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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-05-07
CHAPTER 143-H. r. No. ISL.

CHAPTER 14S-H. +. NO. l6l.
AN ACT to provide relief for county
school districts organized under
Laws 1929, Chapter 8, in which
the full value of the property which
is exempt from local taxation be-
cause taxes thereon are paid I'M
der the gross earnings tax laws is
greater than the taxable value of
all other nOn-eXempt real and per-
sOnal property, exclusive of moneys
and credits.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of
the State of Minnesota:
Section /. Any county school dis
trict organized under Laws 1929,
Chapter 9, in which the full value of
all property which is exempt from
local taxation because taxes thereon
are paid into the state treasury I'M
der the provisions of the gross earn
ings tax laws exceeds the taxable
value of all other non-exempt real
and personal property, exclusive of
moneys and credits, shall be entitled
to receive from the state treasury.
in addition to all other state aid or
relief, such an amount annually as
would be produced by computing a
tax of one-fourth of the current tax
rate for county school district pur-
poses upon the full value Of such
property which is exempt from local
taxation because of the provisions of
the gross earnings tax laws. Pro-
vided, that no county school district
receiving relief hereunder shall be
entitled to receive any aid under
Laws 1921, Chapter 271. Provided
further, that the amount which any
county school district shall receive
under this act shall not exceed $500
per pupil enrolled therein.
Sec. 2. Any such county school
district desiring to take advantage
of this act shall apply in writing
therefor to the Department of Edu-
cation, and such application shall
contain the following facts:
(a) The valuation of the property
in said county school district not SUBJ
ject to local taxation because the
same is subject to taxation under the
gross earnings tax law. Railroad
valuation shall cover all railroad
located in said county school
district except rolling stock. main
tracks, and fills or bridges support
ing the same.
OBJ The value of all real and per-
sonal property, exclusive Of moneys
and creditss within any Such county
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CHAPTER 155-S. r. No. 7s5

CHAPTER 155-S. r. No. 765.
AN ACT to amend Chapter ISL, SEES
sion Laws for 1929, being an act
relating to Indebtedness, obliga-
tons and expenditures Of certain
counties, towns, school districts
and other municipalities; authoriz-
ing the funding or refunding and
payment of outstanding indebted
ness and obligations thereof; vail
dating certain Indebtedness SO to
be funded or refunded; limiting and
controlling future expenditures
thereof; and prescribing penalties
for violation of it's provisions.
Be it enacted by the Legislature Of
the State of Minnesota:
Section 1. Section l. Chapter. SS1,
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CHAPTER 1875, F. No. STA.

CHAPTER 1855. F. No. 578.
AN ACT to amend Mason's Mime
sofa Statutes of 1927, section 1909,
subdivision /, relating to the re-
mOval of hedges and trees from
town, county and state aid roads
and trunk highways, and extend
ing in the same rights to county
boards in the case of county aid
roads.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of
the State of Minnesota:
Section 1. That Mason's Mime
sofa Statutes of 1927, Section 1909,
Subdivision /, be amended to read
as follows:
"26O9. Sub. %. The town boards
of supervisors, as to town and coun-
ty roads, outside the corporate linn
it's Of cities and villages, the county
boards as to state. aid and county
aid roads, and the commissioner of
highways as to trunk highways, are
hereby given the right and power
to determine upon the necessity and
Iorder the cutting down of hedges and
trees within the road limits after
having given ten days written no
tice to the owner or owners of the
abutting land, and an opportunity
to be heard. Provided, that trees,
other than willow trees, shall not be
so cut down unless such trees or
hedges, or either of them, interfere
with keeping the surface of the road
in good order, or cause the snow
to drift onto or accumulate upon said
road in quantities that materially
ohSfr1,ct travel The said boards and
commissioner, respectively, shall also
have power to properly mark or light
dangerous places on the public high
ways, and take such measures as
may be necessary to protect travel
thereon"
Approved April Is, 1881.
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Approved April Is, 1881.
CHAPTER I45-H. F. No. "a

