St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1913-05-02
CHAPTER Ssh. F. No. GA.
CHAPTER s9-s. r M 72n

AN ACT to legalize the acts and proceedings
OF any city of the state heretofore done, had
or taken relative to the purchase Of an
electric light and water plant therein: and
any and all contracts for the purchase by
any such city Of any such electric light and
water plant pursuant to popular vote; and to
heretofore voted. and issued or to be here
funds Tor the purchase eof By an W s PrSY'u city
OF any such electric light and water plant;
and to authorize. ratify and confirm any and
all acts of any such city to be hereafter done
IN and about the completion Of such pur-
chase and the issuance of said bonds, and
otherwise fully circulating the intent and
purpose Of this act; and repeating chapter
three OF the General Laws Of Minnesota for
the year 1913.
BE 1t enacted by the legislature Of the State
of Minnesota:
Section L. In any case where the city coun-
ell OF any city In the state, whether organized
eral law, shall have heretofore by resolution
or ordinance submitted to the legal voters Of
S,eh city, at any general Or special election,
ny concentration or purchase, of an electric
light and water plant then privately owned
and individuals with light and water, pro
v1ded such plant could be acquired at a rea-
sonable price. and at such election more than
voting thereat shall have voted in favor Of
such bond proposition: and thereafter the city
shall have submitted to the legal voters Of
such city at any general or special election the
proposition of the issuance of the bonds Of
such city to a specified amount for the pur-
pose of providing the funds necessary for the
purchase of such electric light and water
1ority of the legal voters of such city voting
thereat shall have voted in favor of such bond
proposition; then and in every such case all
OF the corporate authority and officials there
Of. in and about the calling and holding of
said elections and declaring the result there
hereby in ell respects fully legalized, and are
hereby declared to constitute full and legal
authority for the purchase by said city Of said
electric light and water plant and for the
issuance by said city Of Its bonds to the
amount SO voted for the purpose Of providing
funds for such purchase.
Sec. q That any city coming within the
provisions of section one Of this act is hereby
authorized e to do and perform any and all acts
about the completion Of the purchase by it
Of any such electric light and water plant as
IN said section one mentioned; and all such
any and all contracts heretofore or here
after entered into by said city for such pur-
chase, are hereby declared fully authorized,
ratified and confirmed.
thereto attached Of any city coming within
the provisions Of section one Of this act and
which have been voted as stated in said sec
ton one, may be executed and issued by such
city in such forms and manner. and payable,
and such provision made for the payment
thereof, and sold. as the city council by reso-
lutlon OF ordnance may have authorized and
directed. or may hereafter authorize and d.
rect; and all acts and proceedings Of the
city council, and of the officers Of such city
pursuant to the authority thereof, done or
had or to be done or had as herein provided
in and about the sale, award and Issuance
OF said bonds are hereby legalized, approved
and confirmed: and said bonds when so issued
are hereby declared to constitute and be the
legal, valid and binding obligations Of said
city.
Provided, however. that none Of said bonds
shall run for a period longer than thirty years
from their date. nor shall be sold or issued at
less than their par value and the interest
accrued. thereon to date of delivery.
Sec. 4. That the act entitled IAN Act to
legalize and confirm the acts and proceedings
OF any city Of the State Of Minnesota, however
organized. in reference to the purchase of
any electric light and water plant, already
in existence in such city. and in reference to
the issuance Of bonds in payment therefor.
and to authorize any such city to complete
any proceedings heretofore instituted for the
purchase OF such plant and for the issuance
and sale Of such bonds, and to legalize slch
bonds when SO issued approved January 81,
1913, being Chapter three Of the General Laws
of Minnesota for the year 1913, be and the
same Is hereby repealed,
Approved March 20, 1913.
CHAPTER 901S. F. NO. II.
AN c relating to railroad rates in this
state and to increase the powers and further
define the duties of the board of railroad