The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-04-30
CHAPTER 111-H. F. NO. 541.


| AN ACT to provide for the care and
| control of county court houses in all
counties having population of over
| building used for court house purposes
| is not owned Jointly or in common with
any city for cit city b hall purposes. -.
| State of Minnesota:
| Section 1. That in all counties in this
| state now having, or which may here
| after have, population of over 100000
inhabitants, and in which the building
used for court house purposes Is not
owned jointly or in common with any
be- and hereby is created commission
| known and designated as county build
ing commission, which commission shall
be constituted as follows: The chairman
the auditor of the county, and the treas
urer of the county. The chairman Of the
president Of said Commission. the county
auditor shall be secretary of said COM
mission, and the county treasurer shall
be the treasurer OF sai S.s eom mi s.
the records and accounts Of said COM
mission, and the treasurer shall keep
correct account Of its receipts and ex-
Sec. 2: The commission hereby Gre
ated shall have the entire care of all Of
the completed portions Of said court
house and of the completed grounds sur
rounding the same and 1t shall have
power to assign unassigned rooms in any
part of said building, with entire con-
ing not permanently assigned to any Of
fetal use, and of all halls, corridors and
stairways, and Of all boiler and machin-
and control Of all engines. boilers, ma
chinery, elevators, and all mechanical
and electrical appliances of every nature
IN said bullying and Of the grounds sn sur
with. It shall cause all of the occupied
portions of said building to be properly
heated. lighted. cleaned and kept In re.
pair for public use, and 1t shall have full
authority to appoint any and all en-
ployees necessary to properly perform the
duties hereby devolved upon such COM
mission, with authority to fix the COM
pensation Of such employees and remove
any thereof at it's pleasure. Nothing
herein contained shall be construed to in
and duties Of any court house commits
sion that may be engaged in the COM
pleting and furnishing Of such building
as provided by chapter 223. General Laws
Sec. 8. Said commission shall at the
beginning Of each calendar month rem
der detailed statement to the county
auditor Of all its expenses necessarily in
CURED for the purposes contemplated by
this act during the last preceding month,
and it shall be the duty Of
cash warrants upon the county treasurer
for the amount Of the account SO rem
dered by said commission. And it shall
forthwith pay to the parties properly
entitled thereto the several amounts spec
flied in said account so rendered; Said
monthly account before. presentation to
said county auditor, shall be certified by
each member Of said commission as be-
ing just. true and necessarily incurred.
Sec. 4. The board of county commits
sioners OF. any such county having a
county building commission, shall have
nothing to do with the care Of any such
court house nor with the control of any
portion Of said building not specifically
assigned for official use.
Sec. 5. 1t shall be the duty Of said
commission on or before the first day
Of July Of each year to prepare a de-
tailed statement of the estimated ex-
penses of such commission for the ensu-
ing year and transmit the same to the
board of county commissioners of said
county at its next regular meeting there
after. And 1t shall then be the duty of
such board of county commissioners to
levy a tax at its proper meeting, suf-
ficient to meet such estimated expendi-
lures.
Sec. 8. All acts and parts of acts,
whether general or special, inconsistent
with the. provisions Of this act, are here
by repealed
Approved March 25, 1909.