Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, April 30, 1913, Page 65

j i | { ‘Shall hold their posi~ they are rendering faithful p Tegardiess of tueir polit- general may appoint a the department, whose wle* the supervision of the “‘wiio shali fix his compen- Misation to be paid out ander this act. pf the chief assistant ire bnarshals siall be to ax <a yore In the meer ofa office of state fire marshal and is appointed, or during the sbsonce. ghd Aisabllity of that officer, the chief Sf that cigemathal shall assume the duties Bec. 6. 1. The diet ment of rie city “a village in which fire ls establidied, and the mayor of fhaay WSorporated city in which no fire depart- Tune exists, “and the president of the village nt Of ‘every incorywrated village-in which de Bre department exits, and the town clerk Sf Skery organized towsisiip without the limits auy organized city or village shall investi- ate or cause to be investigated the cause the fire depart- ba ring clreumstances of every fire occur- “Mertion, a three ‘weeks’ publication in such city, Property has been destroyed or damaged when pl exceeds twenty-tive dollars, except that alt fires of unicnown origin shall be re ported, and shall especially make investigation 88 to whether such fire was the result of care- lessness, accident or design. Steh investigation stall be begun with- in two days of the occurrence of such fire. Nd the state fire marshal shall have the right to supervise and direct such investigation Whenever he deems it expedient o> necessary. 3." Whe officer making investigation of fires occurring in cities, villages and towns shall forthwith notify said state fre marshal and shall within one week of the occurrence of the fire, furnish to the said fire marshal a written ‘statement of aI] the facts relating to the cause and orisin of the fire, and such rur- ther information as may be cailed for by the blanks furmishea by sald state fire marshal. he state fire marshal shall keep in his office ® record of all fires occurring in the state, together with all facts, statistics and circum stances including the origin of the fires, which may be determined by the investigation pro- ¥ided by this act; such statistics shall be at ail times open to public inspection. Sec. 7. ‘The state fire marshal shall, when in his opinion further investigation is’ neces: Sary, take or cause to be taken vhe testimony hn oath of all persons supposefi to be cos: nizant of any facts or to have any means of Knowledge in relation to the matter as made, and shall cause the same to be reduced to writing; and if he shall be of the opinion that there is evidence ficient to charge any person with the ¢rime of arson, he shall cause Such person to arrested and charged with such offense, and shall furnish to the proper prosecuting attorney al! such evidence, t gether with the capy of all names of witnesse and sll the information obtained by him, tm- cluding a copy of all pertinent and material testimony taken im the case; and shall keep a record of the prodeedings and progress made in all such prosecutions for arson and the re- sult of all cases finally disposed of. Sec. 8. 1. ‘The state fire marshal, chief assistant fire mprshal, and deputy state fire marshals shall each have the power in apy county of the state of Minnesota, to summon and compel vhe attendance of witnesses before them, or eitner of them, to testify in relation fo any matter which is by the provisions of this @ect a subject of inquiry and investiga. tion, and may require the production of any book, ‘paper or document deemed _pertment thereto by them or either of them. Such sum- shall be served in the same manner and the same effect as subpoenas from dis- courts. All witnesses shall receive the Same compensation as is paid to witnesses in distvict courts witch shall be paid out of the fire marshal fund. upon vouchers signed by the state fire marshal, chief assistant fire marshal or deputy fire marshal before whom any wit- nesses shall have attended, and such officer shall at the close of the investigation wherein h witness was subpoenaed certify to attendance and mileage of |” such Which certificate shall be filed in the of the state fire marshal. All investi gations held by or under the direction of sald State fire marshal, or his subordinates, may, im his discretion bé private, and persons other than those required to be present by the pro- visions of this act, may excluded from the place where stich investigation is held, and witnesses may be kept separate and apart from-each other and mot allowed to communi- cate with, each other until they have been examined. the witness, office 2. Said state fire marshal, chief assistant state fire marshal. and Geputy state fire mar- shals are each hereby authorized and em- powered to administer oaths and affirmations ig-amyoperson appearing as witnesses before th and false swearing in any matter or proceeding aforesaid shal) be deemed perjury aud ‘shall be punished as such ny witness ses to be sworn, refuses to ¥ who disobeys any lawefall Order “ol said state fire marshal, chief assistant fire marshal, or deputy state fire marshai in relation to said investigation, or who ‘ails or refuses produce any paper, book or document touching any matter under examination, or who ix guilty of any con- temptous conduct, after being summoned to appear before them to give testimony in rela- tion to any matter or subject under exami- nation or investigation as aforesaid, may be summarily punished by the said state fire marshal, chief assistant state fire marshal or deputy ‘state fire marshals, as for contempt by a fine in a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars or be committed to the county jail until such time as such person may be willing to comply with any reasonable order made by the said state fire marshal, chief assistant State fire marshal or deputy state fire mar- shales, as provided in this act, and subject to the provision of Chapter 91, Section 4639, Revised Laws 1905. 9 Disobedience of any subpoena in ‘preceeding. or contumacy of a witness, ¥, upon application of the state fire ma: shal, be punished by any district court in the same manner as if the proceedings were pend- ing in such court. In the performance of the duties yy the provisions of this chapter, tae state i marshal and such of his sub- ordinates, at all times of day or night may enter upon and examine any building or prem- fses where ‘a fire has occurred, and other buildings and premises adjoining or near thereto. See, 10. Sec, 11, The state fire marshal, his chief assistant,’ deputies and subordinates, the chie! of the fire department of each city’ or village ‘where @ fire department is established, the ‘of a city or village where no fire department exists, or the clerk of a township fu territory without the limits of a city or ‘@t ali reasonable hours may enter into ‘ajl buildings and upon all premises within their farisdiction for the purpose of examina- ‘tion. Sec, 12. If the state fire marshal, chief assistant state “fire marshal, or deputy fire marshal, upon an examination or inspection fiuds @ building or other structure, which for want of proper repair, by reason of age and dilapidated condition, ‘defective or poorly in- stalled electrical wirlng and equipment, de- fective chimneys, defective gas connec- tions, defective ‘heating apparatus, or for ‘any’ other cause or reason is _espe- cially liable to fire and which building or structure is so situated as to endanger ther buildings or property, such officer shall order such building or buildings to be re- paired, torn down, demolished, materials re- moved and all dangerous conditions remedied. If such officer finds in a building or upon any premises any combustible or explosive ma- terial, rubbish, rags, waste, oils, gasoline or inflammable conditions of any idnd, danger- ous to the safety of such buildings or proper- ty, he shall order such materiais removed or conditions remedied. Such order shall be made t the owner, lessee, agent or occu- of building or premises, and after ‘thereof as provided in’ Section 14 fact, the owner, lessee, agent or oc- “ef such building or structure, as the tease may be, shal! comply with such order the time fixed in said order. Any qho sball interfere in any way with fire marshal, chief assistant fire “ef deputy fire marshals in the per- ‘of their duties herein shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Sec. 13. If the state fire marshal, chiet ‘assistant or deputies shall find on any prem- fees or in any building conditions that are a jnenace and dangerous to the safety of life and limb of the occupants of said building or adjacent buildings, they are empowered to fssue the