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before the end Of its period of dura-

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before the end OF its period OF dura
) ltion:
! Provided. however. that the proceed
. ings to obtain such renewal shall h
: taken within six months after tn
passage OF this Act, and provided fur
, Their that this Aci shall not apply /
, any corporation whose charter Ia
been declared forfeited by the Ana
, judgment of any Court of competen
Jurisdiction In this State.
Sec. 2. This Act shall take effec
and be In force from and after 1t
passage.
\ Approved March IS, 1916.
/ 49,. CHAPTER 4s~~S. r. No 449.
AN ACT to amend Section l. Chapte
! 2eI, of the General Laws Of 1911, a.
1 amended by Chapter 278, of the Gen
erai Laws of 1913, relating to tn,
/ number OF sections and granting o
aid to consolidated school districts
he III enacted by the Legisla ture of tht
state of Minnesota;
/ section i. Two or more school dis
tricts OF any kind may be consolidate
either by the forma tion of new dis
lriet or by annexation OF one or more
districts to an existing district In which
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graded or high school, as hereinafter
! provided.
! A district so formed by consolidation
or annexation shall be known as q
consolidated school district. Before
any steps are taken to orga nize a con-
soiidated school district, the superin-
tendent of the county In which the
MAJOR portion or territory is situated
from which 1t lis proposed TO form Il
consolidated school district shall cause
a plat to be made showing the size and
boundaries OF the new district the ioca-
ton OF the school houses tn the several
districts, the location OF other adjoin~
Ing school districts and of school houses
therein, together with such other In
formation as may be of essential value
and submit tho same to the superin-
tendent OF public instruction, who shall
approve. modify or reject the plan &c
proposed, and certify his conclusions
70 the county superintendent OF schools
To receive state aid as D. consolidated
school or class A or class F., as defined
In this act, the consolidated district
must contain not less than eighteen
sections and to receive state aid as 4
consolidated school of class c, not less
than twelve sections. but any existing
school district OF at least such area
shaIl have the rights and privileges
OF consolidated school district A
school district of less than
twelve sections may be formed as
herein provided. but shall not be en-
titled To receive special state aid az
herein provided for. Provided that any
such consolidated school district. 90
organized, that contains less than
tweiVe sections. but contains ten sec
tons or more and has an assessed val
uation therein OF $500, N10, and not en-
eeedins si.000.o0o and also has within
It's borders an Incorporated village,
shall be entitled 10 draw state aid as a
consolidated school Of Class &c"
Provided. however. that a school dis
trict. which In otherwise qualified for
aid under this act as class A school.
and which has Its school house Local ted
within one mile OF the state line or an
tmpassihle natural barrier, and which
has not less than twelve sections, shall
be entitled TO receive such portion OF
the aid herein provided for class A
schools Az the ratio OF the area of the
district to the minimum area herein
provided for class A schools.
Approved March is. 1915
CHAPTER AS. r.. No. sol.
AN ACT to dispose of the First Mime
sofa Infantry Monument Fund now
In the hands OF the State Treasurer
M trustee.
Be 1t enacted by the Legislature OF
the State Of Minnesota:
Whereas, at the muster out OF tho
First Regiment OF the Minnesota Vol
unteers in the spring OF 1864 there re-
manned In the hands of said Regiment
u fund which they had accumulated
while at their winter quarters In
Camp stone" Md, during the winter
Of 1862. by disposing of certain ex-
cess rations. which fund, at the time
of their muster out. was turned over
to the state Treasurer to be disposed
OF as afterwards directed.
And whereas, said fund has been
drawn on from time to time until the
balance now remaining In the hands of
the state Treasurer amounts to the
sum OF seven hundred sixty~two dol
dars and ten cents (S76a.l0) as repre-
sented by n certificate of deposit Is
sued by the state Bank OF Slayton.
Minnesota, under date of December II,
1914. bearing interest at the rate of
four per cent per annum. from date
thereof, which fund is designated as
First Minnesota Infantry Monument
Fund" which certificate Is payable to
the order OF w. J. Smith. State Treas
urer.
And whereas the only lse to which
the same has heretofore been devoted
has been TO maintain and keep In good
order the monuments erected on the
Gettysburg battlefield and the copper
flower urn erected I'm the Gettysburg
cemetery. where fifty-fve members of
said Regiment are buried:
And whereas, II has been found
necessary To expend not more than
sixteen dollars tst6l annually for de-
fraying the cost of keeping said monu-
ment and the ground on which ia
stands and the aforesaid urn In order,
Now therefore II IL enacted. that all
O., said fund shall he transferred TO
the state revenue fund. and thereafter
remain the property of the State. and
there shall be paid by the State
Treasurer. out of said revenue fund,
on the order of the President OF the
First Regimentai Association or on
the order OF the Governor OF the State
of Minnesota, the sum of four hun
dred dollars Uaool, or so much thereof
as may he necessary, to assist In de-
fraying the expense Of preparing and
publishing the Regimentai History OF
said Regiment. now being prepared
and there shall likewise be paid, an
nuaily, to the proper officers having
In charge the maintenance on the
battlefield OF the aforesaid
and urn and the grounds
on which they are situate, the sum of
sixteen dollars ($l6D which annual
shall hs made on the order
of the Adtutant General Of the State
of Minnesota, supported by proper
vouchers. showing to whom and for
what purpose said payments are to be
made.
force from and after tts passage
A vsnr.,unA March yQik