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He shajl then ascertain. the amount, of tn: © upon all state property and surance inf Such additional iusurance as 18 provide tor necessary, itty to the state treasurer the arance upon such: property to be state and oder the state treas- it to an aceount which shall be treasurer and known as the state at, an amount which ‘for the years ending July Sist, 1914, 1915 and 1916 shall be equal to the premium as fixed by the commissioner of insurance and which thereafter shall be equal to seventy-five per cent, of nium, and-the amount so credited tate treasurer to the state shall be debited by the state treasurer to that account which shall be kept upog his books with the proper officer, agent, or board of trustees or regents whic 1 public buildings and propert the amount so debited by to said officer, agent or ucted. by him’ from any ‘ay be in his hands, or which er_come into hist hand’ and pay- olficer agent or boatd of trustees or regents for insurance on state property. The state commissioner of insurance shall not cause any policies to be cancelled* which may be in effect on August Ist, 1913, but shail provide for the Insurance of buildings a s herinbefore stated, increasing property t state insu th as the policies existing on August Ist, 1913, ray from time to time expire so as to main- tain at all times the amount of insurance re- quired by the p! ons of this act, ldings or property Sec. 8. In case any of the state shall be damaged by fire or} tornado the commissioner of Insurange shall within thirty days asvertain and ‘fix the nt of such damage and forthwith file ith the state treasurer a statement of the same. ‘The amount of loss when fixed shall by the state treasurer be debited to: the state t, and credited to the proper na of the officer, board of control, board of istees or other’ agents, fn whose control said buildings or property belongs, to be used Dy said officer, board or agent for the rebuilding by SMGioring of the. property. damaged and 10 be disbursed by the state treasurer in such Manner as other stata funds for the use of faid officer, board or agent are paid out, and if at the time of any such award of loss or nage by the commisstoner of insurance e shalt not be in the state insurance Bc mt an amount equal to such award the fall amount of the award shall notwithstand- ing this fact. be promptly paid by the state treasurer above provided. carrying out is hereby ap- sums credited For the purpose of ns of this act there ten per cent of all Seo. 4 the prov propriated y the state treasurer to sald state Insurance pe ne, Shove mentioned, ‘The Commissioner ff tecurance may employ any of the employes if the department of insurance and such other assistants say be found necessary, and fix faa compensicion of such other | aasistant which m1 ation together with the ex- enses: such assistants and the Commissioner aaa his et yyes shall be paid out of the tinte insurance accounts upon proper vouchers approved the Commissioner of Insurance. ‘Approved April 28, 1918. CHAPTER 550—H. F. No. ‘896. < ACT providt or the appointment of a AN ACT Drewat ef education, fixing. his term of ice, defining his duties ne ae providing for th intent o x provicing {her emploses, abolishing the office Sf superintendent of public instruction, and fepealing Sections 1873, 1874, 1876, 187 and Revised Laws’ of 1908. Be it enacted by the Legislature ,of the State of Minnesota: Section 1, The general supervision of public schools 1s vested In a state superintendent fo ve known as the superintendent of edu- eo Mel ins the various county, city and ¢ superintendents, the state high school pectors. A superintendent of education shall ated ‘by the Governor, by and with the ‘advice ‘and consent of the Senate... The first superintendent so appointed shall serve 40, 1615, and subsequent ap- ‘s shali hold for @ term of four years ‘il thelr successors are appointed and Vacancies in said office ehall be lke appointment for the remainder He shall have an office in the all pa- until poin: and v qualifi filled of t Capitol, january 9 term, where he shall file and keep pris and public documents made or pent to lim, and @ record of all his official business, He shall appoint a deputy 10 shall pustorm his duties when absent or disabled, nts, a rural school nree other assis {eiGner ‘and supervisor of school Mbra- cach of whom shall perform such duties © superintendent may require. He may other necessary assistants and clerks hx thelr compensation not to exceed eys appropriated therefor, 3 3, The superintendent and other per- appointed by. him ehall receive their hecessary expenses for traveling and other in- Cideatal expenses ineurred in connection with : oificial duties, to be patd from the con- t fund or from other appropriations for such purposes. and rie’ Sec. 4. Besides exercising general ,supervis- jon over public schools and public ‘education agencies fn the state, the superintendent of €iucation shall. prescribe rules for the several Classes of public schools receiving special State aid. He shall classify and standardize Tural and other public schools and prepare for them outlines and suggestive courses of study. He shall, under the laws prescribed’ therefor, issue ail certificates to those em- ployed, as teachers and supervisors in public schools. For the purpose of considering matters af- feciimg) the interests of public education, he shall, upon notice, meet the several county {nd city superintendents and school principals &t such times and places in the state as he most convenient and beneficial. pall deem Gitte “Vetere December 1 of each even-num- Berea year, hg shall prepare and submit to the legislature: through the Governor, @ re- port containin 1, An abstract of the reports of the sev- eral! county superintendents showing such facts @nd giving such information as the said su- perintendents may require relative to public fchools, including enroilment, \attendance, and Classification of puplis in public school: 2 A statement of the condition of pub- lic schools and of public and other inetitu- tions of learning reporting to him, 3. The gmount of moneys received and expended each year for public schools and public education, specifying the amount re- €eived from each source and the emount ex- pended for each purpose. 4. The kind, end name of public number, schools of each class receiving state ald, and | th the estimated arrount of ald for the ensuing two ‘years, together with guch facts relating to these schools as will show their progress and work. ~ Sec. 5, The superiutendent of education shall’ prepare a uniform system of records for public schools, require reports from coun- ty and other superintendents and principals of schools, teachers, school officers, and the chief officers of public and other educational {nstitutions, to give such facts as he may deen of public value. He shall establish and carry into effect a uniform system of account- ing by public school officers, and he shall have duthority to supervise and examine the ac- counts and other records of all public achoola, c. @. He shall prescribe rules and ex- nine all plans and specifications for the erection, enlargement and change of school buildings, which plans and specifications shall st be submitted to him for approva, before ract is let, and no new school building shall be erected or any building ‘enlarged or changed until the plans and specifications have been submitted to and have been ap- roved by the superintendent of education. shall