board, in a penalty not less than five hundred dollars, with conditions that he will keep the ferry in proper condition for ferrying, and attend the same at all times fixed by law for running the same; that he will neither demand nor take illegal tolls, and that he will perform all the other duties which are or may be enjoined on him by law, which bond shall be filed with the county auditor. (1867, c. 26, § 10.) *§ 123. Ferries in unorganized counties, how licensed. Any person desiring to obtain a ferry license for a ferry across any stream in any unorganized county in this state shall apply to the county commissioners of the county to which they are attached for judicial purposes; and the commissioners of such county shall have as full jurisdiction as though the said stream was wholly within the county of which they are commissioners. (Id. § 11.) *§ 124. Ferries in cities-limitation of license. The foregoing provisions of this act shall not apply to any stream, as far as the same is bordered by any city, village, borough or incorporated town in this state; but the common council or board having the management or control of the public affairs of such city, village, borough or incorporated town shall have the sole and exclusive right to grant ferry licenses across such stream, as far as the same is bordered by such city, village, borough or incorporated town respectively, and tomake and enforce such regulations for such ferries and ferry licenses as such common council or board may deem proper: provided, that such license shall not be granted for any period exceeding ten years: and provided further, that this section shall not be so construed as to affect or abridge the rights of the county commissioners in any county other than the one in which such city, village, borough or incorporated town is situated: provided, however, that any ferry established by the council or board of any city, village, borough or incorporated town, shall have the same rights and effect as if established by the county commissioners of the county in which the city, village, borough or incorporated town is situated. (Id. § 12.) ROADS FOR STEAM TRACTION MOTORS.* *8 125. Proceedings to lay out roads. Upon the presentation of a petition signed by a majority of the freeholders, and persons living on United States lands who have filed their declaratory statement for the same in the proper land office, and actually residing at the time within one mile of the line of any road proposed to be used for steam traction transportation, asking for the legal establishment of such road as may be prescribed by such petitioners, within the limits of the county in which said petitioners reside, it shall be the duty of the board of county commissioners of the proper county to cause a road for steam traction transportation to be laid out, opened and improved, in the same manner and under the same powers and restrictions in all respects as provided by law for laying out, opening or constructing and repairing county roads in this state, except as hereinafter provided. (1870, c. 20, § 1.) *§ 126. Width of roads. All roads laid out and opened under the provisions of this act, for steam traction transportation, shall be a uniform width of twenty feet; and where steam traction transportation shall be used on the line of and in connection with any existing road, twenty feet in width on one side of said road may be appropriated exclusively to steam traction transportation, and said twenty feet may be separated from the portion appropriated to general use by a division fence, if deemed expedient. (Id. § 2.) *$127. Construction of roads and bridges. Road-beds for steam traction transportation may be constructed with timber causeway foundations for clay, gravel or other material, or clay, gravel or other material may be used without causeway foundations for the purpose of making a good, substantial and hard road over •An act to provide for the use of steam traction motors for purposes of transportation, approved February, 191870. (Laws 1870, c. 20.) soft ground, or wooden rails or trams may be used in constructing any such road when the same may be deemed proper; and where the character of the country demands it, the road-bed may be cut down or filled in to make the grade of the road suitable to the requirements of the steam traction motors. All bridges for the use of steam traction motors shall be constructed with a separate track for said motors from that used for a general track. (1870, c. 20, § 3.) *§ 128. Agreement to operate road-grant of right to operate. No action shall be taken by any board of county commissioners in the improvement or construction of any road for steam traction transportation until an agreement shall have been entered into by and between the board of county commissioners. for and in behalf of the proper county, and some responsible person or the duly authorized representative of an association of persons, by which such person or association of persons shall be obliged to provide and operate on the road proposed to be opened such number of steam traction motors as will suffice to transport to and from the stations along said road specified in said agreement, without any unreasonable delay, and at a cost not exceeding the compensation to be specified in said agreement, all agricultural products or other freight belonging to any bona fide resident of such county, for a term of years not exceeding twenty; and in consideration of the above-mentioned obligation and the faithful performance of the same, the board of county commissioners, for and in behalf of the county in which the contemplated road is to be located and constructed, may secure to the said person or association of persons the right to operate said road with steam traction motors for the same term of years, without interference or hindrance through any action of the county authorities of the said county. (Id. § 4.) *§ 129. Survey of road-estimate of cost-submission to vote. As soon as said agreement shall have been signed by said person or representative of an association of persons, party of the one part, and by the chairman of the board of county commissioners of the proper county, party