necessary order for the removal or correction of the dangerous conditions forth- with, and any owner, lessee, agent or occu- pant of said premises upon whom said order fs served failing to comply with said order ‘within the time specified shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Sec. 14 All orders made by the State Fire Marshal, Chief Assistant Fire Marshal or any Deputy Fire Marshal under Sections 12 ‘and i3 of this act shalkbe in writing and shal] be served upon such owner, lessee, oc- Cupant or agent jn the same manner as a summons is served in District Court; except where such order is served by pub- the ‘ty where such building or structure 1s fftuaced shall be sufficient. Said order with proof of service shall be filed in the office Pt the clerk of the District Court of the county in which sald property or premises pre situated within two days after the serv- fee thereof. and said order shall be complied with by person on whom said order is served wit ten days after the filing of the same, unless a longer time is fixed in said order for compliance therewith. ;. Ifa person is agzrieved by any ainapia the! Fire “Marshal, “Chiet “Assiatant Yire Marshal or any Deputy Fire Marshal, ne may. al from any such order to the Dis- trict Court of the county. in which said prop- erty or premises are situated within ten days frter the filing of said order. The notiee of apneal shall state that he appeals to the Tustrict. Court of the county wherein said premerty or premises are situated and said Rhtice shail be signed by the person appeal- ing er bis attorney, @ copy. of which notice of in cases: village or town by which| to! which an examination js herein required to be! y for the good of tne | ppeat shall bé mailed to the State Fire Mar-|shall be used in/any ctv’ shal at St. Paul, Minnesota, by registered mafl at the usual p jee of the person appealing or his attorney. Provided, a copy of said notice of appeal mailed as. aforesai0 by registered mail at the county seatfof the county in which said property or premises ue situated ‘shall be deemed a compliance {with ‘this section. Said notice of appeal, with :5 of a copy thereof to the’ istered as aforesald, office of the clerk ot jsald county within ten the operation of the til the appeal, is finally j of all issues on sucd and such appea! shall the same manner as fact are heard and he order appealed force or effect ine the deterninatim of such appeal The district court shat) hear and determine the appeal within ten days gr as soon there- After as» possiie trom the date of the filing of the same, z: amy place in the judicial dls triet to be de by the court. | In decision is against appoliamt “oF fo: cause ‘the appeal dismissed is: fer costs shall be tered against (t)« x Sec. 16. If any have’ no the is en- fails to comply with lan order of an of under the last three preceding “within the time fixed, chen suen otlicer is empowered and authorized to cause such building or premises to be re- paired, torn down, ished, materials re moved and all dai conditions remedied, as the case may De and at the expense of such perso, and if such person with. in thirty days thereafter fail, neglect or refuse {0 repay said officer’ the ex- pense thereby incurred by fim, such officer shall certify said expenses, together with twenty-five per centum penalty thereon to the county auditor of the county in waicn said property 4s situate and said county audi- tor shall emter said expense on the tax lists of said coumty as a jal charge against the real estate on wi id building ts or was situate and the same shall be collected 4s other taxes amd when collected, shall to- gather withn the penalty thereon be paid into the state treasury and eredited to the fund of the statesfire raarshal. Sec, 17, Amy person or persons, being the ownes, occupant, lessee or agent of buildings or premises who wilfully fails, neglects or refuses to comply with amy order of any of. oe mrt od rien aie preceding, sec- ions, shall gui @ misdemeanor and shall be fined not more than fifiy dollars nor jess than tem dollars for each day's neglect. This section San Mot apply where an a peal {s taken as Sec. 18.—In all cases where any order of the State Pire Marshal or Chief Assistant Fire | Marshal, or any deputy fire inarshal, shall require ‘the repair, , tearing down or | destruction of any or structure, the |same shall be served upon the owner of ‘such | building “or structure, and if the same be occupied by @ tenant or Jessee, then in ad- dition to the service upon such owner, said order shall algo be served upon such ‘lessee or tenant a$ the case may ve. Sec. 19. Every fire insurance company au- thorized to transact business in this state is hereby required to to the state fire marshal) the ary or other of- ficer of the company ted by the boara of directors for that all fire losses on property. insured sin amy ‘such company. {giving the date of fi, ithe amount of prob- able loss, the characte of property destroyed or damaged, and the cause of the fire together with the ef insurance car- ried by sueh company, Sueh Feport shall be mailed to the state fire marshal within taree days after notice of is received such company. Bach y is hereby also rex quired to report the it of loss as ad- justed on eaeh, fire after adjustment is made. oH rea Shall be in addition to and not in lieu of amy report or reports such compa- nies may be* required to make by any law of this state to the commissioner of insur- ance. : med to in Section comply with ‘this act shail upon iy act. who any of the requirements conviction be punished @ five of not less than twenty-five ($25) mor more than one hundred ($100) for each neglect or violation. Sec. 21. he state fire marshal shi " an annual salary of th nd (SoU dollars, the ehje’ a: receive an “a@bnual two thousand five hundred ($2, . the first deputy fire mar: receive an annual salary of usand eight on hundred ($1,800) dollars and fire marshal shall. receive ual salary of one thousand five hundred dollars, pa: able monthly. All @iticers who shall perform auy service at the of any such state fire marshalpyeMef-assistant fire marsha, or deputy ‘fire Biarahal. shall reeelve ‘the sam ees ay officers in lee @eurt, and such fees shall be paid out of the iije marshal f nd in this act. ssecond deputy See. Sai) stat® Yire marshd! shall em. ploy. clevks “and assistants, and incur such other expense as may y in the per- formance of the duties @ office. iuciuding: necessary traveling expenses, not to exceed, including salaries, “such stam pe may be paid state treasyry in Manner here- inafter provided. Prov! that no clerks or assistants shall be , exeept as ex pressly provided for in ct until the ne- cessity for Such appointment shall first be Passed upon by the governor and approved by Sec. 23. For the purpose of maintaining the dey of state fre marshal and pay- ing ail the expenses incident thereto, every fire mee company doing business in the state of ta, shall hereafter pay to the state on or before March first 1914 and thereafter, a tax upon its fire premiums F fssessments or both, as follows: @ sum equal to thi its of one per cent of the gross hans’ /assessments, less | turn premiums, on all direct business received it in this state, or by its agents for it, in or otherwise, during the preceding caten- dar year, including premiums on policies cover- ing “fire only “my automobiles, whether written under floater form or otherwise, vided, however, that thfs act shall in no way affect the tax due March Ist, 1913 and the payment thereor th the case of a mutual company the dividends paid or creditea to members in this state’shall be construed to bi return ‘The money so received int the state treasury shall be set aside us a special fund gui i hereby appropriated for the maintenance of such office of state fire marahal nd (tie elpenses, incident "thereto. The state shall cot be liable in any manner for the salary of fire marshal, his chief assistant, deputis, and other or for the maintenamee of the office of fire mi or @My expenses incident thereto, and the game shall be payable only from’ the spe for dn this ‘section. ‘s cial fumd provide: Sec. 24. The siate fire marshal shall keep on file in his office am itemized statement of all expenses incurred by his department and shall approve ali vouchers issued therefor, pe- fore the same fre submitted to the state au- ditor for it. whieh said voucher-shall be allowed) in the same manner as otner cjaims the See. 25. The state fire marshal or one of his chief subordinates shal! at all times be in fie marshal at the state cap tol geady for Sach duties as are required See. 26. All records on file in the fire mar- shal department shalf be public. except any ae ™ e a re matter aken. under the provisions of this act state fire marshal in his discretion “Withhold from the public. See. 21 ‘The fount attorney of any county. upon request state fire marshal, his deputies or shall assist such « ficers, of any fire which, in iss Suspicious origin, exits wring school hours, Sec. 20.