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All such bonds. shall be signed. the mayor, attested by the city clerk, an countersisned by the comptroller, and’ shall be sealed with the seal of such’ clty; pro. vided, that the signatures to the coupons at- tached to such bonds, if any, may be Itho- Frephea thereon, and none of ‘said bonds shall e sold at less than thelr par value and ac- crued interest, and then only to the highest responsible bidder therefor, When sald béhds or any of them are issued and sold, {t shall be the duty of the bend, of water commis. to ‘make suitalie ‘provision from the s of said ice plant for the prompt yinent of all current tnterest on said bonds the same accrues and for the redemption ef said bonds at their maturity. Sec. 4. ‘The sald board of water commis? sioners shall establish such prices for ice as will at all times insure a sufftelent income to pay the Interest_and to provide a fund to xy the principal upon all the bonds to be! jssued under this act, as well as to pay all the expenses and cost’of the maintenance and Tepairs of said ice plant and other, expenses of operation and equipment, ‘This act shall also apply to cities @ charter framed pursuant to ‘This act shall take effect and be fm force from and after its passage. ‘Approved April 15, 1918. CBAPTER 806—H. F. No. 1042. A¥) ACT to amend Section 772 of the Re- Vised Laws of Minnesota for 1905, relating to the refundment of money to certain own- ers of real estate In cases where @ local im- Provement for which the money Was as- Sessed, 1s abandoned or where the amount of the assessment exceeds the improvements. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Minnesota Section & That Section 772 of the Revised | Laws of Minnesota for 1905, be and the same | 4s hereby amended so as to read as follows: 2 Whenever any special —_ assessment shall have been levied estate to defray the cost of a proposed local im- provement, and tho improvement shall be abandoned, or the total amount of the assess- ment shall exceed the cost of the improve- ment, the municipality shail be Hable to the owner in the first case for the amount of the paid by him, and in’ the second on ‘of the excess as the nent pald by him bears and it is hereby made proper authorities to make Provided application therefor is on behalf of the party entitled any action to recover the same within six years after ffinds to| aye been appropriated and by the proper officers to fully upon real made avaliayle pay the same. Approved April 16, 1918. CHAPTER 80T—8. F. No. 148, | °T to promote the safety of employes! ‘and travelers on railroads by requiring com. | mon carriers engaged {o operating railroads iu the State of Minnesota, to establish and | maintain a safe and sufficient clearance be-| tween structures located on and over their roadways and cars’ passing over thelr Mnes. and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Minnesota: Section 1. That AN the provisions of this act shall apply to any corporation or receiver there- of or to aby person or persons wihle engaged as common carriers in the transportation by railroad of passengers or property within this ate to which the gegulative powers of this) state ext , except railways operated by 4h¢ electric trolley system. . Bec. 2. at on and after the, passage of this act, it shall be unlawful for @ny common cartier, or any other» person, to erect or re- construct and thereaiter maintain on"wny stand-| ard gauge road on its liné or on any standard gauge side track used in connection therewith, | for use in any traffic mentioned in Section One of this act, any. warehouse, coal chute, stock pen, pole, mait cMane, stand pipe, hog drencher, or ‘any permanent or fixed structure or ob: struction, or in excavating allow any embank, ment of ‘earth or natural rock to remain upon its line of railroad or on any side-track used in connection therewith at a distance of less than eight feet measured from the center Mne of the traek, which said structure or ob- struction adjoins on standard gauge roads; nor shall apy overhead wires, bridges, viaduct or other obstruction passing over or above its tracks as aforesaid be erected or recon- structed at a less height than twenty-one (21) feet, measured from the top of the track rail. Sec. 3. The Railroad and Warehouse Com. mission may upon application made, after a thorough investigation, permit any common carrier to which this dct applies to erect any overhead or side obstructionsat a iéss dis- tance from the track than herein provided for, when in the judgment of said Commission a compliance with the clearance prescribed here- in would be impracticable. | Sec. 4. That on and after’ the passage of this act tt shall-be unlawful for any such common carrier to construct any track used for the purpose of moving any cars engaged in the movement of traffic within the regulative power of this state, where the center line’ of euch track is at a distance of less than four- teen feet from the center line of any other parallel track which it adjoins Sec. 56. Section four of this act shall not be eoustrued as applying to tracks to be used wholly for the purpose of switching or stor- ing cars, but the tracks which are to be used| for such purpose shall not be constructed in closer proximity to each other than thirteen (8) feet measured from the center line of any such track to the center line of any paraliel track which it adjoins; provided, that the dis. tance between said tracks specified in Section: four and five of this act may be diminished or closed up a necessary distance for track inter- sections, turn-outs and switch points. ec. 6. That on and after the passage of this act it shall be unlawful for any such com-| mon carrier to permit the space between such of its tracks as are ordinarily used by yard-| men and their aploy in the discharge of their duties, to become or remain obstructed lot ¢ {and cost of the |r yed; foe of a practical ot county comm! : of ve nt which -may” be "so allowed ong pil ‘snail not exceed the sum of Twelve ‘Dollars 1$1, 200,00), in any one year. In counties whose assessed valuation the sum of twelve hundred dollars ($1,200.00). And said twelve hundred dollars (81,200.00) shall be In full for all, services upon the county and other boards that committees and al] traveling and other expenses within ‘the county.” » Sec. All acts and parts of acts: incon- sistent with this act are hereby repealed, Sec. 8. This-act shall take effect and ‘be in force from and after its passage. Approved April 16, 1918. CHAPTER 809—S. F. No. 492. AN ACT to amend Sections. 3, 4, 5 and 6 of Chapter 247, General “Laws 1909, amended by Sections 8, 4, 5 and 6, of Chapter 82, General. Laws ' 1911, relating to and providing for the — establishment and maintenance of Departments of Agri- culture, Manual Training and Domestic Economy in state high, graded and con- solidated schools, and ‘to authorize rural schools to become associated with such state, grade or high schools, and making appropriation therefor, and levying taxes to carry such provisions into effect, and relating to the charging of tuition in such schools and the earning of the state aid. Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Minnesot = Section 1. That Section 8 of Chapter 247 neral Laws 1909, as amended by Sec- 3 of Chapter 82, General Laws 1911, be the same is hereby amended, so as to tion 3, Instruction in such agricultural and fidustrial department shall be free to all residents of the district. Said state high, graded or consolidated rura] schools or any Associated school organized under the pro- Visions of this act may charge non-resident pupils attending and receiving instruction in such department tultion not exceeding two and 50-100 dollars ($2.50) per month for each such pupil, to be fixed as hereafter provid- said iuliion so fixed shall be a legal charge against the school district in which sald non-resident pupil resides, and paid by such school district out of the funds of such district, upon presentation to the clerk of such district of a statement signed by the clerk, superintendent or principal of the district. furnishing such instruction, stat~ Ing the grade or department in whfch* any such non-resident pupil was enrolled, the number of months enrolled, name of such pupil, and amount of tuition, which state- ment’ shall be verified by such clerk, super- Intendent or pricipal, and thereupon an order shal! be drawn by ‘said district in favor of the district furnishing such {nsiruction for the amount of such tuition; provided, that not more than nine months’ Instruction in any school year, per pupil, shall be a charge y such district em account of such esident pupils. ‘The state high school peard. may establish rules respecting the enrollment and attend- ance of non-resident pupils In any school. op- erating under the provisions of this act, and may fix a scale of tuition charges in the sev- ra] grades or departments, for non-resident {pupils attending any such sqhool, not exceed- ing the maximum provided In this section. And in fixing tuition charges said state high schoo} board shall take into constdera- tion the particular circumstances and ability of the home district of non-resident puptis to pay the same, and also the number of agri- cuitural or Industrial subjects in which such non-resident pupil .receivés his tuition. ‘When necessary to. accommodate ‘a reason- able number of boys and girls to attend only in the winter months, special classes shall be formed far them. The instruction in such agricultural and industrial department shall character, dealing with soils, crops, fertilizers, drainage, farm mi hinery, farm buildings, breeds of live stock, live stock judging, animal diseases and reme- dies, production of milk and cream, testing of same, manufacture of butter and cheese, horticulture, gardening, plants, and such oth- er questions as have a@ direct’ relation to the business of farming, including bookkeeping and farm accounts. It shall also include sys- tematic courses in manual training and in home economies, a3 these are usually tavent tn. publfc schools, 2 sec. 2. “That ‘Sectlon 4 of Chapter 247, General Laws 1909, as amended by Section $ Chapter 82, General Laws 1911, be and the same 1s hereby amended so as to read as_ follow Sec. 4. Fach school designated to matn- tain. an agricultural and. industrial depart- ment as in this act provided for, shall re- celve ‘state ald” not exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars ((§2,900.00) per year, and in addition thereto one hundred fitty dollars ($150.00) per year for each associated rural school district’ that may ne associated with Such state high, graded or consolidated School, under the provisions of this act (and also one hundred fifty qoliars ($150.00) for each tural school in the same district ‘With such hfeh, graded or consolidated school, 9s the -high ‘school board. nay determine), “but In no case shall the toral amount. received by any. stich school exceed two-thirds of the sum actually expended upon such agricultur- al and industrial depaftment, as certified to the state high school board, “The special aid provided for under this act shall be in Meu of ali other ald for agricultural and indus- trial training granted by the state to the schools operating under the provisions of this act. ‘Any rural schoo} district which shall, under the provisions of this act, associate with a state high, graded or ‘consolidated. rural School for ‘the purposes specified in. this act, shall receive as state nid fifty dollars ($50.00) per year; such state ald to. such associated Tural schools shall be granted only upon Tec- ommend&tion of the superintendent of the Central school with which said rural school ig assoclated in addition to tHe recommend tion ‘of the county superintendent, as required y law. ‘All_'schools heretofore destgnated and now by any foreign obstacle that will interfere with the work of said employes or subject sald em- ployes to unnecessary hazard. Such space be-! tween or beside sald tracks as aforesaid, and| between the rails of sald, tracks must be’ kept | in such condition as\to permit said employes to| pass over or between said tracks or to use the| Same by day or night and under all weather| conditions without unnecessary hazard; pro. however, that wherever any raflroad| y has already begun work on depressing | f ite tracks, within the corporate limits of any municipality, whether under con- tract with such municipality or otherwise, this| act shall not apply to any depression of the| tracks of such company lying wholly within| the corporate limits of such muntetpality. | Sec. 7. That any common carrier’ subject! to the provisions of this act violating any of the| Brovisions thereof, shall be liable to a penalty of] we hundred dollars ($500.00) for each and any such violation; and each-day that any struc- ture er obstruction is maintained in violation of this act, shall constitute a separate of-| fense, such penalty to be recovered in a suit! or milt@ to be brought in the name of the State of Minnesota by the Attorney General or| under his direction in any court having’ juris- Giction thereof in the locality where such a violation shall have been committed, and it shall be the duty of the Attorney General un- der the direction of the State Rallroad and Warehouse Commission to bring such sults up- on duly verified information being lodged with him by any person of such violation being committed, and it shall also be the duty of| faid State Railroad and Warehouse Commis. sion to lodge with the Attorney General in- formation of any guch violation as may come to its knowledge, - Seo. 8. It shail be the duty of the Ratlroad Inspectors of the Bureau of Labor, Industries and Commerce, to report to the Railroad and Warehouse Commission and to the Attorney General any violation of the provisions of this act of which they may obtain knowledge. Bec. 9. ‘That any employe of said common carrier who, while in the performance of_his duty and while engaged in any commerce mMen-| tioned subject to the regulative power of this act in Section One, may be injured or killed by reason of a violation of Section Six of this act, or by reason of any structure or obstruc- tion erected or maintained prior to the passage of this act, or in violation of the provisions of this act. in closer proximiy to the ralis than hereinbefore provided, shali not be deemed to have assumed the risk thereby occasioned or to have been gullty of, contributory negligence although the employe continued in the employ of such common cartier after the use of such permanent overhead or side structure or ob. struction, of any kind or charactermentioned in this act shall have been brought to his Knowledge; and an exercise of the permission rovided for in Section Three of this act shall Bevat the sole tisk of the carrter. Bec. 10. This act shall take effect and bean force from and after its passage, » Approved April 16, 1913. | CHAPTER 308—S. F. No. 365. ‘AN ACT to amend Section four hund: twenty-ihree (423), Revised Laws of 1903 ne . amended by Chapter two ‘hundred and four Section Four Hu mended Hundred and. four (204), Geni . Chapter ‘Three Hun. Eighty-elgnt .” General Laws 1908, and Chapter Three Hundred Seventy 2 General Laws 1011, by amended so as t 8, Each ceive from the ci be and the same read as follows: minissioner shalt re- ty in full format his serv fees an annua] salary as follows: In counties whose assessed valuation does operating under the provisions of sald Chap- ter 247, General Laws 1909, as amended by Chapter 82, General Laws ‘1911, are hereby continued ‘provided, that they ‘comply with all the requirements of law for earning such aid, as fixed by law and by the rules of the’ state high school board. Provided, that no more than one school in any county shall be added to the Ust of schools recetving ald under this act in any two years." Sec. 3. That Section 6 of Chapter 247, Gen- 1909, as amended by Section 6. 