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MN Stat § 376.57 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 376 — County Hospitals And Nursing Homes|Section 376.57 — Jointly Owned And Operated Nursing Facilities; Establishment.

376.57 JOINTLY OWNED AND OPERATED NURSING FACILITIES; ESTABLISHMENT. In establishing a jointly owned and operated county nursing home or facility for supportive services, each of the cooperating counties shall determine by a majority vote of the county board that it is in favor of the establishment of the home or of the facility, the place of its location, and the approximate amount to be spent for the establishment of the proposed nursing home or facility. Each county shall authorize the payment by that county of its proportionate share of the cost of the establishment. The proportion of costs of the establishment, and of costs of maintenance and operation of the nursing home or facility to be paid by each county shall be set by terms agreed upon by each of the participating counties. History:  1951 c 610 s 3; 1957 c 865 s 3; 1984 c 528 s 3; 1985 c 109 s 10
MN Stat § 376.59 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 376 — County Hospitals And Nursing Homes|Section 376.59 — County Building Funds.

376.59 COUNTY BUILDING FUNDS. When the county nursing home administrative board is satisfied that each county in a cooperating group of counties has available its share of the cost of establishing the nursing home and facility for supportive services, it shall certify this information to the county board of each cooperating county. The county board shall order the county treasurer of that county to pay the treasurer of the county in which the nursing home is to be located the county nursing home building funds in the possession of the county treasurer. The county nursing home administrative board shall then carry out the purposes of sections 376.55 to 376.60. History:  1951 c 610 s 5; 1984 c 528 s 5; 1985 c 109 s 10
MN Stat § 376.60 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 376 — County Hospitals And Nursing Homes|Section 376.60 — Administrative Board Or Executive Committee; Powers.

376.60 ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD OR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE; POWERS. The county nursing home administrative board or its executive committee may: (1) hire an administrator and all necessary employees for the management and control of the nursing home and to prescribe their compensation and duties; (2) arrange for physicians' services and other medical care for the residents in the home; (3) purchase equipment, supplies and services necessary in the care and maintenance of the nursing home and the residents; (4) exercise the county powers authorized under section 376.55, subdivision 2; (5) institute condemnation proceedings in the name of the county or counties involved, conducted in the manner provided under chapter 117, in the case of other condemnation proceedings by counties; and (6) perform all other acts necessary to carry out the provisions of sections 376.55 to 376.60, except those with which the county board or boards are specifically charged, unless otherwise provided by law. History:  1951 c 610 s 6; 1984 c 528 s 6; 1985 c 109 s 10
MN Stat § 379.01 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 379 — Organization, Formation, And Partition Of Towns|Section 379.01 — Organization.

379.01 ORGANIZATION. Subdivision 1. Manner; petition; name. When a majority of the registered voters of any congressional township containing not less than 25 legal voters petition the county board to be organized as a town such board shall forthwith call an election on the question. If a majority of the vote in the township is in favor of organization, the county board shall proceed to fix and determine the boundaries of such new town and name the same and make and file with the auditor a full report of its proceedings in relation to the establishment thereof. Towns thus formed shall be named in accordance with the expressed wish of a majority of its voters. If they fail to request a name, the board shall select one. Subd. 2. Petition by freeholders. When a majority of the resident freeholders of any one, two, three, four, or five congressional townships containing in the aggregate not less than 25 freeholders who are legal voters petition the county board to be organized as a town such board shall forthwith call an election on the question. If a majority of the vote in the townships is in favor of organization, the county board shall proceed to fix and determine the boundaries of such new town and name the same and make and file with the county auditor a full report of its proceedings in relation to the establishment thereof. For the purposes of this section, the word "freeholders" shall be construed to include any person who is a legal voter in any such town occupying real estate therein under the homestead or preemption laws of the United States or under contract of purchase from any person or corporation or from the state of Minnesota. Subd. 3. Organizational meeting. If the result of an election held under this section is in the affirmative, the county shall arrange for the holding of the first organizational meeting not more than 30 days after the election in the township to be organized. Subd. 4. Conduct of election; costs. The county auditor shall have the ballots printed for an election under this section and shall otherwise make preparation for the election including having a notice published in the official newspaper of the county once a week for two successive weeks stating the date of the election and the question to be voted on. The last publication shall be no later than ten days before the election. The cost of the election shall be borne by the county. History:  (787, 788) RL s 451; 1905 c 143 s 1; 1931 c 19; 1987 c 147 s 3
MN Stat § 379.02 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 379 — Organization, Formation, And Partition Of Towns|Section 379.02 — Towns, Change Of Boundaries And Names.

