1854. Gross Earnings Taxi like
manner and with like powers the exam
liner shall at least once in each year visit
all railroad and other corporations ma q
companies which are required by law to
pay taxes to the state upon a gross
earnings basis. examine their books OF
account and all other records and papers
thereof bearing upo or evidencing thelr
law taxes should be paid in this state;
and report to the state treasurer the
amount of such receipts for each calen-
OAR year; and he shall from time TO
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certained and not previously reported:
All evasions and violations Of law In
respect to such gross earnings which the
by him to the governor forthwith:
1855. subpoenas. Witnesses: Etc.H.ln
all matters relating to his official duties
the examiner shall have the same pow
subpoenas and cause them to be served
and enforced. All state and county audi
tors. treasurers. and other public ON,
employees. all officers, directors, and en-
ployees of all railway and other compa-
MES required by law to pay. taxes to the
state upon a gross earnings ,t pass, a unaa a1l
edge Of the affairs or methods or such
companies shall at all times afford rea-
sonable facilities for such examinations
make, such returns and reports to the
answer under oath his lawful inquiries,
produce and exhibit such books. &C
counts sf documents IN intnsa and ,1 property In t}1 fhin es
aid him In the performance Of his duties.
1856. Refusal, Obstruction, Etc.
Every person who shall refuse or neglect
aminer, or Of his deputy, or of any Of his
assistants: withhold any information:
book. record, paper, or other thing called
for by hin for the purposes n OF m ma
in the execution of his duties; or swear
falsely concerning any matter stated IN
der oath-shall be guilty of a felony, the
minimum penalty whereof shall be a fine
Of one thousand dollars, or imprisonment
in the state prison for one year.
1887. Deputy and Assistants.-The
remove, a deputy examiner, four assist
ant public examiners. a first ana sec.
ond assistant corporation examiner; an
executive clerk. and such other employees
as may be necessary and for whose COM
pensation provision is made by law. such
deputy and assistants shall each CIV
bond to the state in the sum of $4,000:
and during the absence or disability, OF
perform all the duties of the, office. me
duties Of the several assistants and other
employees shall be such as the
may prescribe, and any of them may be
assigned to perform any special duty I'M
posed by this chapter upon the examiner
or his deputy. In such case the assistant
may exercise all the powers OF his pr1n-
cipal necessary to the proper discharge
of such duty: ponou rho oxau-
iner shall report TO- the governor ear b1-
ing abstracts of the statistics and condi-
ton of the various offices, institutions
and corporations to which his duties re-
late. and making such commendat1o
as he may deem proper. which report
shall be printed and included in the vol
ume Of executive documents.
1850. Salaries and Expenses.--T1e
salary : Of the pub Bliss exa ana'' h. shall ia s1 BE
compensation for his services. The sal
airy of the deputy examiner and first
assistant corporation examiner shall be
$1,000 per year each. The salaries OF
s2.1OO per year each. The salaries Of one
assistant public examiner and of the
second assistant corporation examiner
shall be s1.soo per year each; and of the
aries of the several other employees sub
ject to appointment by the public ex-
aminer shall be such sums as the eX-
aminer shall prescribe, and together with
deputy and assistants and other en-
ployes, necessarily incurred in the dis
charge Of their duties and in the ad-
ministratfon Of the Office, shall be paid
out of the contingent fund provided for
such office; and such salaries and ex-
penses shall not exceed the aggregate
sums appropriated and allowed therefor
by law.
propriated from any moneys in the state
treasury not otherwise appropriated, a
sum sufficient for the payment of the
salaries Of the persons so appointed
be in force from and after July 81, 1905.
Approved April %, 1905.
CHAPTER 450-H. F. NO. 179.
AN. ACT to amend section 1889 Of the Re
vised Laws OF 1903, as amended by chap
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