Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-05-06
CHAPTER 232-H. F. No. 128
A BILL

A BILL
FOR AN ACT to amend Mason's
Minnesota Statutes of 1927, Sec
ton 1869, relating to the office
of County Highway Engineer.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of
the State of Minnesota:
Section 1. Mason's Minnesota
Statutes of 1927, Section 1869, is
amended go as to read as follows:
1869. Sub. /. The county board
OF each county shall appoint and
employ as hereinafter provided, a
county highway engineer who shall
have charge Of the highway work
OF the county ana The forces en-
ployed thereon, and who shall make
and prepare all surveys, estimates,
plans and specifications which are
required Of him. Such county high
way engineer may be removed by
the county board during the term
Of office for which he is appointed,
only for incompetency or miscon-
duct shown after hearing upon
due notice, upon stated charges.
The burden Of proving Incompetent
cy or misconduct shall rest upon
the party alleging the same.
Sub. 2. Such county highway en-
gineer may be selected from a list
OF eligible, competent highway en-
gineerS which list shall be sub
mitted by the commissioner of high
ways to the county board when
vacancy exists. He shall be appoint
ed at the first meeting of the coun-
ty board in May of the year in
which the term Of office shall eX-
pire, and shall be appointed for a
term of two years, provided, that
when a new county highway en-
gineer is appointed he may be ap-
pointed for one year only, and
thereafter his appointment shall be
made as hereinbefore set forth. The
county highway engineer shall be
a citizen of the state of Minnesota,
and must have resided therein for
not less than three years immedi-
ately preceding the date of his ap-
pointment. The salary of the coun-
ty highway engineer shall be fixed
by the county board and be payable
the same as other county officers
are paid. His salary shall not be
reduced during his term Of office,
provided, however, that the salary
Of the county highway engineer
may be reduced in the same pro-
portion as the salary of the county
board in such county.
Sub. 3. The county highway en-
gineer shall devote his entire time
to his official duties, and shall be-
fore entering upon the duties of
his office, give bond to the state
in the penal sum OF $4,000, to be
approved and filed in the same
manner as are the bo-ds Of the
other county officers. The state, the
several governmental subdivisions
thereof, or any person damaged by
any wrongful act or omission of
said county highway engineer in the
performance of his official duties,
may maintain an action on his bond
for the recovery Of the damages
so sustained.
Sub. 4. The county highway en-
gineer shall prepare and submit
to the county board at its regular
meetings in July, a report OF all
expenditures and work done since
the last report, and an estimate of
probable expenditures for the bal
ance Of the year. He shall also
prepare and submit, prior to the
time the levy for county road and
bridge purposes is made, a recon-
mendation with estimates Of cost,
of work which he considers neces-
sary or advisable for the following
year.
Sub. 5. Within 30 days after the
completion of construction job,
and once each month on other
work, he shall submit report
thereof to the county board and
to the commissioner Of highways,
and shall submit such other reports
as the rules and regulations of the
commissioner of highways shall re-
Quire.
Sub. 6. On or before January LIST,
Of each year the county highway
engineer shall prepare a complete
report covering the highway work
of the county, and submit one copy
to the county board and one copy
to the commissioner Of highways.
Sub. 7. In all cases where any
other engineer or. surveyor is now
charged by law with, duties in con-
nection with, and supervision OF
road or highway work for the coun-
ty he is hereby relieved at the eX-
piration of his present term, and
the county highway engineer at
that time is expressly charged with,
and he shall then assume such
duties, provided that the duties OF
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