1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to counties; removing limit in county expenditures for soldiers' rest;
1.3 	amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 375.36, subdivision 1.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 375.36, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.6 		Subdivision 1.$3,500 yearly limit County powers; soldiers' rest. A county board 
1.7 	may purchase a plot of ground in any duly organized cemetery lying, in whole or part, in 
1.8 	the county, or in a contiguous county, to be designated and used exclusively as a soldiers' 
1.9 	rest, and. The county may appropriate money for its cost, embellishment, and upkeep, and 
1.10 	for the opening and the closing of graves in it, not more than $3,500 in any one year.

1.11 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.