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i <br /> STRINGER , COURTNEY & ROHLEDER , Ltd. <br /> ATTORNEYS AT LAW <br /> /// 1200 NORWEST CENTER TOWER <br /> VINCENT P. COURTNEY SS EAST FIFTH STREET AREA CODE 612 <br /> RICM�IARO A.ROHLEOER TELEPHONE 227-7784 <br /> HARRY T. NEIMEYER SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA SSIOI-1788 <br /> A.JAMES DICKINSON <br /> JAMES S. LYNDEN <br /> ❑WEN L.SORENSON <br /> PAULETTE KANE FLYNN <br /> ROBERT W. PLUNKETT, JR. <br /> KEVIN V. ELLIS <br /> PHILIP STRINGER (retiree) December 12, 1985 <br /> ARTHUR J.OONNELLY freliredl <br /> Ms. Charlotte McNiesh <br /> Clerk-Administrator <br /> City of Arden Hills <br /> City Hall <br /> 1450 West Highway 96 <br /> Arden Hills, Minnesota 55112 <br /> Re: Pull-Tabs at Blue Fox Inn <br /> Dear Charlotte: <br /> At your request, I have reviewed Chapter 349 of <br /> Minnesota Statutes to determine whether the City is a valid <br /> recipient of funds derived from a pull-tab operation to be <br /> conducted on the premises of the Blue Fox Inn and what, if any , <br /> responsibility or liability the City will have in connection with <br /> such operation as a result of its being a recipient of such <br /> funds. <br /> Section 349. 11 of Minnesota Statutes , as amended, says <br /> that the purpose of Chapter 349 is, among other things , " . . . to <br /> provide for the use of net profits only for lawful purposes. " <br /> The term "lawful purpose" is defined in Section 349. 12 , Subd. 11 <br /> to include, in pertinent part, " . . . lessening the burdens borne <br /> by government or voluntarily supporting, augmenting or <br /> supplementing services which government would normally render to <br /> the people . . . " . The term, however, does not include <br /> the erection or acquisition of any real property, unless the <br /> board specifically authorizes the expenditures after finding that <br /> the property will be used exclusively for one or more of the <br /> purposes specified in this clause. " Section 349 . 15 provides that <br /> profits from a pull-tab operation may be utilized only for <br /> "lawful purposes" as authorized at a regular meeting of the <br /> conducting organization. <br /> In light of the foregoing, the City may be the <br /> recipient of proceeds from the pull-tab operation so long as <br /> those proceeds are to be used to lessen the burdens of government <br /> or in supporting, augmenting or supplementing services which <br />