of the other part to said agreement, the said board of county commissioners shall cause the line and limits of said proposed road to be definitely surveyed and marked, including the portion of any road already established that is proposed to be devoted to steam traction transportation, and shall ascertain, as near as may be. the amount of improvement necessary to put said road in proper condition for steam traction transportation, and the probable cost of the same; and having obtained satisfactory information upon these points, the board of county commissioners shall authorize a special election to be held in the proper county, at which election the legal voters of the county will determine whether the road shall be constructed at the expense of the county or not; the notice of the time and place of holding said election, the qualification of voters, the opening and closing of polls, and the counting, canvassing and return of votes, shall be in conformity to the law regulating special elections in the several counties in this state: provided, that the notice calling such election shall contain a full statement of the terms of the agreement entered into for steam traction transportation over the proposed road, the location and points on the road, the estimated cost of constructing the road, and the probable amount of freight belonging to citizens of the county that will pass over the road per annum. (Id. § 5.) *§ 130. Vote by ballot-form of ballot. At all elections to be held under the provisions of this act, the voters voting in favor of constructing any road at the expense of the county, as specified in the notice for holding the election. shall deposit a ballot, with the words written or printed, or partly written and partly printed thereon, "Construction of steam traction road from (designating the point of beginning) to (designating the terminus), ves," and the voters opposed to the construction of said road. voting at said election, shall deposit ballots with the words written or printed, or partly written and partly printed thereon, "Construction of steam traction road from (designating the place of beginning) to (designating the terminus), no." (1870, c. 20, § 6.) * 131. Execution of agreement by county-road to be opened, etc. If a canvass of the votes polled in any county at any election as herein provided shall show that a majority of the voters of such county voting at such election voted in favor of the construction of such road for steam traction transportation, then the agreement entered into, as provided in section four of this act, shall be countersigned by the auditor of the county, sealed with the seal of the board of county commissioners, and recorded by the register of deeds, and, being stamped in accordance with the revenue laws of the United States, shall thereafter be and remain binding upon the parties thereto in all its provisions: provided, said agreement shall not contravene the provisions of this act or of the constitution of the state of Minnesota; and the board of county commissioners shall forthwith proceed to have the road as designated for steam traction transportation opened and improved for such transportation, in conformity to the survey and estimates embraced in the notice for holding the election at which the construction of the road was authorized. (Id. § 7.) *$132. County bonds for construction of road. To provide means for constructing any road authorized to be constructed as provided by this act in any county in this state, the board of county commissioners of the county in which said road so authorized to be constructed may be located are hereby authorized and empowered to issue the bonds of the county, for the amount necessary to defray the expense of improving and constructing said road so authorized to be improved and constructed: provided, that said bonds shall not exceed in the aggregate the amount of the estimated expense of improving and constructing. said road as set forth in the notice for holding the election at which the improvement and construction of said road was authorized by the votes of a majority of the voters of the county voting at said election. (Id. § 8.) $133. Character of bonds-limit of amount. Said bonds shall be made payable in the city of New York, not less than ten nor more than twenty years after the date thereof, with interest coupons attached, providing for the semi-annual payment of interest at the rate of ten per cent. per annum; and said bonds shall be disposed of at par in payment for material furnished and for labor performed for the improvement and construction of the road so authorized to be constructed and improved for steam traction transportation, and for no other purpose whatever: provided, that not more than three thousand dollars shall be paid for the improvement or construction of any one mile of any road to be improved or constructed under the provisions of this act, to include the improvement or construction of bridges, causeways, putting down wooden rails or trams, cutting, filling, or any other improvement or work whatever. (Id. § 9.) * 134. Tax to pay interest and principal of bonds. For the purpose of providing for the punctual payment of the maturing interest and principal [on] all bonds issued under the authority of this act, a tax upon the taxable property in the several counties in which such bonds shall be issued, as heretofore provided, shall be assessed and levied each year, sufficient to pay all the interest and principal of such bonds as may mature and become payable before the time fixed by law for the collection of any such tax for the next succeeding year. All such taxes authorized by this act shall be levied and collected at the same time and in the same manner that other county taxes are levied and collected; and such taxes levied and collected for the payment of the principal and interest of the bonds so issued shall be applied to such payment and to no other purpose. (Id. § 10.) *$135. Construction of road with private means. If, upon canvassing the votes polled at any election in any county in this state, held in pursuance of sections five and six of this act, it shall appear that a majority of the votes