include in such rules those made from to time by the State Board of Health, relative.to sanitary standards for tollets, water Supply and disposal of sewage in public school buildings. In all other respects the authority to make rules for public school buildings shall be vested ip the superintendent of education. Under such rules and procedure as the super- intendent or the high school board shall pre- gerive, he may condemn school buildin sites which are unft or unsafe for use as such, Sec. 7, Upon the appointment, confirmation and qualification of the superintendent of ed- fication, herein provided for, the office of Superintendent of public instruction shall be abolished and shall cease and terminate and all duties and powers prescribed by law for the superintendent of public instruction, and hot inconsigent with this act, shall be vested in and performed by the superintendent of ed- ucation. Se: 1317, Sections 1373, 1874, 1875, 1376 ana evised Laws of 1905, and all’ other acts @nd “parts of acts inconsistent with, this act, are hereby repealed. Approved April 26, 1018, CHAPTER 551—H. F. No. 901, AN ACT to amend Section 850, Revised Laws of 1905 as amended by Chapter 400 of the General Laws of 1907 relating to notice of “gates of ‘taxation. Be it enacted by the Legislature og the State of Minnesota Section 1. That section 880 Revised Laws of 1905 be and the same is hereby amended s0 as to read as follows: Section 880. On receiving the tax lst from the auditor, the treasurer shall, if directed by the county board, give three weeks pub- Lshed notice in @ newspaper specifying the rates of taxation for all general ‘purposes and the amounts raised for each specific pur- ose shall cause to be printed on the ack tax. receipts and tax statements a tabulated statement of sald rates of tax- ‘ation and amounts. If so directed by the board, he shall visit places~in the as he deems expedient for the pur- pose of receiving taxes, and the county board ance at ‘such times | and | 6" HX - act take effect and be §n 1d after jits passage. ‘| (Approved April 26,1913. CHAPTER 552}-H. F. No, 906. AN ACT to amend’ Section Four ‘Thousand Ninety-five (4093) of the Revised Laws of One ‘Thousand Nine Hundred: Five (1905) re- lating to the place of trial of civil action: Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Minnesot: 4 Section 1.1 | Ninety-five (409% hat Section Four ‘Thousand of the Revised Laws of One |Thousand Nine Hundred Five (1905), be and the same is hereby amended so as tOread as follows: “403 AY actions ndt enumerated tn para- [graphs 4080-4004 shall be tried in a county in which one or more of the defendants reside when the action was begun. If none of the rtfes shall reside or be found in the state, or the defendant be a foreign corporation. the action may be begun and tried In any county |which the plaintiff shall designate. A do- |mestic corporation other than ‘railroad com- |panies, street raflway companies, and street |raliroad companies whether the motive power is steam, electricity, or other power used by |said corporations or’ companies, also telephone compantes, telegraph companies and all other |public service corporations, shall be considered as residing in any county wherein it hasan office, resident agent or business place. ‘The above enumerated public service corporations shall be considered as residing in any county wherein the cause of. action shall arise and wherein any part of its Ines of raflway, rail- |road, street railway, street railroad, without regard to the motive power of said’ railroad, |street railway or strect railroad, telegraph or telephone lines or any other public service cor- poration shall extend, without regard to whether said corporation or company has an Joffe, agent or business place in ala county, jor not. Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be in | force from and after its passage. Approved April 26, 1913, CHAPTER 558—H. F. No. 928. AN ACT to enforce and make valid certain town orders or warrants issued in excess of the amount voted et the annual town moet ing. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the Btate of Minnesota Section 1. That all town orders or war rants heretofore issued subsequent to the first day of January 1911, by any town for work performed or for ‘material used in the repair or construction of roads and bridges in such town are hereby legalized and made valld In |so far as such invalidity arises from the fact that such town orders or warrants were s- sued in excess of the amount voted at the annual town meeting for the repair and con- struction of roads and bridges in such town for the year in which such road or bridge work was performed and for which such or- |ders or warrants were issued. Provided, that this act shall not apply to any suit now pend- ing Involving the legality of said town orders or warrants. Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved April 26, 191; CHAPTER 654—H. F, No. 988. AN ACT to amend Sections 2357, 2858, 2859, 2361 and 2862, Revised Laws of 1905,’ relat~ ing to a State Board of Electricity. Be it enacted.by the Legislature of the State of Minnesota: That Section 2857, Revised Laws ‘of 1905, be amended to read as follows: Section 2357. The State Board of Electricity shall consist of five members, residents of the state, appointed by the governor, each for a term’ of five years and until his successor qualifies, of whom two shall be master elec- tricians,’ two Journeymen electricians, recom- mended’ by their unions of this craft, and one @ consulting engineer or electrical inspector of a city. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner and from the same glass from which the retiring member belongedj ‘The board. shall select from its members a/ president, secre- tary and treasurer, prescribe rules ‘for the management of its affairs and adopt a seal. Each member shall receive three wollars a day for actual services and ten cents per mile for traveling expenses and his necessary expenses and the secretary such additional compensa: tion as the board may: allow; all to be paid out of the treasury of the board, ‘The board shall meet at least once a year {n the state capitol and may meet at aby other time at laces upon sufficient notice to the membe: t shall have jurisdiction and this subdivision shall apply only to cities of the first class. Sec, 2. That Section 2858, Revised Laws of 1905, be amended to read as ‘follows: Section 1. Section 2358. ‘There shall be master, jour- neyman and special electricians, and in the last class shall be Included persons employed to operate electric and keep the same ip repair. Every person not already a registered or licensed electrician who shall hereafter engage in the occupation of operating, installing or repairing electrical | wires or apparatus shall apply to the board for a license to follow such occupation. The board shall examine the applicant and if he take the oath, hereinafter mentioned, and be found upon examination to be possessed of skill and knowl- edge in the business and reasonably versed in laws of electricity, the board shall issue to him a@ license, to follow such calling for two |years, signed by the president and ‘secretary und attested by the seal. All licenses here- tofore issued by the board shall expire at the end of two years after the taking effect of the revised laws. The employes of the Interstate ‘Telephone afd Telegraph Companies shell not be required to hold lcenses, Every Hcensee shall report his licensing and renewal thereof