of charcoal, firewood and other fuel, and to appoint suitable persons to inspect, superintend and conduct the same.

Second. To compel the owners or occupants of buildings or grounds to remove snow, dirt or rubbish from the sidewalks, streets, alleys opposite thereto; and in their default, by some officer of the village at the expense of the said owners or occupants."

Third. To regulate and license public auctions and vendues. Fourth. To provide by ordinance for a standard of weights and measures, the appointment of a village sealer, and to provide for the punishment for the use of false weights and measures.

SEC. 30. The said village of Easton shall be liable for its proportionate share and interest of any bonds or other indebtednes which has been or may be voted or incurred by those townships for any purpose whatever prior to the time when this act shall take effect or be enforced.

SEC. 31. The farm land not surveyed and platted as town lots embraced within the limits and boundaries of the said village of Easton shall be exempt from attachment levy or sale upon execution or any other process issuing out of any court within this state, except as provided in chapter sixty-eight of the general statutes relating to homestead exemptions, the same as though they were not included in any corporate town, [city or village].

SEC. 32. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved March 9, 1874.

CHAPTER IX.

AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE VILLAGE OF BLOOMING PRAIRIE, IN THE COUNTY OF STEELE, STATE OF MINNESOTA.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Minnesota :

SECTION 1. All that part of the township of Blooming Prairie, in the county of Steele and state of Minnesota, included within the following described limits or boundaries, to-wit: Section (36) thirtysix, section (25) twenty-five, the east (1) half of section (35) thirtyfive, the east (1) half of section (26) twenty-six, section twentyfour (24), and the east half (1) of section twenty-three (23), in

township one hundred and five (105), range nineteen (19), is hereby constituted a village by the name and style of the village of Blooming Prairie, and by that name the people now inhabiting, and those who may hereafter inhabit the said district of country, shall be a municipal corporation, possessing all the powers incident to municipal corporations at common law, with perpetual succession, and shall be capable of contracting and being contracted with, of sueing and being sued, and of pleading and being impleaded, in all courts of law and equity, and may have a common seal.

SEC. 2. The male inhabitants of said village having the qualifications of electors of members of the legislature of the state of Minnesota, as hereinafter provided, may elect a president, three trustees, a recorder, a justice of the peace, and a constable, who shall hold their respective offices for one year, or until their succes sors are elected and qualitied. And before entering upon the duties of their respective offices they shall each take an oath or affirmation to support the constitution and laws of the state of Minnesota, also an oath of office. The recorder shall act as treasurer, and shall give such bonds as the village council may require. The treasurer shall keep a true account of all moneys by him received by virtue of his office, and the manner in which the same are disbursed, in a book provided for that purpose, and exhibit such account, together with his vouchers, to the village council at its annual meeting, for adjustment; and shall deliver all books and property belonging to his office, and the balance of all moneys in his hands, as such treasurer and recorder, to his successor in office, on demand, after such suc cessor has qualified according to law.

SEC. 3. The treasurer shall, from time to time, draw from the County treasurer such moneys as has been received by the county treasurer for the use of his village, and on receipt of such moneys he shall deliver proper vouchers therefor.

SEC. 4. The treasurer shall, on the Tuesday preceding the annual election for village officers, make out a statement in writing of the money by him received into the village treasury, from officers and other sources, and also of all moneys paid out by him as such treasurer; in which statement he shall set forth particularly from whom and on what account such moneys were received by him, with the amount received from each person or officer, and the date of receiving the same; also, to whom and for what purpose any moneys have been paid out by him, with the amount and date of each payment; he shall also state therein the amount of moneys remaining in his hands as treasurer; such statement shall be filed by him in his office, for the inspection of any person, and shall be carefully preserved and recorded in a book provided for that purpose.

SEC. 5. The president, the three trustees and recorder shall be the

village council of said village, any three of whom shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business and shall have full pow er and authority to enact, adopt, modify and enforce, and from time to time amend or repeal all such ordinances, rules and by-laws as they shall deem expedient for the following purposes, to wit:

First.-To provide for the construction and maintenance of suitable sidewalks, and street crossings, as they shall deem expedient, at the expense of the owners of the lots or parts of lots respectively opposite and adjoining to such sidewalks and crossings.

Second. To prevent riots, noise, disturbance of meetings or public assemblies whatever, to punish any person or persons who may be engaged in, or in any way connected with the same, and generally to promote and preserve good order and the public peace.

Third. To prevent the encumbering of streets, sidewalks, lanes or alleys with carriages, carts, wagons, boxes, barrels, sleighs, firewood, lumber or any other material or substance whatever.

Fourth. To restrain the running at large of cattle, swine, sheep, horses, mules and poultry, and to authorize the impounding, distraining and sale of the same.

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Fifth. To prevent any person from bringing, depositing or having within the village any putrid carcass or other unwholesome substance, to require the removal of the same by any person who shall have the same upon his premises, or by the person who may have put the same thereon; or from any street, lane, public square or alley, and in default to authorize the removal thereof at the expense of such person so required to remove the same.

