At as early a date as possible after letting the contract or contracts under any improvement authorized by sections 88.28 to 88.46, and as soon as the cost of the improvement and expenses connected therewith can be ascertained, the auditor of the county shall make in tabular form a list and statement as provided by General Statutes 1923, section 6703, and the cost of making the improvement of each tract, together with its proportionate share of the total expense, shall be assessed against such tract, and the provisions of General Statutes 1923, section 6703, so far as applicable, shall govern the proceedings under sections 88.28 to 88.46. The auditor is hereby authorized to exercise all the rights and authority granted by General Statutes 1923, section 6703, and in all places where the term "ditch" or "drainage ditch" shall appear therein, the same, for all purposes of sections 88.28 to 88.46 shall be construed as reading "improvement," and General Statutes 1923, section 6703, used and applied accordingly. The auditor, after preparing this statement, shall cause a duplicate thereof to be recorded in the office of the county recorder in and for the county, as provided in General Statutes 1923, section 6705, and the provisions thereof shall apply to the proceedings under sections 88.28 to 88.46. The auditor and county recorder are hereby authorized to exercise the rights and authority and perform the duties here specified, and the provisions of General Statutes 1923, sections 6712 and 6713, shall apply to and govern the proceedings under sections 88.28 to 88.46. The county auditor, the county treasurer, and the county recorder are each hereby authorized and required to perform in all proceedings under sections 88.28 to 88.46 the duties specified in General Statutes 1923, sections 6712 and 6713; and in all cases where the term "ditch" or "ditches" or any other similar term appears therein, the same, for all purposes of sections 88.28 to 88.46, shall be construed as reading "improvement."
(4031-49) 1925 c 263 s 14; 1976 c 181 s 2; 2005 c 4 s 14
Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapter 88 — Division Of Forestry
Section 88.02 — Citation; Wildfire Act.
Section 88.04 — Firebreaks; Preventing Fires.
Section 88.041 — Agreements To Prevent And Suppress Wildfires.
Section 88.05 — Roadsides; Clearing; Firebreaks.
Section 88.06 — Removing Dead Or Down Timber.
Section 88.065 — Equipment Furnished.
Section 88.067 — Grants To Local Fire Departments.
Section 88.068 — Volunteer Fire Assistance Grant Account.
Section 88.08 — Wildfire Protection Districts.
Section 88.09 — Acquiring Land For Fire Protection.
Section 88.10 — Authority Of State Forest Officers.
Section 88.11 — Assistance For Fighting Fires.
Section 88.12 — Compensating Wildfire Fighters; Emergency Expenses.
Section 88.14 — Disposal Of Slashings And Debris.
Section 88.16 — Starting And Reporting Fires.
Section 88.17 — Permission To Start Fires; Prosecution For Unlawfully Starting Fires.
Section 88.171 — Open Burning Prohibitions.
Section 88.20 — Railroad Companies To Provide Patrol Officers.
Section 88.21 — Railroads; Duties; Penalties.
Section 88.22 — Wildfire Prevention; Restrictions And Penalties.
Section 88.28 — Law Divided Into Parts.
Section 88.29 — County Boards; Jurisdiction, Powers.
Section 88.30 — Clearing And Improving Lands.
Section 88.31 — Surveys And Plats.
Section 88.32 — Appraisers; Assessing Benefits And Damages; Statements And Reports.
Section 88.33 — Hearings; Notice; Service; Date; Adjournments.
Section 88.34 — Hearing On Petition; Elimination Of Lands.
Section 88.35 — Rereference Of Petition.
Section 88.36 — Order For Improvements.
Section 88.37 — Appeals From Orders For Improvements.
Section 88.38 — Contracts For Improvements; Duties Of County Auditor; Seeding Of Cleared Lands.
Section 88.39 — Work Of Improvement; Duties Of Engineers; Payments To Contractors.
Section 88.40 — Bond Issues To Pay For Improvements.
Section 88.41 — County Auditors; Tabular Statements; Powers And Duties.
Section 88.42 — Improvements By Towns And Cities; Limitation Of Indebtedness.
Section 88.43 — Firebreaks; Clearing Lands.
Section 88.44 — Acquiring Property.
Section 88.45 — Municipalities To Cooperate.
Section 88.46 — Laws Applicable.
Section 88.491 — Expired Contracts.
Section 88.51 — Auxiliary Forests; Tax Rate, Special Taxes.
Section 88.52 — Cutting Timber; Taxation.
Section 88.523 — Auxiliary Forest Contracts; Supplemental Agreements.
Section 88.53 — Disposal After Land Ceases To Be Auxiliary Forest; Rules.
Section 88.642 — Decorative Materials.
Section 88.6435 — Decorative Materials; Buyers.
Section 88.647 — Relation To Existing Laws.
Section 88.648 — Criminal Penalties; Misdemeanor.
Section 88.73 — Administration; Delegated Powers And Duties.
Section 88.75 — Violations; Penalties.
Section 88.77 — Disposition Of Fines And Penalties.
Section 88.79 — State Forest Service To Private Owners.
Section 88.80 — Aspen Recycling Program.