Section 88.41 — County Auditors; Tabular Statements; Powers And Duties.
88.41 COUNTY AUDITORS; TABULAR STATEMENTS; POWERS AND DUTIES. At as early a date as possible after letting the contract or contracts under any improvement authorized by sections 88.28 to 88.46, and as soon as the cost of the improvement and expenses connected therewith can be ascertained, the auditor of the county shall make in tabular […]
Section 88.42 — Improvements By Towns And Cities; Limitation Of Indebtedness.
88.42 IMPROVEMENTS BY TOWNS AND CITIES; LIMITATION OF INDEBTEDNESS. All towns and cities are hereby authorized and empowered to contract debts and pledge the public credit for, and to engage in, any work reasonably tending to prevent or abate forest fires; provided, that the amount of the indebtedness so contracted or assumed shall never be […]
Section 88.43 — Firebreaks; Clearing Lands.
88.43 FIREBREAKS; CLEARING LANDS. Subdivision 1. Distance. The governing body of any town or city may construct and continuously maintain good and sufficient firebreaks for the protection of life and property within such municipality. For such purposes any city may completely clear all land and remove all combustible or inflammable materials therefrom within 1,000 feet […]
Section 88.44 — Acquiring Property.
88.44 ACQUIRING PROPERTY. Subdivision 1. Certificate of indebtedness; bond issues; tax levies. For any of the purposes authorized in sections 88.28 to 88.46 and within the limits therein fixed, any county, town, or city may borrow money and issue bonds for the payment thereof, with the approval of a majority of the voters, as provided […]
Section 88.45 — Municipalities To Cooperate.
88.45 MUNICIPALITIES TO COOPERATE. Counties doing anything under sections 88.28 to 88.46 shall act by and through county boards; towns, by and through town boards; and cities, by and through their councils or other governing bodies. It shall be the duty of all such municipalities and their officials and employees to cooperate, as far as […]
Section 88.46 — Laws Applicable.
88.46 LAWS APPLICABLE. Where in sections 88.28 to 88.46 it is provided that any section or provision of General Statutes 1913 or 1923, or any session laws or general laws, shall be deemed applicable in sections 88.28 to 88.46 for any purpose, the sections and provisions of these other laws so incorporated in sections 88.28 […]
Section 88.34 — Hearing On Petition; Elimination Of Lands.
88.34 HEARING ON PETITION; ELIMINATION OF LANDS. Upon due publication and mailing of notice of hearing, the county board shall have jurisdiction of all matters named or referred to in the petition as originally presented, or as afterwards amended, and of each tract of land and of all parties in any manner interested therein, as […]
Section 88.35 — Rereference Of Petition.
88.35 REREFERENCE OF PETITION. If, at such hearing, after the presentation of the evidence on behalf of all parties interested, it shall appear to the satisfaction of the county board that the appraisers have made unequal or improper assessments or estimates of benefits or damages, or for any reason the estimates of benefits or damages, […]
Section 88.36 — Order For Improvements.
88.36 ORDER FOR IMPROVEMENTS. If, at the final hearing, or adjournment thereof, the county board, after due consideration of the original or amended reports of the engineer and the appraisers and of such other evidence as may be produced, shall find that the proposed improvements will be of public benefit and aid in preventing or […]
Section 88.37 — Appeals From Orders For Improvements.
88.37 APPEALS FROM ORDERS FOR IMPROVEMENTS. (a) Any person aggrieved thereby may appeal from any such order of the county board upon any of the following matters: (1) the amount of benefits to any property in which such person so appealing is interested; (2) the amount of any damages allowed in which such person so […]