2005 Minnesota Statutes - 237.33 — Town telephone system.

     237.33 Town telephone system.  


    For the purpose of preventing the starting and spreading of 
 forest or prairie fires and extinguishing the same, promoting 
 public welfare, public health, and public safety, and 
 facilitating the work of public improvements, the electors of 
 any organized town of this state shall have power, at their 
 annual town meeting or at any special town meeting called in the 
 manner provided by law for special town meetings, to authorize 
 the town to construct, or otherwise acquire, operate, and 
 maintain a township telephone system, including the necessary 
 poles, wires, telephones and telephone equipment, and by itself 
 or in conjunction with one or more other towns to construct, 
 equip, acquire, operate, and maintain a local telephone 
 exchange, or one or more trunk lines of wires connecting such 
 town or towns with the local exchange, or with a local exchange 
 owned by some other corporation or persons, and to determine by 
 ballot the amount of money to be raised for the purposes 
 aforesaid.  No such local exchange as herein provided for shall 
 be constructed or maintained in municipalities where a local 
 exchange is already in operation.  


    HIST: (5312) 1921 c 439 s 1