CHAPTER 145-H. F. No. 1872.
AN ACT relating to certain elections
held upon the question of adopting
a charter under Article 4, Section
80, of the Constitution.
Be it enacted by the LEGISLATURE of
the State of Minnesota:
Section 1. That in all cases where
an election has been held upon the
question of the adoption of a char
ter pursuant to article 4, section SO,
OF the constitution, and notice of
such election. properly stating the
time, place and object thereof, was
posted for more than Is DAYS prior
thereto, but said notice was dated
and first posted prior to the time the
election was ordered by the govern
ing body Of the municipality. and
where white ballots were used in
stead of the lavender colored ballots
at said election, and where a sample
or said ballot was not published for
one week in the official newspaner
out the proposed charter was so
published, and said charter was
thereafter duly adopted at said cleo
ZION, all such proceedings for the
aooptlon OF the charter are hereby
!egalized and validated as against
the following objections: (a) that the
notice of election was posted before
the election was ordered by the gov
erning body; CD that the ballots
used were white in color; (c) that
2 sample ballot was not published for
one week prior to the election in
the official newspaper.
Approved April Is, 1881.
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Approved April Is, 1881.
CHAPTER 154-S. F. No. 1875.

CHAPTER 154-S. F. No. 1875.
AN ACT to legalize certain proceed
ings heretofore taken for the fund
ing of floating Indebtedness in GER
tain cases in cities of the fourth
class operating under home rule
charters and authorizing the COM
pletion of such proceedings and the
issuance of funding bonds in con-
nection Herewith, and Iegalizing
such bonds, and Indebtedness
funded thereby.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of
the State of Minnesota:
Section /. In all cases where a city
of the fourth class having home
rule charter under Section So Article
4 of the State Constitution, has here
tofore. acting through it's city coun-
Gil by resolution adopted by a
unanimous vote of such city council,
provided for the issuance and sale
of the bonds of such city, without
submitting the question to the cleo
tors, and has contracted for the sale
thereof for the purpose of funding
it's outstanding floating Indebtedness,
such proceedings already had are
hSACoy AC6ohACu o1lo oSSidlCo " VIC
valid and of full force and effect,
and the city council of any such city
is hereby authorized to complete the
proceedings for the issuance of such
bonds in accordance with such reso-
luton and to issue the bonds of the
city in such amount as may be neces-
sary to fund such outstanding float
ing indebtedness, and such bonds
when SO sold and delivered shall be
valid obligations of such city, pro-
vided that such bonds shall be paid
in installments as provided by Laws
1927, Chapter i31, Section 3, and the
city council shall levy taxes for the
payment thereof in the manner and
amounts prescribed by Laws 1927,
Chapter 131, Sections and s.
Sec. 2. The determination of such
city council that such floating in
debtedness and the warrants evil
dencing the same are valid obliga-
tons of the city shall be conclu-
sively binding on the city in favor
of the holders from time to time of
such bonds; provided, however, that
this act shall not affect any war
rants or bonds the validity of which
is questioned in any litigation now
pending.
Approved April Is, 1881.
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CHAPTER 146-H. F.. No. 45s.
AN ACT providing for membership
by county superintendent and for
mer county superintendent of
schools in the Teachers Insurance
and Retirement Fund.
BE 1t enacted by the Legislature of
the State of Minnesota:
Section 1. That all county superin-
tendents of schools now in office or
who shall hereafter be elected or ap-
pointed thereto, and all former coun-
ty superintendent of schools who
have heretofore contributed to the
Teachers Insurance and Retirement
FUND, as created by Chapter 1919,
Laws of 1915, if otherwise eligible,
are hereby made eligible to member
ship In said fund and shall be admit
ted to membership therein upon writ
ten application to the board of trus-
tees of the Teachers Insurance and
Retirement Fund or to its secretary,
and shall thereafter be subject to all
the provisions of said act and of all
acts amendatory thereof.
Sec. 2. All such superintendent or
former .superintendents of schools
who have heretofore contributed to
said Teachers Insurance and Retire
ment Fund and who become members
thereof as hereinbefore provided shall
receive the same credit for payments
made and for service rendered as if
they had been members of said fund
during the time of such payments.
Any superintendent or former super
intendent who has heretofore receiv-
ed or would be entitled to receive, if
he had been eligible to membership
in the fund, an annuity shall be paid
such annuity from the fund as he
would have been entitled to had he
been a member during all the time he
contributed.
Sec. 3. The board Of trustees of
said Teachers Insurance and Retire.
ment Fund shall refund to each coun-
ty superintendent and each former
superintendent of schools who mas
to said fund and who
does not become a member thereof
as herein provided the amount of
money so contributed, upon applica-
ton therefor by such superintendent;
provided thate such application snail
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CHAPTER 1865. F. No. s7a.

