Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-05-06
CHAPTER 419-H. F. No. 374
A BILL

FOR AN ACT to amend MasOn's
Minnesota Statutes of 1927, Sec
ton 1002-1 as amended by Laws
1888, Chapter 377, as amended by
Chapter 342, Laws 1885 relating to
dissolution of townships.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of
the State Of Minnesota:
Section 1. That Mason's Mime
sofa Statutes Of 1927, Section 1O02-1
as amended by Laws 1888, Chapter
377, as amended by Chapter 342,
Laws 1885, be and the same is
hereby amended so as to read as
follows:
1002-1. Whenever the voters re-
siding within duly organized civil
township in this state have failed
to elect any township officials for
more than ten years continuously
Immediately prior to the taking
effect of this act, or said township
has failed and omitted for period
OF ten years to exercise any of the
powers and functions of an or
ganized civil township as provided
by law, or whenever the assessed
valuation OF any duly organized
civil township drops to less than
100000 or whenever the tax de-
linquency Of any such township,
exclusive Of taxes that are delin-
quent or unpaid by reason Of taxes
being contested in proceedings for
the enforcement of taxes, amounts
to SO per cent Of its assessed valua-
ton, or where the state or the fed
eral government has acquired title
to SO per cent of the real estate of
such township, which facts or any
Of them may be found and deter
mined by the resolution of the
county board of the county in which
said township is located, according
to the official records in the office
Of the county auditor of said county,
the county board by resolution may
declare any such township, naming
the same, duly dissolved and no
longer entitled to exercise any of
the powers or functions of an or
ganized township. Provided, how
ever, that in counties having a
population according to the 1880
Federal Census of not more than
$1,000 nor less than $4,000 in
habitants and having not more than
II nor less than IS full or frac-
tional Congressional Townships and
in counties having population &C
cording to the 1890 Federal Census
of not more than $4,000 nor less than
$1,000 inhabitants and having not
more than 81 nor less than 30 full
or fractional Congressional Town
ships, and in counties having a
population according to the 1890
Federal Census of not more than
100000 nor less than 100000 in
habitants and having not more than
202 nor less than 200 full or frac-
tional Congressional Townships, be-
fore any such dissolution shall be-
come effective the freeholders of
said township may express their
approval or disapproval of such
dissolution. The township clerk of
any such township shall upon the
petition Of ten legal voters of such
township, filed with him at least
fifteen days before any regular or
special township election thereof,
give notice at the same time and
in the same manner of such cleo
ton that the question Of dissolution
Of such township will be submitted
for determination at such election.
At such election, when so petitioned
for, said question shall be voted
upon by separate ballot the terms
Of which shall be either "for disso-
luton" or against dissolution"
which ballot shall b dspoated IA q