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number of sessions for attendance upon ■which such commissioners shall be enti ' tied to mileage, shall not apply to the commissioners of Wright county. And provided, further, that the number of days for which said commissioners shall draw pay shall not exceed thirty-five dayr In any one year. And provided, furthet that the provisions of this act, so far as the same limits the number of days that such commissioners shall draw pay, or fixes the number of sessions for attending upon which such commissioners shall be entitled to mileage shall not apply to counties where the population exceeds twenty-eight thousand inhabitants, which shall be ascertained by the last preceding census. Provided, further, that the num ber of days for which any commissioner slrill draw pay In any county In this state where the population exceeds twenty eighl thousand Inhabitants, which shall be ascertained by the last preceding cen sus, shall not exceed forty days In any one year. Provided, further, that the pro visions of this act shall not affect the pay and traveling fee of the commissioners of any county where pay and fees are now provided for by a special law regulating the same. Provided, further, that in any county in which the duty of building and keeping In repair the public bridges of such county is imposed by a special law upon the county commissioners of such county, siu-h commissioners may sever ally draw pay for all services actually performed as such commissioners for not exceeding fifty (50) days in any one (1) year Provided, further that if any com missioner district contains a city of more than 5.000 inhabitants, the compensation ,oi the commissioner for such district shall Ne such sum as may be fixed at the first meeting of the board of county com mlssio tors in each year and shall not ex cee.l the sum of two hundred and tifty (250) dollars per year. Provided, further thai in all counties of this state, wherein the tual assessed valuation of all real an.l personal property is more than ten million dollars ($10,000,000) and does not ex ceed twenty million dollars ($20,000 oon) each ol the county commissioners of such county, except the chairman of the board <>t county commissioners, shall be entitled to receive pay for not exceeding sixty (60) days service as such commissioner each \ear. an.l that the chairman of the said board of county commissioners shall 1 ntitled to receive pay lor not exceed ing seventy (70) days In each year. Pro \ led, that the provisions hereof granting pay for not exceeding sixty days to each ot the county commissioners, except the chairman, and for not exceeding seventy day- for said chairman, shall only apply to counties in this state having said as sessed valuation as aforesaid, wherein . the boards of county commissioners, either by general or special law, are re qulred to look after and superintend the expenditure of any count} moneys voted by them upon the basis of the assessed valuation of the real estate in said county to aid in the repair or construction of roads and bridges in their "respective counties. And provided further, that in any county where county commissioners nave done any work or rendered any serv lee In relation to public ditches under the laws of this state, the lime so spent shall rot be included in the number of days for which they are allowed to draw pay Pro v . J urther, that this act shall not ap piy to the compensation of any county commissioner designated under the special laws to act for any board of county com pilers m relation to the care of the poor at a compensation fixed by law " Sec. 2. Ml acts and parts of acts incon nt with the provisions hereof are i pealed. Sec .!. This act shall take effect and be In force from and after its passage Approved April 14th, 1899. CHAPTER ,178— S. F. NO. (164. AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An act to authorize the burial by the state of the bodies of honorably 'discharged soldiers, sailors, or marines, who may hereafter die without having sufficient means to defray his funeral expenses" being chapter 150, general laws of 1887, approved March 2nd, 1887, and being sec tion 8042 of the general statutes of 1894, Be It enacted by the Legislature of the State of Minnesota: Section 1. That section 1 of chapter l..'V general laws of Minnesota for the yea. 1 1887, approved March 2nd, 1887.be and the same is hereby amended by adding to section 1 the following: -Provided that all of the foregoing provisions of said sec tion shall apply to the body of any hon orably discharged soldier, saiior or marine who has served In the army or navyofthe V nlted States during the late Spanish war or as to the body of any soldier, sailor or ...marine who has died in the service of the I p.ited States and whose body has come within the limits of the State of Minnesota for burial; and the provisions ol this act shall apply as well to the bodies of those persons who have died prior to its enactment as to those who may die subsequent thereto." & c i. That section 2 of said chapter luO. general laws of Minnesota for the year 1887, approved March 2nd, 188T.be and the same is hereby amended by adding to said section the following: "Pro v dod that all of the foregoing pro^ visions of said section shall apply to\ the body of any honorably discharged soldier, sailor or marine who has served in the army or navy of the United States during the late Spanish war and to the body of any soldier, sailor or marine who has died in the service of the United States and whose body has come within the limits of the State of Minnesota for burial, and the provisions of this act shall apply as well to the bodies of those per j»sons who have died prior to its enact ment as to those who may die subsequent thereto." Sea ::. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after Its passage. Approved April 14th, 1599. CHAPTER 179— S. F. NO. 427. A N ACT authorizing boards of educa tion of special school districts created and existing under the laws of this state, except special school districts situated in cities having a population of more than fifty thousand (50,000) inhab itants, to levy taxes for the purpose of making payment of outstanding valid bonds of their school districts issued prior to January first (Ist) eighteen hundred and ninety-nine (1599), pursuant to a vote of the legal voters thereof, and to refund such out.-tanding bonds by issuing new bonds .instead thereof and levy taxes for their payment. Ba it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Minnesota: Section 1. The board of education of any special school district In this state, except special school districts situated in cities having a population of more than fifty thousand (50,000) inhabitants that has prior to January first (Ist) eighteen hundred and ninety-nine (1899), issued bonds for any lawful purpose pursuant to a vote of the legal voters thereof in favor of their issue, may at any time while such bonds are valid existing in debtedness against such school district levy upon the taxable property of such district from year to year a sufficient tax to pay such bonds and interest there on as shall be due when such law shall become payable, notwithstanding any ex isting ereneral or special law limiting or restricting- the authority of such board of education to levy taxes: and such board of education may also refund any such outstanding, valid bonds and Issue and negotiate instead thereof new bonßs at not less than their par value, payable h- not more than seven years from the date of their Issue, and drawing Interest at a rate not higher than that provided for by the bonds so refunded, and may there after in like manner as above provided levy taxes to meet the payment of such new bonds and Interest thereon as the same shall become due. notwithstanding any special or general law limiting the power of such board of education to levy taxes. Sec. 2. This act shall take r-ffeet and be in force from and after its passage. Approved April 14th. 1899. CHAPTER 188— S. F. NO. 388. AN ACT to amend sections two thousand nine hundred and ninety, (2990) and two thousand nine hundred and ninety-one (2991) of the general statutes of one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four (1X04). as amended by chapter twen ty 00) of the general laws of one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five (1895) relating