82, ‘General Laws 1911, be) and hereby amended so to read eral Law: of Chapter the same is as, follows: “Sec. 6. For the purpose of providing training and instruction In such agricultural and industrial department for pnpils in rural schools, and to extend the supervision and Influence of state high or graded schools to rural schools, one or more school districts maintaining rural schools may become ass0- ciated with a high or graded schoo] in which is maintained an agricultural and Industrial department as herein provided, whether or not such high or graded school has been des- ignated by the high school board to receive ald under the provisiong of this act. In each case the high or graded school shail be known as the central school."’ No tuition shall be charged for pupils trom any associated district enrolled in any grade or department of a central schoal. No tui- tion for any pupil residing outside the lm- tts. of the central school district and the di tricts associated therewith under the acts enrolled in a central school below the sev- enth grade shall be charged against the dis- triet In which such pupil resides in favor of such central school. Tho current school fund shall be appor- ttoned to/such central school for the pupils enrolled therein from associated districts, and to the district in which any pupil resides for each pupil for whom tuition Is charged under this act by any school operating under the same. Sec, 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Note—The amendments provide: (1) Authorizes the High School Roard to fx a schedule of tuition, and provides that no tuition can be charged below the sevengh grade. & f that schoo] (2) | Provides tiow designated shall continue to receive afd while they com- ply with the law and rules of the High School oar (8) Removes the limit that only thirty schools can be aided annually, (4) That no. tuition ts to be charged pu- pilg of associated districts, (5) That the current school fund shail: be credited to the central school for pupils from associated districts and to the home district for non-resident pupils. Approved April 16, 1918. CHAPTER 310-8. F. No. 651. AN ACT to authorize and-empower cities of this state of over fifty thousand mhabitants to acquire, construct, own, operate and lease public utilities and to provide the means therefor. (204), General Laws 1907, Cha; Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State Hundred elehty-eixht. (288): General Laws] of Minnesota: 900, and Chapter three iundred seeventy.| Section 1. For the purposes of this Act, ur (B74). General Laws 1911, relating qo| Public utilities shall include street railways, aries of County Commissioners. telephones, water works, gas works. electric gislature of the State|Hignt. heat or power works. public docks. union depots and terminal systems, ice plants, stone quarries, creosotitg works, and public markets. z Sec. 2. Every cclty of tig. state shall have the power to own, constrict, acquire, pur- chase, maintain and operate any public util- ity within Its corporate limits, an’ the same, or any part of the same, to any company incorporated under the laws. of this state, for the purpose of operating such public Utility for any period not longer than twenty years, on such terms and conditions us the y council shall deem for the best interests the public. e af ynot exceed two milion five hundred thousand dollars ($2,500,000), the sum of One Hundred ‘and twenty-five Dollars ($125.00). ‘In counties whose assessed valuation ts more than two million five hundred thonsand dollars (82,500,000) and does not exered six_miliior dollars ($6,000,000), the sum of One Hundred Seventy-five Dollars ($175.00). In counties whose assessed valuation ts more than atx million dollars ($6,000,000) and does (not exceed Twenty Million Doilars (§20,000,- ‘Any city now owning anid operating its own water works, or other public utilities, may Continue tg own and operate ‘the same inthe SEhie manner as‘if now authorized by law ts Qwn and operate the same. without subimit- fing any proposition so to do to the electors thereof, and it may by a three-Atths vote of the. elt counell, of other governing body, an Without submission to. the electors if te, herein provided. issue, ‘bonds “and. certin eates of indebtedneds: in the manner and pro- Tigh than one hundred million dollars ($10,000,000) | grant. shall be| to lease |} of streets occupied by its grantee under the former grant, the new grantee shall pur- chase and take over such public utility of| the former grantee, upon the terms that the city might have it over, and it shall be lawful for the clty council of any city grant, without the petition or consent of any ‘of the owners of the land abutting or front- ing upon any. street, public alley or way, oF portion thereof, covered by such. grant. No ordinance authorizing the lease of any public utility for any period, nor any ordi- nance renewing any lease, shall go into effect until the expiration of sixty days from and after {ts passage. And if, within said sixty days, there is filed with'the clerk of such city ‘a petition signed by ten per cent of the |voters voting at the last preceding election for mayor, in stich city, asking that such ordinante “be submitted to a popular vote, then such ordinance shall not go into effect unless the question of the adoption of such ordinance shall first be submitted to the elect- ors of such city and are approved“by @ ma- jority of those voting thereon. The sighatures of such petition need not iL be appended Jo one paper,’ but each signot shall add to his signature, which shall be in bis own handwriting, his place of residence. giving the street and number. One of the/ signers of each such paper shall make oath before an officer, competent to administer oaths, that each gigmature to the paper ap- pended is the signature of the person whose name purports to be thereto subscribed. The City Council of arty city which shall decide by vote of its electors, as herein provided, to acquire or construct any public utility, shall have the power unl wtherwise pro- by ter the |regulations respecting the operation of the including the power to fix and prescribe and charges For the purpose of ac- quiring any such public utility elther by pur- chase or construction, as provided for in this Act, or for t equipment of any such public utility, and in addition to the certificates of any city may borrow money and issue its negotiable bonds to an amount not exceeding one-fifth of the cost thereof, pledging the faith gnd credit of the City therefor; but no such bonds shall be issued until qhe question of the issuance of certificates of shall have been approved by a majority of the electors voting thereon as provided for in ection 8 hereof, and then ouly upon a three- fifths vote of the City Council or other gov: erning body. In the exercise of the powers, or any of them, granted by this act, any such city shall have power to acquire.’ take and |hold any and all franchise or franchises, and [necessary property, real, personal. or mixed, for the purposes specified in this ‘act, either by purchase or condemnation in the manner | provided by law for the taking and condemn- ing of private property for puolic use, but in no valuation of public utility property’ for the purpose of any such acquisition, such public utilities now operating under such existing franchises ‘shall any sum bé included as the value of any earning power of such utility, or of the unexpired portion of any franchise granted by said city. In case of the ‘leasing by any city of any public utility owned by it, the rental reserved shall be based on both the actual value of the tangible property and of the franchise contained in such lease, and such rental shall not be less than a sufficient sum to meet the annual interest. upon all outstanding bonds or certificates issued by said city on account of any such public utility. Seo. 8, In addition to the- bonds pledging the faith and credit of the city, as provided for in Section 2 of this Act, any city may issue and dispose of interest-bearing certifi- cates, which shall be a lien or charge against the public utility property for the acquisition or construction of which they were issued and shall be payable out of the specified por- tion of the revenues or income to be derived therefrom, but which shall under no circum- stances be or become an obligation or liability of said city or payable out of the general funds thereof, nor shall such certificates be deemed a part of the indebtedness of said city for any purpose. Such certificates, to- gether with bonds hereinbefore provided for, shall not be issued on any such public utility property in an amount in excess of the cost to the city of such property as herein- before provided, and ten per ceutum of duch cost in addition thereto. In order to secure the payment of such public utility certificates, | and the interest thereon, the city may convey by way of mortgage, or deed of trust, any or ail of the property thus acquired or to be ac- quired through the issue thereof; which mort- gage or deed of trust shall be executed in uch @ manner as directed by the city coun- cil and acknowledged and recorded in the manner provided by law for the acknowledg- ment 4 recording of mortgages of real tate, aud may contain such conditions and provisions not in conflict with the provisions of this act, as may be deemed necessary. to fully. secure the payment of the certificates @escribed therein. Any.such mortgage or deed of trust may carry the grant of privilege or right to maintain and operate the property covered thereby, fora period not exgeeding twenty (20) years from and after the date such property may come in the possession of any person or corporation as a result of fore- closure proceeding: which privilege or right may fix the rates which the person or cor- oration securing the same as a result of the foreclosure proceedings shall be entitled to charge in the operation. of said property, for @ period not exceeding twenty years. When- ever, and often as default shall be made in the payment of such certificate issued or secured by mortgage or deed of trust, as aforesaid, or in the payment of the interest thereon when due, and any such default shall have continued for the space of twelve months after notice therfof has been given to the mayor and financial officer of the city issuing such Certificates, it shall be lawful for apy such mortgagee or trustee, upon_the request of the holder or holders ‘ot a ma- jority in amount of the certificates issued and outstanding under such mortgage or deed of trust, to declare the whole of the principal of all guch certificates as may be outstand- ing, to be at once due and payable, and to proceed to foreclose such mortgage or deed of trust in any court of competent Jurisdiction, ‘At a foreclosure sale, the mortgagee or the holders of such certificates may become the purchaser or purchasers and the rights and rivileges sold, if he oy they be the highest idders. Any public utility acquired under any such foreclosure shall be subject to regu- lation by the corporate authorities of the city to the same extent as if the right to con- struct, maintain and operate such property had been scquired through a direct grant without the intervention of foreclosure pro- ceedings; provided, | however, that no such public utility certificates or mortgage shall ever be issued by any city under the pro Visians of this act, unless and until the ques ton of the adoption of tlie ordinance of the city” counch making provision of the issue thereof shall have first been submitted to a popular vote and approved by a majority of the qualified voters of the city voting upon such question, Sec, 4, Every such city owning and op- erating any such public utility shall keep the books of accounts for such public utility dise tinct from other city accounts, and in such manner as to show the true’ and complete financial results of such city ownership, ownership and operation as the cas Such accounts shall be so kept as to show the actual cost to such city of such public utilities owned; all cost of maintenance, de- preciation, extension and improvement; all op- erating expenses of every description, in case of such city operation; the amount set aside for sinking fund purposes. The clty council shall cause to be printed annually, for public distribution, report showing the financial results of si city ownership, or ownership. and operation. : Sec, 5. No city shall acquire or construct any public utility under ‘the terms of . this act unless the proposition to acquire or con- struct same has first been submitted to the Qualified electors of said city at a general city election or a special election called for that purpose, ang been approved by a ma jority vote of all/felectors voting upon such proposition. ‘The question of issuing “public utility cer- tificates as provided in Section 3 hereof may at the option of the City Council bé submit- ted at the same élection the question of the acquisition “or construction of such public: utility. Sec, 6. In all cases provided in this act for the submission of questions or propo- sitions to cae po yote the city council. shall pass an ordinance stating the substance of the proposition or question to be voted upon and designating the election @t which such question or proposition is: to be submitted, which may be at any general or city elec: ton ‘or special election calleg for that. pur- pose; provided, thay sach eléction shall not be held sooner than thirty days from and after the passage of said ordinance. - Notice of special election which shall be held. in any city under this act and all pro- ceedings rpspecting the same shall conform as nearly as may be to the law governing} Sther spectal elections therein. ballots as to: any proposition or jon submitted pursuant to the terms of be delivered to the election deposited In a separate box and shall be count js provided by law in case of other ballots: ahd the tally sheets a id return blanks shali contain suitable columus and spaces therefor. No defect or omission in the calling, .giv- ing notice or holding of any election under this act shall in any manner affect the valld- ity of ‘such election unless {t shall affirmative- iy appear that. such defect or omission changed the result of such