States, and the general government of the United States with a copy; he shall, furnish the library with five copies of the general and special laws, both journals and the volumes of executive documents; and shall deliver to the secretary of the historical society twenty copies of the general laws, ten copies of the special laws and journals, and fifty copies of the executive documents. (1874, c. 7. § 32.) *§ 34a and *§ 346. See slip. *$ 35. Secretary to distribute laws, etc., to county auditors. The secretary of state shall, as soon as the laws, journals and executive documents of each session are printed and ready for distribution, box up the number of each to which each county is entitled, together with such number of extra copies of laws as he may deem sufficient for the local demand, and forward the same by public conveyance to the auditor of the county. If any county seat be so situated that the laws, journals and documents cannot be sent to the same by public conveyance, they shall be forwarded to a secure place as near such county seat as practicable, and the secretary of state shall notify the county auditor in writing of the delivery of the same at such point, and the county auditor shall contract with some person to convey the same to the county seat. (Id. § 33.) *$ 36. County auditors to distribute laws, &c. The county auditor shall deliver the journals and documents to such persons and institutions as are entitled to receive them, when requested so to do, and shall take receipts therefor and file the same in his office subject to inspection. All other copies of the laws which are forwarded to any county for sale, shall be delivered by the auditor to the clerk of the district court for distribution to such persons and on such terms as the county commissioners may prescribe. (Id. § 34.) *$37. Special laws to be sold. All copies of the special laws not distributed by the secretary of state according to the foregoing provisions of this act shall be retained by him for sale in the following manner: The secretary of state shall from time to time deliver such number of copies of any volume of special laws as may be required, to the treasurer of state, and take and file his receipt therefor; and he shall notify the said treasurer what is the actual cost price of any such volume. The state treasurer shall sell such copies of the special laws on demand at the stated cost price, and all moneys received from such sales shall be by him paid into and shall become part of the general revenue fund of the state. (Id. § 35 a.) *§ 38. Credit to be given to publications as official. All laws, journals and documents printed and published by any contractor under the provisions of this chapter, and duly certified by the secretary of state, as provided herein, shall be deemed to be officially printed and published, and full faith and credit shall be given to them as such. (Id. § 35 b.) *§ 39. Copies not distributed to be preserved. All copies of the journals, executive documents and laws, which are not distributed under the provisions of this chapter, shall be preserved in the office of the secretary of state, subject to future distribution by law. (Id. § 36.) *$ 40. Annual reports to be made by Nov. 5th. All county, township, city and village officers, and all officers and boards of officers of all state institutions and buildings, and all offices connected with the public works of the state, and all corporations (except such as by their charter are required to make their reports at some other specified time) which are required by law to make annual reports for any purpose to any state officer, shall make out and transmit the same on or before the fifth day of November of each year, to the proper officer. For the purpose of making out all such reports the year shall begin on the first day of November of each year, and end on the last day of October of the succeeding year. (Id. § 37.) *841. When reports of state officers to be made. All state officers and boards of officers, and the officers of all such institutions and buildings as are required to make annual report to the legislature or to the governor, shall make such report to the governor on or before the fifteenth day of December of each year; and for the purpose of making out such reports, the fiscal year is declared to begin on the first day of December of each year, and to end on the last day of November of the succeeding year. The governor, upon receiving such reports, shall deliver the same to the commissioners of public printing, to be printed; and the governor shall lay before the legislature all such reports in printed form at the same time with his annual message. (1874, c. 7, § 38.) *$42. General laws published in newspapers. All laws of a general nature which shall hereafter be passed by the legislature shall be published once in the several newspapers of the state, within forty days after the close of the session: provided, such paper shall have been regularly issued for at least three months previous to the opening of such session. (1867, c. 54, § 1, as amended 1868, c. 47, § 1, and 1873, c. 37, § 1.) § 43. Secretary to send copy of laws to county auditors. It shall be the duty of the secretar of state to transmit, in the order in which they are passed, and within thirty days after the close of the session of the legislature, written or printed copies of all laws of a general nature, to the auditor of each county, who shall cause the immediate publication thereof acccording to the provisions of