to corporations. Be It enacted by the Legislature of the State of Minnesota: Section 1. That sections 2990 and 2991 ot the general statutes of 1594, as amend ed by chapter 20 of the general laws of 1895, be amended so as to read as follows: m Sec. jjjpo. That the grand lodge of the Ancient Order of United Work men of the State of Minnesota, instituted under the authority of the supreme lodge of said order, and any subordinate lodge of said order instituted or existing under the authority of said srrnnd lodge, and the state camp of Minnesota of the Modern Woodmen of America, and any subordinate camp of said la3t named or der located in this state may become Incorporated in the manner provided herein. Sec. 2891. Such subordinate lodge, or grand lodge, or such subordinate camp, or state samp, shall causs to be prepared a certificate which shall contain: First— The charter name, and. If it has a number, the number of such lodge or camp. Second— The time when and the au thority by which such lodge or camp was instituted. Third— The name of the first or char , ter officers of such lodge or camp. Fourth— ln case of a subordinate lodge or camp, the place where It Is located. Fifth— The names of the elective offi cers of such lodge or camp w"ho hold said offices at the. time of incorporation, with the postoffice address of each of euch officers. Such certificate shall be OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE GENEKAL LAWS OF MINNESOTA PASSED DUBING SESSION OF 1899. under the seal of such lodge or camp, and shall be signed by the said elective officers, and in case of a subordinate lodge or camp, shall be recorded in the office of the register of deeds of the county such lodge or camp Is located, or It it is located in a city or village lo cated in more than one county, then the same shall be recorded in the office of the register of deeds of each of the coun ties in which said city or village is lo cated; and, In case of a grand lodge or slate camp, such certificate shall be re corded in the office of the secretary of stats. Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after Its passage. .Approved April 14th, 1899. .__ CHAPTER ISI— S. F. NO. 410. AN ACT to amend section five (5), chap ter forty-six (4ti) of the general laws of 1889, being a part of an act known as the probate code of Minnesota, re lating to duties of judge of probate. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Minnesota: Srttion 1. That section five (5) of chap ter forty-six (4i>) of the general laws of one thousand eight hundred and eighty nine (ISS9), be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Sec. 5. When the judge of probate of any county, his wife, child or other lineal descendant, parent, brother or sister shall be an heir, devisee or legatee, or as a material witness, or when such judge shall be executor, administrator or guar dian of any ward or Interested as creditor or otherwise in any question to be de cided, he shall be disqualified to act in relation to that estate, or in the decision ot such question, as the same may bo; or If any judge of probate by reason of his own illness or necessary absence from his county is unable to attend his court or public office for the transaction of pub lic business, then In such cases the judge of probate so disqualified or rendered un able to act shall enter in hla record the grounds of his disqualification or Inabili ty and shall make an order reciting said ground and requiring the judge of probate of an .adjoining county to attend at the office of the judge of probate so disquali fied or disabled and to act In his place and stead during the period of such disability. And it shall be the duty of such judge of probate to hear, try and determine such matters in the same man ner and with like effect -as the judge of probate of said court might have done, had he not been so disqualified or unable to act. Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after Its passage. Approved 'April 14th, 1599. CHAPTER IS2— S. F. NO. 429. AN ACT to amend section 4196 of the general statutes of 1894, relating to the discharge of mortgages of record. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Minnesota: Section 1. Section 4196 of the general statutes of 1594 is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Sec. 4196. Mortgages may be discharged by an entry In the margin of the record thereof, signed by the mortgagee, or his executor, administrator or assignee, acknowledging the satisfaction of the mortgage; and such entry shall have the same effect as a deed of release, duly acknowledged and recorded. They may also be discharged upon the record there of by the register of deeds whenever there shall be presented to him a certificate, signed by the mortgagee or grantee, his personal representatives or assigns, ex ecuted and acknowledged as hereinbefore prescribed, specifying that such mort gage has been paid, or otherwise satisfied or discharged. In case any mortgage shall cover property situated in more than one county in this state, a certificate of dis charge thereof, or a certified copy of the record of any such certificate, may be recorded in the office of the register of deeds of each county where said mort gage may be recorded; provided, that In case of discharge by entry upon the margin of the record, the instrument so discharged or satisfied shall likewise be included In such certificate of discharge and satisfaction, and If any such mort gage shall be foreclosed by advertisement or action in any one county, and the mortgage debt secured thereby be paid by such foreclosure, there may be filed for record in the office of the register of deeds of such other county or counties, duly certified copies of the notice of sale, and all other foreclosure proceedings of record in the office of the register of deeds In the county wherein said mortgage may be foreclosed. Every such certificate, or papers evidencing such foreclosure pro ceeding, together with the proofs, acknowledgments and certifications there of, shall be recorded at full length, and a •reference made to the book and page con taining such record by a minute on the margin of the record of the original mort gage; and the register of deeds shall In dorse upon papers so presented to him for record, the time and place of record ing the same. Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved April 14th, 1899. CHAPTER 183— H. F. NO. 2G4. AST ACT to regulate the sale of binding twine manufactured at the state prison at Stiliwater. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Minnesota: Section 1. The price of binding twine manufactured at the state prison at Still water, shall be fixed by the warden and board of managers each year as soon as practicable, and not later than March first (Ist), and shall be sold only to farmers or actual consumers thereof, In quantities necessary for their own use, up to and including the first (Ist) day of May of each and every year, and shall be sold only for cash, or on such security as the warden of the state prison may ap prove. Sec. 2. All the twine on hand on the first day of May of any year for which no order has been given by farm ers or actual consumers, (except five hundred thousand (500,000) pounds to be kept to fill subsequent di rect orders) may, after said date, b« disposed of by the warden or board Of managers of the state's prison, in bulk to any citizen of this state applying there for, at the price fixed by {he board of managers, but only on the conditions hereinafter mentioned. Such warden or board of managers shall require from any such person ap plying to obtain such twine in bulk, a written agreement that he will resell such twine to actual consumers, who desire the same for their own actual use, and that he will not resell such twine in bulk to any other dealer, or attempt to evade the provisions of this act. Such person shall further agree that he will so resell such twine to actual consumers at a price not greater than one cent per pound above the price paid therefor, with the cost per pound of transportation from the state's prison to the place of such resale, added. And, for the purpose of enforcing such contract, the state shall have a contin gent interest in the twine so disposed of in bulk until the same is resold as herein provided, and the title of such purchaser from the state shall become complete and he be relieved from further