election. Sec, 7, Nothing in this act contained shalt be construed *to authorize any. city to make any7#rants-or to lease any public utility for a period .exceeding twenty (20) years from the making of such grant or lease; provided, that when a night to maintain and operate a public utility for a period not exceeding twen~ ty (20), years Is be Be all era the the of or by the out the AN and Sec. 9, in foree from Approved April 16, 1913, an amount not ex: ices Hnquoand alin” (616,00 2) reof shall be used for pur- pose of defra; oe ee eats, a sauce Tes om ot ee vided by law to make allneediul rules and|or any of them may be |bonds or of registered certificates, #0 called, as the purchasers may prefer. shall “be signed by. the mayor, attested by the e |troller of’ said city, and be sealed with the city. seal indebtedness provided for in Section 3 hereof, | coupons attached lithographed, of Minnesot Section 1. except of |of 1905 Laws of Buildings aud purchasing of fuel for State Bulldings, be and the same is hereby amend- ed jad as to read as follows: “Bee. BUILDINGS—FUEL: insured State Bulldings excey AN tory distribution of hog cholera serum, and for administering the same money. therefor. sf Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State ot Minnesota: Section 1. existing and in use at the College of Agri- culture of the State University, designated and declared to be the Hog Chol- of Hog Cholera Seru: | Chotera, Sec. distributed and furnished at oné-third (1-3) AN A corpor tenance of homes for dependent children, the care and supervision of safd children in’ said homes, chfldren righte of said corporations, Be it enacted by the Legisiature of the State of Minnesota: Section 1. under the provisions of this act, by not less than three ‘pprsons. for the purpose of estab lishing and children, for the recefving of such children ito sald homes, the care and supervision of sald children and the conduct of said homes. Such certiticate shall declare and state: 2. maintain a home for dependent children with- religious for the custody and ‘supervision of said de- fendent children in said home, / 8B. Teperty. FO} Phi’ state to any otter shall issue ® recelpt or bi for any loss. damage or rere Qhoee line or inex soch ‘receipt, a in @ mortyage orjand no contract, Lae js after CHAPTER $118, F, No. 656. AN ACT authorizing certain cities of the first class to issue bonds for defraying that to make the grant containing such @ reserva- part of the cost anent tion for elther the construction or operation of permanent tm- or oth the construction and. operation ot uch ahtho ree ie a peomib ie doc eel public utility, in, upon, and along any o : public streets, Alleys or ways therely. or oe? ue the; Laigiiature ‘of the Siaty Portions theredt, in which such public lity! Section 1. Any olty of the first class not already logated at the time of making such | , costing tj Amy city: e home rule charter: is here- authorized to issue and sell its to ndred Seven- Dollars, ($275,000 00), the curbs and gutters, wa- mains, and lateral and other sewers therein as 1a not assessable upon abutting or bene- fited property, and for no other Sec. 2. Said bonds shall be pursuance of a resolution adopted by a two- thirds vote of ‘the City Councilor other. gov; erning body of said city and credit of the city shall be pledged to the ment thereof and the interest thereon. Council or other governin, inthe tax levy sof each suffiolent to bonds, and there be one, demption at maturity, Seq. 8. run for @ term not longer than thirty (30) and~bear interest at a rate not than four semi-annual! shall be sold for @ less amount than ninety: ve accrued interest thereon. ‘The place of pay- ment of principal and interest and the de- nomination of said bonds shall be fixed. by only in he faith and Suen body shall include year an amount (Bay the, current Interest on, such ‘inking fund of such city, if will be pledged to their re- Bonds issued under this act shall ars isher (4) per cent per annum, payable ly. Provided, that no such bonds (95) per cent of par value thereof and resolution suthorising thelr ionue, (208 all in the form of coupon All bonds or certificates so issued blerk, and countersigned by the city comp- except that the signatures to the thereto, if any, be may None of such obligations shall sold for less than 95 per cent of their par value and accrued interest, or to any but thie highest _ respor ec. 5. \debtedness | city whose inhabitants have adopte ter pursuant to Section 26, Article 4 of the State Constitution. Approved April 16, 1918, ible bidder therefor. This act shall not apply to any © char- CHAPTDR 312-8. F. No, 906. AN ACT to amend Section 1901, Revised Laws of 1905, as amended by Chapter 259, Gen~ eral Laws of 1907, relating to insurance on state bufidings and the purchasing of fuel for state’ buildings. it enacted by the Legislature of the State ‘That Section 1901, Revised Laws amended by Chapter 259, General 907, relating to insurance on State 1001. INSURANCE OF _ STATE Said Board may keep insurance companies, ail the Soldiers’ Home, and other insurable property belonging to the In. solvent State, to an amount not exgeeding two-thirds of the value thereof and said board shall also bag ard fuel for all such buildings.” Seo, force from and after its passage. Approved April 15, 1913. ‘This act shall take effect and be in CHAPTER 318—8. F, No. 51. ACT to establish an maintain a labora- for the production or purchase and and appropriating, Hog Cholera Serum Plant, now. is hereby Serum Plant of the State of Minnesota. ‘The purpose of said Institution shall be for manufacture and distribution , and for investigating preventing Hog production, cause and_means’ of 2. Said Hog Cholera Serum shall be one cent per cubic centimeter with the charges of. transportation, to any hog owner who is a resident of this Stat plies therefor by“or through any Veterinarian and who ap- through the State Live Stock Sanitary Board, on forms or in accordance with regula~ tions ‘prescribed by said Board and the Col- lege of Agriculture, Seo. Serum Plant cannot supply the demand for Serum, Cholera Serum in the open market, from re- Hable producers. shall only be offered for distribution as pro- vided for in this act, when it has been tested 8. In case the State Hog Cholera the said Plant may purchase Hog But such ‘purchased Serum said State Hog Cholera Serum Plant and found to be as potent and otherwise valuable ag the Serum manufactured by sald Plant. | case of Cholera Serum Plant, reserve of ‘Two Hundred Thousand (200,000) cuble centimeters may be sold at not less than In dvetproduction of Serum by said Hog such excess beyond a cost of production, to Hog Cholera owners be administered and such au- in adjoining tates, Bee. only by an authorized person, thorization shail be by the State Live Stock Sanitary Board. powered to authorize persons and prescribe regulations for administering the Hog Cholera Serum Sec. 5. force from and after its passage. Approved April 16, 1913. 