88.28 LAW DIVIDED INTO PARTS. Sections 88.28 to 88.46 are hereby divided into three parts. Sections 88.28 to 88.41 relate exclusively to counties. Sections 88.42 and 88.43 relate exclusively to towns and cities. Sections 88.44 to 88.46 contain provisions relating both to counties and to towns and cities. History: (4031-36) 1925 c 263 s 1; […]
88.29 COUNTY BOARDS; JURISDICTION, POWERS. It is hereby proposed to grant to the county boards of the several counties of this state jurisdiction within their respective counties to exercise all the powers and authority of sections 88.28 to 88.46 relative to the prevention and abatement of forest fires and the clearing and improvement of land […]
88.30 CLEARING AND IMPROVING LANDS. Before any improvement authorized by sections 88.28 to 88.46 shall be ordered or caused to be constructed by the county board of any county, there shall first be filed with the auditor of the county a petition signed by two or more parties owning land in the county, which land […]
88.31 SURVEYS AND PLATS. Upon the filing of the petition and bond, as provided in section 88.30, with the auditor of any county, the auditor shall notify the county board of the county, and the county board shall, within 30 days thereafter, appoint a competent civil engineer and direct the engineer to proceed to examine […]
88.32 APPRAISERS; ASSESSING BENEFITS AND DAMAGES; STATEMENTS AND REPORTS. At the time of the appointment of the engineer, as provided in section 88.31, by the county board, or within 30 days thereafter, the board shall appoint three appraisers, residents of the state, but not interested in any of the land described in the petition or […]
88.33 HEARINGS; NOTICE; SERVICE; DATE; ADJOURNMENTS. Upon the filing of this report, the auditor shall, within ten days thereafter, fix a date for final hearing on the petition and the engineer’s and appraisers’ reports and call a special meeting of the county board for that date by giving notice, as required by law therefor, which […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
88.38 CONTRACTS FOR IMPROVEMENTS; DUTIES OF COUNTY AUDITOR; SEEDING OF CLEARED LANDS. Within ten days after the filing in the office of the auditor of the order of the county board establishing and ordering any improvement under the provisions of sections 88.28 to 88.46, the auditor shall give notice of a time and place for […]
88.39 WORK OF IMPROVEMENT; DUTIES OF ENGINEERS; PAYMENTS TO CONTRACTORS. It shall be the duty of the engineer from time to time as occasion may require to visit the premises and examine the work performed by the contractor and when and as often as ten percent or more of the work is completed the engineer […]
88.40 BOND ISSUES TO PAY FOR IMPROVEMENTS. The county board of each county wherein any improvement is ordered constructed under the provisions of sections 88.28 to 88.46 is hereby authorized to issue the bonds of the county in such amount as may be necessary to defray, in whole or in part, the expense incurred or […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