accounta bility under this act only when he has fully complied with his said contract as to the mariner and terms of such resale. Such purchaser shall also be required by said warden and board of managers to keep such state prison twine separate from any other twine he may have on hand for sale and to keep a correct record of the date, amount and name of the pur chaser on all sales thereof made by him which record shall be open at all times to any state's prison official or the coun ty attorney of the county " of his resi dence. In the sale, distribution and dls nosition of the twine, the board of man asrers and warden of the state prison shall apportion and divide the same throughout the several agricultural counties of the state, as near as may be according to the acreage therein of grain requiring the use of binding twine. If any twine remains on hand unsold after July first (Ist) In any year, the same may be sold absolutely to the first applicant therefor. Sec. 3. Any willful violation of the provisions of this act, on the part of said persons entering into contract with said warden or said board of managers, for the sale of said binding twine, shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five (25) or more than three hun dred (300) dollars. Sec. 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after Its passage Approved April 13th, 1899. CHAPTER 184— H. F. NO. 480. AN ACT to legalize acknowledgments of conveyances and other instruments and the records thereof. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Minnesota: Section 1. That all acknowledgments to any conveyances or other instruments heretofore taken by, and all ot>ths admin istered by any person previously appoint ed or elected and then acting as a notary public or other officer authorized to take such acknowledgments. or administer such oaths, who was at the time of the taking of such acknowledgments, or ad ministering such oath, a member of the legislature of the State of Minnesota, be and the same are hereby legalized and made of the same validity as though at the time of taking such acknowledg ments, or administering such oath, such person was not a member of such legisla ture, and the record of such conveyances or other instruments is hereby declared to be legal and valid and effectual for all purposes. Provided, That the provisions of this act shall not apply to or affect any action or proceeding now pending in any court of this state. S# .-. - This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved April 13th, 1899. CHAPTER IS3— 11. F. NO. 105. AN ACT to legalize and make valid cer tain mortgage foreclosures heretofore made under and by virtue of title two (2) of chapter eighty-one (SI) of the general statutes of eighteen hundred and ninety-four (1594), relating to the foreclosure of mortgages. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Minnesota: Section 1. That no judgment, sale, sheriff's certificate of sale or other fore closure proceedings heretofore made or taken under title two (2) of chapter eighty-one (81) of the general statutes of eighteen hundred and ninety-four (1894), shall be set aside or deemed invalid by rea son of the failure to tile a bond or secur ity before the entry of judgment, ami all such foreclosure proceedings wherein such bond or security has not been made or filed, are hereby legalized and made valid, and such foreclosure proceedings shall have the force and effect as if such bond and security had in fact been filed. Sec. 2. Nothing herein contained shall affect the rights of parties in any action now pending. Sec. 3. This act shall be In forco and effect from and after October first (Ist), eighteen hundred and nliictv-nin* (1899). Approved April 13th, 1599. CHAPTER ISG— H. F. NO. 1. AN ACT to amend section of.lß of tha general statutes of 1894, relating to ac tions in justice, municipal and district courts. Be it enacted by (he Legislature of the State of Minnesota: Section 1. That section sT>ls of the general statutes of 1894, be amended so as to read as follows: Sec. 5515. When an action i 9 com menced In the district court In the name of any plaintiff, who is committed and In execution for a crime, or wherein the plaintiff is a non-resident of this state, or wherein all of several plaintiffs are non-residents of this state, or In the name and behalf of any foreign corporation; or when any such action Is brought into any district court on appeal by the de fendant, such plaintiff shall file with the clerk or the court wherein such action is brought, in the district court, before the service of the summons therein, and in tha appellate court, in case of an appeal by the defendant, within— flve days after tha perfecting of the appeal, a bond in the penal sum of seventy-five dollars, exe cuted by one or more sureties, payable to the clerk of the court, for the benefit of parties who may become entitled to dis bursements or coats in such action, and conditioned for the payment of all dis bursements and costs that may be ad judged against the plaintiff in the action. If, after the commencement of the action, or the taking of an appeal, all the parties plaintiff therein become non-residents of this state, or the sureties in the bond above provided for remove from this state, or become Insolvent, the defendant may on motion, by order of the court, require an additional bond to be filed, payable and conditioned as herein pro vided. Provided, the provisions of this act shall not apply to any action brought by the plaintiff for the recovery of wages, or claim for personal-services. Sec. 2. This act shall be In force from and after its passage. Approved April 12th. 18:>9. CHAPTER 187— H. F. NO. 258. AN ACT to amend chapter two hundred and sixty-four (264) of the general laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-five (1895), entitled "An act to regulate the construction and management of city and" village lockups." Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Minnesota: Section 1. That chapter two hundred and slx-ty-four (264) of the laws of eigh teen hundred and ninety-five (1895), re lating to the construction and manage ment of city and village lockups, be amended by inserting after section nine (9) thereof the following: Sec. 10. That when the State Board of Corrections and Charities, by report of the local board of health, or by inspec tion of its members or officers, or other wise, shall be Informed that the jail or lockup of any city or village Is for any reason or reasons unfit for use, and shall ao determine, the said board shall have power to condemn the same by Its order in writing, and it shall not be used for the detention or confinement of any prisoner or vagrant until such order of condemnation shall have been rescinded. Sec. 2. That the sections following in said act be numbered eleven (11), twelve (12) and thirteen (13), respectively. Sec. 3. That this act shall take effect and be In force from and after its pass age. Approved April 13th, 1899. CHAPTER 18S-H. F. NO. 212. AN ACT to amend section four thousand four hundred and eighteen (4418) of the general statutes of one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four (1894), relating to clerk hire for probate Judges. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Minnesota: Section 1. That section lour thousand four hundred and eighteen (4418) of the general statutes of one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four (1894), is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Sec. 4418. All probate judges whose sal ary exceeds the sum of one thousand (1,000) dollars, may receive a further sum to be annually fixed by the board of county commissioners, not exceeding five hundred (500) dollars, in any one year, for clerk hire. Sec. 2. This act shali *ake effect and be in force from and after Its passage. Approved April 13th, 1899. CHAPTER 189— H. F. NO. 269. AN ACT to amend section fifty-five (55) chapter four of general laws of the State of Minnesota for the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety three 0893), being section sixty (60) of the statutes of Minnesota for one thou sniid eight hundred and ninety-four (1894) relating to elections. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Minnesota: Section 1. That section sixty (60) of the e?neral statutes of one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four (1894) be amend ed so as to read as follows: Sec. 60. Except in cities of over twelve thousand (12,000) inhabitants, the board of registration in each election district in the state at least twenty (20) days be fore any election, shall make a list or register of the names of all persons who are entitled to vote in their respective districts at such election, which list shall contain the surname of such persons in their alphabetical order, and their places of residence. Three copies of said list shall, at least ten (10) days before such election, be posted In each election dis trict. In cities containing a population of over two thousand (2,000) and less than twelve thousand (12,000) said board of registration shall meet on Tuesday next preceding such election, at the place where such election is to be held, from nine o'clock In the forenoon until nine o'clock in the afternoon for the purpose of making correction In said list or reg ister, said place and time of meeting for correction in said list or register to be noted on the lists previously posted. In making such corrections said board of registration shall enter upon such lists the additional names of all per sons properly shown to be entitled to vote I In that election district at such election, and erase from said list or register the names of all persons properly shown not ! to be entitled to vote in that district at j such election. The said board, on first making out said list, shall consult the poll lists used at the last preceding general election in their election district, and shall place in j said list or register the names of per- j sons whom they know, or can, with rea sonable diligence, ascertain to be entitled to vote at such election In their respective election districts. Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be In force from and after its passage. Approved April 13th, 1899. CHAPTER 190— H. F. NO. 318. AN ACT to provide for the collection of taxes in certain cases. Be It enacted by the Legislature of the State of Minnesota: Section 1. Any and all taxes levied and I assessed against any lot or lots in any town or village in this state upon which i there Is a building or buildings erected and standing at the time of the assess ment thereof, the same not being personal property, are a lien upon said lot or lots, | and bulldine or buildings, jointly, and i severally, for the payment of such taxes, | and in case of the removal of such build- I Ing or buildings from said lot or lots after such assessment, and before such taxes i shall have been Dald, the said lien shall extend, and continue, to said building or ' buildings upon the premises to which the j same shall have been removed In propor- I tlon to the total value of such lot, or lota | with such building or buildings, standing thereon, at the time of such assessment and the said building or buildings, shall be liable, toeether with such lot or lots for the payment of such taxes, the same as though they had not been removed from said lot or lots. Sec. 2. When it shall have been ascer tained that said building or buildings, have been removed from said lot or lots, the county treasurer of the county In which said lot or lots are situated, shall cause due notice of the existence of the lien aforesaid to be served upon the own er or occupant of the said building or buildings, upon the lot or lots, to which the same have been removed, and. there upon make demand of him for the pay ment of the proportionate amount of the taxes due upon said lot or lota, with the building or buildings standing thereon at the time of such removal, according to the value of said building O r buildings and lot or lots together, and shall proceed to collect said proportionate amount of such tax of, and out of, said building or building's, in the mariner pre scribed by law for the collection of taxes on personal property. Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and b» in force from and after its passage Approved April 18th, lbi>9. CHAPTER 191— H. F. NO. 496. AN ACT to amend section one (1), title eighty-two (82) of ehaotur one hundred and three (103) of the laws of 1597, re latins to a bridge in the town of Lin den, Steams county; Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Minnesota: Section 1. That section one (1), title eighty-two (82; of chapter one hundred and three (103) of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-seven (1597), be amended to read aa follows: That the sum of one hundred and twenty-five dollars ($125) is hereby appropriated out of any money in the state treasury belonging to the internal improvement fund, or out of the first money coming into the treasury for said fund, to aid in repairing both ends of the bridge across the artificial 'channel of the Clearwater river, in the town of Linden, in tho County of Steams, at a point in section thirty-five (35>, township one hun dred and twenty-thieo (123), north of range twenty-seven (27) west, in Steams county, Minnesota. Sec. 2. All acts and parts of acts incon sistent with this act are hereby repealed. Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and ba in force from and after its passage. Approved April 13th, 1899. CHAPTER 192— H. F. NO. 457. AN ACT to amend section 1846 of the general statutes of the State of Minne sota for the year ]«», relating to the expenditure of county funds upon pub lic highway and bridges, relating to the expenditure of county funds upon pub lic highways, and to repeal chapter IS of the general laws of Minnesota for 1895. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Minnesota: Section 1. That section one thousand ; eight hundred and forty-six (1846) of the i general statutes of the State of Minne sota for one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four (1594) be and the same here by is amended so as to read as follows: Sec. 1846. The county commissioners have general supervision of county roads and have power to appropriate such sums of money from the county treasury as they think advisable for opening, vacat ing, resurveylng, or otherwise improving such roads; or for the purpose of repair ing, improving or building bridges upon any public highway in said county, not exceeding in any one (1) year the sum or ratio of one thousand (1,000) dollars to each five hundred thousand (500,000) j dollars of assessed valuation of real : estate in such county; provided, that ad ditional sums may be appropriated, but shall not be expended except upon rati fication thereof by a vote of the people to assist in building bridges and opening and repairing county roads, to be ex pended under their direction; provided, further, that the towns through which any county road may pass shall keep such road in repair, the same as other roads in their towns; provided, that this act shall not repeal or modify any spe cial law now In force providing for the appropriation and expenditure of county moneys for expenditure in- the construc tion or repair of roads or bridges in such county. [ Sec. 2. That chapter forty-eight (48) of the general laws of Minnesota for the year one thousand eight hundred and I ninety-five (1895) be and the same here ! by is repealed. Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved April 13th. 1899. CHAPTER 163— H. F. NO. 411. LAN ACT to provide for the filling of I vacancies in school boards and boards ! of education. 1 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the I State of Minnesota: | Section 1. Tn case the office of any : member or director of any school board j or board of education of any school dls i trict or city in the State of Minnesota, ! whose members are now or hereafter ! elected by vote of the people, shall be -1 come vacant by reason of death, resigna ', tion, removal from the district, or other | cause, the said board may fill such va j cancy by appointment until the vacancy I can be filled for the unexpired term of ! such office by election by vote of the : people. I Sec. 2. Such appointment shall be made ' by a majority vote of the remaining mem- I bers or directors of such board at any I legal meeting thereof held more than | thirty (30) days prior to a general elec tion at which such officer may be elected by vote of the people, and shall be cvi ; denced by a resolution of such board, j duly entered upon Its minutes. A copy of ! such resolution, certified to by the secre | tary or clerk of such board, shall be filed ; In the office of the clerk or recorder of the city or district wherein said election j by vote of the people may occur. Sec. 3. The person chosen by such board to fill such vacancy shall be a qual- i fied voter, eligible to election as a mera- I ber of such board, shall qualify in the I same manner as though chosen to such ; office at a general election by vote of the I people, and shall hold said office until j his successor is elected by vote of the , people at such next general election and ' until such successor has duly qualified. Sec. 4. This act shall take effect and I be in force from and after its passage. Approved April 13th, 1899. CHAPTER 194— H. F. NO. 268. ! AN ACT to amend section No. 5557 of the general statutes of 1594, relating to fees of notary public. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Minnesota: Section L That section 5557 of the gen eral statutes of 1594 be and the same Is hereby amended to read as follows: "For drawing and copy of protest of the non-payment of a promissory note, or bill of exchange, or of the non-accept ance of such a bill, one dollar in the cases where by law suid protest is neces sary. "For drawing and a ropy of every other protest, twenty-five cents. "For drawing, copy and serving every notice of non-payment of note, or non acceptance of a bill, twenty-five cents. "Drawing any affidavit or other paper or proceeding, for which provision is not herein made, twenty cents for each folio, and copying the same, six cents for each folio. "For each oath administered, twenty five cents. "Taking the acknowledgment of deeds and for other services authorized by law, the same fees as are allowed to other officers for similar services. "Recording each instrument required by law to be recorded by him, ten cents per folio." Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved April 13th, 1899. CHAPTER 195— H. F. NO. (527. AN ACT to legalize certain acknowledg ments, taken by officers, directors, or stockholders of corporations, as notaries public, of instruments in which the corporation was Interested, j Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Minnesota: Section 1. That all acknowledgments taken between the twenty-sixth (26th) I day of February and the twentieth (20th) day of March, in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine (1899). by a notary public who was also an officer, director or stockholder of a corporation | organized under the laws of this state, ! which corporation was interested as a j party to the instrument acknowledged, are hereby legalized, and made as effect-. ual as if the notary public had not been an officer, director or stockholder of the corporation interested. Sec. 2. The provisions of this act shall not affect any action now pending. Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be lln force from and after Us passage. Approved April 13th. 1899. CHAPTER 196— H. F. NO. 418. AN ACT to amend sections No. 183 and IS4, of chapter 46. of general laws of 18M>. being sections No. 4590 and 4591 of general statutes of 1894, relating to contract for right-of-way, how made. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Minnesota: ' Section 1. That section No. one hun dred eighty-three (IS?,), of chapter forty | six (46). of the general laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-nine (1S89). being sec- I tion four thousand five hundred nine j ty (4o90) of general statutes of eighteen hunSred and ninety-four (1894), be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows' Sec. 45.10. Whenever any railroad com [ pany has located tho Hpe o f its road upon or contiguous to any land belonging to any decedent or ward, or in which the de cedent or ward may have an interest, or whenever the supervisors of any town ship, or the county commissioners of any county have laid out 'any public road upon or contiguous to any land belonging to any dec-edent or ward, or in which any decedent or ward may have any interest, it shall be lawful for the executor, ad ministrator or guardian to agree In writing find settle and adjust the dam ages with the railroad company, or with the board of tewnshin supervisors, or board of county commissioners, to said land by reason of the location of said railroad or said public road or cartway, and tho executor, administrator, or guar dian may in such agreement gram to the railroad company, or the township auper visors, or county commissioners, such rieht-of-way as shall be necessary and required by such railroad company, or for any public road or cartway, and upon such terma and conditions as may be agreed upon between the executor, ad ministrator or guardian and said rail road company, or the township super visors or board of county commissioners, subject to the approval of the probate court. Sec. 2. That section No. one hundred eighty-four (184). of chapter forty-six (48), of the general laws of eighteen hun dred and eighty-nine (1889), being section four thousand five hundred ninety-one (4591,1, of general statutes of eighteen hundred and ninety-four (1804), be and the same is hereby amended to read as fol lows: Sec. 4591. Such approval may be ob tained upon filing in the probate court. a verified petition of the railroad com pany or the township supervisors, or county commissioners, and the executor, administrator or guardian setting forth the name of the decedent, or ward, the corporate name of the railroad company or tho name of the township or county, a description of the land to be used or taken, and for what purpose, the amount to be paid, and that such amount is the full value of the lands so taken and the damages to the remainder of the lands. To such petition shall be attached or indorsed thereon the agreement men tioned, in section one hundred eighty three (183). Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be In force from and after its passage. Approved April 13th, 1899. CHAPTER 197— H. F. NO. 822. AN ACT to provide for the organization of towns by the board of county com missioners in certain cases. Bo it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Minnesota: Section 1. Whenever thirteen (13) or more legal voters residing in any two (2) contiguous congressional town ships in this state, but which are embraced In separate organ ized towns containing more than two congressional townships each, shall peti tion the board of county commissioners of the county in which such towns are situated, setting forth the facts that such towns are so divided by lakes, rivers, marshes, or other natural Impediments, or that by reason of the large area of such towns it is inconvenient for any considerable portion of the citizens of such towns, or either of them, to transact town business, and requesting that said congressional townships, as named in said petition, be set off from said towns and organized into a separate town, the said board of county commissioners shall immediately appoint a time and place of hearing upon said petition, and cause to be posted in three (3) public places in each of the towns to be affected by the or ganization of such new town, a copy of said petition and a notice of the time and place of such hearing, and cause to be served a copy of such notice and peti tion on the town clerk of each of said towns, such notice and petition to be served and posted at least fifteen (15) days before the day of hearing. Bee. 2. If, upon such hearing, said board of county commissioners shall find that the facts, as stated In said petition, are true and that the public interest will be subserved by the organization of said congressional townships into a separate town, they, may thereupon set off such townships and organize the same Into a separate town. Sec. 8. Said board of county commis sioners shall establish the boundaries of Buch new town as may thus be or ganized, provide for first election of offi cers therein, and for naming said town in the same manner as provided by chap ter ten (10) of the general statutes of the year eighteen hundred and ninety-four (1594), for establishing boundaries, naming of, and first election of officers in newly organized towns; provided, however, that nothing in this act shall be so construed as to release any property in and belonging to any portion of such newly organized town from any tax levied or assessed prior to the setting off thereof from an other town, or to release or discharge any of said property from the payment of any bonded or other indebtedness exist ing against the towns from which such newly organized town was taken, at the time of the separation thereof. Sec. 