another state may be conveyed by warranty or quit claim deed, executed by and in behalf of said city and in its corporate name, by its mayor and city auditor, under the corporate seal of said city, and such deed when so executed, and when acknowledged by said mayor and city auditor for and in behalf of said city before an officer competent to take acknowledgements shall be entitled to record the same as in the case of other deeds relating to real estate in this state. § 4. The acquisition of any real estate in this state, by deed, lease or grant, by cities situate in another state and of the class above mentioned is hereby in all things declared valid and legal. Approved March 10, 1917. CHAPTER 78. [S. B. No. 240-Heckle.] SIDEWALK SPECIAL ASSESSMENT FUNDS. An Act to Amend and Re-enact Section 3695 of the Compiled Laws of North Dakota for the year 1913, Relating to Sidewalk Special Assessment Funds. Be it Enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of North Dakota: § 1. AMENDMENT.] That Section 3695 of the Compiled Laws of North Dakota for the year 1913 is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows: $3695. SIDEWALK SPECIAL ASSESSMENT FUND.] All moneys collected from special assessments for building or repairing sidewalks shall be kept in a fund to be called "sidewalk special fund, and warrants shall be drawn on such fund for the payment of the costs of building and repairing all sidewalks, and the city shall not be liable on any contract for the building or repairing of sidewalks to be paid by moneys raised by general taxation; provided, only, that where lots against which sidewalk special assessments are laid have become either the absolute property of the county because of a sale for delinquent taxes, or the absolute property of the city because of a sale for delinquent special assessments, the city council shall, by resolution, direct that there be paid into the "sidewalk special fund" out of the general funds of the city the amount of the sidewalk special assessments against all such lots, with interest at 7 per cent but without penalty or costs. All such sidewalk special assessment warrants shall be payable as specified and in such amounts as in the judgment of the city council the taxes and assessments will provide for, which said warrants shall bear interest at the rate of not to exceed seven per cent per annum payable annually, and may have coupons attached representing each year's interest. Such warrants shall state upon their faces for what purpose they are issued and the further fact from which fund they are payable and shall be signed by the mayor and countersigned by the city auditor under the seal of the city and be in denominations of not more than one thousand dollars éach. Such warrants may be used in making payment on contracts for making such improvements or be sold for cash at not less than par value thereof and the proceeds credited to such fund, and used for paying such improvements. It shall be the duty of the city treasurer to pay such warrants and interest coupons as they mature and are presented for payment out of the sidewalk special assessment fund, and to cancel the same when paid. § 2. This section shall apply to all sidewalk assessments heretofore or hereafter made. Approved March 10, 1917.. CHAPTER 79. [H. B. No. 260-Hoghaug.] VALIDATING CERTAIN GENERAL AND SPECIAL ELECTIONS. An Act Validating Certain General and Special Elections in Villages, and Bonds and Warrants issued by the Corporate Authorities Thereof in Pursuance of Such Elections. Be it Enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of North Dakota. § 1.] Any general or special election held heretofore in any village for the purpose of submitting to the qualified electors thereof, the proposition of installing water or light plants, or for making any other improvements therein legally within the authority of such village, and to issue bonds or warrants therefor on the part of such village, or to issue bonds to fund any existing indebtedness, when the only ground for invalidity of such elections and the bonds and warrants issued in pursuance thereof are defects, errors, or omissions, in any, or all of the proceedings therefor, or that the bonds and warrants, evidencing such indebtedness, at the time of such attempted incurring thereof, the same, together with all other then existing indebtedness of such village exceeded the debt limit thereof as evidenced by the last assessment roll previous to the attempted incurring of such indebtedness, provided such indebtedness does not exceed the constitutional limitation, or that the petition to the board of village trustees failed to contain fiveeighths of the citizen owners of taxable property of such village as evidenced by the assessment roll of the preceding year, are hereby legalized and validated the same as if in all things such elections, were held and the petitions therefor sufficient, and the bonds and warrants evidencing such indebtedness were issued in conformity to the laws then in force. § 2. EMERGENCY.] Whereas an emergency exists in this, that it is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public health and safety that this law shall become effective without delay for the reason that the installation of light plants and improvements authorized in villages in the state is being delayed on account of defects, errors, or omissions in proceedings connected with the elections and bonds issued to authorize and pay for such improvements, and residents of such villages will otherwise be put to great expense, inconvenience and delay and benefit from proceedings with necessary building operations; therefore this Act shall take effect. from and after its passage and approval. Approved March 10, 1917. CHAPTER 80. [H. B. No. 372-Hendrickson.] VALIDATION OF CERTAIN DEFECTIVE PROCEEDINGS. An Act