to the proper electrical inspector, if any there be, in the city in which he operates and dis- play such license conspicuously in his place of business and exhibit it on lawful demand. Holders of journeyman and special electriciai licenses shall be furnished with a duplicate of said license, printed or engr on sub- stantial cardboard of a size of two and one half inches by four inches, which the hdlder shall produce upon lawful demand. For cause, and after hearing all interested’ parties, the board may revoke such license and shail notify the city inspector of its revocation, Renewals of licenses for the same term shall be granted without examination. Seo. 8, That Section 2350, Revised Laws, be amended to read as follows: Section 2859. Every master electrician shall before receiving Moense as such ay bond to tate In the permal sum of five thousand dollars, which bond shall be tg eae by, and filed with, sald state board of electricity. This ‘bond to be conditioned upon the faithful per- formance of all work entered upon or con- tracted for by said master. A journeyman electrician holding a state license shall, with- out further examination, be issued upon ap- plication to the state board of electricity a master electrician license, providing that he give bond as provided in this section. An action may be maintained on said bond by any person injured or damaged through the want of skill or the use of unsuftable or improper material in the performance of any work coa- tracted for or undertaken by said master elec- triclan or his servants or his employes. Seo, 4. That Section 2861, Revised Laws of 1906, be amended to read as follows: Section 23861. A person under the age of twenty one years shall be licensed only as a special electrician. Every applicant for a master electrician’s license shall pay a fee of five dollars (§5.00) and take oath, that he has had three years experience in the occupation or if a corporation apply, an officer or man- ager thereof shall take such oath after being duly examined as master. An applicant for a journeyman electrician’ license shall pay a fee of three dollare ($3.00) and take oath that he bas had three years experience in the installing and repairing of electrical wires and appa- ratus. An applicant for a special electrician’s Mcense shall pay a fee of two dollars ($2.00) and make oath that he has had two years ex- | perience in the special line of work for which he sks license and which shall be set forth in such license. No contracts for electrical work shall be entered into by any one not a Ucensed electrician. | Sec. 5. That Section 2362, Revised Laws of |1905, be amended to read as follows: Section 2362, Nothing in this subdivision | shall prevent © person tvom serving as an ap- prentice under a licensed electrician, but no | master electrician shall have more than one Apprentice to each two Journeymen in his em- ploy. No master electrician shall allow any Apprentice to work at any installation of elec- trical wires or apparatus unless such appren- tice is working with a licensed electrician on, the job. Sec. 6 All acts or parts of acts inconsist- ent with this act are hereby repealed, ‘Approved April 28, 1918. | CHAPTER 555—H. F. No. 1046. AN ACY to continue and provide for a De- partment of Public Examiner, extending and Gefining the duties and powers of the pub- lc examiner and assistants, and repealing acts inconsistent herewith. cw Be it enacted by the Legislature of the "State of Minnesota Section 1. Supervison of Public Accounts y-Investigation of Public Finances, . There is hereby establishea and continued within the State of Minnesota tho department of public examiner, which shall have the duty and power tO supervise all public accounts, to prescribe. and install systems of accounts’ and reports, to inspect all records and transac- tions connected) with the recelpt, disburse- ment and custody of public funds, to Inves- tigate the use and security of all’ public ap- propriations and property, to ascertain the Sources and condition of the public revenue, investments, loans and debty to verify the public funds and examine and reyfort upon the condition and security thereof, and the chief ght or power apparatus) pat “chi “department shail be known as the public examiner. ‘ Sec. 2. Public Examriner—Term—Qualifica- tion—Bond. ‘The governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, shall appoint & public examiner for the term ‘of three year fand until his successor qualifies, and ‘in’ case of a vacancy in.such office the governor shall point a successor for the renmainder of sai rm; provided, that nothing In this act shail ‘affect ‘the term of the present public examt- ner. Such examiner shall be a ‘skilled age countant, and shail not at any time while office Nold. any other public cilice, or own any stock or have any ‘commercial interest in any corporation, copartenrship, property. or business subject to supervision and exami~ nation by. this department. He shall give ‘bond to the state in the sum of fifty thousand @ollars, to be approved by the governor and attorney general, conditioned for the falthiyt discharge of his duties. Sec. 8. Duties—State Offices, Institutio Properties, Industries ang Improvements. Said | Examiner’ shall exercise a constant superv?- |sion over the books and acgounts of te sever- |al public offices, institutions, properties, in- |dustries and improvements of the state, and lover the financial records and transactions of |public boards, associations and societies sup- |ported wholly’ or in part by state funds, In Jali offices where the records of such public latfair® are kept and! the fingnces | thereof |handied, he shall enforce, correct methods of |accountaney and, in his discretion, prescribe jand install systems of accounts and financtal reports.» Once in each year, without previous notice, he shall visit each of such offices, [institutions + and industries, and, so far a: pragticable, Inspect “such properifes and im- |provements, and he shal) thoroughly examine |the books’ and accounts thereof,. verifying jt6 funds, securities and other assets, check the Items’ of receipts and disbursements with the voucher recofds thereof, ascertain the character of the official bonds for the officers thereof and the financial ability of the bonds- men, inspect the sources of revenue thereof ang ‘the use and disposition of state appropria- tlons and property, investigate the methods or purchase and sale and the character of con- tracts on public account, enforce a proper custody and depository for the funds and se- curities thereof, verify the Inventory of pub- Me property and other assets, held in trust, and ascertain that all financial transactions and operations involving the public funds and property of the state comply with the spirit and purpose of the law and are for the best] protection of the public interest. Sec. 4. Reports of Exaniinations—Viola- tions of Law. He shall prépare written re- ports of the cenditions disclosed by such ex- aminations, together with such directions and recommendations as he may deem required, filing one copy of such report with the gov- ernor, another copy with the officer, institu- tion, ‘or soclety, whose accounts are examined, and file other copies open to public inspection during office hours in the department of pud- Me examiner. If any such examinations shall disclose malfeasanc®or misfeasance or non- feasance in office on the part of any officer or employe, an-additional copy of such re- port shall be made, signed and verified and it shall be the duty of the public examiner to place such report with the governor, and the |governor shall transmit thé same to the at- torney general and the attorney. general shall institute and prosecute such civil proceed- Ings against such delinquent officer, or upon his official bond er both, as will/carry into effect the findings resulting from such exam!