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved April 13th, 2599. CHAPTER 198— H. F. NO. 476. AN ACT to amend section thirty-six (36) of chapter one hundred and seventy five (175), of tho general laws of one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five (1895), as amended by chapter two hun dred and fifty-eight of the general laws of elghten hundred and ninety-seven (1897), authorizing the organization of mutual creamery fire Insurance com panies, and mutual retail hardware tire insurance companies. Be it enacted by the .Legislature of the State of Minnesota: Section 1. That section thirty-six (36) of chapter one hundred and seventy-five (175) of the general laws of eighteen hun dred and ninety-five (1895), as amended by chapter two hundred and fifty-eight (258) of the general laws of eighteen hun dred and ninety-seven (1897), be amended bo as to read as follows: Sec. 36. No policy shall be issued by a purely mutual fire insurance company hereafter "organized, until not less than seven hundred fifty thousand (750,000) dol lars of insurance, in not less than three hundred (300) separate risks upon property loca.ted in Minnesota has been subscribed for an£, entered on its books. Provided, that mutual fire insurance companies, hereafter organized, for the purpose of writing fire Insurance upon creamery and cheese factory buildings and their con tents and equipments exclusively, may and are hereby authorized to issue poli cies, when not • less than fifty thousand (50,000) dollars, in not less than twenty five (25) separate risks, upon creamery and cheese factory buildings or their contents and equipments, located in the State of Minnesota, has been subscribed for and entered on any such company's books. Such companies shall be designat ed as "mutual creamery fire insurance companies," and shall issue no policy ex cept upon buildings used for creamery and cheese factory purposes and their contents and equipments. No officer, or other person, whose duty it is to deter mine the character of the risk, and upon whose decision the application shall be accepted or rejected by a mutual fire in surance company, shall receive as any part of his compensation a commission upon the premium, but his compensation shall be a fixed salary and Buch share of the net profits aa the directors may determine. Nor shall such officer or npr son aforesaid be an employe of any Offi cer or agent of the company. The pro visions of section thirty-six (36) do pot apply to township mutual fire insurance companies. And provided further that mutual fire insurance companies here after organizer for the purpose of writ ing fire insurance upon the stock in trade, tools and fixtures of retail hardware deal ers or upon the store building containing the same when such building is owned by the owner of such stock, tools and fix tures or upon both such stock, tools, fix tures and buildings, may and are hereby authorized to issue policies when not less than five hundred thousand (500,000) dol lars of insurance or not less than two hundred separate risks upon such prop erty, located in the State of Minnesota, has been subscribed for and entered upon such companies' books. Such companies shall be designated as "mutual retail hardware fire insurance companies," and shall issue no policy except upon the stock in trade, tools and fixtures or upon the building containing the same when the building is owned by the owner of such stock, tools and fixtures or upon both such stock, tools, fixtures and building. Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved April 13th, 3899. CHAPTER 199— H. F. NO. 273. AN ACT establishing a board of appeals for the inspection of grain, and pre scribing its duties. Bo it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Minnesota: Section 1. The governor shall appoint six (6) suitable, competent persons, on or before July fifteenth (15th), eighteen hundred and ninety-nine (1599), after the j passage of this act, three (3) of whom j shall constitute a board of appeals for j the inspection of grain at Minneapolis, | and the other three (3) to constitute a similar board at Duluth, each respective board to consist, so far as may be, of I one (1) practical or representative pro- j ducer of grain, one (1.) practical or rep- ] repentatlve grain commission merchant, | and one (1) practical or representative grain merchant, exporter or miller; not more than two (2) members of either of said boards of appeals shall belong to the same political party, whose terms of o'.flee shall commence August first Hstt. eighteen hundred and ninety-nine (1899), and who shall hold their office for a period of two (2) years, and until their successors are appointed and qualified. Every two (2) years thereafter, and within thirty (30) days prior to the ex piration of their terms of office, the gov ernor shall appoint six (6) such suitable, competent persons, to succeed those whose terms will expire on August* first (Ist), who shall hold th°ir office for two (2) years, and until their successors are I appointed and qualified. Any vacancy which shall occur In the : office of any member of said respective I board? of appeals shall be filled by the | governor for the remainder of the term, ! when a successor shall be appointed for the full term of two (2) years. The governor shall have power, in his disrrallon, to remove from office any member of said respective boards of ap- peals at any time, and fill vacancies thus created by the appointment of any suita ble person or persons. Sec. 2. In all matters Involving doubt on the part of any grain inspector as to the proper grade of any lot of grain under the Standard or rules of Inspection, or In case any owner, consignee or shipper of grain, or any warehouse manager shall be dissatisfied with the decision of the chief inspector or any of his chief deputy Inspectors or other inspectors, an appeal may be made to the said board of ap peals, in the district where the inspection was first made, and a decision of a ma jority of the said board of appeals shall be final. The railway and warehouse commissioners are authorized to make all necessary rules governing such appeals and to fix the fees for the same. All no tices requiring the services of the board of appeals shall be filed in the office of the chief deputy inspector.in whose dis trict the grievance or dispute arises, who #hall In turn deliver the same promptly to said board. Provided, however, that the party ap pealing shall pay to the chief deputy in spector, with whom he serves notice of appeal, a sum not to exceed one (I) dollar per case before said appeal be entertained, which sum shall be refunded, should such appeal be sustained. See. 3. The entire six (C) members con stituting the two (2) boards of appeal shall meet together, or a majority of said six (6) members, not later than Septem ber fifteenth (15th), each year, and 1 pre scribo or designate standards for grades, and when grades are so prescribed, desig nated and published, the same shall not be changed during the crop year, or from one annual meeting until the next, ex cept on approval of at least five (5) mem bers of the two joint boards. Sec. 4. It shall be the duty of either branch of the board of appeals, when of the unanimous opinion that any inspec tor is incompetent, indifferent, intemper ate or untrustworthy, to report such fact to the railway and warehouse commis sion. Sec. 5. Either branch of the board of appeals shall hear, and It Is hereby made the duty of either branch to whom an appeal shall be made, to hear and de termine all questions at issue as to gFadea of grain, made by any Inspector, or made against any public country warehouse. All such appeals shall be made to either branch of the board of appeals, hereby created in section one (1) of this act. Sec. 6. Each of the members of the said board of appeals shall, beforo enter- Ing upon the duties--of their office, take an oath of office as in the case of other state officers, and shall execute a bond in the penal sum of five thousand (5,000) dollars, to the State of Minnespta, with good and sufficient sureties, to be ap proved by the governor, conditioned that they will faithfully and impartially dis charge the duties of their office, accord- Ing to law, such bonds to be filed with