CHAPTER 1865. f. No. $40.
AN ACT authorizing any village or
city of the state, however organ
lied, to appropriate money to de-
fray the expenses of fremen in
attending state conventions of the
Minnesota state fire department as
ISOLATION and or the Northwest Fire
school.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of
the State of Minnesota:
Section 1. The governing body of
any village or city of this state, how
ever organized, may appropriate such
reasonable sums of money as it
deems proper to defray the expenses
of members of it's regularly organ
lied fire department in attending the
state conventions of the Minnesota
State Fire Department Association
and or the Northwest Fire School.
Approved April Is, 1881.
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CHAPTER 15I-S. r. No. 407.
AN ACT to amend Section 3646,
MasOn's Minnesota Statutes Of 1927,
relating 30 the organization Of
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CHAPTER 1875. r. No. 1882.

CHAPTER 1875. r. No. 1882.
AN ACT to amend Laws 1911, Chap
ter 1872, Section 1, as amended by
Laws 1917, Chapter 80, and by
Laws 1927, Chapter 207, relating to
the salary of the deputy register of
deeds in counties having a pOpula-
ton of less than $4,000 inhabitants.
and to legalize certain payments of
salaries heretofore made.
Be 1t enacted by the Legislature of
the State of Minnesota:
Section 1. That Laws 1911, Chap
ter 1892. Section 1. as amended by
Laws 1917. Chapter IS, and by Laws
1927. Chapter 207, be amended to
read as follows:
THE county board Of every county
having a population of less than
5000 inhabitants, may by written
order to be filed in the office of
the county auditor, allow one deputy
register of deeds in such county, the
compensation for his or her services
as such deputy not exceeding $4,000
per year. Provided, that in all coun-
ties in this state now or hereafter
containing not less than % and not
more than % organized towns (not
intending cities and villages). and
which counties now have or here
after may have a population of not
less than $4,000 and not more than
SO 900 inhabitants. according to the
last preceding federal or state census.
the county board may, by written
order to be filed in the office of the
county auditor allow one deputy reg
lister of deeds in such county, COM
pensation for his or her services as
such deputy, not exceeding $4,000
per year."
Sec. 2. This act shall be effective
from and after January 1, 1881. and
in each county of the state having
a, population of not less than 29. 900
and not more than IS. 900
according to the last
federal census. in which deputy
register of deeds has actually been
paid a salary in excess of the amount
allowed by law but not In excess of
the amount fixed by said Laws 1927,
Chapter POT, such payments of sal
ary are legalized and made valid.
Approved April 8, 1881.
CHAPTER 14O-S. F. No. 1874.
AN ACT authorizing the county
board of education for unorganized
territory to issue bonds for the pur-
pose of refunding any bonds issued
by an organized school district
which has been dissolved and its
territory reverted to unorganized
territory.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of
the State of Minnesota:
Section 1. That the county board
of education for unorganized terri
tory, by unanimous vote of the MEM
bers thereof, may issue bonds for
the purpose of refunding any bonds
issued by an organized school district
which has been dissolved and it's ter
ritory reverted to unorganized ter
ritory, which said refunding bonds
shall be chargeable against the ter
ritory that was chargeable with the
payment of the bonds so proposed
to be refunded. Such refundng
bonds shall not run for a period
shorter than five years nor longer
than twenty yearss Thae FIRST 70
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the banking division Of the Depart
v,,onf of COp1nnorca