4, Said Serum shall Said Board is hereby em- rovided Yor in this act. "This act shall take effect and be in CHAPTER 314—8, F. No. 491, for the creation and formation of fons for the establishment and main- providing for the manner of receiving, into said homes and defining the A Corporation may be formed aintaining homes for dependent Its name and principal place of business. That it 19 organized to establish and discrimjnation as to age, sex, color or inclinations of the. beneficiaries and The names and places of residence of ¢ncorporators, and how and ‘when their successors. may De appointed or elected. ‘The names of the first Board of Direct- or Managing Officers, and in what officers or persons the government. of the corpora- tion and management of its affairs xhall be yested and how and when they shall be elect- ed or appointed and any other provisions not inconsistent with law that may be Sec. 2. cate and their. successors slall thereupon be- come a corpo therein, with al the powers of a common jaw corporation. corporate Diy ae adopt © corporate seal, and change the sam at pleasure. quire and ‘regelye, by purchase, gift, grant, | bul devise, and bequest, any property, real, per- sonal, or mixed, and the same hold, sell, con- vey, assign, loan, lease, or otherwise use for the’ purposés named in’ its certificate of in-} gi corporation, manner a&'mav be directed by any. grantor or testator who may make a gift, devise, or be- quest to such corporation, to be administered and used as. provided in this act; iJhave no power to divert any git bequest from the specific uses and purposes @esignated by the donor or testator, lesired. ‘The persons so executing said certif- ration by the name specified It may sue and be sued by its name, have perpetual It may in its corporate name ac- and for such time and in such and it shall ft, grant, or Such tion shall have no capital stock, and any court of equity, on its own motion or on application, may have and exercise visitorial powers over its ‘Sec. 3. vision over all children received by it, as‘pro- vided, in this act and s! all have a right to be appointed by the ‘proper court and to guardian for any of said children, Said cor- foration and all of its capital and shares of stock shall be exempt from taxation. Said corporation shall “hawe. the Hight’ now cone ferred upon e govern! countits, towns and villdges. by Section 3122, Revised Laws reht as provided in Tifidren committed to said home by thé Pro- fate Court and may. receive the vided in sald Sections $122, 3! Revised Laws 1905, oa el d_after its passa; 01 im and after | rg , force treed ApH 16, 1018. icers and affairs, Said ct tion shall have super- act as Board of cities, and exercise the 1905, ma Seetion Thos, may have saine as pro- and 3124, ‘shall take effect and be in ‘This act CHAPTER 315—S. F. No. 544. AGT to regulate,’ fx and determine the Yiability of common ‘carriers of goods, wares, merchandise and live stock between points or stations within the state. Be it enacted ‘of Minnesota, Section 1. the Legislature of the State Bans ay common. carrier,. rall- trans; mn company. receivi or transportation from. any polnt. ti poy in this state, Itt of lading. therefor shall be liable to the lawful bplder there~ Injury to such Ay 7 SERED cei may be delivered, or over’ tion of AN ACT to require more or th in eeplores een accidental inj course of their occupation, ing cer- tain of the factory acts, and provid- ing pesaities ‘for violation of ‘the, act. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Minnesota: * ‘The intaking side of all engag- ing-toothed “or ther gears, rolls, drums a slides: of every description on any type of ma- chine; the spaces betw. and moving parts of or at any, machine, of between th fatter or any pas of it end stractures near it, leaving insufficient clearance for any persoi Employed "thereon or near itt all. pulleys, and clutches; all belts, cables, bands and driving ail fy wheels, shafting, spin. connecting rods ‘and links, cou- plings, or projections thereon or upon recipro- eating or moving parts of machines; all counter weights and balance gears and their suspen: sion; ail dangerous parts of machinery; “all systems of electrical wiring and transm{ssions, ail dynamos and other electrical apparatus 21 appliances of every description; and all prime movera in any, factory, school, ‘mercantile es: tablishment, mill, workshop, engineering opera- tion, or other places where persons em- pldyed, or otherwise engaged, shall be fenced, boxed ‘or otherwise protected 'to the fullest de- gree practicable; provided, however, that the above shall apply only to all machinery and apparatus above described’ when loca‘ than six (6) feet above the working floor.~ All machinery, apparatus, furniture, fixtures, ways, structures, and other equipment shall be so placed or—guarded-in relation to one an- other as to be sate for all persons thereabouts employed, and all points which are rendered unsafe by the relative positions of such things shall be securely guarded, very dangerous place of every description in or near to. which any employe is obliged to pass or to be em- ployed, shall be securely fenced, enclosed, or otherwise protected. io grindstone, tool or appliance, or machine of any description shall be used When the same is known to be cracked or otherwise defective. If a machine or any part thereof is in a dangerous condition or is hot properly guarded, the use thereof may be prohibited by the commissioner of labor or any factory inspector and a notice to that effect: shall be attached thereto. Such unsafe or dan- gerous machinery shall not be used until made safe. / ‘Sec. 2, Every owner of a factory, mill or workshop where machinery 1s in use shall fur- nish or cause to be furnished, whenever prac- ticable, belt shifters or other safe mechanical contrivance for the puopose of throwing belts ‘on or off pulleys; and whenever practicable, machinery shall be provided with loose pulleys. ‘Whenever in the opinion of the labor commis sioner it becomes necessary, exhaust fans of Suffigient power or éther devices shall be pro- vided for carrying off dust from emery wheels, grindstones and other dust creating machin: ery. Sec. 8. Where the machinery is propelled by steam communteation shall be provided between each workroom in which machinery imlaced and the room in which the enginéer is stationed by means of speaking tubes, electric bells, tele- phones or applfances that may control the mo- tive power. \ Sec. No part of the motors, gearing, belts, ptlleys, shafts, or c¥itches or other apparatus conveying ‘the power of a prime mover to machines shall be less than six feet from the floor unless it is securely guarded. Sec. 5, Whenever. practicable the points of danger in any machine or echanism shall be securely guarded by the maker, and the manufacture or sale of any machine or mechanigm not so guarded is hereby prohibited. Sec. 6. All vats, pans or other receptacles containing ‘molten, iyetal or hot. or, corrosive liquids, or otherwisd dangerous liguids, below the floor level; all pits or other openings in the floor or surfaceyof the ground; all gang- ways and inclined footways, or other places from which a person might fall; shall be pro- vided with adequate hand rails and foot guards or other equally effective protectiong and in establishments where women are employed or Where it is deemed necessary by the Labor Commissioner, stairways shail be built solid and without openings between the trea Sec. 7. All stairways and inclined foot- ways, and ali points where there is a break or change in the floor level or in the chara ter of the floor surfaces where persons may have to walk or pass, and all dangerous places, all prime movers and all moving parts of ma* chinery where, on or about which persons work or pass, or may have to work or pass in emergencies, shail be Kept properly and suf- clently lighted during working hours. Sec. No employe in any. factory, mill, workshop, or upon any engineering work, nor any otHer person, by permission or otherwise, shall remove, displace or destroy any guard for dangerous machinery, or other safety de- yiee, which the