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county are hereby authorized to supervise and manage the construction of such bridge, and the warrant or voucher of said board of county commissioners, that the moneys herein appropriated have been properly expended, shall be a sufficient warrant to the auditor and treasurer of said state, upon which to pay to said county the said appropriation.

SEC. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval. Approved April 9, 1897.

CHAPTER 104.

H. F. No. 1021.

bridges.

An act to amend House File No. 889, being a bill for Roads and an act to appropriate money to aid in building bridges and constructing roads and draining lands in certain

towns and counties of the state.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Minnesota:

SECTION 1. That title sixty-eight (68) of house file Amendment. No. 889 of the thirtieth session of the legislature of this state, being a bill for an act to appropriate money to aid in building bridges and constructing roads and draining lands in certain towns and counties of the state, be amended so that the same will read as follows:

TITLE 68.

pewa county.

Section 1. That the sum of two hundred and eighty- $285 for Chipfive dollars ($285) is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the state treasury belonging to the internal improvement fund, or out of the first money which shall come into the state treasury belonging to said fund, not already appropriated, to aid the county of Chippewa in rebuilding bridges in said county and repairing roads therein.

Sec. 2. That such work shall be done under the direction and supervision of the county commissioners of said county, and when work and repairs to the extent of two hundred and eighty-five dollars has been performed, they shall make a report to that effect, to the state auditor, which report shall be accompanied with a copy of all contracts, vouchers and accounts respecting the same.

Sec. 3. Upon receipt of said report by the state auditor,

H. F. No. 917.

Roads and bridges.

Amendment.

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the North in Polk Co.

showing that such work and repairs have been done in all respects in conformity with this act, he shall draw his order in favor of the county commissioners of said Chippewa county on the state treasurer for any money belonging to the internal improvement fund, for the cost of said work, not exceeding two hundred and eighty-five dollars.

SEC. 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved April 14, 1897.

CHAPTER 105.

An act to amend chapter one hundred and sixty-two (162) of the general laws of the year 1891, entitled "An act to appropriate money to aid in building roads and bridges and draining lands in certain counties o this state.

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Minnesota:

SECTION 1. That Title A. 29 of chapter one hundred and sixty-two (162) of the general laws of the year 1891, be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

That the sum of four hundred and fifty (450) dollars Red River of is hereby appropriated out of any money in the state treasury belonging to the internal improvement fund, or out of the first money thac shall come into the treasury belonging to said fund, not otherwise appropriated; that Ole O. Estenson, Elias Steenerson and E. D. Childs of the county of Polk be and they are hereby appointed commissioners whose duty it shall be to cause the construction of a suitable wagon bridge across the Red River of the North at or near the place where the section line between sections twenty-five (25) and thirtysix (36), township one hundred and forty-eight (148) north, of range forty-nine (49), where it crosses said river; to adopt plans for the same, and to contract for and superintend the construction of said bridge.

Polk Co. to appropriate $3,000 for said bridge.

Provided, That said four hundred and fifty (450) dollars shall not be drawn from the state treasury until the county of Polk shall have appropriated at least three thousand (3,000) dollars for the purpose of building said bridge.

SEC. 2. That said bridge shall be erected under the direction of the above named commissioners of said

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county conditional upon that the said commissioners Commissionjointly or severally giving bonds to the state of Minne- ing bridge to sota under the penal sum of fifteen thousand dollars (15,000), which sureties to be approved by the judge of the district court of the Fourteenth judicial district, conditioned for the faithful application of all the moneys that may come into their hands under the provisions of this act, for the purpose of constructing said bridge, and the faithful discharge of their duties as said commissioners, which bond when so executed and approved shall be filed with the auditor of Polk county within one year of the passage of this act; and any vacancy occurring in the membership of said commission shall be filled by appointment by the governor. That said commissioners may receive and expend any sum of money appropriated by the said Polk county or by any person, corporation or municipality together with the amount in this act appropriated, and expend the same in the construction of said bridge, and to be expended by said commission in the construction of said bridge. SEC. 3. That when said bridge is completed, said Report to board of county commissioners shall officially report the fact to the state auditor, who shall, upon the receipt of said report, draw his order in favor of the county treasurer of said Polk county upon the state treasury for said sum ot four hundred and fifty (450) dollars belonging to said funds; and said moneys shall be disbursed by said county treasurer upon the order of said county commissioners, towards paying expenses of said bridge.

state auditor.

