Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1915-04-29

AN ACT amending Sections 5523, 5536, 55A2.
lating TO public bitches or drainage of lands
and meandered bodies OF water. assessment
OF damages and dement's resulting th .s
OF Minnesota:
Section i, That Section 1923 Of the General
Statutes Of Minnesota sis Be and ths
1893 The County Board of the several
counties, and the District Court Of the sew
for the purpose Of draining wet lands within
their respective jurisdictions. have power to
establish and cause TO be constructed and
and bitches. to deepen, widen, straighten
or change the channel or bed Of any river,
direction thereof and when practical terminal
ing therein, TO extend the same into or
securing "a suitable outlet, to drain In part or
in whole meandered lakes which have be-
come normally shallow and Of rnarshy char.
acter or which no longer Of sufficient
public use for fishing, boating or water sup.
h aSe Is to Sp be- drained 70 cause to Be- con-
strncted dikes or dams for the purpose OF
holding the t,, Ta r, at Of es lax. hsa to
drained. but no meandered lake upon which
ony city or village Is now riparian owner
approval OF a majority vote OF the legal vot-
ers OF said city or village at any annual cleo
ton or special election held for such purpose.
Sec 2 That Section 5536 OF the General
Statutes of Minnesota 1913 be and the same
is hereby amended to read as follows
$3.50 Within ten days after the sling in
esta blishing a county ditch, or, when the pro
ceedings are taken into court. then WITHIN
ten days after the hs Of ,t the o 9rdsr e. ABB
clerk the auditor, in the first instance, and
In the second instance, the auditors OF the re.
the ofncs OF the auditor OF ths county In
which the prec4 edings are pending, shall pro
coed as hereinafter provided, to sell the Jobs
OF digging. ana constructing the entire work,
sections Of one hundred feet each, each OF
aid sections to be known and numbered by
the stake, or monument set By the engineer
at the foot of each such section, as shown in
including the outlet and thence In succession
up the stream to the one including the source.
The auditor or saaitSrs 81 me sas 1y os
separately from the Jobs Of excavation any
| tobs Of building Of fumes or other wood or
work specified In the engineers report. The
auditor or auditors may, IL deemed TOT the
| best interest Of ali concerned, let separass
the construction Of such system; The auditor
| or auditors, as the case may De, shall con.
! tract In the name OF the ctsutlty, or In the
name of the respective counties, as the case
may be- each acting by and through it's audi.
! ;obs OF construction work or any section or
/ sections is or are sold. requiring him TO con
straes the same In The sns ana ,ts ssns5
and f9rn Of contract, set forth in the report
| az TIE engineer, which the ditch Is ssfse-
ushed, and shall take from him bend IN
rna penal sum Of not less than the eontrac'
price with not less than two freehold sHreties
avable TO the county. or to the respective
| ruIut,es or any two more Of them as the
case may be. for the use OF such county d
! counties as the case may be. and also fo'
| ths use Of all persons who may show them
selves 10 be agsTtevsd or injured by aas
| breach thereof or Of the contract for which
scr bond Is given, TO be BY said auditor Of
| enFTtcrs as the case may be, approved, con
4 SItionad that said party shall faithfully per
/ form and fulfill his contract and pay all dam
! ages which may accrue by reason OF the fail
| uTa to cornp.ete the work in the manner anf
| within the time required in the ccntrse
| therefor and otherwise conditioned A. In thu
| set provided, which bond shall include
| stipu q ton that no change, extension. alters
4 ttar or addition u the terms OF the eontraes
| or specifications shall In any wise affect tn
obligation Of the prtnotpal or principals o.
/ nurrtIes on said bond The auditor OF tn
/ county in which the proceedings were tsksi
/ srau give notice Of the letting OF sucE con
/ tracts by pubiics ton for three successiF
| weeks, in the official paper OF such county
| OF The time when and the place where sRc'
| contracts shall be let TO the kswsst resgon
4 stble bidders; and in such notice shall stat
4 .he suo-oxtrnate amount Of work and IN
| ssrf-1stsd cost. and shall invite bids for I'd
| wors as one tos. and also for any ore o
\ more Of Zach sections. any one or more o
such construction jobs. and II separate con