employer shall have provided undér the requifements of this chapter, or any other law, save under rules established by the employer ‘therefor. Safety appliances re- moved for the purpose of making repairs, ad- justments, or for other purposes permitted or Tequired by the employer shall be immediately replaced when such purpose is accomplished. ‘Sec, 9. No children, under the age of six- teen (6) years, shallbe employed at sewing) belts, or to assist in sewing belts in any ca. pacity whatever; nor shali any such children ad- just any belt to any machinery; they shall jot oll, or assist {w oiling, wiping or cleaning machinery; they 1 not operate or assist in operating circular or band saws, wood shapers, wood-jointers, planers and paper or wood pol- ishing. machinery, emery or polishing wheels used for polishing metal, wood-turning or bor- ing machinery, stamping machines in sheet metal and tinware manufacjuring, stamping machines in washer and nut factories; ‘eg as fot op- pin boys in bowling alleys; they shall kes or erate or assist in operating dough by cracker machinery of any ~ descripti wire ‘or iron straightening machines, nor they Operate or assist in operating rolling mill ma- chine: punches or shears, washing, grinding or mixing mill or calendar rolls in rubber manufacturing; nor shall they operate or as- sist in operating laundry machinery; nor shall they be employed in any capacity ‘In prepar- ing any composition in which dangerous or poisonous acids are use and they shall not be employed in any capacity in the manufac- ture of paints, colors or white leed; nor shall they be employed in any capacity whatever in the manufacture of goods for immoral purposes, or any otHer employment dangerous to their lives or limbs or their health or morals. No woman shall be required or permitted to oll or clean moving machinery. Sec, 10, No person shall employ or any child under the age of sixteen years to have the care, nagement or operation of any elevator, nor shall fhey be employed in operating any steain boiler or other steam gen- erating apparatug operating any steam boiler or other steam rating apparatus, Sec, 11. The floor space in any factory, mill, workshop or mercantile establishment shall not be crowded with machinéry ina manner dan. gerous to employes, or in excess of the 6 faining power of floors or walls, nor be pver- crowded with materials or products so 4s to be a menace to employes or in excess of the sustaining power of the floor and walls. ‘Sec, 12. very hoisting @pparatus used in the construction of any building; every hoist- way, hatchway, elevator well, and wheel hole in any factory, mill, workshop, storehouse, wareroom, or store, shail be securely protected on each floor by a’ substantial barrier at least three feet and six inches high, which shall be kept closed except when necessarily opened for use. or passenger shall be provided with some sfit- able mechanical device by which it can be Securely held in the event of accident to the rope or hoisting machinery. Sec. 18. Whenever practicable, all scaffold: hoists, cranes, stays, supports, or other me- chanical contrivances, erected or constructed by any person, firm or corporation, In this state, for the use in erection, repairing, alteration, removal, cleaning or painting of any house, ing. bridge, viaduct or other structure shall. be‘erected and constructed in a safe, suit- ‘able and proper manner, and shall be so erect- ‘ed and constructed, placed and operated, as to ive proper and adequate protection to thi fite and limb of any person or persons. em- ployed gr engaged thereon, and to any” person or employes, jg under or in proximity to or employes Faenever a state. factory” Inspector shall find that the scaffolding or the slings, hangers, blocks, pulleys, stays; braces, irons, ‘or ropes of any swinging or stationary scaf- folding. platform, or. other similar device, Used fa the. construction, alteration, repair: removing, cleaning, or painting of. build- ings, bridges or viaducts within this state, or in factories, workshops, mills, or meycantile’ es. less} approved by the permit{‘sx ACT to amend Sections 2 and 8 of Chapter Every elevator car used for either freight] shall iiding. if any such building where it shall be ne duty of the ot of building to provide at least one Bre Sad 6b OBRY Soare: 96 the sabor Recting on each floor least 'o i secured’ with andl in length and three iron railing not less than three Such landings shall be connected not less than two feet wide, of not less than six inch tread: angle of not more than forty-five and protected by a well secured rail both sides, with an automatic drop ladder, two feet wilde, reaching from the lower pls e984 Ryscen st an ie 53 ge8e and pow of said district 338 fhe 4 form to the ground. Such fire shall be sufficient if constructed on any other plan labor commissioner. The openings to each fire Rpm lg! be as* far racticable from the ste aye and elevator shafts, and the ladder of each ie shall} extend to the roof. Stationary or lad- ders shall also be provided on the inside fromm e upper story to the roof. joors onto a fire escape shall be metal ‘coverehe and all glass used in doors or windows above the first floor opening onto a fire escape or directly’ uader a fire escape shall be wire glass. A suitable dtsposition shall be made of all in- fiamable articles and suitable waste caus or barrels shall be provided: for the proper hand- ling of sweepings, olly waste or other com- bustible material,” as directed the labor commissioner. Each factory, mill and work- shop more than two stories high shall also be provided with {nside and outside stand) and with hose connected therewith, as require: in the ease of hotels of ‘the same height, and with chemical fire extinguishers or pails of water or sand on each floor, always ready for use, t ‘Sec. 19, Every order, suggestion, or notice served upon any employer of labor) owner or manager of any building, or other person, shall be certified by @ receipt for the same taken by the offi employee of the labor department serving such ofder, suggestion or notice, which receipt shall be’ signed by the owner, ‘manager or superintendent of sald employer. No Hability fo any petson other than-an employe shall attach ‘te any owner of | be hany factory, mill, workshop, engineering works, ‘or mercantile establishment, because of the provision of this ‘act, until notice to comply With the terms of this act has been served Upon sugh owner by an officer or employee of the labér department of this state, and rea- sonable time to comply with such notice has elapsed. See. 20. Byery person wHo violates or fatis to comply with any requirement of\ this chap- ter, or disregards any order, notice or direction of ‘any member or employe of the labor de- partment made in accordance with {ts pro. Visions, or who obstructs or interferes with any inspection being made pursuant thereto, or who removes from any machine any notice ating that such machine is dangerous and unsafe, or who operates any such machine while such notice is attached and such machine fs still ‘unguarded and unsafe, shall be guilty of & misdemeapor, .the minimum penalty whereof shall ibe a fine of twenty-five dollars, or imprisonment for fifteen days. But, when- ever notice 1s required before prosecution, no criminal proceeding shall be commenced until thirty days after such notice, nor then, if within such time the requirements of the notice have been met; Provided, that if such requirement be to put a Water-closet or privy in sanitary condition, where the only detect is due to carelesshess