State ex rel. Town of Marine v. Browne
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by Charles H. Browne, County Auditor of Washington County, from an order of the District Court of said County, W. C. Williston, J., made July 28, 1893, directing that a peremptory writ of mandamus issue.
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Appeal by Charles H. Browne, County Auditor of Washington County, from an order of the District Court of said County, W. C. Williston, J., made July 28, 1893, directing that a peremptory writ of mandamus issue. Swen Magnuson, town treasurer of the Township of Marine in Washington County, on June 27, 1893, presented to the District Court of that County in behalf of said town his petition stating that Charles H. Brown, County Auditor of the said county had completed his apportionment of the taxes for the year 1892, collected since the settlement in February, 1893, among the townships of that…
1Opinion of the CourtMitchell, J.
The main contention in this case is as to the construction of Laws 1893, ch. 180, (and particularly of the proviso *271in the first section,) entitled “An act to amend section 114, ch. 8, <3en. St. 1878, relating to the powers of county commissioners.”
The entire section, before and after amendment, so far as here material, is as follows, the new or amendatory matter being distinguished from the original section by italics:
“Sec. 114. Such board (of county commissioners) shall, in addition to the powers above enumerated, have power to set off, organize and vacate towns and change boundaries thereof…
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