379.02 TOWNS, CHANGE OF BOUNDARIES AND NAMES. The county board may alter the boundaries of towns, or partition any town among other towns within the county by attaching a part of one town to another, or by dividing one town and attaching the parts to other towns, or by forming a new town from the territory of one or more towns, or from territory not before included in a town, whenever it is made to appear necessary or expedient, by a petition for that purpose signed by not less than 20 legal voters residing within the territory to be affected. The county board may, upon notice as provided in section 379.03, alter the boundaries or change the name of any town within the county by attaching thereto unorganized territory abutting thereon within the county, after a petition for that purpose, signed by not less than 20 legal voters residing within the unorganized territory proposed to be attached, is approved by the town board of the town to which the territory is proposed to be attached. No town shall be so formed, having less than 36 square miles, nor have its boundaries so changed as to reduce its territory below that area, unless after such division it shall have at least 25 qualified voters therein, and real estate valued at the last preceding assessment at $30,000 or more; and no town shall be divided or have any part detached therefrom so as to make its area less than 36 square miles, except upon the petition of at least two-thirds of the legal voters residing in one or both subdivisions or parts. The county auditor must notify the state demographer of any boundary or name changes. The county shall prepare an estimate of the population and the number of households in the attached or detached area. The estimate must be certified by the state demographer. The estimate must estimate the population as of the effective date of the county board's resolution and must be so dated. History:  (789) RL s 452; 1955 c 3 s 1; 1997 c 87 s 2
MN Stat § 379.03 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 379 — Organization, Formation, And Partition Of Towns|Section 379.03 — Notice Of Hearing.

379.03 NOTICE OF HEARING. Before acting on any petition mentioned in section 379.02, the county board shall cause 30 days' posted notice of the time of hearing the same to be given within the bounds of the territory proposed to be partitioned, altered, or formed into a new town. Such notice shall include a copy of the petition, and be served on the clerk of each town whose territory may be affected. History:  (790) RL s 453
MN Stat § 379.04 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 379 — Organization, Formation, And Partition Of Towns|Section 379.04 — If Granted, Board To Fix Boundaries; Make, File Report.

379.04 IF GRANTED, BOARD TO FIX BOUNDARIES; MAKE, FILE REPORT. If such application is granted, the county board shall forthwith fix and determine the boundaries of such town or towns, and make and file with the county auditor a full report of its proceedings in the matter. History:  (791) RL s 454
MN Stat § 379.045 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 379 — Organization, Formation, And Partition Of Towns|Section 379.045 — First Town Meeting; Election Of Officers.

379.045 FIRST TOWN MEETING; ELECTION OF OFFICERS. The first town meeting and election of officers in each new town shall be held as provided in sections 365.50 and 367.03, subdivision 1. History:   1985 c 169 s 14
MN Stat § 379.05 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 379 — Organization, Formation, And Partition Of Towns|Section 379.05 — Auditor To Sum Up Report For State, Make Town Record.

379.05 AUDITOR TO SUM UP REPORT FOR STATE, MAKE TOWN RECORD. Each county auditor shall within 30 days after any such town is organized transmit by mail or appropriate digital technology to the secretary of state an abstract of such report, giving the name and boundaries of such town and record in a book kept for that purpose a full description of each such town. The secretary of state shall distribute copies of the abstract to the commissioner of revenue, the state demographer, the Minnesota Geospatial Information Office, the chief administrative law judge of the state Office of Administrative Hearings, and the commissioner of transportation. History:  (792) RL s 455; 1973 c 492 s 14; 1976 c 231 s 27; 1984 c 618 s 54; 2003 c 2 art 5 s 7; 2008 c 196 art 2 s 6; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 107 ; 2010 c 392 art 1 s 15
MN Stat § 379.06 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 379 — Organization, Formation, And Partition Of Towns|Section 379.06 — Apportionment Of Funds; Taxes.

379.06 APPORTIONMENT OF FUNDS; TAXES. In case of the division or partition of any town, the funds in its treasury and undistributed town taxes shall be apportioned to the town or towns to which the portions thereof shall be attached, or to the new town or towns established, to the extent the same are collected from the territory so attached or established into a new town. All taxes collected after the division or partition of such town shall when collected be paid to the town in which the property upon which the taxes are collected is located; but taxes levied for the payment of outstanding bonds shall be paid to the town issuing such bonds until such time as the same are paid. When any such county board shall have heretofore or shall hereafter divide or partition any such town it shall apportion to the several parts thereof that portion of the debts of the town represented by outstanding orders or otherwise and the property thereof as may seem to it right and proper, and the apportionment when so made shall be binding upon the parts affected, but shall be subject to review by the district court. History:  (793) RL s 456; 1909 c 123 s 1
MN Stat § 379.07 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 379 — Organization, Formation, And Partition Of Towns|Section 379.07 — Towns With Same Name.