- nations and secure to the state the recovery of any funds or other assets misappropriated and he shall institute such other proceedings as may secure compliance with the law. Sec. 5. Examination and “Supervision of Couty Offices and Institutions. All the powers and duties conferred and imposed upon the public examiner in the foregoing sections shall be exercised and performed by him in respect to the offices, institutions, public property and tmprovemtns of the several counties of the State of Minnesota. At least once in each year, the public examiner shall visit, without previous notice, each of such counties and make a thorougn examination of all accounts and records relating to the re- ceipt and disbursement of the public funds ang the custody of the public funds and other property. He shall prescribe and in- stall systems of accounts and financial re- ports, that shall be uniform so far as prac- ticabie for the same ciass of offices. A copy of the report of such examination shall be filed and subject to public inspection in the office ofthe public examiner, and another copy in the office of the county auditor of the county thus examined; provided, that if any such examination shall disclose mal- feasance, misfeasance, or nonfeasance in any office of such county, such report shall be filed with the county attorney of said county and {t shall be the duty of such county al torney to institute such civil and criminal proceedings, as the law and the protection of the public ‘interests shall require. Sec. 6. Cities of more than 50,000 inhabl- tants. Al powers and duties herein conferred Jand imposed upon the public examiner with [respect to state and county officers, institu- |tons, property and improvements are hereby extended to cities of more than 60,000 inhabi- ftants, provided, that for service of sald ex- faminer any such clty shall pay into the state treasury the sum of $7 per day and the ex- penses of such examination, such, payment to be for not more than 100 days’ service in any one year and made to the state treasurer within thirty days after requisition therefor. |Copies of the written report of the public ex- aminer on the financial condition and accounts lof such city shall be filed in his office and [with the mayor, city council, and cit camp- |troller thereof, and, with tne city commis- |sioners, if such city have such officers; pro- vided, ‘that, if such report disclose malfeas- ance,’ misfeasance, or nonfeasance in office, copies thereof shall'be filed with the city Attor- ney thereof afd with the county attorney of the county in which such city ts located, and said officials of the law shall institute ‘such pro- ceedings, civil or criminal respectivély, as the law and the public interest. require. Sec. 7. Supervision of Accounts all |Other Cities. The public examiner shall have like power and duty to supervise the accounts of all cities not included in Section 7 hereof, and he shall have the au- thority to require in his discretion the financial officers of any city not in- cluded in sald _ section to _ send all books, accounts, vouchers pertaining to the receipt, disbursement, and custody of its public funds to the office of the qublic ex- aminer in St. Paul for examination. He may prescribe and install for such cities systems of accounts and reports, which shall be unt- form for each class of cities and officers, and he may conduct examinations of accounts and records aa he may deem the public in- terest to demand, On petition of the free holders of any such city to the number of one freeholder for each, one hundred inhabitants, the public examiner shall conduct an examination of the accounts and funds of such city; the city treasurer of such.city within thirty days after requisition therefor to pay to the state treasurer for such services at the rate of $6 per day and expenses for each day of such examination. The report of such examination shall be filed with the mayor and city council or commis- ston, and in cases of violation of law shall be prosecuted, as provided in Section 7 with respect to examination of counties. Section 8. Supervision of School District, Towns and Villages. All powers and duties of the public examiner herein imposed and con- ferred with respect to the supervision, inspec- tion and examination of books and ac2ounts of cities in Section 8 hereof are herewith ex- tended to all school districts, towns and vil- lages of this state; provided, that the public examiner shall conduct an examination of the records of any, such town, village, or school district on the petition ‘of ten ‘freeholders thereof, and the town, village, or school re- ceiving’ such examination shall’ pay the state for the same at the rate of §5 per day and expenses. A copy of the report of such ex- amination shall be filed subject to public in- spection, with the clerk of the town, village, or school district recetving such examination, and ap additional copy with the county audi: tor; provided, that 1f such report disclose mal- feasance, misfeasance or non-feasance in of- fice, the public examiner, shall file such copy with the county attorney of the county in which such school district, town or village is located, and said county’ attorney shall in- stitute such proceedings as the law and the public interest requife, See. 9, Examination of Gross Earnii Taxation. In like manner of a tor and ‘wit! like public examiner, at least once @ year, so far as practicable, ‘shall visit all railroad and other corporations and companies which are required by law to pay taxes to the State upon a gross earnings basis, examine thelr books of account and all other records and papers bearing. upon or evidencing their gros: earnings upon which, under the law, taxes should be pald in this state, and certify to the Minnesota Tax Commission the amount of such taxable earnings; and in case he shall discover errors and omissions in. the gross earnings as reported by such com- panies, he shall certify the amount of such omitted \earnings, together with the additional taxes and penalties due for collection as pro- vided by law. All evasions and violations of the law in respect to such gross earnings taxes, which the public examiner may dis- cover’ he shall report to the governor, the ‘Minnesota Tax Commission and attorney-gen- eral, afd sald officals shall institute such proceedings as the law and the public inter- est require. % Sec. 10, Subpoenas, Witnesses, etc. In all matters relating to ‘his official duties, the examiner shall have the powers possessed by courts of law to Jssue subpoenas and cause them to be served’ and enforced. All state and county auditors, treasurers, and other pub- lic offieials, and their respective deputies and employees, | all officers, directors, and em- ployees of al) railway and other companies re- quired by law to pay/taxes to the state upon a gross earning basis, and all persons hay- ing dealings with or knowledge of, the affairs or methods of such companies, and likewise all corporations, firms and individuals having business involving the receipt, disbursement, or custody of the public funds shall at ali times afford reasonable facilities