St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1913-05-02
CHAPTER Is. F. No. IS.

AN ACT to amend chapter $40 of the General
Laws of 1901. entitled, IAN Act to authorize
have or hereafter may have no more than
$1,000. and lot less than 10000 Inhabitants,
to make local Improvements and to assess
the cost thereof on property benefited there
Be it enacted. BY the Legislature Of the State
Section J.. That section i Of Chapter s7s of
the General Laws Of the State Of Minnesota
for the year 1901 be and the same is hereby
That all cities in the State Of Minnesota
which now have or hereafter may have no
mose than fifty. thousand and not less than
ten thousand Inhabitants, are hereby author
lied and empowered to fill, grade, curb, plank,
pave, gravel and macadamize its streets. lanes,
enlarge and repair sidewalks, retaining walls.
area walls. cutters. sewers and private drains:
to build and place protection fences and rail-
the safety Of pedestrians; to plant, maintain
and protect shade or ornamental trees along its
s stTests; saa and to slle Drain an swa h1ghwa marshes 10 ae aad
ponds and to fill the same, in such city; and
to sprinkle It's streets, lanes, alleys. high
and to saturate or treat the surface thereof
with any kind of nuid. mineral or substance
for the prevention of dust in the atmosphere or
on the surface Of such highways or grounds;
and to levy assessments for the cost Of all the
improvements mentioned above, upon property
manner and as hereinafter designated"
Sec. 2. That the second paragraph OF Sec
IlON I OIL Sdlu Hdplel ~ Ue duu LIE ain Is
hereby amended to read as follows: 1.-The con-
doing of such work; when such sEprinkling is
sprinkling one hundred 900 square feet per
week, during the life of such contract; if in
the opinion of said council It Is deemed i'm
practicable at the time Of letting any such
contract, to designate the exact length Of time
during which sprinkling is Necessary in any
particular season, said council may let such
contract without so designating the begin
ming and the end Of such Ssprinkling season;
and upon the city SO letting such contract. the
order the beginning Of said work upon three
() days notice to the contractors therefor,
and shall likewise have power to order said
district or in any portion Of any one dis
trict. if in their opinion no necessity therefor
exists, and such order and direction shall be
concerned. When, for the prevention of dust.
oil or any substance other than water is enl-
for shall designate the number Of sprinklinss.
or applications of the substance, to be applied
during the entire season to the surface Of the
tract price to be paid by said city shall be
upon the basis of one lump sum for each sepa-
rate r. ttr,c spri n,1a51 s,% or "a app 9ncinde bd IN the 1ahoe en tire
fcations therefor may prescribe" -
laws be and the same is hereby further amend
ed by adding to and inserting therein, after
section % and before section % thereof. the
words and figures. to-wit: s'sec. 22a. That
the word 'sprinkling' wherever used in this
act shall be deemed to include sprinkling. sat
urating or treating the surface of "a highway,
street. public way or public ground with water.
oil, mineral or any other substance. for the
or on the susface Of such public way or
Sec. A.. This act shan'take effect and be in
force from, and after its passage.
y AnnrOyed February =, 1913.