in its managemént, or to put an elevator in safe’ condition, only forty- ight hours shall be gllowed. | Tn‘ ease of ap plication to the court to restrain, the time Aforesaid shall not begin to run until the de- cision. thereon, Sec. 21, ‘The term ‘prime mover’ as used in this aot shall include all steam, gas, oll, or other Kinds of engines, and,also all ‘elec- trical apparatus which generates, converts, or ramets BOWE, aan” ie words ‘gual guard,” “safeguarded” ‘and tion,” shall " be given a broad interpretation, 60 a8 to m- clude any practicable method of mitigating or’ preventing a specific danger. = Bee, Section 1818, 1814, 1815, 1816, 1817, 1820 1824 Revised Laws ‘ot ‘and Sec: |tyo hundned tions 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 7 of Chapter 288, Gen-|or tne State J eral Laws of 1911, and all other acts or parts| thousand “nine hundeed, amended. by Chapter two of acts inconsistent with the provisipas of thi five (295), Laws of the mine hundred and act are hereby repealed. for the year one Ronnies by Chapter two , “Laws of the State Sec. 28, This act shall take effect and be in force from and after October 1, 1913. Approved April 16, 1913, ‘One thousand nine ‘be and the same as follows: —aT in this State i as amended by Chapter. two hundred hinety-five (203), Laws of the. State or Min. nesota for the year one thousand nine hui county auditors in ite of Minnesota, hay- have a popu than two hundrec _Bor more -five thousan:! ‘fix the salaries nty auditors sistante oat fhe alp counties in the ing or which may lation in each of not! an two hundred and (275,000) inhabitants, and for the year one and five (1905). as undred and ninety- ite of Minnesota CHAPTER 317—S. F. No, 718. AN ACT to enable all villages in the State ‘of Minnesota to purchase electric energy for municipal purposes and for supplying lectricity to the inhabitants thereof. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State ‘of Minnesota: Section 1. All villages in the State of Min- nesota are hereby authorized and empowered to contract with any person, firm, corporation or municipal corporations. for the’ purchase of electric @nergy for municipal purposes apd to be. distributed and supplied by such © mu- nicipallty to the inhabitants thereof. ‘Sec. 2. Suvh contract shall be made by the Common Council, or other governing body of such municipality’ by a two-thirds vote of Ql of the members of such council or govern- ing body, and may be for a period not ex- ceeding fifteen (1) years from the time when such person, firm, tion or municipal Corporations "shall ‘commence to furnish such electric energy, which, time shall not be more {ban two years from the date of such con- ‘This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved April 16, 1013. ¢ CHAPTER 818—S. F. No. 767. census, a popu! two hundred and- (220,000) ze . and. seventy-five he county auditor ee fixed net hctae eet Thantnd rire ed_ne at the Hundred Dollars ($4,500.00) per annum, and stall appoint im all sap poate the ‘auditor and employ’ One ty Who shall. be paid atthe rate of Two Phoseand Ose Hun. dred Dollars ($2,100.00) per annum; one dev uty and com n clerk, who shail be paid at the rate of One Thousand Eight Huo- dred Dollars ($1,800.00) per annum; and bookkeeper ‘who et, one, Toseeaee (1,800.00) per anum; one. chief draughtsman who shall be eee Five "Hundred | Dolla: ($1,500.00) per annum; one deputy who de paid at the rate ‘of ‘Thousand Five Hundred : settlement shall be at ‘Two Hut three counter Danaea igis1004 jars ($1, Der St] clerks whe ‘shall be at | ‘Thousand Dollars 7 stenographer who | be Nine Hundred 34, of the General Laws of the Btate Minnesota for the year 1907, relating to fire- men’s relief pensions. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of, Minnesota: Section, |; raed of afinnesots for the. pour eral Laws in r the io ig hereby amended 80, as to read as follot “See, . 2. The qualification as to age an term of ‘service, shall not apply’ to members| of such fire department, who make application for a pension on account of injuries or disa- bilities which unfit them for the duties of an active fireman, and such relief associat shall pay @ pension to such members or to the widows and orphans of deceased firemen, im such sum, and under such limitations and conditions as its articles of Inco tion and by-laws shall provide and permit; provided, however, that all applications for a pension on account of such injuries or disabilities 1 be made within sixty (60) days after to be a member’ of the Fire Departmerl.” ine Ciectral ‘Laws, of Sitnnesota Zor the. year the General Laws of Min for 1907, be and the same is hereby ‘amended 80 as to read as follows: “Sec, 8. The amount so paid to any City under the provision of this act shall be by it set aside es a special fund and may be ap- propriated, and disbursed in the same man- her that other funds belonging to such City fare appropriated oF disb j/ Dut only for the following purposes, viz.: bs tormrat—For the relief of Weick, injured and disabled members of any fire department in, such City, and their widows and orphans. ‘Second—For the payment of pensions pu suant to the provjsions of Sections 1 and 2) such applicant has © sit tablishments are unsafe or liable to prove dan- gerous to the life. or limb of any person, he shall at once notify the person responsible for jts-creation of maintertance, either personally such device, which -shall be made further use. Wherever practicable, | scaffold. ing, staging, runways, ofling platforms and all’ otner overhead walks or standing places among of suspended from an overhead support, or rising from the ground floor and more than five (5) feet from the ground or floor, shall have a safety rail properly bolted or otherwise fastened, secured, and braced, rising <at least hirty-four inches above ‘the floor intone, ‘staging, pintform . or other over. d walk) or standing place, and extending’ The eutire length of the outside and ends ereof, and attached to. unless oe orotection is afforded In another mans d such scaffolding or stagi be revent the same. ‘sway- ing or structure to which It {s attached or toward which an employe must work. Persons employed upon swinging: scat- folds shall use a life line securely fastened to ns and to some secure support other than said swinging scaffold. Bec. 14. All flodre, ‘standing. places, stair {nclined. footways and ladders and all hand’ rails or similar protection shall be of substantial construction and at all times shall jer and Tepair and so ast Be Hept Pscee tor ihe . to which ‘they. sre put, a : “See, 15, On all bufldings vein helgnt float so fe ing from. the, of this Act. ‘a fire department retief association, dul; otist Bed’ ‘or Incorporated in any such, City! ich Relief association, instead of to ‘reasurer of such City, ch Relief Associa’ shall pare annual~ auch “Relish fal) receipts aud expenditu ‘ol for what purpose the money was paid Capendded, and to whorn, report ‘shall be Provided, that In case there exists, or shall) aforesaid, shall’ be paid to the Pe ‘But the secretary and tréasurer of such, Association for the previous year, office of ler of the paid to, shall be. e: nded on! f relief of sick, 11 {members of any Fire D ir widows Rie} portal by tl For the pur fireman, or any on any fr in a cite ber of such sini eee Bache Og ireman or” ir a Fireman or Pensioner 4 {ike he was an Active Fireman, Include 2 wife ‘who as, deserted sioner, ot” firemen and has not ing. upon him, for su , and shal clude the sui on law ‘wite: 0 “shall mean children age, born to to ‘the 1 who te ¥, x |