Relating to the Validation of Certain Defective Proceedings in the Incorporation of Cities and Relating to Defective Proceedings to Affect the Extension of the Limits Thereof. Be it Enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of North Dakota: § 1. ACTS AND PROCEEDINGS LEGALIZED.] That in all cases where a village has, prior to January 1, 1917, been incorporated into a city under the laws of this state and the proceedings by which such incorporation has been made have been in certain respects defective, such proceedings are hereby declared to be valid and legal and the incorporation of such villages into a city shall not be questioned because of such defective proceedings. § 2. In all cases prior to January 1, 1917, where the limits of a city have been extended and the proceedings required by law for the extension of such limits have not been technically and strictly complied with, such proceedings are hereby declared lawful and valid and the extension of said city limits affected by such proceedings shall not be questioned because of such defect, provided, that nothing contained herein shall affect any act or proceeding now pending in any court in the state. §3. REPEAL.] All acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act are hereby repealed. Approved March 10, 1917. CHAPTER 81. [H. B. No. 200—Wadeson.] VILLAGE BOARDS. An Act to Re-enact Chapter 269 of the Laws of North Dakota for the year 1915, being an Act Defining the Powers of Village Boards Relating to the Erection, Purchase, Leasing, and Operation of Electric Light and Power Plants or Gas Works, and granting to Village Boards the Authority to Contract with Others for Electric or Gas Street Lighting, Electricity and Gas. Be it Enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of North Dakota: § 1. AMENDMENT.] That Section 1 of Chapter 269, Laws of North Dakota for the year 1915, is hereby amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows: The Board of Trustees of villages shall have the power upon petition of five-eighths of the citizen-owners of the taxable property of such villages in the manner and form provided by Section 3868 of the Compiled Laws of North Dakota, for the year 1913 as amended by Chapter 269 of the Session Laws of 1915, to purchase, erect, lease, manage and maintain any electric light and power plants or gas works to supply electric light, power or gas for village and commercial purposes and to its inhabitants, or to contract with others within or without such village to furnish electric light, power or gas to such village and its inhabitants, and to furnish electric or gas street lamps, poles and other equipment necessary therefor, and to pass all ordinances, penal or otherwise, that shall be necessary for the full protection, maintenance, operation, management and control of the property so erected, purchased, leased, or contracted for. Approved March 12, 1917. CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS CHAPTER 82. [S. B. No. 315-Gibbens.] A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION. Appropriation to Meet a Deficiency for the Per Diem of Officers and Employees of the Senate and House of Representatives, Fifteenth Legislative Assembly. WHEREAS, the 14th Legislative Assembly made appropriations for the specific departments of the Legislative Assembly to meet the expenses and expenditures of the 15th Legislative Assembly, and WHEREAS, the specific appropriation for the payment of the per diem of officers and employees of both the Senate and House of Representatives of said 15th Legislative Assembly were incorrectly estimated therein and fixed at the amount of twenty thousand ($20,000.00) dollars, and WHEREAS, by such incorrect estimate and appropriation a deficiency will occur in the said appropriation for the payment of per diem of officers and employees of said Senate and House of Representatives of the 15th Legislative Assembly; therefore, Be it Enacted by the Senate of North Dakota, the House of Representatives Concurring therein: § 1. APPROPRIATION.] There is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the state treasury, not otherwise appropriated, the sum of six thousand ($6,000.00) dollars or so much thereof as may be necessary to meet a deficiency in the appropriation for the per diem of officers and employees of the Senate and House of Representatives, Fifteenth Legislative Assembly. § 2. EMERGENCY.] Whereas, it is necessary for the immediate preservation of peace, health and safety that this Act shall become effective without delay for the following reasons, to-wit: That there are now insufficient moneys available for the purpose herein specified and the demand is immediate that such appropriation be made; therefore, this Act shall become and be in force and effect immediately upon its passage and approval by the Governor. Approved February 24, 1917. CHAPTER 83. [S. B. No. 66-Englund.] CONCURRENT RESOLUTION. WHEREAS the Mouse River, also known in Canada as the Souris River, in the spring of the year over-flows its banks and often causes great injury, and irreparable damage to property in the State of North Dakota, and WHEREAS it appears that the flood conditions of the Mouse River can be prevented by deepening and extending a coulee or dry creek, situated in the Province of Saskatchewan, Dominion of Canada, a short distance north of the boundary line of North Dakota, which coulee nearly connects Mouse River with Des Lacs Lake, and thereby causing the surplus waters of said river to flow into Des Lacs Lake, therefore Be it Resolved by the Senate of the State of North Dakota, the House of Representatives Concurring Therein: That we, the members of the Fifteenth Legislative Assembly of the State of North Dakota, respectfully petition the President, the Secretary of State and the Senate of the United States to make |