Minnesota Statutes
Chapter 88 — Division Of Forestry
Section 88.44 — Acquiring Property.

Subdivision 1. Certificate of indebtedness; bond issues; tax levies. For any of the purposes authorized in sections 88.28 to 88.46 and within the limits therein fixed, any county, town, or city may borrow money and issue bonds for the payment thereof, with the approval of a majority of the voters, as provided by the general laws relating to bond issues; may make all necessary, proper, and convenient provisions for sale of such bonds at not less than par, for payment of interest thereon at not more than six percent per annum, and of the principal thereof at maturity, or contingently at an earlier date; may issue promissory notes or certificates of indebtedness as far as reasonably necessary to procure funds in case of emergency not affording time to submit the matter to the voters; and for such purposes may levy and collect taxes annually upon all taxable property of such municipalities. As to counties, the powers conferred by this section shall be deemed supplementary to, but in no way lessening or detracting from, the powers and authority conferred by section 88.40.
Subd. 2. How acquired. When necessary in the exercise of the powers and authority conferred by sections 88.28 to 88.46, any county, town, or city may acquire property or property rights by gift, by purchase, or by condemnation, in any manner now or hereafter provided by law.
(4031-53, 4031-54) 1925 c 263 s 18,19; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7

Structure Minnesota Statutes

Minnesota Statutes

Chapters 88 - 91 — Forestry

Chapter 88 — Division Of Forestry

Section 88.01 — Definitions.

Section 88.02 — Citation; Wildfire Act.

Section 88.03 — Codification.

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 88.15 — Campfires.

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 88.18 — Fire Wardens.

Section 88.195 — Penalties.

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 88.49 — Contracts.

Section 88.491 — Expired Contracts.

Section 88.50 — Taxation.

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 88.641 — Definitions.

Section 88.642 — Decorative Materials.

Section 88.6435 — Decorative Materials; Buyers.

Section 88.645 — Enforcement.

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 88.76 — Rewards.

Section 88.77 — Disposition Of Fines And Penalties.

Section 88.78 — Appeals.

Section 88.79 — State Forest Service To Private Owners.

Section 88.80 — Aspen Recycling Program.

Section 88.81 — Forest Management Practices In Litigation.

Section 88.82 — Minnesota Releaf Program.