for such examinations, make such returns and reports to the examiner as he may require, attend and. answer under oath his lawful ingufries, pro- duce and exhibit such books, accounts, ‘docu- ments, and property he may desire to inspect, and in all things aid him in the per- formance of his dutle: Sec. 11. Refusal, Obstruction, etc. Every person who shall refuse or neglect to obey any! jawtul airecti uty, Or a inforni + ‘ jead hin in the oor swear. falsely con- Putt {cerning way ma under oath, shall be guilty of a. e minimum penalty whereof shall e or one. thousand. dol id | tars, or in the State prison for one "year rss 12. BienrMKi” Reports. The examiner spat report te the governor bienniajty touch~ Ing ail his official acts, giv strAct of the statistics and condition of the various offices, institutions, “municipalities, and cerporations to which his duties relate, and making such recommendations as he may deem — proper, which report shall be printed and included in the volume of executive documents. “gSee;- 18. Department officers, Duties and Salaries. For the exercise of the powers and performance of the duties jmposed and con- ferred upon him by this act, the public ex- aminer may -appoint, and at pleasure remove, a deputy examiner,’ ten assistant public ex: aminers, a frst and second corporation ex- aminer and two assistants, an executive clerk, and such other employes as may be (pecgssary for whom provision is made by law. Such deputy and assistant examiners shall each give bond to the state in the sum of $10,000. During the absence or disability of the public examiner, the deputy examiner shall perform the duties’ of the office, ‘The duties of the assistants and other employes shail be such as the examiner may prescribe, and any of them may be assigned to perform any special duty imposed by this chapter upon the examiner or his deputy. In such cases the assistants may exercise all the powers of his principal necessary to the proper discharge of suth duty. ‘The salaries of the Public Sxaminer and his appointees as above enume- rated shall be such as are fixed by law. The salaries of the several other employes sub- Ject to appointment by the public. exami shall be ‘such sums as the examiner may prescribe, and, together with the expenses of the examiner “and his deputy and assistants and other employes, necessarily incurred in the discharge of thelr duties and in the ad- ministration of the office, shall be paid out of the contingent fund provided for such office; and such salaries and expenses shall not exceed the aggregate sums appropriated and allowed therefor by law. ¥ Bec. 14: Repeal of Confiicting Laws and Parts ‘Thereof. All laws and parts of laws inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. Sec. 15, This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 81, 1913, Approved April 26, 1913. CHAPTER 55¢—H, Fy No. 1105. AN ACT to amend Section 1 of Chapter 247 General Laws of 1903, entitled An Act to provide tor the care ana control of the Court fouse and City Hall Building erected pur- suant to Chapter 895 of the Special Laws of Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Minnesota: Section 1. That Section 1 Chapter 247 Gen- eral Laws of 1903 be and the same is hereby amended so as-to read as follows: Section 1. ‘That from and after the first Monday in January, 1904, all of the completed ortions of the Hennepin County and Minne- ipplis Court House and City Hall Building, grected pureyant to Chapter $06 of the Special ‘Laws of 1887, shail be under the exclusive care of @ commission of four members styled “THE MUNICIPAL BULIDING COMMIS- SION”, which shall be constituted as follows ‘The Chairman of the board of county commis. sioners of Hennepin County, the mayor of the city of Minneapolis, the auditor of Hennepin County and the treasurer of the city of Min- neapoils, ‘The chairman of the Board of Coun- ty Commissioners of Hennepin County shall be the president of said commission, and the mayor of the city of Minneapolis, vice-president thereof. The auditor of Hennepin County shall be the secretary of said ‘commission and a: such shall keep the fecords and accounts there- of, and for such services shall be compensated in’ the sum of Five Hundred ($500.00) Dollars per annum. ‘The treasurer of the city of Min- neapolis shall be the treasurer of such com- mission and as such shall keep a correct ac- powers, as provided by Section 8 hereof, the|® count of its receipts and expenditures, Approved April 28, 1013, CHAPTER 557—H. F. No. 1106. AN ACT to provide fees for the issuance of certificates to teach; to authorize the state superintendent to issue special certificates 1d to enddrse teachers certificates from other states; to require professional train- ing of publio school teachers; to repeal Section 1372, R. L, 1905, relating to the issuance of spec! certificates to teach, and Section 1858, R. L. 1905, relating to the issuance of certificates by county superin- tendent: Be it enacted by the Legislaturé of the State of Minnesota: Section 1. Every candidate at each exam- ination for a teacher's certificate or for the renewal or extension of such certificate shall pay a fee of 5) cents before such examination is entered upon: or renewal or extension grant- ed. Such fees shall be collected by the coun- ty’ superintendent and by him remitted to the state superintendent. Each candidate for the endorsement of a diploma granted by a Minnesota normal school or by a normal school of another state, and each candidate for a professional certificate granted either upon examination or by endorsement of proper cerdentials, shall pay to the state superin- tendept a fee of $1.00 before such ,examina- tion fs entered upon or ¢erfificate issued, The fee for a permanent professional certificate shall be $5.00. ‘The state superintendent shall at the end of each month pay to the state auditor the full amount of all such examination fees paid or remitted to him, together with a report showing the amount of fees collected for each class and kind of certificate. The — state auditor shall credit all such fees to the teach- ers’ institute fund, except those paid for the endorsement of diplomas issued by Minnesota normal schools, which shall be credited in the proper amount to the support fund of the normal school by which the diploma s0 en- dorsed certificate has been issued. Bec. 2. The state superintendent may Issue a special certificate to (1) a graduate of a standard and approved college or state normal school; (2) to one otherwise qualified who has completed such course of study and training les the said superintendent may require, author- izing the holder to teach music, drawing, home economies, manual or industrial arts, agriculture, commercial subjects or to serve as kindergarten or primary teachers, Sec, 8, The state superintendent may ac- cept or endorse certificates from other states, on such conditions as he may prescribe. Seo, 4. From end after August 1, 1915, Pena on mee a ination, renewal or endorsement of credentials, except ‘those who have taught successfully for at least eighteen months in the public schools prior to such date, or those receiving a second or limited certificate, must have completed such @ course of professionals training for teaching not exceed! thirty-six weeks, may be prescribed by the s1 ‘raining courses in the fe ulilversity, in state normal schools, in state high schools, or in private schools fully and fairly the equivalent of those given in state schools and approved by the said superintendent shall be accepted as mecting the requirements for teachers training under this section, Sec. 5. Sections 1858 and 1872, Revised of. 1905, are hereby repealed, wists: ‘Seo. 6. This act shall take effect_and be in force from and aft its pass: ‘approved. April. 