cast at said election was cast against the construction of the road designated at the expense of the county, then, and in that case, the said road shall not be constructed at the expense of the county; but at the request of a majority of the freeholders, and persons living on United States lands who have filed their declaratory statement for the same in the proper land office, and residing at the time within one mile of the line of said road as surveyed and marked, it shall be lawful for the county commissioners of the county to cause the road to be opened; and the road may be improved and constructed with private means, and be operated in all respects as is provided by this act for improving, constructing and operating county roads for steam traction transportation, except that no agreement between the board of county commissioners of the county and the person or association of persons operating said road shall be binding." (1870, c. 20, § 11.) § 1. Persons with vehicles meeting to turn to the right. When persons meet each other on any bridge or road, travelling with carriages, wagons, sleds, sleighs, or other vehicles, each person shall seasonably drive his carriage or other vehicle to the right of the middle of the travelled part of such bridge or road, so that the respective carriages or other vehicles may pass each other without interference. § 2. Driver passing vehicles to turn to the left. The driver of a carriage or other vehicle, passing a carriage or other vehicle travelling in the same direction, shall drive to the left of the middle of the travelled part of a bridge or road; and if the bridge or road is of sufficient width for the two vehicles to pass, the driver of the leading one shall not wilfully obstruct the same. §3. Employment of intemperate drivers-penalty. No person owning or having the direction or control of any coach or other vehicle, running or travelling upon any road in this state, for the conveyance of passengers, shall employ or keep in employment any person, to drive such coach or other vehicle, who is addicted to drunkenness, or to the excessive use of intoxicating liquors. § 4. Penalty for violation of preceding sections. Whoever offends against the provisions of the preceding sections shall for each offence forfeit a sum not exceeding fifty dollars, and be further liable to any party for all damages sustained by reason of such offence: provided, that every complaint therefor shall be made within three months after the offence is committed, and that every action for damages shall be commenced within twelve months after the cause of action accrues. $5. Horses not to be left unfastened-penalty. No driver of a carriage or other vehicle, used for the conveyance of passengers, shall leave the horses attached thereto, while any passenger remains in or upon the same, without making such horses fast with a sufficient halter, rope or chain, or without some suitable person to take the charge or guidance of them, so as to prevent their running; and if any such driver violates the provisions of this section, he and his employer, jointly and severally, shall forfeit a sum not exceeding fifty dollars; but no prosecution shall be commenced therefor after the expiration of three months from the time of committing the offence. § 6. Owners liable to passengers for injuries caused by drivers. The owners of every carriage or other vehicle running or travelling upon any road or public highway, for the conveyance of passengers for hire, shall be liable jointly and severally to the party injured, for all injuries and damages done by any person in the employment of such owners as a driver, while driving such carriage, whether the act occasioning such injury or damage is wilful, negligent or otherwise. 1-3. Support of poor persons by their relatives 13. Conveyance of poor persons to poor-house by by the county. 4. Legal residence. 6-6. Powers and duties of county commissioners. 7-9. Overseer of poor-appointment-powers and duties. sheriff. 14. Paupers without legal settlement. 18. Penalty for bringing poor person into county. 20-21. Support of discharged pauper convicts. § 1. Support of poor persons-liability of relatives. Every poor person who is unable to earn a livelihood in consequence of bodily infirmity, idiocy, lunacy, or other cause, shall be supported by the father, grandfather, mother, grandmother, children, grandchildren, brothers or sisters of such poor person, if they or either of them is of sufficient ability; and every person who fails or refuses to support his father, grandfather, mother, grandmother, child or grandchild, sister or brother, when directed by the board of commissioners of the county where such poor person is found, whether such relative resides in the county or not, shall forfeit and pay to the county commissioners, for the use of the poor of their county, the sum of fifteen dollars per month, to be recovered in the name of the county commissioners, for the use of the poor as aforesaid, before any justice of the peace or any court having jurisdiction: provided, that when any person becomes a pauper from intemperance or other bad conduct, he shall not be entitled to any support from any relation except parent or child. § 2. Order in which relatives are liable The children shall be first called on to support their parents, if there are children of sufficient ability; if there are none of sufficient ability, the parents of such poor person shall be next called on; and if there are no parents or children of sufficient ability, the brothers and sisters shall be next called on; and if there are no brothers or sisters, the grandchildren of such poor persons shall be called on, and then the grandparents; but married females, whilst their husbands live, shall not be liable to an action. §3. When county shall support. When any such poor person does not have any such relatives in any county in this state as are named in the preceding sections, or such relatives are not of sufficient ability, or fail or refuse to maintain such pauper, then the said pauper shall receive such relief as the case may require out of the county treasury; and the maintenance and relief of all such poor persons |