—All fpenalties, fees or forfeitures collected ate © provisions of this act shall treasury of the state for the be paid into benefit of the si#te fire marshal fund, whereby declared that this act the public safety, health, peace and », 1s remedial in nature, and shall be ed Wberaily, and this act shall got be deelirea uneonst tutional and vold or hat amy section or provision therbat mayewe. (0 couteavention oF the con- stitution, See, $1. ‘The five marshal shall submit an- nually as 5 copsistent with fuil and accurate ation. and not jater than the fifteenth Of Vebruary, a detailed report of his official action to the governor. 3. of here shall be paid to the ments, and mayors of cities, noe eee who do ‘e, to exceed fifty dollars annually nsation for their, services as such mayors. and to presidents ot the vi iad to the . township clerks of township, who are by this act ~ 2% yeport Gres to the state ie poem foie" of one dothtr for each re Peporte, the, satisfaction of the state fire marshal, a1 in addition thereto, mileage at the rAte of tn Per mile for each mile traveled to the place of fire. Said allowagee shall\be paid by the state fire marshal at the each fiscal year out of at fundy as heretofore pro- videgrfor the use of the office of. said. state tire “marshal 2. All chiefs of departments who receive a stated salary and devote their entire time to the duties of chiefs of the department, and those mayors of cities who receive a stated salary exceeding fifty doll: such officer Hl be precluded from receiving any. extra. dllowance for the report herein mem tioned. j Section 33. No statement ¢r admission assured in any fire insurance {policy given. ee the fire mars. department ig any investiga. Vion oF proces { (department | judge of said same manner as witnet#es testitying unde: | pro-| employes | i Sec. 28. be the duty of the state |!mnrisonment fire marshal, | deputies’ and assistants to require } of public and private schools and d\ institutions to have one fire aril Wand to keep ali doors and Ml action based upon such policy of ince. = ‘3 All of Chapter 331, General Laws amended Chapter 451, General are hereby repealed; all of Chapter 205, General Laws 1911 are hereby repealed, “and also all other gets and parts of Jacts ‘inconsistent with this act are hereby ies . ‘4 Sec. “35. ‘This act shall take, effect and be in force from and after its passage, Approved April 26, 1913, é CHAPTER 363—H. F. No. 824. AN ACT to repeal Subdivi tion Eleven (11) of Chapter two. hundred eighty eight (288), Laws of 1905, as amended by Chapter two hundred nine (209), Laws of 111, relating to the taxation of inherit. ances, devises, bequests, legacies, “and gifts; and to amend 5 me (21) of said Laws of 1905, relating to the duties of the judge of probate and the register of deeds as to the reporting of matters in con- nection with the imposing and collecting of such taxes. , Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Minnesot: ion two (2) of Sec- Section 1, That Subdivision two (2) of Sec tion Eleven (11) of Chapter two hundred eighty eight (288), Laws of 1 as amended Vv Chapter two hundred nine ), Laws of 1911, be and the same hereby is repealed. . That Section Twenty one (21) of said Chapter Two Hundred Bighty Eight (288). luws of 1905, be and the same hereby amended so as fo read as follows: Sec. 21. ‘The auditor of state shall furnish to each probate court a book which shall be @ public record, and in which shall be entered by the judge of said court the name of every decedent upon whose estate an application has been made for the issue of letters of admin. istration, or letters testimentary or ancillary letters, the date and place of death of sucl decedent, names and places of residence and relationship to decedent of the heirs at law of such decedent, the estimated value of the property of such’ decedent, names and places of residence and relationship to decedent of the heirs at law of such decedent, the names jand places of residence of the legatees, de- | visees, and other beneficiaries in any wit of any such decedent, the amount of each legacy, and the estimated value of any property de- vised therein and to whom devised. ‘These entries shal} be made from, data con- tained nthe papers filed on such ‘pplteation or in any progeeding relating to the estate of the decedent. = e basi ‘The judge of probate shall also enter in such book the amount of the property of any such decedent, as shown by the inventory thereof. when made and filed in his office, and the re- turns made by any appraisers appointed by him under this act. aud the value of all m- heritances, devises, bequests, legucies and gifts inherited ‘from such decedent, or given by such decedent tn his will or otherwise as rixea by ‘the probate court. and the tax assessed thereon, and the amounts of any receipts for payment thereof Med with him. The state auditor shall also furnish forms for the reports to be made by such judge of probate, which shall correspond with’ the en- tries to be made in such book. Bach judge of probate, on determining a tax, shail immediately make a report to the State Auditor upon the forms furnishea by the State Auditor containing all of the data and ‘matters required to be entered in such ook. The register of deeds of each county shall, on the first day of January and July of each year. (AT THE SAME TIME), make reports in duplicate to the auditor of state and attor- ney general, containing a statemefit of any conveyance filed or recorded in his office of any property which appears to have been made or intended to take effect in possession or enjor- ment after the death of the grantor or vendor, with the name and place of residence of the vendor or vendee, and the description of the property transferred, as shown by such in- strument. “Such county official shall also fur- nish to either of said state officials, upon re- quest. all information specifically requested as to any instruments of record in his office. Approved April 26, 1913. CHAPTER 566—H. F, AN ACT to amend Section 43 of Chapter 344 of the General Laws of the State of Minne sota for the year 1905, and as amended by Chapter 78 of the General Laws of 1911, ,Telating to fishing in international waters. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State | of Minnesota: Section 1. That Section 43 of Chapter 344 of the General Laws of the State of Minnesota for the year 1905, as amended by Chapter 78. of the General Laws of 1911, relating to fish- jing. in International waters be, and the same is hereby amended so as to real as follow | The Game and Fish Commission is hereby |authorized to license the use. in International | waters, of pound nets of the character and bject to the regulations hereinafter contained and to issue Meenses therefor. The size of the mesh of the pot or pound uet shall not be fess than one and one-half (114) inchés bar measure, or three (3) inches extension meas- ure. Said pound nets may be set-in styings, but no string of such nets shall exceed two (2) in number, and the leads of such shall in no case exceed the following lengths: The pecs jead_ eighty (80) rods and the leads be- tween the pounds or pots fifty (50) rods in length. Said net or string of nets shall not |be less than twenty-five hundred. (2500). feet apart, nor within five hundred (500) feet of the mouth of any stream: provided that no pound net or string of pound nets shall be less than one (1) mile from the mouth of the Warroad River. > Any one desiring to use such nets or string of nets, shall, before so doing. make written application for such privilege jto the Commission. setting forth therein the [Rames of the applicant, the number of nets |desired to be used with an accurate descrip- |tion in detail of each net the waters in |which it is desired to set in, and a statement of the location of all other’nets then in use m such waters situated within five thousand | (5000) feet of the place where it’ is desired to |set such nets, which application shall be ac- companied by a license fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for each net. ‘The Commi. on may Issue a license to the applicant who shall be a citizen of the United States and a jresident of this State. Said license shal] not {be transferable and shall be good for one (1) [fishing season oly. Said license shall permit he use of so many ef said nets at the place |indicated in said application as the Commi |sion ‘shall deem for the best interests of ti |State. The number of nets so licensed sha {not exceed one hundred (100) in the Lake of |the Woods. Said Commission shall retain {twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for each net so |licensed. The Commission shall not issue 9 any one person, ¢o-partnership or corpora- jtion, for the use or benefit of such applicant ja leense to use more than ten (10) nets dur- z a single fishing season and whenever more nan one (1) person shall apply for a license to figh in the same locality, the right to fish |in said locality shall be determined in such menner as the Commission may designate. |The Commission shall act, on. sald applications at any :egular or adjourned meeting held between the dirst day of January and the first |day of June’ of any year, Ne euch license shall be issued authorizing the use of any net or nets in International waters between the first day of November and the fourteenth | of May following, both inclusive, and it |shall_be unlawful for ‘any person to assist in placing, or place any such net during such |season. All persons fishing with nound nets jlegaliy licensed, shall be aliowed to have [fish in their possession one (1) week after the close of season. Each applicant to whom |a Ticense is issued shall make a written re- [port at the end of such fishing season to said Commission, stating the- number of nets used, and where used by him, and the amount in |number. kind and the pounds of each kind |of fish taken by him in each net. Any person, |except the owner, or some one authorized by him, taking fish from licensed povnd rets, or jen’ person who wilfully or negligently dis- turbs them, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. and upon conviction thereof. shall be punished by a fine of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) or by in the county jail for thirty (30) days. Any pound net, seine. dip net, gill net, or |fsh house which’ is being used without a 1. cense, or any pound net. seine, dip net, gill net or fish house which is being used in vio- lation of a license issued for its use, is here- |by declared to be and is a public ‘nuisance, land it shall be the duty of all the members of the Commissions, game wardens, sheriffs and their deputies.” police officers ‘and con: stables, without warrant or process, to take, seize, abate and destroy ‘any ang all of the same. ‘The Commission. game wardens, sheriffs, and their deputies, police officers and con- stables, shall sefze any and all nets and seines when illegally used, and all fish taken there- with, and at once’ report the seizure to the Commission. Every person using, aiding or abetting the use of any such net. con! to the “pro. visions of this section shall be guilty of a misiemeanor, and upon conviction thereof. |shall be punished by a fine of one hundred dollars ($100). or by imprisonment in the county fail for minety (90) days, for each and every net so Mlegally used. Sec. 2. The Game and Fish Commission is hereby authorized to Mcense the use, in In- ternational waters of gill_nets, and to issue licenses therefor. Tye size of the mesh of gill nets shall not be less than five (5) inches extension measure, and cach such net shall not be longer th wen hundred and fifty (750) feet and shall not be set nearer than one-half (3%) mile from any pound net. reg- ularly licensed. and no person shall recet license for: more than one net. and such n lcensee, and shall be personally fished by anyone holding license shall not change the location thereof, when once fixed. without written consent ‘of the Game and. Fish 4 mission. Anyone desiring to use such* net shall, before so doing. make written applica- tion ‘for such privilege to the Game and Fish Commission, which application shall be ac- companied ‘by a license fee of ‘Ten dollars ($10.00); such gill net may be fished with from the first day of December to the last day of February following, both days inclust! and from the 15th day of Moy to the 3: and perch “) to the fifteenth day | ing. The license fee for be one dollar ($1.00). Sec. 4. The Game is hereby authorized tyf houses from the first di last day of Febrvary however, that no pers’ use more than one (1) license fee for,such fish house sha‘l dolfar ($1.00), Sec. is hereby International waters. of gill nets, and to issue Mcenses therefor. ‘The size of ‘the mesh ‘of gill nets shal! rot. be Jess than five (5) inches extension measure; and each such net shalt not be longer than two hundred (200) fee Any one desiring to use svch net shall, be fore so doing, make written application’ for such privilege to the Game and Fish Com- mission, which application shall be — ac- companied by a leense fee of one dollar ($1.00); such si!) net may be fished with, from jthe first day of December to the last day of February following. and from the Ith day of May to the Bist day of October. follow: img. Bach net shall display a tag giving the license number, / Sec. 6. Fish, especially ail species of bass, caught in International waters in season by residents of this State with hook and line may be offered for sale. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved Apri 1013, CHAPTER 567—H. F. No. 120. AN ACT amending Section Seventeen (17) of General Laws of Minnesota for 1905, as amended by Section six (6) of Chapter Four Hundred Sixty-nine (469) of the General Laws of Minnesota for 1909, as amended by Sec- tion ‘Thirteen (13) of Chapter ‘Three Hundred Kighty-four (884) of the General Laws of Minnesota for 1911, relating to drainage and the payment of drainage contractors. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Minnesota Section 1. ‘That Section seventeen (17) of chapter two hundred thirty (230) of the Gen- eral Laws of Minnesota for 1905, as amended by section six (G) of chapter four hundred sixty-nine (469) of the General Laws of Min- nesota for 1909, as amended by section thir- teen (13) of chapter three hundred eighty-four (384) of the General Laws of Minnesota for 1911 be and the same hereby are amended so that the same shall read as follows: Section 17. It shall be the duty of the engineer, on being notified by the contractor that his job is completed, to Inspect the same, and if he finds it complete according to! the contract, plans and specifications, he shall report that fact to the county beard and give to the contractor a certificate stating that sald section or sections (by number) or other jobs of construction, are completed according to the contract, plans and specificetions, as set forth in the report of said engineer; PROVIDED, That when the work for which such certificate is to be issued, affects more than one county, proportionate certificates shall be issued to’each county; whereupon, -if approved by the county board of the county or counties, the case may be, and upon the presentation and surrender of said: cert!- fieate with such approval endorsed thereon, to the auditor of the proper county or coun- ties, said auditor shall draw a@ warrant on the county treasurer of his ccunty for the proportionate amount found to be due from such county on sand contract, according to such preliminary certificate, as herein. pro- vided; and that said warrant shall be paid out of the general ditch fund to be provided by the county board as hereinafter specified. Said warrant shall become due and payable out of said fund at once, and if there shalt be no cash in said fund to pay said warrant when the same is presented the county treas- urer shall endorse said warrant ‘not paid for want of funds," and date and sign such en- dorsement, and the amount of said warrant shall draw interest at the rate of six (6) per cent per annum until called in by the trea urer or auditor of said county and paid. At any time during the progress of the work of construction the engineer may issue preliminary: certificates for work done and approved or for material or supplies fur- nished and delivered along the line of said proposed ditch, or otherwise delivered accord- ing to the contract therefor and to be used for the construction ‘or installment of tile or other enclosed drains or for bridges or cul- verts along the line of and as a part of the sald proposed ditch system; which preliminary certificate shall contain the station number or numbers of the work covered by such cer- tifleate. the actual yardage of the excavation certified, and the total value thereof accord- ing to the contract of construction, or in case the same is for material furnished, then an estimate of the total value of such material according to contract. Such certificate shall further show the _per- centage of such total value of the