28, i138. series — CHAPTER 058—H. F, No, 1111 AN ACT amending section 682 of the Re- vised Laws of 1011, relating to compene, tion of two officers. Lostslature of the State Be it enacted by the of Minnesota: Section 1. That section 682 of the Re- vised Laws of 1905," as ainended by ‘Chapter ‘of the Laws of 1911, relating to compen- sation of town officers, ‘be amended go as to read as follow: ection 682. The following town officers shall be entitied to compensation for cach day's service necessarily rendered as fol- lows, viz.: Assessor: Three dollars, and mile- age at the rate of five (5) cents per mile for cach mille necessarily traveled by him in going to and returnitig from the county seat of the county to attend any meeting of the assexsors of the county which may be legally called by the County Auditor, and also for each mile necessarily traveled by him in fo extend the 4 of the General Laws and buildii park, ‘school owned xceptini purposes) Board; the revenue derived by the suant’to the terms of any shall be paid into the State Tre to the Itasca State Park Support used in maintaining and tmproving Said Lodge and all cottages shall fore be the plhlic visiting the p: for the manageemnt of the Lodge the Boa define his ‘duties, park; game and fish prevent and put out fir therein, State Forestry Board. ty game warden are hereb: He may act as District by the Maard of OGleers appointing, however, In excess of fi perintendent. The said Board is thorized ard directed to take neces! to protect all game and fish in the is hereby given general supervision trol of the subject, thorized to enlarge the dining room ‘of the lodge. To make such the sum of Twp Hundred and Fifty dollars 1s he money now tn ‘the State Treasury wise appropriated. Approved April 28, 1918, 50 of th of Minnesota: Section 1. Dry Measure. of Chapter 50 of the Revised Laws follows: shall inches. The half bushel, peck, quarter peck, quart and pint shall by successively dividing Sec. 2. Liquid Measure. of Chapter 50 of the Revised Laws follows: Section 2725. pacity for liquids, containing 231 cubic inches; and 81. shall constitute a barrel, except for malt liquors, gallons, and 63 gallons a hogshead. Section 2726. Lineal Measure. shall be derived, is the yard, of 8 inches, Sec. 8. Hundredweight. follows: Section 2727. goods or commodities the term Sec, 4. as to read as follows: Section 2728. y of the ’ follow! articles, ‘bushel’ shall mean the number avoirdupols herein stated: alfalfa, 60; broom corn seed and sor} 57; shelled corn, (except sweet corn, beans, flaxseed ‘and wrinkled peas, 52; buckwheat, greeft let, hungarian grass seed, sweet coi and bottom onion-sets, led Jue grass, orchard grass @: plastering ‘hair, unwashed, washed, 4; Ime, 80; but if sold by the weight shall be 200 pounds, Sec. 5. lengths; and if the sale is of and if the gale is of ‘@ cord shall mean 120 purchaser; split wood" delivery. and Ice. charcoal, and ice, the term ‘‘ton"’ 2,000 pounds. A’ sale of coal, chi Seo. 7. Standard Weight of Flour. Seo. 8. All contracts for the sale weight or measurement per bushel, established weight or measurement. barrel, ton or cord. Bec. 'S. greater number of pounds or cubic ‘ity of a misdemeanor, and jereof, shall be punished by a fine than te! ($10) nor more thai ol! less than ten (10) such proceeding. 7 mission able shrinkage, mentioned in this act. force from and after its passage, Approved April 28, 1918, of Minnesota for 1905, entitled “, ivest the State Board of Control the Norm: 1911. of Minnesota: Section 1. General Laws of Minnesota for 1905, nesota for 1911, be and the same and all. state buildings, ven where practicable ‘to material: meking his return of assessment to the proper | Siven County Officer; supervisors and clerks; two dollars, when the service is rendered within the town, and two dollars when rendered without the town, but no supervisor shall re- ceive more than sixty dollars as compensation In any one year except that in counties hav- ing a population of two hundred and ninety thousand or more, the assessors shall re- ceive five dollars per day; and supervisors and clerks, ,two dollars per day, when the service is rendered within the town, but no supervisor shall receive more than’ seventy- five dollars as compensation in any one year. For the following services the clerk shall recelve fees, and not a per diem, viz.: tor certifying each notice of election, twenty-five cents; posting notices, each, twenty-five cents; filing each paper, ten cents; recording orders and other instruments, six cents per folio: copying and certifying any. record’ or instru- ment recorded or filed in his office, six cents per folio, to be paid by the person applying therefor.’ The voters at any town meeting, before balloting for officers begins, may by Pérolution increase the compensation Bf town ct shall take effect and be officers not to exceed 50 per cent. ym and after January 1, 1914. Seo. 2. gis ‘approved April 28, 1913, . CHAPTER 559—H. F. No. 1167, AN ACT to extend the authority of the State Forestry~ Board im respect to the manage- 1 residents of said State. and exercise full matters of the several institutions this act, So far only as relates to tion and construction of new buil purchasin| new buildings are to be erected Lge by authority be samo, but In so doing tt shall Jocal’ board in tespect, to ans fications, and adopt and earry fas it deems practical, their req desires in the matter. Provided state board of control may in its quthorlze the controling be ‘the Visions applicable thereto in_ respect to management of Itasca State Park, sald may appoint a custodian of Douglas and any or all of the cottages and by tha. Gtate situated i e buildings used for and permit him to use same upon such terms and conditions as shall be mutually agreed upon between them, con- ditioned, however, that such party shall serve As custodian only during the, pleasure of the sota for 1905, be amended so as to Corn in ear, 70; beans, (except li scarlet runuer pole beans and whit pole beans, and broad windsor beans), smooth peas, wheat, clover seed, Irish potatoes and bers and peaches, 48; broad windsor beans, 47 carrots, timothy seed and pears, 45; parsnip: 42; spelt or spiltz, 40; cranberries, 36; oats 32; dried Apples, dried aches and top onion sets, 28; peanuts, 22; 1d red-top seed, ; plastering hair, g of fuel, and the placing of Surance on buildings and coptents. gf the state, duty of the board of control to cause to be prepared plans and specifications for the il consult with the other pro- Loage other in the) forest the | State pur- h agreement the park. as. hereto- sed solely for the accommodation ot The Forestry Board may prescribe rules and regulations and rates to be charged by such manager for the ac- ‘commodation of the public, The Board may ap- point any Competent person superintendent of the. park who shall serve during the pleasure of locate his place of residence and His compensation as such superintendent shall be fifty ($50.00) dollars per month and it shall be his duty to give personal attention to the preservation of the protect the and perform such other duties ag shall be prescribed by the The powers, of a depu- vested in him. rest. Ranger or other forest officer and receive such