Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-05-07
SESSION LAWS OF MINNESOTA

AT THE LEGISLAT.
Be Il enacted by the Legislature. Of
the State of Minnesota: -
Section 1. Every person, who shall
willfully place or deposit, or cause to
be placed or deposited, or who aids
or abets, or who conspires to aid or
abet in the placing or depositing in,
upon, under, against, or near to any
car, vessel, or structure any
foul, offensive or injurious sub
stance or compound, or any gas, fluid
or substance injurious to life or
or any noxious or offensive
gas, fluid or substance, with intent
to wrongfully injure, modest or CO.
cree another, or to injure the prop
erty or person of another, or to mo-
lest another in the use, management,
conduct or control of his business or
property, shall be guilty of gross
and upon conviction
thereof shall be punishable by a fine
of not more than One Thousand DOL
lars or by Imprisonment in the coun-
ty Jail for not more than one year.
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect
and be in force from and after its
passage.
Approved March "a, 1881.
CHAPTER SIS. =. No. 1904.
AN ACT requiring counties now or
hereafter having a population OF
not less than $4,000 to build and
maintain bridges costing more than
$500, and repeating certain laws.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of
the State of Minnesota:
Section 1. That any county now
or hereafter having population of
not less than $4,000 nor more than
Is, 500, according to the then last
state or Federal census,
shall build, rebuild and maintain all
bridges in such county where the cost
thereof shall be more than $500.
Sec. 2. That the county board shall
have the general supervision of all
bridges in such county, except where
the cost of building the same shall
be less than $500, and shall have
power to appropriate such sums of
money from the county treasurer as
SHdl NC GcCCoSdIy " obliAb ASSeAtNa
and maintain such bridges.
Sec. 8. This act shall not apply
to any bridge upon any county aid,
state aid road or any trunk high
way nor to any viaduct or bridge over
or under any railroad or street car
tracks.
Sec. 4. Laws 1921, chapter SO. and
all other acts or parts of acts incon-
sistent herewith are hereby repealed.
Approved March "a, 1881.
CHAPTER SIS. F. No. 90.
AN ACT defining motor boats and
regulating their construction and
use upon the public waters of this
state, and providing penalties for
the violation thereof.
Be it enacted by the Legislature OF
rae State of Minnesota:
Section 1. The words motor
boat" where used in this act shall
include every vessel propelled by ma
chinery, except tug and or tow boats
propelled by steam and operated up
on any lakes or streams of this state,
except lakes and streams situated in
whole or in part north of the forth
line of township 81 as the same eX-
tends due west across the state, and
excepting likewise all waters consti-
tuting the boundary between the
State of Minnesota and any other
state.
Sec. 2. No motor boat under the
provisions of this chapter shall be OPP
Grated at speed greater than is
reasonable and proper having due re-
gard to the safety of other boats
and persons.
Sec. 3. Every motor boat under
the provisions of this chapter pro-
PEELED by an internal combustion en-
CINE shall at all times be SO equipped
as to completely and effectually
"muffle' and silence the sound of
the explosions of such engine by di-
verting its exhaust under water, or
1t shall be unlawful to
operate any such motor boat SO pro-
PEELED by an internal combustion en-
CINE with the muffler or cut-out open
on any navigable or public waters in
this state other than international
waters, waters constituting the bound
airy between the State of Minnesota
and any other state, except while
such motor boat is actually COM
peting in race licensed to be held
pursuant to Section hereof.
Sec. 4. Such motor boats may be
operated with mufflers or cut-outs
open while actually competing in
any race licensed to be held by the
council or other governing body Of
the city, village, or town adjacent
or nearest to that portion of the body
Of water on which such race is to
be held
Sec. 5. Within As hours after a
motor boat meets with an accident
involving personal injury or loss of
life, it shall be the duty of the own
err or the person in charge of such
motor boat to prepare a written re-
port, setting forth the details of the
casualty, which report shall be for
warded by mail or otherwise to the
sheriff of the county in which the
accident occurred.
Sec. 6. All prior acts and parts of
prior acts inconsistent with the pro-
visions of this act are hereby re-
pealed.
Sec. Z. Any person who violates
any section of this act shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor and upon convic-
ton thereof, shall be punished by a
fine of not less than ten dollars nor
more than fifty dollars, or imprison-
ment not exceeding thirty days, or
both.
Sec. s. This act shall take effect
and be in force from and after July
LIST, 1881.
Approved March 26, 1881.
CHAPTER 89-H. F. No. $50.
AN ACT appropriating money to
assist in defraying expenses in
cident to the entertaining of the
National Convention of the Grand
Army of the Republic to be con-
vened in st. Paul in 1882.
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