Be it enacted by the Legislature OF
the State of Minnesota:
Section /. The examiner In charge
of liquidation in the banking division
Of the Department of Commerce is
hereby authorized to sign the name of
the commissioner of banks and to act
for him in all matters connected with
the liquidation of insolvent corpora
tons under the supervision and con-
troll of the commissioner of banks,
with the same force and effect as
though the commissioner himself had
signed or acted. Provided, that said
examiner shall have no authority to
order an assessment against the
stockholders of an insolvent state
bank or trust company under the pro-
visions of Laws 1927, Chapter 254.
Approved April 9, 1881.
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funding bond shall be due six years
from the date Of its issuance and
shall be for not less than one-tenth
of the total bond issue in question
nor more than one-fifth thereof, and
each subsequent bond shall be for a
like amount and shall be payable one
year from the maturity date of the
bond to be paid the preceding year.
The county auditor shall extend a
tax against all the taxable property
within the territory chargeable in
the first instance with the payment
of the bonds so refunded sufficient to
pay the interest on such refunding
bonds and any installment of prin-
cipal that may be due in the follow
ing year. Such tax for the first year
shall be fifty per cent in excess of
the amount to be due the succeeding
year, and thereafter each yearly levy
shall be in such amount in excess,
not exceeding fifty per cent, of the
amount to be due the succeeding
year, as the auditor may deem nee
essary. The county treasurer, upon
the collection of such tax, shall ap-
ply the proceeds thereof to the pay
ment of such interest or installment
of principal, and shall file with the
county auditor receipts therefor, to-
gether with the cancelled bonds so
taken up. The state board of invest
ment may invest the funds under its
control in any refunding bonds so
issued under the provisions Of this
act.
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April 9, 1881.
CHAPTER I4I-S. F. 257.

CHAFTEh l4l-S. r. SoJ.
AN ACT fixing the salary and clerk
hire of the judge of probate In
counties in this state, now or here
after containing more than 16 and
less than Is full or fractional town.
ships and having at any time an
assessed valuation of not less than
$4,000, 900. 90 and not more than $1O,-
600, 10000.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of
the State of Minnesota:
Section 1. Salary and clerk hire OF
Judge of Probate in certain counties.
In each county in this state now or
hereafter containing more than 16
and less than IS full or fractional
townships and now or hereafter hav-
ing a taxable valuation of not less
than Eight Million Dollars ($8, 000,-
100000 nor more than Ten Million
Dollars $4,000, 100000 as officially
equalized by the state tax commits
sion, the salary OF the Judge of Pro-
bate shall be Two Thousand One
Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($2. 10000
per annum and in addition thereto
such allowance for clerk hire in said
office as is now provided by law.
Sec. 2. To be in full compensa-
tion.-The above specified salary and
allowance for clerk hire shall be in
full compensation for all services per-
formed for any such county as Pro-
bate Judge and also while acting in
the capacity of judge of the juvenile
court, except such fees as are pro-
vided by law, and shall be paid in
tho same manner as the salaries of
other emplOyeS in said county are
paid.
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CHAPTER 14S-H. r. No. 952
AN ACT relating to the granting of
easements for pipe lines over lands
under the jurisdiction of the rural
credits department.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of
the State of Minnesota:
Section 1. The Minnesota Rural
Credits Bureau is hereby authorized
to sell, grant and convey to any per-
son, firm or corporation who shall
apply therefor right of way or ease
ment to lay, maintain, operate and
keep up pipe lines for the transporta-
ton and transmission of gasoline and
other petroleum products over and
across lands subject to rural credits
mortgages, and over and across lands
acquired by the state through the
foreclosure of such mortgages, upon
such terms and conditions as said
board shall deem advisable.
Approved April Is, 1881.
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township mutual fire insurance