compen- sation\for such services as may be determined him, not, y ($50.00) dollars per month in addition to his said salary as su- also au- sary steps park gnd and con- Sec. 2, The Forestry Board 1s hereby au- of Doug- las Lodge by the construction of a kitchen; the same to be bullt of logs as near as may be in forformity with the general appearance improvement ($250.000) Y appropriated out of any not other- CHAPTER 560—H, F. No, 1187. AN ACT entitled ‘‘An Act to amend Chapter Revised Laws of Minnesota for 1905, relating to weights and measures,” Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State ‘That Section 2724 of Min! ad as Section 2724. The standard measure of ca- pacity for commodities sold by dry measure, be the bushel containing 2150.42 cubic half peck, be derived at measure by two. ‘That Section 2725 of Minne- sota for 1905, be amended so as to read as ‘The standard measure of ea- shall be the wine gallon, -50 gallons fermented which shall be a barrel of 81 f ‘The standard measure of length, from which all other meas- ures of extension, lineal, superficial, or solid, feet, or 36 ‘That Section 2727 of Chapter 50 of the Revised Laws of Minne- sota for 1905, be amended so as to read as ‘Yn contracts for the sale of “hundred- weight” shall mean 100 pounds avoirdupols. Standard Weight of Bushel, etc. ‘That Section 2728 of Chapter 50 of the Revised Laws of Minnesota for 1905, be amended so In contracts for the sale of the term of pounds beans, runner um seed, rye, lima 56; ‘sweet potatoes and turnips, 65; onions and rutabagas, hempseed, rapeseed, _ beets, apples, walnuts, rhubarb, hickory nuts, chestntts, tomatoes, scarlet runner pole beans and “hite runner pole beans, 50; barley, mil- rn, cucum- i the barrel Standard measurement of Wood. In all contracts for sale of wood, the term ‘‘cord’* shall mean 128 cubic feet of wood, in four foot ‘sawed wood”, @ cord shall mean 110 cubic feet when ranked, or 160 cubic feet when thrown irregularly or loosely into a conveyance for delivery to the “sawed and ‘cubic feet, when ranked, and 175 cubic feet when thrown, irregularly and loosely into a conveyance for Sec. 6. Standard Welght of Coal, Charcoat In all contracts for the sale of coal, hall mean arcoal and ice, except by weight is hereby’ prohibited. In all contracts for the sale of flour, the term ‘“bar- rel”’ shall mean 196 net pounds avoirdupots, of a frac- tional part of a bushel, barrel, ton or cord of any article or commodity on which the legal barrel, ton or cord has been established, shall require and mean a like fractional part of the legal and per bushel, ‘Whoever, in buying, shall take any feet to the bushel, barrel, ton or cord, as the case may be, than is herein allowed and provided, or in selling, shall give ny less number, shall be ‘conviction of not less in one hun- dred dollars ($100), or by imprisonment for not ays nor more than ninety (90) days in the county jail, and the cost of Sec. 10, The Railroad and Warehouse Com- ail establish uniform tolerances or reasonable variation to take care of unavoid- and of scale variations in han@ling and welghing of any of the article: i Sec. 11. This act shall take effect and be in CHAPTER 861—H. F. No, 1215, AN ACT to amend Chapter 119, General Laws ‘An Act to L of juris diction and authority over the State Univer- sity and the State Normal Schools of this state, and to provide for the management of thé State University by the Board Regents and the State Normal Schools by Board,” as amended by Chapter 86 of the General Laws of Minnesota for of Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State That Section 7 of Chapter 119, as amend- ed by Chapter 36 of the General Laws of Min- is_hereb; amended so 2s ‘to read as follows: Provid that in the building and constructing of any preference shall be Is produced in the. State of Minnesota by citizens and “geo, 7. ‘The board of control shall have authority in all financial named in the erec- dings, the in- ‘When and con- it shall and i out so west and that said discretion board of any institu- or which any building 1s authorized to nstructed, to construct such building In cost theréof does not exceed the sum of five thousand ($5,000.00) dollars. If such authorization be granted said state board of. control shall file its written consent thereto with the State Auditor, and thereui ‘building may be constructed under tion of sach controlling board. such direc- e board &hall not let -any contract for the erection and construction of new bulldings that may hereafter be con: first publicly weeks in some without advertising for at least two legal newspaper published in the county, where the work is to be perform- ed, for separate sealed bids for struction, plumbing, heating, v meral con-| the work ‘the | mat AN ACT to enjoin @ ness, assignation and clare the same to be the person or persons Ww! tain the same, and the any building “used for assess 4’ penal! maintaining said ufeanes at “against the ground, the bullding and owner or agent \ereo! Be it enacted by the Legislature of of Minnesota: Section 1. gontinue, maintain, “use, nu Ing, erection or” Pose of lewdness, pend is wat goal 3 ml erectfon or place, or upon which such lewdness, aon oF prostitution 1s conducted, permitted or, car- ried on, continued or exists, and the, furni- ture, fixtures, musical instruments, and mov~ able’ property used in conducting or main- taming such public nuisance, are also de clared a nulsance and shall be enjoined and abated as hereinafter provided. , Beas Sec. 2. Whenever a nuisance is kept, main- tained or exists, ag defined in act, the county attorney ‘or. any citizen of the county may maintain an action in equity i the of the State of Minnesota, pe Bu ny ee or = y enjolo said vuisance, person or sons conducting or maintaining thé from further conducting~or maintaining the same and the owner or agent of the building or ground upon which said nulsance own lease nused “for the or d_ the rther permitting such building or ground or both to be so used, The defendants shall be served therein ag in other and in such action the court, or judge in vacation, shall, upon the presentation of a verified com- plaint therefor all that the nuisance complained of exists, allow a ter writ of injunction without bond, if jhe existence of such nuisance shall be made’to appear to the satisfaction of the court or judge dence in the form of affidavits, depostti " joral testimony or otherwise a8 the complaina: may elect, unless the court or judge vious order, shall have directed the form and manner in ‘which Byun evidence shell be Dre: sented, in which case sented: Where “a temporary injunction is prayed for, the court, on the application of plaintiff, may issue an ex parte restraining order, restraining the defendants and all oth- er persons from removing or in any manner interfering with the furniture, fixtues, mu- sical Instruments and movable property used in conducting ‘the alleged nuisance, until the ehacie Suck tesporary: iijunetion and ‘Uattt refusing sucl jun the further order ‘of the court thereon. ‘The; restraining order may be served by handing to and leaving a copy of said order with any im charge of sala property or residing inthe premises or apartment wherein the same is situated, or by posting a copy thereof in a conspicuous place at or upon one or more of the principal doors or entrances to such premises or apartment where such nuis- ance is alleged to be maintained, or by both such delivery and posting. ‘The officer serving such restraining order shall