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SEC. 4. That said bridge when constructed shall Free from forever remain free from toll to any citizen of the United States or other persons crossing the same, and that said commission shall not receive any compensation out of the money appropriated out of this act.

SEC. 5. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval.

Approved April 14, 1897.

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CHAPTER 106.

An act to transfer an appropriation for a bridge in Chisago county, made from the internal improvement fund by chapter one hundred and eighty-five (185) of the special laws for the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one (1881), to the road and bridge fund of said county.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Minnesota:

SECTION. 1. That the appropriation heretofore made from the internal improvement fund now in the state treasury, by and under the provisions of chapter one hundred and eighty-five (185) of the special laws of the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one (1881), entitled "An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the St. Croix river in Chisago county, and to appropriate money to aid in the construction thereof," approved March 7th, 1881, be and the appropriation made by said chapter is hereby transferred to the road and bridge fund of said Chisago county; provided, that the appropriation so made by said chapter 185 of the special laws of the year 1881, is to be paid to the treasurer of Chisago county, and expended under the supervision of the board of county commissioners of said county.

SEC. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved April 6, 1897.

H. F. No. 114.

Peddlers and hawkers.

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An act to license peddlers and hawkers in organized townships in the State of Minnesota.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Minne

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SECTION 1. No person shall hereafter be allowed to sell or expose for sale any personal property within any organized township within the state of Minnesota, as a peddler or hawker, without first obtaining a license therefor from the proper authorities of said organized township in the manner hereinafter prescribed.

SEC. 2. The township supervisors of every organized township in the state of Minnesota are hereby author

township

ized and empowered to establish rates and prescribe Powers of rules for the issuing of licenses to hawkers and peddlers supervisors. within the limits respectively of such organized township. The fee for such license in any organized township shall not exceed thirty (30) dollars per annum.

cense.

The supervisors of any organized township may, in Rates of liprescribing the rates of license, prescribe different rates for peddlers and hawkers carrying their goods by foot or rail transportation and of those carrying the same by one (1) or two (2) horse wagon conveyance, and may by ordinance or resolution regulate their manner of doing business, and such ordinance or resolution need not be published, but all such regulations shall be written or printed in the body of or on the back of such license certificate issued to any licensee.

SEC. 3. Any person desiring to obtain a license as peddler or hawker shall apply to the clerk of the township for the same, stating the general nature of his business, and the manner of transporting his goods and wares, and shall pay to said clerk the fee therefor; thereupon the clerk shall issue his license, good for one year.

All fees received by any town clerk to be paid over to the town treasurers.

Town clerk to

issue license

for one year.

SEC. 4. Any person who shall sell or expose for sale Penalties. any kind of personal property in any organized township in this state as a peddler or hawker, without having obtained a lecense therefor as hereinbefore provided, shall, upon conviction thereof, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and be punished by a fine of not less than ten (10) dollars nor more than one hundred (100) dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period not exceeding ninety (90) days; and any person having said license who shall refuse to exhibit the same to any person demanding to see the same shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not less than five (5) dollars nor more than twenty-five (25) dollars.

whom.

SEC. 5. This act shall not be construed to apply to Applies to any person traveling from place to place soliciting orders for goods, wares, merchandise, with or without samples, where such goods, wares or merchandise are to be delivered by or through a person or corporation other than the one soliciting such orders; neither shall it be construed to prevent the sale accompanied by delivery of goods, wares or merchandise to retail dealers; nor shall it be construced to apply to train boys; nor shall it be construed to prevent any manufacturer, mechanic, nurseryman, farmer, butcher, fish or milk dealer, selling, as the case may be, his manufactured articles, or products of his nursery or farm, or his

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