the secretary of state. The sureties required by this section shall not be interested In, nor connected with any elevator, or grain commission business, firm or corporation, and surety bonds may be received from any surety company, approved by the governor, which is authorized to do business in this state. No member of such board of appeals shall be a member of any board of trade or other grain exchange or grain firm, nor shall he In any way be engaged in, or interested in the business of buying or selling grain. Sec. 7. The salaries of the msmbers of the said boards of appeals shall be fixed by the railway and warehouse commis sioners by consent of the governor and shall be paid from the grain inspection fund, and all necessary expenses Incurred In carrying out the provisions of this act shall be paid out of the said grain inspec tion fund, upon the order of the railway and warehouse commissioners. Sec. 8. All acts or parts of acts Incon sistent herewith are hereby repealed Sec. 9. This act shall take effect and bo in force from and after its passage Approved April 13th, 3899. CHAPTER 200— H. F. NO. 501. ■A.N ACT to amend chapter one hundred and seven (107), of the general laws of 1883, as amended by chapter three (3) of . the general laws of 18S5, and by chapter two hundred thirty-four (234), of the general laws of 1889, relating to an nuity, safe deposit and trust companies. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Minnesota t Sec. 1. Section three (3) of chapter one hundred seven (107) of the general laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-three (JSB3), as amended by chapter three (3), of the general laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-five (1885), and by chapter two hundred thirty-four (234), of the gen eral laws of eighteen hundred and eighty nine (1889), be and the same is amended so as to read as follows: Sec. 3. The amount of capital stock of any such corporation hereafter organ ized, shall not be less than two hundred thousand (200,000) dollars, but the same may be increased at any time by a reso lution of two-thirds of the directors, to any amount not exceeding two million (2,000,000) dollars; and the same shall be divided Into shares of one hundred (100) dollars each. And any corporation which I has been heretofore organized and qual ified to do business under this act, shall hereafter be allowed at any time to de crease Its capital stock to any sum not less than two hundred thousand (200 OWT dollars by vote of the owners of a ma jority of Its shares of stock. In case of such reduction no part of the assets of the corporation shall be returned to I the stockholders. Provided, however, that i if any such corporation so reducing its capital stock shall then have with the state auditor as a part of its then f*e quired deposit bonds of the character hereinafter specified of the par value of not less than one-fourth (%) of its pro posed reduced capital stock, then such part of Its assets may be returned to the stockholders as may be decided by a resolution of two thirds (2-3) of the directors approved by the public examiner, and provided further that the capital stock of such corporation then left outstanding shall be and remain unimpaired. No reduction of capital stock shall affect the liability of stockholders on the stock withdrawn as to any claim or demand theretofore contracted. Sec. 2. Section four (4) of said chap ter one hundred seven (107) as amended, shall be and the same hereby is amend ed so as to read as follows: See. 4. No such corporation hereaf ter organized shall be authorized to transact any business, or exorcise any powers as such, until two hundred thou sand (200,000) dollars of its capital stock shall have been actually paid in, of which not less than fifty thousand (50,000) dol lars shall be invested and deposited as hereinafter provided. Said fifty thou sand (50,000) dollars shall b» invested in the bonds of the United States, or In bonds of the State of Minnesota, or In the bonds of other states, or In the bonds or obligations of the City of St. Paul or Minneapolis, or in the bonds or obliga tions of any Incorporated city of the state, containing a population of not less than three thousand (3,000) souls, which bonds have not been Issued as a bonus for, or purchase of, or subscription to any railroad or other private enterprise, and whose total bonded Indebtedness j j does not exceed five (5) por centum of the then assessed valuation of the real and personal property of said city; or in J the bonds of any organized county in ' this state containing a population of not less than ten thousand (10,000) ,sou]s, which bonds have not been issued for any of the purposes aforesaid, and whose total bonded indebtedness xloes not ex ceed five (5) per centum of the then as sessed valuation of the real and personal property of such county; which shall have the approval of the public examiner. I And any corporation which has been I heretofore organized and qualified to do business under this act, that shall deposit with the state auditor as its required ' deposit bonds of the character afore- I said, of the par value of not leas than •' fifty thousand (50.090) dollars, nor less ' than one-fourth (%) of Its outstanding I paid capital stock, shall be allowed at any time thereafter to withdraw Its other i deposits of securities with the stale ! auditor so that the whole deposits of such i corporation shall amount to not less than fifty thousand (50,000) dollars in such bonds, nor less than one-fourth (V 4) of Its outstanding paid capital stock. And any corporation which has been hereto fore, or that shall hereafter be, organ- | Ized and qualified to do business under i this act. shall be allowed at any time I hereafter to increase its deposits of se- ! curities with the state auditor so that the whole deposit of such corporation I shall amount to two hundred thousand ! (200,000) dollars, such excess of deposits I over and above the amount required by i this act to be kept on deposit may be in | bonds of the character aforesaid, or in bonds or promissory notes secured by first (Ist) mortgages or deeds of trus;. upon unincumbered real estate situated within this state worth double tho amounts of the obligations so secured. Sec. 3. Section five (a) of said chapter one hundred seven (107). aa amcn<i<><], shall be and the same hereby Is amended so as to read as follows: Sec. 5. Whenever any such corpora tion hereafter organized shall have to invested at lensr rift y thousand (50,000) dollars, and not less than one quarter ( 1 ,4) of its paid-in capital »nd shall as sign, transfer and deliver to the state auditor the said securities, and all evi dence of such Investments so mads, he shall execute and deliver a certificate of such deposit and thereupon the said cor poration may. commence and carry on business under the provisions of this act. Whenever the capital stock of such corporation exceeds one million Cl.OO'.i.OOo) dollars, the amount of ?uch deposit with the state auditor shall at all times 7 be equal to one-fourth (y t ) of its out standing paid capital stock In bonds of the character aforesaid at their par val ue- The state auditor and his successors shall hold the said securities as collateral security for the depositors and creditors of said corporation | and for the faithful execution of any trust which may b« lawfully imposed upon and accepted by said corporation. Such corporation may from time to time, withdraw the said securities from said auditor, or any part thereof, upon their depositing with him other securities of equal amount and val ue, and of the kinds of bonds specified in section four (4) so that an equal amnun and value of such securities whall at all times during the existence of such corpor ation, remain In the possession of th« state auditor for the purposes aforesaid,-. And until otherwise ordered by a courl of competent Jurisdiction, the said stat« auditor shall pay over to such corpora tion the Interest, dividends, or other in come which he shall collect upon such securities; or he may authorize the said company to collect the same for lta own benefit. Sec. 4. That section six (6) of said chapter one hundred seven (107), as amended, shall be and the same hereby Is amended so as to read as follows: ' Sec. 6. All the corporate powers ol such company shall be exercised by i board of directors of not less than nin< (9) nor