forthwith make @ return into court and inventory of the per- sonal property situated in and used in con- ducting or maintaining such nuisance. Any violation of such restraining order shall be a contempt of court, and where such order is 0 posted mutilation’ or removal thereof, while the same remains in force, shall be @ con- tempt of court; provided, such posted order contains thereon or, therein a notice to that effect. ‘Three days’ notice in writing shall tte Sopttcation ‘far temporary. injunction, “and the application for inct 5 if then continued at the instance of defendant, the temporary writ as prayed shall be granted as _a matter of course. of the District Court of the County wherein low additional ‘time for so answering, pro- prayed for. The allegations. of shall be de granted, it shall be on the defendant throughout the judicial rict in which it was issued, and any violation of the provisions | »oaeq shall from I be @/amend a list of of the injunction herein provided contempt as hereinafter provided, noticed for and triable at the first. term of such action evidence of the general ot the place shall be qdmissible for pose of proving the existence of said and shall be prima facie- evidence nuisance and of knowled; o , a8 agent or otherwise, or having any infer- est in any form of pi or maintaining said plaint is filed by a citizen, if made by the complainant and his attorney, setting forth the reasons why the action should ing or in open court. that the action direct the the county attorney in w1 If the court is of the op! ought not to be dismissed, he county attorney to prosecute ‘the action is continued more than one term of court, any citizen of the county or the county attorney may be substitut for the to judgment. If the eltizen and the court fin Sondble ‘grounds or cause for sald ai cost may be taxed to such citizen. Seo, 4. In case of the violation of any Is act, or of a restraining order or the com- mission of any contempt of court in proceed- ings under this act, the court, or_in vaca- tion, a judge the may sul try unish the offender. $o'commenced by fling with’ the clerk of the court a complaint under oath, setting out and al facts constituting "such violation, upon which the court or judze shall cause 2 warrant to issue, under which the defendant shall be-arrested. ‘The trial may be nad affidavite or elther party may demand production and oral examination of\ the wit- Seo. 5. If the ae OR vided in this act, or in a criminal in the District Court, an order of abatement shall be entered as @ part of the ji ent in the case,* which ‘shall direct re- moval from the building or place ef all fix- tures, furniture, musical instruments or moy- able property used in conducting the nce, anf aah direct tbe eee ot, see as bélong to the defendants notified or appearing, in the manner provided for the sale of chattels ed shall be applied in the ection ‘ad abatemer hereinafter ‘provided. = wie See, 7. “If the owner of the | US Sen parecalt coe 2 ‘proceed! % 3 Pod Ales 2 bond with sureties to be approned by the Court in ‘the full valuo of the approved. orth conditiones erty, to be ascertained by the court, vacation by. th thereof, satisfied of | an is und itself, in or | of Jim assignal Such cause is triable, but the Court may al-| the Revised Kas by viding stich extension of time shall not pre- vent the issuing of sald temporary writ as the answer to be traversed without fur- ther pleading. ‘When an injunction has been Sec. 8, The action’ when brought shall be the Court the same as other actions triable In the District court of such County, and in| geo. 2 ‘That tation |raws of 1905 be, pur-| amended to read as follows: -thereot and of|trict a acquiescence and participation therein on the Dat of the owners, lessors, lessees, users and all. those in possession of or having. charge used in conducting . If the com- it shall not be dismissed except upon @ sworn statement be dismissed, and the dismissal approvea by action to] agree judgment at the expense of he County, and if complaining party and prosecute said’ action Rc is brought “by a there Was No rea- ction, the injunction granted under the provisions of $8! Hae HE the actio the ‘State to. the | of fore Rion of the property houses. of) tir cent 6f the collected in i . to the ii 7 Hi it i 4 3 f a i i B88 ill a re } a 3 é ll a i at a i if i i : “ g i i i il i i : Each, defendant 60 hie igitorney ‘er verified. answer’ om, or before = ttorney a “i er the date mxea in sala for sata hearing, CHAPTER 868—H. F. No. S45. and such answer shall be filed with the Cletk| an ACT to amend Sections 1424 and 1425 of Section 1424: bs erent, culture, ’ travel County ‘of books specified der pared un pointment of @ the making of proper provisions thereof and for the free table for distribution, t shall such district a reguis\- Hon, on the State purchase price, for the first year's purchase for any ‘school for whi Provided, first, with the public provisions of this esses. A found, guilty. ot, contempt ‘act. under the fons of this act shall be pun- ished By @ fine of mot less than One Seo. 8. AN acts and parts of acts inconstst- nore mare ‘han ono thousand doilare, of by tm- [ent with hig act, are hereby ae risonment in the county” Ja th " This act shall take Puree nor more than sis, moathe ot By bath|in force on and the first day of Septem- fine and imprisonment. Pe < : of the nutsante a 3 AN ACT to provide for the creation of @ ™marshal department for the better pro- of life and property Cg gr EH i under execution, and shall direct the effectual the ‘and Closing of the building or place against its the provisions of this act ‘use for any purpose, and so keeping {t elosed ‘upon fire insurance for a period’ of one year, unless sooner re- and repeating Chapter Teased. Owners -of personal property 1905, as amended by so seized must appear and claim ‘within ‘1907, and Chap- ten days ‘after ‘sych onder, of 8 ts 911, made, and prove innocerfee, to Legislature of Gt. the court, of any knowlege of ‘use aed thereof and that with reasonable care dil-| gence they could not have known thereof. oy with the Every defendant tn ection shall be asin age presumed. to. have knowledge — of ee pian ae the general _ reputs of, the said ‘two Wwita'a RE ee rte Ee RS oF this act the established, ‘state fire marshal crap We Sdeltvered ‘to the owner, otherwine it | Governor 2 thE Shall be sold as heroinbefore provided, 1 Toas, ana unttt any person shall break and enter or use ‘and qualify. pullding, erection oF place so directed to Cag a 4 closed, he shall be punished as for thousand (10, Se, provided in the preceding section, For | Stut for the faithful dis~ removing and selling’ the movable . ‘state fire marshal. the officer shall be entitled to charge and re- ‘deputies shall. taks Seive the same feeq 48 he wosld for levy tn ane office of the upon, and. ‘selling ‘like “proper, on. execution, state the constitutional oath with- ana for closing the an hem pind ng Reng ney eaetor- loved a reasonable gum shal! be pt ae the cou! ; : : Sec, 2 Tt be the duty of the state Sec. 2. In case the existence of such nul-| fire marshal to ‘al laws of the state, sanee is established ina criminal =| thereof, as : ing in @ court not having equitable jurisdic tid, “i ata be, the or ne Ate torney Pr ly, under this ‘act to enforce the provisions and penalties _ of, and#the finding Xne defendant gut! fn’ such. criminal i, unless or set aside, shall be sive as such defendant as to the exis Ss, ean a aaa shall r The B of the sale of: the erty, as an