this act. (1867, c. 54, § 2.) *$44. Price of publishing, and how paid. The publishers of each of such papers so designated as aforesaid, shall be entitled to receive for the publication of the laws as above provided, the sum of fifteen cents for each folio of one hundred words.. Said publishers must cause proper proof of publication of same to be made to the secretary of state, upon receipt of which the secretary shall deliver a certificate of the same to the state auditor, whose duty it shall be thereupon to draw a warrant for the certified amount upon the state treasurer in favor of said publisher. (Id. § 3.) *$45. Publication of laws in Northwestern Reporter. That the publication of the laws as made by the secretary of state in the Northwestern Reporter, a legal newspaper published in the city of Saint Paul, Minnesota, is hereby declared to be an official publication of the same, and the laws so published by the secretary of state in said newspaper shall be received as authority in any court of this state. (1878, c. 55, §1.) *$ 46. Publication of special laws affecting counties. All laws of a special nature which are not by the laws of this state required to be published in the newspapers of the state, which shall hereafter be passed by the legislature of one thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven (1877), or hereafter, may be published once in not more than two (2) of the newspapers of the counties affected by said special laws, as soon as the same are published by the secretary of state: provided, such newspapers shall have been regularly issued for at least three (3) months previous to such publication; and provided further, that the county commissioners of the counties affected by any special laws passed by legislature, shall cause or order the same to be published. (1877, c. 110, § 1.) *$ 47. Commissioners may publish such laws. The county commissioners of each county may, if they deem it necessary, as soon as the special laws of the state are published by the secretary of state, cause any or all of the special laws relating to their several counties to be published as provided in section one (1) of this act, the cost of which shall be paid out of the treasury of the county where the same are published. (Id. § 2.) *§ 48. Price of publication. The price paid by any county for the publication of the said laws shall be forty (40) cents per folio: provided, that before payment is made for the publication of any of the special laws as above, publishers who may print such laws shall make proper affidavit of such publication, and file with the county auditor of the county affected by said special laws, (Id. § 3.) *$49. Legislative manual to be prepared. It shall be the duty of the secretary of state to cause the legislative manual to be prepared and printed annually hereafter, in advance of the assembling of the legislature. Said manual shall contain the matter usually embraced in such work heretofore, with such other statistical information as may be deemed necessary for the use of the members and officers of the legislature in the performance of their duties. All of said manual shall be printed by the state printer in advance of the beginning of each session, except the rules, list of members and officers, and committees of the two houses, which shall be printed as soon after the assembling of the legislature as the copy of the same can be supplied by the secretary of the senate and the clerk of the house. (1872, c. 20, § 1.) *$50. Printing and distribution of manual. The secretary of state shall cause to be printed and bound seven hundred copies of said manual, which shall be distributed by him as follows: two copies to each member of the legislature, and one copy to each officer thereof; one copy to each state officer and each employee of the same; one copy to each state institution; twenty copies to the state library and historical society each, for exchanges with other states; and one hundred and fifty copies shall be kept by the secretary of state for the use of the succeeding legislature. (Id. § 2.) *§ 51. Price of state advertising. That all advertising done for any of the state departments shall be paid for at the uniform rate of seventy-five cents per square of space (which is declared to be equal to the space occupied by two hundred and fifty ems of solid nonpareil type) for the first insertion, and thirty-seven 50-100 cents for each subsequent insertion. (1867, c. 102, § 1.) *PAPER FOR PUBLIC PRINTING-STATIONERY, ETC. § 52. Secretary of state to fix amount, &c. That annually hereafter, on or before the first Tuesday in August, it shall be the duty of the secretary of state to ascertain and fix the amount and kinds of all paper necessary for the public printing of this state for the period of one year; and the amount and kind of writing paper, envelopes, and all other stationer's supplies necessary for use in both branches of the legislature, and in all the public offices of the state for the same time. (1874, c. 8, § 1.) *§ 53. Secretary to advertise for proposals. That thereupon it shall be the duty of the secretary of state to give public notice for at least four consecutive weeks, by advertisement in four newspapers printed and of general circulation in this state, one of which shall be published in the capital of the state, that sealed proposals will be received at the office of the secretary of state until twelve o'clock at noon of the first day of September following, for furnishing such amounts and kinds of