Act

2004.019.0018

Act by Minnesota Legislators related to the Borough of Belle Plaine, Belle Plaine, 1881
Title
Act by Minnesota Legislators related to the Borough of Belle Plaine, Belle Plaine, 1881
Creation Date
1881
Materials

Dimensions

13.82 in. H x 8.5 in. W Item (Overall)

Description
Act approved by the legislators of the State of Minnesota to amend older acts relating to the Borough of Belle Plaine. It outlines changes in language, stipulates that no person serving as the borough justice may serve as the town of Belle Plaine's Justice of the Peace at the same time, operating a jail in the borough, assessing fines or hard labor on vagrants, street beggars, and prostitutes, and set compensation for the borough attorney. The act went into effect on March 7, 1881 and was certified and signed by the Secretary of State on March 11, 1881. The piece is handwritten in black ink on ledger paper. It is six pages long attached together by two brass tacks. A gold stamp from the state is affixed to the back page.
Geographic Notes
St. Paul/Minnesota

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