more than twenty-seven (27) in number; any such officers and agenti as they shall elect or appoint. A ma jority of such directors must be citizent of this state and each director must own at least ten (10) shares of the capita] stock. The articles of association shall state the names and places of residenc* of the first (Ist) board of directors of whom the first (Ist) one-third (1-3) there of shall serve for three (3) years; tha second one-third (1-3) thereof shall serve for two (2) years, and the balance thereof shall serve for one (1) year from the date fixed for the commencement of such corporation. In case any of the persons so named shall not become stockholders to the amount required to qualify, or If they shall fall or refuse to qualify from any cause, tha directors who shall so qualify may elect qualified stockholders to fill such vacan cies; and thereafter, at each annual meeting of the stockholders, directors shell be elected to serve three (3) years in place of those whose terms shall then expire. Each director shall take and subscribe an oath that he will diligently and hon estly perform his duties in such office, and will not knowingly violate or permit to be violated any provision of this act, and that he is the owner in good faith of the stock of the corporation as re quired to qualify him for such office, standing In his name on the books of the corporation; the taking of such oath to be noted on the minutes of the records of the corporation, and the oath filed In the office of the public examiner. Sec 6. That section ten (10) of said chapter one hundred seven (107), as amended, shall be and the same hereby Is amended so as to read as fol lows: Sec. 10. Any sum of money not less than one hundred (100) dollars, which shall be collected or received by any such corporation in its capacity of exe cutor, administrator or guardian, or upon any deposit under any order of any court of record, and which money shall not be required for the purposes of such trust, or is not to be accounted for, within on» (1) year from date of such collection, re ceipt or deposits, shall be Invested by such corporation as soon as practicable, and In such securities as are mentioned in section four (4) of said act, and the net interest and profits of such Invest ments, less the reasonable charges and disbursements of said corporation, in the premises, shall be accounted for and paid over as a part of such trust; and the net accumulations of such Interest and profits thereon, shall likewise be invested and reinvested as a part of such principal. And such investments shall be received and allowed by the probate, or othe< court, in the settlement of such trust. And every such corporation shall keej in addition to its general books of ac count, separate trust account book oi books, in which shall be entered and kepi all trust accounts. All such trust ac counts shall at all times be kept separ ate and distinct from the general ao« counts of such corporation. All funds and property received or held by such corporation in any trust capacity, as ad ministrator, executor, guardian, receiver, assignee, or trustee, shall be entered in such trust account book and be at all times kept separate and distinct from all other funds and property of such cor poration. All deposits in any bank, or other in stitution, made by such corporation, of funds received or held by It in any such trust capacity, shall be deposited as trust funds, and not in its individual name, but as trustee, and not in any account In which any of Its own funds shall be deposited. Every security in which such trust funds or property shall be by such cor poration invested, shall at once be en dorsed and transferred to it as trustee, executor., administrator, guardian, re ceiver or assignee as the case may be, and entered in the proper books of such corporation as belonging to the particu lar trust the funds of which shall have been Invested therein. And any change in such investment shall be credited, charged, or entered under or in the ac count of the particular trust to which the same belong, to the end that, all trust funds, securities and property shall be at all times cupable of immediate identi -1 fication as belonging to the trust funds | of said corporation separate and distinct from its general property and funds. If any special direction, agreement, or trust Is Imposed upon, made or conferred in and by the order, Judgment, or decree of any court, or by the terms and conditions of any last will and testament, or other document, contract, conveyance, or other written instrument, as to the par ticular manner of keeping or investing, or as to the particular manner in which, or the particular class or kinds of se curities, funds or property the same shall be invested in, then the said corporation shall follow and carry out such order, judgment, decree or other appointment, contract, deed, conveyance or other writ ten instrument. Sec. 6. That section twelve (12) of said chapter one hundred seven ( 107 > shall be and the same hereby is amended so as to read as follows: Sec. 12. Any such corporation shall be subject at all times to the further orders, judgments and decrees of any court of record, from which It shall have accepted any trust, appointment or commission, as to such trust, and shall render to such court such itemized and verified ac counts, statements and reports as may be required by law, or as such court shall order in relation to such particular trust. It shall also be subject to the general jurisdiction and authority of the district court of the county in which the principal place of its business is sit uated. It shall render to the public ex aminer a full and detailed annual ac count of Its condition on or before the thirtieth (30ih) day of June in each j ear, and such further accounts, either total or partial, or in re lation to any particular mi - est ments, trusts, funds or other business, as the said public examiner may from time to time direct or request, and a condensed statement of such annual ac count approved by the public examiner, shall be published by «atd corporation, together with a llsr of iis stockholders, in a public newspaper, printed and pub lished in the county in which its principal place of business is located, and If none, then in such newspaper as the public* examiner may direct. Sec. 7. Tiuit section thirteen (13) of s.-ild chapter one hundred and seven (107) shall be and the same hereby la amended so as to read as follows: Sec. 13. It shall be the duty of tha public examiner, ai least once in each year, and as much oftener as he ma/ deem proper, either personally, or by sraiw competent person or persons, to be ap pointed by him, to visit and examine every such corporation in this state. The public examiner shall also have'the pow er In like manner to examine any sucn corporation whenever, in his judgment, its condition or management is such as to render an examination of its affairs necessary or expedient. The said publio examiner and every such examiner shall have the power to administer an oath to any person whose testimony may De re quired on any such examination, and to compel the appearance and attendance of any such person for tho purpose of such examination. by summons, subpoena or attachment, in the mannef now authorized In respect to the attend ance of persons as witnesses in the courts of records in this state; and all books and papers which it may be deemed necessary to examine by the public ex aminer, or the examiner or examiners fo appointed, shall he; produced, and their production may be compelled in like man ner. Sec. 8. That section- fourteen (11) of said chapter one hundred and severe (IC7) shall be and the same hereby is amended so as to read as follows: Sec 14. Whenever it ahall appear to the said public examiner from any ex amination Bade by him, or from the re port of any examination made to him, of from the report made by any such cor poration, pursuant to the requirements of this act, that any such corporation has committed any violation of Its charter or of law, or ts conducting its business and affairs in an unsafe or unauthorized manner, he may forthwith take posses sion of the booku, records and assets ot every description, of such corporation and hold the same, and said books, rec ords and assets shall not be subject t« levy or attachment, nor shall any appli« cation for the appointment of a receive!