work or material to be paig by the county or counties, and if the proportion has been fixed by the district court, such certificate shall further show ‘the propertion of such tetal value to be paid by the respective counties. Said cer- tificate shall be executed in duplicate by the said engineer, or in such number as may be necessary and as many thereof marked “‘du~ plicate” shall be delivered to the contractor as there are counties affected, and such en- gineer shall further file one thereof with the county auditor of each county affected; pro- vided that except as hereafter provided no engineer in drainage proceedings shall by preliminary certificate certify or recommend for payment and no county auditor shall cause to be paid a sum exceeding seventy- five per cent (75%) of the “ tota} value of the |work done and — ap proved or exéeeding fifty per cent (50%) of the total value of materfal or supplies fur- nished or delivered as such total value is shown, by such preliminary certificate. Except that in case the total estimated cost of construction of any drainage ditch shall exceed the sum of $30,000.00 and the ex- cavation work thereof shall be fifty per cent (50%) or more completed, and the contract of construction shall not’ be in default, the engineer may after the said excavation is’ 5% or more complete, issue such preliminary cer~ tificate and recommend for payment and the County Auditor shall cause to be paid Eighty-five per cent (85%) of the total value of such work done and approved. Thereupon the said county auditor shall fotthwith issue his warrant for such amount to be so paid, by such county, which said warrant shall’ be payable as hereinbefore provided for payment of warrant issued after full completion of contract of construction. In case where the total estimated cost of construction of any such drainage ditch shall exceed the sum of $30,000.00 and where fifty per cent (50%) of the total amount of said excavation as shown by the engineers repori is complete and where the contract is not in default, the engineer may issue a fur- ther prliminary crtificate setting forth the total value of previous construction work theretofore certified as complete by the en- gineer, the total amount of warrants issued fo such construction contractors for such work, the total balance of sums retained by the county or counties involved, from prelim- inary estimates theretofore made, and the total percentage of the yardage of excavation theretofore finished dnd certified by engineer and the proportion of the cost of construction to be paid by the respective counties, if more than one. Such further preliminary certifi- cate shail be executed, delivered and filed by the engineer as other preliminary cer- tificates provided for in this section and upon presentation thereof to the county auditor, such avditor shall thereupon forthwith issue to the contractors presentiug the same his warrants for such county's proportionate share of 75% of the balance of such sums retained by the county or counties involved from preliminary estimates theretofore made as set forth in such further preliminary certificates provideq for in this paragraph, provided that in case of ditch proceedings wherein the contract of construction ‘has been entered into prior to the passage of this act, before the issuing and delivering of the said warrant to such contractors there shall be filed with the said county auditor the assent thereto in writing of the surety on such edntractor’s bond, such assent to provide that such pay- ment upon such further preliminary certifi- cate shall not in any manner effect or reduce the Mability of such surety upon such con- tractor's bond. ‘The provisions of this Section shall apply to all public ditch proceedings heretofore or hereafter instituted under any law of this State, except State and Township Ditches Provided, that uo certificate or certificates of partial’ completion or of furnishing of material shall be furnished or delivered by the engineer unless the said certificate or cer- tifleates shall be accompanied by the engi- neer’s written certificate that no loss will result from such partial payment. Provided further, that. the county or counties paying ‘a preliminary estimate of the engineer on ma- terial furnished or delivered shall have a Hen an the said material to the amount of all payments made thereon by such county or counties. Provided, that the sald certificate or certifi- cates of the engineer in the matter of any county or judicial ditch proceedings or any other estimate or certificate required under any of the drainage laws of this state to be made by him, shall not constitute prima facie, or other evidence of the truth of the contents thereof, or of the completion of any ditch or any part thereof by the contractor or otherwise, or of the fulfillment of the contract or any part thecrof unless and until said certificate is approved by resolution of the county beard. It shall also be the duty of the engineer to inspect the laying of tile, excavation and all other work of construction from tim time, as provided for in the specifications and provisions in his das provided for in the contract for construction, and every thirty days during the progress of the work to report in writing to the county board or the judge of the district court as the case may be, as to all work completed since the last prior report, and his services for mak- ing such inspection shall be paid. for at the Kis is origina] survey and report. maporoved: ApH 28, i013” day of October following, both days it clusive. Each net shall display a tag giv- ine the number of the leense held by the Meensee. _ Sec. 3. ‘The Game and’ Fish Commission may issue licenses for the use of fyke nets: INTENTIONAL CHAPTER 568—H. F. No. 208. guest AN ACT to amend Section 15 of Chapter 280] fonnected by proper plumbing Sec. 13. Chapter of the General Laws of Minnesota for 1905, Chapter Two Hundred ‘Thirty (230) of the: eral Laws Minnesota for 1905 be 80 as to read ‘ : ae | and contract shall be ‘other and the contract shall of the work "and ‘re the preceding section; and shall provide that the work shall be done and completed ‘48 provided for in the report of the engineer, lend subject to his approval and that of the auditor, or auditors as the case may be. Such contract shall be drawn to the gatis- faction of. the engineer and county attorney. |Every such contract shall embrace all the {provisions provided by law for the giving of ;bond by contractors for public works and im- provements aud for the better security of the contracting county or counties and of the Parties performing labor and furnishing ma- terial in and about the performance of such contracts, aud shall provide that time shall be of the essence of the contract, in that if there should be any failure to perfogm the work according to tHe terms of said. contract j within the time lmfteq therein, originkl.y or by extension, the contractors shall forfeit and pay to the county in which the portion of the work in default shall be Ideated, a certain sum, to be named therein, and which shall be fixed by the county auditor, or audi- tors, as the case may be. for each day that such failure shall continue. No extension of ‘time shall be granted un- less applied for in writing to the auditor.*or auditors, as the case may be, stating to his or their satisfaction good and sufficient rea- sons therefor, nor shall any extension affect the right to’ enforce such forfeiture, tf any, as shall occur after the time originally Mm- ited and before such extension, or oceurring after the limit of the extension. No extension of the time of construction shall be granted unless applied for in writing by the contractor to the county auditor or county auditors as the case may be, stating to the satisfaction of said county auditor or county auditors, good and sufficlent reasons therefor. The ' first extension sha}l not be for a period of time exceeding one year. No extension after the first above provided for shall be granted until a hearing upon such application shall be, held after such notice as hereinafter provided. In such case the auditor of the county wherein such drain- age proceedings were instituted, shall cause to be prepared’ and published as hereinafter provided, a brief notice setting “forth the filing of such application and setting forth the time and place when and where the sa{l appiication will be heard, considered and de- termined by such auditor or auditors. as the case may be. At the time and place so designated the said auditor tssuing such notice and if present such other auditors upon whom service of such notice is herein provided for, shall proceed to hear, consider and determine such application and shall make written order in relation thereto. Such notice of, hearing shall be published for two successive weeks prior to such hear- ing In each county affected by such drain- age proceedings in the newspaper therein duly designated to publish the delinquent tax Mst for such year, and swall be served upon the county auditor of each such county 89 affected. “The expense of such hearing and the publication and service of such notice shall be paid by such tontractor applying for such extension. Approved April 28, 1913, CHAPTER 569—H. No, 322. AN ACT relating to the equipment and regu- F. lation of hotels and restaurants, defining the same, and relating to the ‘inspection thereof, providing for penalties for viola- tions of the provisions of this act, and pealing Chapter 343 of the General Laws of 1905, and Chapter 206-of the General Laws of 1911. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State ‘of Minnesota: Section 1. Every building or structure, kept, used as, mailtained as, or advertised as, or held out to the public, to be a place where sleeping accommodations are furnished to the public whether with or without meals shall for the purpose of this act be deemed a hotel. Every building er other structure, and all buildings in connection, kept, used, or main- tained as, or advertised as,’ or held out to the public to be a place where meals and lunches are served without sleeping accom- modations, shail for the purpose of this act be deemed to be a restaurant, and the person or persons in charge thereof, whether as owner, lessee, manager or agent, for the pur- pose of this act, shall be deemed the pro- [prietor of such restaurant, and whenever the word “restaurant” shall occur in this act, it shal] be construed to mean such structure as described in this section. Sec. 2. For the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this act, the Governor shall appoint a hotel inspector at a salary of $1500 per year, payable monthly, who shall hold office’ for’ two years, and” wno shall furnish a bond in the sum’ of $2000.00 to be approved by the Attorney General. He shall keep a set of books for public use and in- spection, showing the condition of all hotels and restaurants, together with the name or names of the Owner, proprietor or manager thereof, and showing’ their sanitary condition, the number and condition of fire escapes, and any other information that may be for the betterment of the public service, and like- wise shall assist in the enforcement of any orders promulgated by the State Board of Health and Pure Food Department of this state, relating to hotels and restaurants, Sec, 3. Within sixty days after the passage of this act and each year thereafter. every person, firm or corporation now engaged in the business of conducting a hotel or restaurant, and every person, firm or cor- poration who shall hereafter engage in con- ducting such. business, must procure a license for each hotel or restaurant so conducted, or proposed to be conducted, provided that one license shall be sufficient’ for each combined hotel and restaurant where each ate con- ducted im the same building and under the same management. Each license shall expire on the Bist day of December next following its issuance. The hotel inspector shall furnish to any person, firm or corporation desiring to conduct a hotel or restaurant an application blank to be filed out by such person, firm or corporation for a license therefor, and which shall require such applicant to state the full name and address of the owner of the build- ing, the lessee and manager of such hotel or restaurant, together with the full descrip- tion of the building and property to be used or proposed to be used for such business, the location of the same, the name under which such business is to be conducted, and such other inforniation as may be required therein by the hotel inspector, and such application shall be accompanied by a license fee of $2.00 and all such fees shail be turned in to the State Treasury on the first day of January, April, July and October of each year.. Upon the approval of such application by such hotel Inspector, a license to conduct such business as such application is made for, shal! be issued by such hotel inspector. No’ hotel or retaurant shall be maintained and con- ducted in this state after the taking effect of this act, without having secured a license therefor "as herein provided, and no license shall be transferable. Provided, however, that after the making of application for license herein provided for and pending the issuance of such license, such hotel res- taurant shall be permitted to operate as such until the final refusal of such application by the inspector. Provided, also that no hotel or restaurant shail be denied relief in the courts in any laction instituted by either such hotel or Tes: taurant by reason of the fact that a license has not been issued to such hotel or xes- taurant. Sec. 4. It shall be the duty of such hotel inspector to inspect or cause to be inspected at least once annually every hotel and res- taurant in this state, and for such purpose he shall have the right to enter and have ac- cess thereto at any reasonable time, and whenever, upon such inspection it shall be found that such business and property so in- spected is not being conducted or is not equipped jn the’ manner required by the pro- visions of this act, or is being conducted in such manner as to ‘violate any of the laws of this state, It all thereupon be the duty of the hoté! inspector to notify the owner, pro- prietor or agent in charge of such ' or the owner or agent of the building so occu- pied, of such condition so found, and such owner, proprietor or agent shali forthwith comply with the provisions of this act unless ‘otherwise herein provided. A reasonable time may be granted by the hotel inspector for compliance with the provisions of this act. Sec. 5. Every hotel and restaurant in this state shall be properly plumbed, lighted and ventilated, and shall be conducted in every department with strict regard to health, com- fort and safety of the guest. Provided, that such proper lighting shall be construed to ap- ply to both daylight and illumination, and that such proper plumbing shall be construea to mean that all plumbing and drainage shall be constructed and plumbed according to ap- proved sanitary principles, and that such proper ventilation shall be ‘construed to mean t least one door and one window in each sléeping room. No room shall be used for a sleeping room which does not operf to the outside of the building or light wells, air shafts or courts, and all sleeping rooms shall have at least .one window to the outside of the building or light wells, alr shafts or courts and shal) In each sleeping room there miust be at least one window with openings so: arranged as to provide easy access to the outside of the building, light wells, air shafts or courts. Provided. ‘that the provisions of Paragraph 1, 2 and 3 of this section shall not apply to any hotel in which the compartments are ar- ranged on the cudical plan, or the dormitory plan, in conformity with ‘the provisions of to|have one door opening on a hallway. rate and in the same way as his services in| focal ordinances and regulations. In all cities, towns and villages where a system of water works and sewerage is main- tained for public use, every hotel and room- ing house shall, within six months after the eng tage ‘water closets for the of oh 8, which water closet or 1 ‘such sew-| yee et ~ properly its which shall pest the winter’ ronnie as the same to at all times, and Idnd, furnishing separate apartments for sexes, each being properly ted. Each hotel in this state shall be provided with a main public wash room convenient and of easy access to guests. Sec. 6. In all hotels and restaurants twe stories high, with ten or more sleeping room! where sleeping accommodations are furnished to the public, there shall be provided for each twenty-five hundred feet of area om fractional part thereof an efficient chemicai fire extin- guisher, conveniently located iu a public hall- outside of the sleeping rooms, and a ays in condition for use. or a one and one- fqurth inch inside stand ‘pipe with con- and a hose of sufficient length al- ached in such hallway. which. stand~ all be supplied by a sufficient pressure of water. Sec. 7. In all hotels and restaurants more than two stories high with ten or more sleep- ing rooms where sleeping accommodations are furnished to the public, each six thousand feet of area or fractional part thereof sball be provided with a one and three-fourths inch standpipe, and sufficient one and one-fourth, inch