companies.
Be it enacted by the Legislature Of
the State Of Minnesota:
Section 1. That Section 3646 of
Mason's Minnesota Statutes of 1927
be and the same hereby is amended
so as to read as follows:
"3646. 1t shall be lawful for any
number of persons, not less than
twenty-five (25), residing in adjoin-
ing towns in this state, who shall
collectively own property worth at
least fifty thousand dollars ($50, 00O
to form themselves into company or
corporation for mutual insurance
against loss or damage by fire or
lightning. No such company shall
operate in more than eighty-five $3.50
towns in the aggregate at the same
time. Provided, that when any such
company confines its operations to
one county it may transact business
in the whole thereof by so providing
in its certificate of Incorporation"
Approved April 13, 1881.
CHAPTER 1875. r. No. 4s1.
AN ACT to amend Section Is and
Section 10 of Chapter 81, Laws of
1929, being an act providing that
a firemen's civil service commission
may be created In cities not of the
first class and in villages having
q population of 1000 inhabitants or
more and having q regularly en-
ployed and paid municipal fire de-
partment and defining the powers
and duties of such commission.
Be it enacted by the Legislature OF
the State of Minnesota:
Section 1. That Section IS Of Chap
ter 81, Laws of 1929, be and the same
hereby is amended to read as fol-
lows:
Section 1s. Any Firemen's Civil
Service Commission hereafter Great
ed, pursuant to the provisions of this
act, may be discontinued and abol-
ished as follows: A petition signed
by twenty-five per cent of the num-
Der of legal voters voting at the last
general municipal election shall be
filed with the governing body of such
city or village, and shall request that
the following question be submitted
to the voters, to-wit: Shall the Fire
mems Civil Service Commission be
abolished"
Sec. 2. That Section 10 of Chap
IeT 81, LAWS OIL 1879, De anu the same
hereby Is amended to read as fol-
lows:
Section 10. When such petition
is filed, the governing body of such
city or village shall cause said ques-
ton to be submitted to the voters at
the first following general municipal
election.
"Such commission shall be deemed
to be abolished if two-thirds of the
votes cast in said election be in ia
vor of such adjustment; and the
status of the fire department and all
of the employees thereof shall there
after be deemed to be the same as
Iif said commission had not been
created"
Sec. 8. This act shall take eff
feet and be in force from and after
it's passage.
Approved April 10, 1881.
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chool district, subject to local taxa.

school district, subject to local taxa
ton.
(c) The rate of taxation in mills
for county school district purposes
for the current and next preceding
year.
Cd The total amount spent for all
school purposes by any such county
school district for the last preceding
year, and an estimate of the ex-
penses for the county school district
purposes for the current year.
The information called for in Para
graph (a) shall be ascertained and
certified, upon the request of any such
county school district, by the rail-
road and warehouse commission
and the information called for in
Paragraphs CD and (c) shall be GER
titled by the county auditor OF the
county in which such county school
district Is situated; and the informa-
ton called for in Paragraph Cd shall
be certified by the clerk of the county
school district.
Sec. 8. The Department Of Edu-
cation shall Immediately consider said
matter and determine whether or not
any such school district is entitled to
aid under the provisions of this act,
and If it finds that any such school
district is entitled to such aid, 1t
shall determine the amount to which
such county school district is entitled
within the limitations of this act. and
shall certify said amount to the State
Auditor, who shall draw a warrant
upon the State Treasurer in favor of
any such county school district for
the amount to which it is so entitled
and deliver the same to said county
school district, taking proper voucher
or receipt therefor.
Approved April Is, 1881.