Sixth. To prevent open or notorious drunkenness, brawling or obscenity in the streets, alleys or public places, and to provide for the punishment of all persons who may be guilty of the same. Seventh.-To prevent all persons from doing any damage to side

walks.

Eighth. To direct the location and management of slaughter houses and markets in said village and to regulate the sale, storage, conveying and keeping of gunpowder and other combustible materials.

Ninth. To compel the owners, agents, or lessees of any hog yard or hog pen, stable, privy, sewer, hide yard, slaughter house, markets or any other unwholesome or nauseous house or place, to clean, remove or abate the same from time to time as the village council may deem necessary for the health, comfort and convenience of the inhabitants of said village.

Tenth. To prevent the dangerous construction and condition of chimneys, fire places, hearths, stoves, stove pipes, ovens, boilers, boiler stacks and apparatus used in or about any building, and to cause the same to be placed in a safe condition, at the expense of

the owner, or owners; to prevent the deposit of ashes in unsafe places, or the throwing of them into the street; to regulate and prevent the use of fireworks and firearms, and to establish such regulations for the prevention and extinguishment of fires as they may deem expedient; also to adopt such regulations as they may deem proper to prevent the introduction or spread of contageous diseases. Eleventh.-To establish the grades of streets and cause an accurate profile thereof to be made, a copy of which must be filed in the office of the village recorder.

Twelfth.-To license public showman [showmen] or exhibitions, billiard tables and bowling alleys.

Thirteenth. To prevent and punish horse racing, immoderate riding or driving in the streets; to compel persons to fasten their horses or mules attached to vehicles while in the streets.

SEC. 6. Said village council shall have full power and authority to declare and impose fines, penalties and punishment, and to inforce the same against any person or persons who may violate any of the provisions of any ordinance, rule or by-law enacted by them, and all such ordinances, rules and by-laws are hereby declared to have the force of law; Provided, That they are not repugnant to the constitution and laws of the United States and the state of Minnesota. Fines, penalties and punishments may extend as follows, to-wit: fines, not to exceed one hundred dollars, nor imprisonment to exceed thirty days in the county or village jail. Offenders may be required to give security for their good behavior and to keep the peace for a period not exceeding one year in a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars.

SEC. 7. All ordinances, rules and by-laws shall be enacted by a majority of all the members of the village council, and shall be signed by the president or chairman, attested by the recorder and published once in a newspaper published and printed in said village or posted conspicularly in three public places in said village for ten days before the same shall be in force, and shall be recorded in a book kept for that purpose.

SEC. 8. All prosecutions for violating any of the ordinances, rules, or by-laws, enacted under the provisions of this act, shall be brought in the name of the village of Blooming Prairie, and shall be commenced by warrant upon complaint being made as required by law for criminal cases before justices of the peace; and the same proceedings shall be had thereon as are required to be had by the laws of this state in criminal or civil actions before justices of the peace; Provided, No appeal shall be allowed in any case where the fine or penalty imposed is less than twenty dollars. The justice of the peace of the village shall have and possess exclusive and original jurisdiction of all cases arising under the provisions of this

act.

SEC. 9. All fines and penalties imposed under or by virtue of the provisions of this act shall belong to the village of Blooming Prairie, and shall constitute a fund to pay the expenses incurred under the provisions of this charter.

SEC. 10. Any five citizens, being ireeholders within the corporate limits of said village, and having the qualifications requisite for electors of members of the state legislature may at any time call a meeting of the electors thereof to elect officers, provided for in section two (2) of this act, by posting a notice for ten days prior to the meeting, at the post office and at two more public places within the limits of said village, stating the object of the meeting and the time and place of holding the same, and the electors present at the time and place may organize such meeting by choosing viva voce two judges of election and one clerk, who shall take an oath or affirmation to faithfully discharge the duties required of them; and said judges and clerk being duly qualified, shall forthwith open the polls by proclamation, and conduct the election in the manner prescribed by the statutes of Minnesota, for the election of township officers, and the judges of election shall give to each person elected a certificate of his election within five days after his election. SEC. 11. After the first election of officers, the village council shall act as judges of election, and the annual meeting for the elec tion of officers shall be held on the second Tuesday in April in each year, at such place in said village as the council may direct, and the polls shall be opened between the hours of ten (10) and eleven (11) o'clock in the forenoon, and close at four (4) o'clock in the atternoon of said day. At the close of the polls the votes shall be counted and a true statement thereof proclaimed to the voters by some one of the judges of election, and the recorder shall make a true copy thereof in a book kept for that purpose, and within five days thereafter shall notify in writing the persons so elected of their election.

SEC. 12. The village council shall give notice of the time and place of holding the annual meeting for the election of officers by posting a notice of the same fourteen days immediately prior to the day of election, at the post office and at three or more public places in said village, or by publishing it for two weeks immediately prior to said election, in a paper published in said village, and may at any time call a special meeting of the electors of the village by publishing or posting a notice as provided in this section for the call of the annual meeting; Provided, No subject or question shall be cousidered or acted upon at any annual or special meeting unless it has been clearly stated in the notice for the call of such meeting.

SEC. 13. A majority of the legal voters of said village may at any annual or special meeting, authorize the village council to levy