379.07 TOWNS WITH SAME NAME. If the commissioner of revenue, on comparing the abstracts of the reports from the several counties, finds that two or more towns have the same name, the commissioner shall transmit to the auditor of the proper county the name to be altered, and the county board shall, at its next meeting thereafter, adopt for such town a different name. When such name is adopted the county auditor shall inform the commissioner of revenue, as before directed. History:  (794) RL s 457; 1973 c 492 s 14; 1976 c 231 s 28; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 379.08 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 379 — Organization, Formation, And Partition Of Towns|Section 379.08 — Change Of Name Of Town.

379.08 CHANGE OF NAME OF TOWN. The board of county commissioners of any county in this state may change the name of any town within such county upon a petition signed by a number of the legal voters of such town equal to 55 percent of the votes cast in such town at the last preceding general election and the new name suggested in such petition shall be adopted as the official name of such town. Such petition shall be filed with the county auditor and it shall be the duty of the auditor thereupon to give three weeks' published notice of the filing of such petition by publishing the same in the official newspaper of the county, and the petition shall be taken up and considered at the next meeting of the board of county commissioners held not less than 30 days after the date of publication of such notice. History:  (795) 1907 c 88 s 1
MN Stat § 379.09 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 379 — Organization, Formation, And Partition Of Towns|Section 379.09 — Order Of Board.

379.09 ORDER OF BOARD. Petition being granted, the board shall make a formal order to that effect, which shall be filed with the county auditor and thereupon the official name of such town shall be the one so adopted. The auditor shall within 20 days after any such change of name of town transmit by mail to the commissioner of revenue an abstract of all the proceedings and orders of the county commissioners relative to such change of name. History:  (796) 1907 c 88 s 2; 1973 c 492 s 14; 1976 c 231 s 29
MN Stat § 381.01 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 381 — Surveys, Section Corners, Township Landmarks|Section 381.01 — Petition.

381.01 PETITION. On petition of a town board in the case of a township, or of at least two taxpayers in a section, in the case of a section, filed with the county auditor requesting it, the county board may direct that the township or section be surveyed or subdivided. History:  (797) RL s 458; 1986 c 365 s 1
MN Stat § 381.02 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 381 — Surveys, Section Corners, Township Landmarks|Section 381.02 — Meeting; Notice.

381.02 MEETING; NOTICE. At its next regular meeting after the petition is filed, the county board shall fix a time and place of meeting to consider it, of which three weeks' published notice, containing the substance of the petition, a description of the lands to be affected, and the names of the owners thereof as they appear in the last tax duplicate, must be given. The notice must also be personally served on each occupant of land to be affected by the survey. History:  (798) RL s 459; 1986 c 365 s 2
MN Stat § 381.03 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 381 — Surveys, Section Corners, Township Landmarks|Section 381.03 — Hearing; Contract With Surveyor.

381.03 HEARING; CONTRACT WITH SURVEYOR. On the hearing of the petition, all parties interested may appear and be heard, and the county board may grant or reject the application. If granted, it shall appoint a licensed surveyor to make the survey, with whom a written contract for the performance of the work must be made, secured by a sufficient bond executed by the surveyor and approved by the board. Two weeks' published notice of the appointment of the surveyor, specifying the date when the survey will begin, must be given. At the appointed time, the work shall begin, and shall continue without unnecessary delay until completed. History:  (799) RL s 460; 1986 c 365 s 3
MN Stat § 381.04 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 381 — Surveys, Section Corners, Township Landmarks|Section 381.04 — Duties Of Surveyor.

381.04 DUTIES OF SURVEYOR. The surveyor shall keep complete and accurate records and field notes of all the work, giving dates, names of assistants, lengths and relative directions of all lines, a full description of the evidence and method by which corners are located or restored, and complete data by which the entire survey can be relocated. Distances must be given in feet and decimals thereof. Durable magnetic monuments must be placed at all restored government corners or as references to the government corners. The surveyor shall make a plat on durable reproducible material, showing the above mentioned facts, so far as practicable, and also all tracts of land affected, with the name of the owner and acreage of each tract. The plat must have endorsed thereon the affidavit of the surveyor to the effect that the survey and plat are correct and accurate. History:  (800) RL s 461; 1986 c 365 s 4
MN Stat § 381.05 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 381 — Surveys, Section Corners, Township Landmarks|Section 381.05 — Plat As Evidence.