printing-paper, and such quantities and kinds of writ ing-paper, and other stationer's supplies, describing clearly the several kinds of articles required. (Id. § 2.) *§ 54. Requisites of proposals-bond of contractor. Proposals may be made for furnishing either the printing-paper, or the writing-paper and other stationery and stationer's supplies or for both; and such proposals shall be accompanied by samples of the various kinds of paper and other supplies proposed to be furnished, and shall contain the price thereof, accompanied by a clear and certain name for each article. Each proposal shall be accompanied by a bond payable to the state of Minnesota, with good and sufficient security to be approved by the secretary of state, in a penal sum of not less than one thousand dollars, to secure the state that the maker of the proposal will, if his bid be accepted, sign the necessary contracts and enter into the bonds herein•An act to provide for the purchase of paper and stationer's supplies for the public printing, and or use in the legislature and state offices. Approved, March 9, 1874. (1874, c. 8.) after provided, for the faithful performance of the same. Said proposals shall, on said first Tuesday of September, be opened in public by the secretary of state, and the contract for furnishing the printing-paper shall be by him awarded to the lowest bidder or bidders therefor, and the contract [for] furnishing the writing-paper and stationery shall be awarded to the lowest bidder or bidders therefor. And to secure the faithful performance of said contracts, the secretary of state shall take from the contractor or contractors a bond payable to the state of Minnesota, with good and sufficient security, to be approved by the secretary of state, in the penal sum of not less than double the amount to be paid such contractors by virtue of such contracts: provided, that the said secretary shall have power, and it shall be his duty, to reject all bids which he may consider exorbitant, or against the interest of the state. (1874, c. 8, § 3.) *§ 55. Contractors' bonds to be filed, &o. Said bonds shall be filed and retained in the office of the secretary of state, and, for any failure to comply with any of the conditions therein contained, may be prosecuted in the name of the state in any court of competent jurisdiction, and the amount of damages, when collected, shall be paid into the state treasury. (Id. § 4.) $56. Payments to contractors, how made. The secretary of state shall certify to the state auditor from time to time the amount due to such contractors for stationery and paper when [then] furnished under said contract, who shall issue his warrant upon the state treasury for the amount so certified, to be paid out of moneys appropriated for that purpose: provided, that said auditor shall not give his, warrant for an amount to exceed seventy-five per cent. of the amount certified until said contract shall be fully completed and fulfilled. (Id. § 5.) *§ 57. Custody of paper and stationery. The printing paper of the state shall be kept and issued by the secretary of state, and used and accounted for by the contractor for the public printing, as provided in the laws relating to the public printing. The writing-paper and other stationer's supplies shall be securely kept by the secretary of state, and issued by him for use in any state department or office, upon the requisition and receipt of the chief officer therein; and for use in either branch of the legislature, upon the requisition and receipt of the secretary or chief clerk thereof. (Id. § 6.) $58. Secretary to report to legislature. The secretary of state shall annually report to the legislature of the state, at its first meeting in each year, the exact amount of all stationery, printing-paper, etc., contracted for and purchased by him, and the prices paid for the same. (Id. §7.) GOVERNOR. CHAPTER VL STATE OFFICERS. BECTIONS SECRETARY OF STATE. 7-12. To keep office at capitol-have custody of records and great seal-may appoint deputy to prepare halls for legislature-to index and distribute laws-to publish constitution and amendments-may employ clerk. AUDITOR. 89. Appointment-bond-term of office. 93, 94. Facilities to be furnished examiner-his STATE BOARD OF HEALTH. 98-102. Constitution-powers and duties-meetings-the secretary and his salary. COMMISSIONERS OF FISHERIES. 103-106. Appointment-term of office-duties. STATE BOARD OF IMMIGRATION. 107-114. Appointment-duties-secretary - quorum-appropriation-expenses-reports. INSPECTOR OF MINERAL OILS. 115. Appointment-term-removal. 117. Oath and bond of inspector and deputies- 118. 59. Power of judges of supreme court over library. 60. Exchange of reports. Place of inspection-sale before inspection -false brands, etc. 119. Complaints for violating law. 61. Disposal of receipts from fines, etc. 120. Inspector not to deal in oil. 121. Penalty for vending inferior ofl. CLERK OF SUPREME COURT. 122. Inspection at railroad stations, etc. 62. Oath-bond-deputy. 123. Actual test to be marked on packages. 63, 64. To procure records and supplies for courtto perform his duties in person. 65. Publication of syllabus. TITLE 1. GOVERNOR. § 1. Governor custodian of state property. The governor is the legal custodian of all the property of the state not specially entrusted to other officers by law; and is authorized and empowered to take summary possession of such property without any process of law; and to adopt such measures as he deems proper to preserve it from injury or deterioration. |