hose connected therewith on each fi and constantly furnished with sufficient wa- ter pressure from water works or pump which can be put into instant action, or for each such area there shall be a two and one-half inch metallic standpipe with metallic iadder attached above the first story, located. upon the outside of the wall extending above the roof and so situated as to be accessible from the roof aud from each story above the first, with valves and male hose connections at every story and on the roof, and female hose comnection at base of the pipe of such size and pattern as to allow connection with the equipment of the local fire department. There | shall also be provided for each eighty-five hundred fect of such area or fractional part thereof at least one efficient chemical fire ex- tinguisher on each floor containing sleeping apartments. If, for lack of water works or steam to operate pumps the inside stand- pipe is practicable, then, in addition to the fire extinguishers ‘there ‘shall be placed in the hallway on each floor containing sleeping apartments oue barrel of water and two pails labeled ‘For fire purposes only.” For eac! twenty-five hundred feet of area or fraction thereof on such floor, a red light shall be kept burning. all night at the head of each stair- way above the first floor, aud that near each approach to a stationary fire escape in each sleeping room above the first floor the fol- lowing printed notice shall be conspicuously posted: “Exit in case of fire. Upon leaving this room, turn to the (here insert right or left) and by passing (here insert distance in feet) you will teach a red light which indi- cates (here insert fire escape or stalrway).” Sec. 8 That within six months after the passage of this act every hotel and restau- rant in this state, occupied and used as such, and which is more than ‘three stories high shall be equipped with an iron stairway on the outside of the building extending from the cornice of said building to within twelve feet of the ground, and connecting on each floor above the ground with an opening from such floor, which stairway shall have plat- form landings at each floor not less than six feet in length and three feet in width, and which stairway and landing shall be guarded by an fron railing not Jess than thirty inches in height and shall be safely fastened and secured. Said stairway shall not be less than two feet wide, with steps not less than six inch tread-and shall be placed at an angle of not more than forty-five degrees. The way of egress to such fire escape shall at ail times be kept free and clear of any and al! obstructions of any and every nature. Fire escapes shall be placed where the hotel in- spector may direct. And if there ure more than fifteen sleeping rooms in each floor above the. third floor there shall be provided one stich described fire escape for fifteen sleep- ing rooms on each floor, every hotel less than four stories high shall have hallways placard- ed to indicate all stairways and exists, and shall keep a five-eighths inch Manilla rope of sufficient length to reach the ground, having Knots at least every fifteen inches apart, in each bedroom, such rope to be fastened’ six feet above the floor near a window In a sub- stantial manner and capable of sustaining at least five hundred pounds weight. | Provided, however, that nothing in this sec- tion shall be construed to prevent the use of any recognized automatic fire escape, in lieu of knotted rope. ‘Whenever it shall be proposed to erect a building three stories or more in height in tended for use as a hotel in this state, “it shall be the duty of the owner, contractor, or builder of such hotel to construct same so that one main hall on each floor above the ground floor shall run through to the outside wall of said building, and every building con- verted into a hotel after the passage of this act must comply with the provisions thereof. Provided, however, that the provisions of this act relating to outside fire escapes ‘and Topes of automatic appliances shall not apply to hotels having or making provisions for in- terior fire proot stairways approved as such by the hotel inspector. All hotels in this state shall hereafter pro- vide each bedroom with at least two clean towels daily for each guest, and shall also provide the main public wash room with clean, individual towels, maintaining same in view and reach and for the use of guests during the regular meal hours, and where no regular meal hours are maintained, then be- tween the hours of 6:30 a. m. and 9:00 a. m. and 11:30 a. m. and 2:00 p.m. and P. m. and 8:00 p. m. so that no two or mori guests will be required to use the same towel unless it has first been washed. Such indi- vidual towels shall not be less than ten inches wide and fifteen inches long after be- ing washed; Provided that this shall not pro- hibit the use of individual towels in such Wash-rooms. All hotels hereafter shail provide each bed, bunk, cot or sleeping place for the use of guests with pillow slips and under and top sheets; each sheet on and after January firsi, 1914, ‘shall _be made 99 inches long and o} sufficient width to completely cover the mat- tress and springs; provided that a sheet shall not be used which measures less than 90 inches+after being laundered. Said sheets and pillow slips to be made of white cotton or linen, and all such sheets and pillow slips, after’ being used by one guest must be washed and ironed before they are used by another guest, a clean set being furnished each suc- ceeding gues! All bedding, including mattresses, quilts, blankets, pillows, sheets, and comforts used in any hotel in this state must be thoroughly aired, disinfected and kept clean. Provided that ‘no bedding including mattresses, quilts, blankets, pillows, sheets, or comforts shall be used which are worn out or unfit for further use. Any room in any hotel or restaurant, infect- ed with vermin or bed bugs, shall be fumi- gated, disinfected, and renovated at the ex- til said vermin or bed bugs ate exterminated. All notices to be served by the hotel in- spector provided for in this act, shall be in writing and shall be either delivered personal- lly, or by registered letter, to the owner, agent, lessee or manager of such hotel or res- taurant. Any person, firm or corporation who shall operate a hote] or restaurant in this state or who shall let a building used for sucn busi- ness’ without having first complied with the provisions of this act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten dollars nor more than one hundred doliars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than ninety days. ‘The county attorney of each county im this state is hereby authorized and required upon complaint on oath of the hotel inspector or other persons, to prosecute to termination be- fore any court of competent jurisdiction in the name of the State of Minnesota, a proper action or proceeding against any person or persons violating the provisions of this act. , Sec. 9. Whenever the owner, manager or person in charge of any hotel ‘or restaurant shall have beeu convicted ag provided in the preceding section, and shall for a period of sixty days after ‘such conviction, fall to com- ply with any provisions of this act, the license granted to such person to conduct such busi- ness may be cancelled by the hotel inspector. Sec. 10. The hotel inspector shall appoint one Deputy inspector at a salary of fifteen hundred dollars ($1500) per year, whose term of office shall be of the same duration as that of the hotel inspector, and also one stenog- rapher at a salary not to exceed nine hun- dred dollars ($900.00) per annum, who shall assist under his direction in performing the duties imposed by this act. Sec. 11. On or before the 15th day of each month, ‘the hotel inspector shail certify to the state auditor the amount due to each of his deputies .as compensation and necessary cx- penses for the preceding month, also the items, and amounts of all expenses necessarily in- curred by him in the performance of his duties, including the cost of blanks, sta- tionery, postage and travel, and also the amount ‘due the stenographer as compensates for the preceding month, and such sala: mileage and expenses being duly audited shal! be paid by the state. For the payment of the hotel inspector, his deputies and stenographer and the expenses provided for in this chapter, the sum of six- teen thousand ($16,000.00) dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, {8 hereby an- nually ap jated out of the general fund of this state, for the purpase of carrying into effect the provisions of this act. The office of the hotel inspector shall be in the State Capitol. Sec, 