381.05 PLAT AS EVIDENCE. If the board approves the plat, its certificate of approval, signed by the chair, must be endorsed thereon. The surveyor shall then file the plat, records and field notes in the office of the county recorder. If an office for the county surveyor is maintained in a building maintained by the county for county purposes on a full-time basis, the plat, records and field notes must be filed in the surveyor's office with a copy of the plat filed in the office of the county recorder. The plats, records and field notes filed under this provision are prima facie evidence that the survey is correct. The surveyor shall pay to the recorder the current fee for filing and recording the plat, records and field notes or plat, as the case may be. History:  (801) RL s 462; 1976 c 181 s 2; 1986 c 365 s 5; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 381.06 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 381 — Surveys, Section Corners, Township Landmarks|Section 381.06 — Expenses; Assessment.

381.06 EXPENSES; ASSESSMENT. The surveyor shall then make a certified report to the board, showing in detail the entire expense of the survey, which must be equitably apportioned and assessed by the board to the several tracts affected. History:  (802) RL s 463; 1986 c 365 s 6
MN Stat § 381.07 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 381 — Surveys, Section Corners, Township Landmarks|Section 381.07 — Assessment; Notice; Confirmation.

381.07 ASSESSMENT; NOTICE; CONFIRMATION. On making the assessment, the board shall give one week's published notice thereof. The notice must contain a description of each tract of land affected, and specify the amount assessed against each tract, the name of the supposed owner, and the time and place of meeting of the board to correct and confirm the assessment. At the time and place given in the notice, the board, after making all proper corrections and adjustments, shall make an order confirming the assessment. History:  (803) RL s 464; 1986 c 365 s 7
MN Stat § 381.08 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 381 — Surveys, Section Corners, Township Landmarks|Section 381.08 — Assessment Entered On Tax Duplicate.

381.08 ASSESSMENT ENTERED ON TAX DUPLICATE. On the filing of the order of confirmation, the county auditor shall enter on the tax duplicate for the current year, against each such tract of land, the amount so assessed against it, which shall be collected as other taxes, and be deposited in the county revenue fund. History:  (804) RL s 465; 1986 c 365 s 8
MN Stat § 381.09 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 381 — Surveys, Section Corners, Township Landmarks|Section 381.09 — Expenses, How Paid.

381.09 EXPENSES, HOW PAID. After the filing of the order of confirmation, the expenses of the survey, not exceeding the amount of the assessment, must be paid out of the general revenue fund of the county in the same manner as other claims. History:  (805) RL s 466; 1986 c 365 s 9
MN Stat § 381.10 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 381 — Surveys, Section Corners, Township Landmarks|Section 381.10 — Appeals.

381.10 APPEALS. Appeals from the order of confirmation may be taken to the district court by any person aggrieved, in the same manner as from the determination of the board in laying out roads. On an appeal the court may inquire into and review all matters relating to the survey or assessment or expenses affecting the party appealing, which are specified in the notice of appeal. History:  (806) RL s 467; 1986 c 365 s 10
MN Stat § 381.11 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 381 — Surveys, Section Corners, Township Landmarks|Section 381.11 — Not To Affect Lines Fixed By Agreement.

381.11 NOT TO AFFECT LINES FIXED BY AGREEMENT. Nothing in sections 381.01 to 381.10 shall be construed to authorize the change of any line fixed by agreement of land owners or of any traveled road. History:  (807) RL s 468
MN Stat § 381.13 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 381 — Surveys, Section Corners, Township Landmarks|Section 381.13 — Township Landmarks.

381.13 TOWNSHIP LANDMARKS. In every county, the county board shall cause to be placed by a licensed surveyor at the northeast corner of each congressional township a durable magnetic monument having a head not less than 3-1/2 inches in diameter and a length of 20 inches. The monument must be embedded its full length in the ground. The county board shall pay from the treasury the expense of installing the monuments, and the place where the monument is located is prima facie evidence of the northeast corner of such township. History:  (785) RL s 449; 1986 c 365 s 12
MN Stat § 381.19 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 370 - 403 — Counties, County Officers, Regional Authorities|Chapter 381 — Surveys, Section Corners, Township Landmarks|Section 381.19 — Violations; Penalty.

381.19 VIOLATIONS; PENALTY. Any person who willfully removes, destroys, or defaces a monument lawfully erected is guilty of a misdemeanor. History:   1986 c 365 s 13