12. Every hotel or restaurant securing a license under the provisions of this act shall keep the same ina place in the office such hotet or restau- Dense. of the proprietor of the said hotel uu-| ities of the first, it enacted by. of Minwessta, Section 1. A publié dance hall is used in this act, shali be any room, place or space open tronage in which dancing, wherein the public: may participate, is carried on and to which admission may be had by the publi¢ by pay- ment either directly or indirectly of an ad~ mission fee or price for dancing. See. 2. No person, firm, or corporation shall ‘sell or give way, directly or indirectly,. any intoxicating Wquaoars or permit or suf- fer the same to be sold ur given away in any public dance hall, nor shall any person, firm ‘or corporation sell or give away or permit to be sold or given away in any such dance hall any ticket, token, check or pass or ‘other thing which shall ‘entitle the holder or own- ers thereof, either directly. or indirectly, to receive any intoxicating liquors from ‘any person, firm, or corporation. Sec. 3. No person shall in any such dance hal}, or in any ante-room, or corridor, cloak: room, hallway or dressing room thereof or im any room connected therewith, drink any in - toxicating liquors; nor shall any keeper, pro- rietor, or person in charge of any dance hall knowingly suffer or permit any person to drink any intoxicating Mquor in such pub- dance hall or in any ante-room, corridor, cloak room, hallway or dressing room or im any room connected therewith. Sec. 4. No person or persons shall dance, » nor shall any keeper, provrietor or person im charge thereof permit or suffer any person or persons to dance in any public dance hall any Indecent or immodest dance, or any dange which is characterized by immodest motion of the body. No person or persons shall im any public dance hall act or speak in rude, boisterou: obscene or indecent manner, nor shall any keeper. proprietor or person im charge of a pubiic dance hall permit any person or persons to so act or speak therein. Sec. 5. In all cities of the first, second and third class, every public dance ‘hall. except when such hall is owned by the municipality, must be licensed by the governing body of: the city at a fee and under such conditions as such governing body may prescribe, not 1m violation of the provisions of this act. No such Hcense shall be isuea to any person of known bad character, nor to the keeper of any house of prostitution or place frequented by. prostitutes, or other alsorderly persons, nor to the keeper of any gambling house or place where gambling in any form is mitted, nor to any person not of good char- acter, nor to any person who has within one year next preceding the filing of his appli- cation been convicted of violation of the pro- visions of this act, nor to any place which hag direct communication with any room im which intoxicating liquors are sold or given |away, nor to any place having so called “pri- lvate ‘apartments’ or “‘private room” fur- nished apparently for other than legitimate business purposes, which adjoins such dance hall or stairs or passageway leading to said hall, Provided, that no license shall be issued for any place before the health commissioner shall have certified that said place complies with 1 the requirements ane regulations as to ventilation, toilet conveniences and other per- tinent regulations to the public health; pro- vided further, that the governing body of any city may in fts discretion permit any lodge or society, not organized and main- tained for profit, to conduct public dances without bpeing licensed as herein provided. Sec. 6. Every licensed public dance hall shall be brightly illuminated while in public use and dancing therein while the lights are extinguished, dimmed or turned low 60 38 to give imperfect illumination is hereby pro- hibited and made a violatvon of this act. Sec. No keeper, proprietor or person in charge of any licensed protic dance hall shalt permit to be or remain therein any unmarried person under the age of eighteen (18) years, or any intoxicated person or any prostitute or any person of known immorality. Sec. 8 Any firm, person or corporation violating any of the provistons of this act shall upon conviction thereof be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred ($100) do'lars lor by imprisonment for a term not exceeding ininety (90) days. Sec. 9. All acts and parts of acts incon- |sistent with this act are hereby repealed. Sec. 10. This act shal] take effect and be lin force from and after its passage. | Approved April 28, 1913. x CHAPTER 571—H. F. No. 720. AN ACT, to create a public education com- mission, and to define its powers and duties, |Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Mipnesota: | Section 1. A Commission is hereby creat- ‘ed, consisting of seven members, to be known jas the Public Education Commission, and to ‘be constituted as hereinafter provided. Sec. 2. The Superintendent of Public In- ‘struction shall be one of said Commission, and the remaining members shall be appoint— ed by the Governor, by and with the advice jand consent of the Senate, and within twenty jdays of the passage of this act. Vacancies rising by resignation or otherwise shail be led by the Governor. ‘The term of the com~ |mission shall expire by limitation two years after the passage and approval of this act. |. Sec. 3. Tho Commission shall meet on the call of the Superintendent of Public Instruc- ‘tion, within thirty days of fts appointment. Fivé members shall constitute a quorum. The Commission may elect a secretary, and snail cause a record to be kept of its proceedings. Sec. 4, It is the purpose, and shall be the duty, of said Public Education Commission to make. careful study and investigation of conditions in this state with respect to public education, including the public school system |and public educational institutions, and the |relation of the educational institutions one to another ard to the public school rem: to revise, collate, and make a digest of all laws. jand decisions reiating to or touching public education in this state: to recommend a gen- eral plan for the organization and admints- tration of public education ang public educa- tional institutions. The general purpose of the Commission shall be to effect economy jand efficiency with respect to the several branches of public education in this state, and to devise plans and make recommenta- tions for the teaching of vocational and in- dustrial education in the High Schools of the state, Sec. 5. The members of the Commission shall receive their personal and traveling ex- penses incurred. in connection with their |work, but shall receive no for their’ services; they are authorized to pay for such clerical’ and other services and inct- dental expenses as may be deemed necessary: they may fix the compensation cf the secre- tary for the time given to the service of the Commission. ‘The public printer fs directed to do such printing as\may be necessary for the said Commission. Sec, 6. The said Commission shall report the result of its work to the Governor not later’ than December 1, 1914, to be by him transmitted to the Legislature. Sec. 7. This act shall take effect and be in foree, from and after its passage. Approved April 28, 1913. CHAPTER 572—H. F. No. 722, AN ACT prohibiting any person under eight. een years of age from playing pool, billiards or bowling in public places unless accom- panied by his parent or guardian Pa ers Roget it enacted by ture: of Minnesot : Section 1. Any eighteen years or school, college or from ‘playing pool, bowling whether on a ball alley in any pub! or bowling ness. unless guardian, and any. eighteen vears or who is in Any game of_pool ar in any such place. .or in any pool or billiard room or any public place of bus! billiards or bowling are played, panied by his parent or guilty of a and ished by a fine of not exceeding * Sec. 2. Every keeper or person of any pool or billiard room, publ alley or public place, of business billiards or bowling are played mit or allow any person under eizhteen years or any minor pupil school, college or university to play any games, therein. or to gatter in, lolter quent 1¥ such place unless accomp his parent or guardian, shall be ot a misdemeanor and be punished by a fine of he imprisonment tn the county jail not exceede ¥ imprisonment in the cou not ing thirty (30) days. | Sec, 8. Chapter 133, hereby repealed. ‘Approved April 2s, CHAPYER 513—H. F. No. 730. Fae General Laws, 19 & All prosecutions under this act shall pe conducted by the county attorney of the County in which the offense was committed, of the General Laws of the General Laws ”