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shall. In ell cases, so provide that no
copied by. an: such
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of this act, tha
such railway shall, within six
(6) ; mnths thei ■ nence and aiii
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proper operation . i such railway,
oner acquin .1 by purchase, and
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r igi,| an d Interest ol sura
ow , .i , ay In and upon tne
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■.. [thout an: other act or
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- of the State ol Mm.
. i en hundred
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: ■ ,1-ty-tbree
: laws of the State ol
„ ■ , foi the year ci ;hteen hun
.:.: act
: rcls, bar
i eral and ■ ■
. 'ider, gin ■.-:• ale,
...,-..■>-.-. beer, white
■s or other bev<
, .am, ice cream and butter.
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on 1 fen ip
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ar elght< en hundred an I nine
,-, . hapter one
: • ty-three, general laws o1
esota tor tV..- year
I and ninety-five (1595) be
. . >as to
iws:
any person, per
orporation mentioned in section
Is ai i, or his, her or their
■ l make oath before aj > magis
trate thai he, she or it has reason ... be
lieve and does believe that any of his, hor
lis or their b..;; ■-, boxes, syphons, tins
■ barrels or barrels, boxes, cans
a description of the names,
marks i r devi< es whereon has been on file
üblished as aforesaid, are being un
fully used or tilled or had, by any
in or corporation, manufacturing or
h era I or aerated waters,
. jjl gei lie, small beer,
lager beer, weiss beer, beer, white beer,
v - i i. ■ -rages, or milk
cream and butter, or that any
lealer In second-hand ar
any other per
son or corporation, has any such bottles,
tins, kegs, half-barrels, or
I übs, in his, her
or its possession or secreted in any place,
the snid magistrate must thereupon issue
a search warrant to discover and obtain
. and may a.lso cause to be
him the person in whoso
poss •' bottles, boxes, syphons,
i • -is. boxes,
be found, and shall
inquire Into the circumstances of
such possession; and ir" such person is
i guilty of violation of section two
(2) ■ • he shall be punished as
therein prescribe.'., and the possession of
the property taken upon such warrant
shall also be awarded to the owner there
of. The r< quiring, taking or accepting of
any ir any purpose, upon any
bottle, box, syphon, tin or l:eg shall not
be deemed or constitute a sale of such
property, either optional or otherwise, in
: T his act.
t shall take effect and
I ter its primage.
oved April 20th. I
CH-4 '— H. P. NO. 352.
AX ACT tn arc : '; a ter two hundred
-. 6 'nerai laws of one
rht hundred an.l ninety
i Ing an act entitled. An
:"■:•' ic< lira enient
ire of ;;ugar and pay
r for.
' • gislature of the
Section 1. ["hat section one (1) of chap
i I and five (205) of the gen
eral c thousand eight hundred
I, b Ing an act en
• ' ivide for the encour
mt of the manufacture of sugar,
■ ; so as to read as follows:
Section 1. That there shall be paid out
1 1 asury to any corporation,
■ r person that may be engaged In
facture of sugar in this state
from bei ts, sorghum or other yielding
mown in the state a
bounty of one (1) cent per pound upon
i and every pound of sugar so raaiiu
-•■! under the conditions and restric
>f this act.
•!. that the aggregate amount of
alUthe I). .unties to be thus paid under the
!< ns of tfiis act in any one (1) year
shall ■ ,1 the sum of forty thou
-40, I) d liars, and that in the event
that the production of sugar under the
itlons and restrictions hereof, in any
■ar at the rate «f one (1) cent
per pound, shall earn more than the sum
rty thousand (40,000) dollars In the
that then and in that event
unt of forty thousand (*0.p00)
irs shall be divided pro rata among
• - i f the several factories so
ifacturing sugar in proportion to the
' sugar from their re
: and
Provided, that no more than twenfy
• dollars shall be paid out
for such bounties In any congressional
■ In any one CD ye r ir.
furtl er, that the provisions
of this act shall only continue In force
the first day of January, nineteen
red ar.d or.o npoil, an ,i there Is
hereby annually appropriated out of any
In the state treasury not other
■ rial ■ ' the sum of forty thou
, or so much thf-reof
ry to pay the bounty
h may be earned under the pro
■ f this act.
3e 1 No bounty shall be piid for
r «o manufactured under the pro
' ' £ this act unless such sugar shall
■rod !n this state, nor
unl ' irar shall contain at le.ist
'■''■ per cent of crystalized
bu car. and in ease of sujrar mn'. 1^ from
bus the mai ufacturer shall
tluce good and sufficient receipts and
vouchers to show at loast four dollars and
twenty-five cf>r*s ($4.25) per ton of two
(2.000) pounds hns nctually
:'sil'l for a!! beets purchased con
■'?) per centum of su<*ar.
The rjuantity nnd quality of sugar upon
all of said no'inty'ls claimed shall
be determined by the state aurUtor with
whom ail claimants therefor shall, from
to time, file verified statements,
v Ing the quantity and quality of the
sugar so manufactured and tho price paid
the producer for the sugar beets actually
•1 In this state from which the sugar
which said bounty is so claimc-ci
was made.
person, firm or corporation po In
ling to engage In the manufacture of
sugar In this state shall, before commenc
ing such manufacture, request the state
aud »lnt a suitable Inspector,
and upon such request it shrill be the
of Bald state auditor to appoint an
Inspector, and such assistants thereto, In
each town wherein it shall appear to him
from the application of such person, firm
or corporation so engaged or intending
to engage In the manufacture of beet
sugar that such Inspector and assistants
are needed. And In all cases where the
output of any person, firm or corporation
engaged In the manufacture of beet su^ar
In this state shall aggregate one (1) ton
or more per day, tho state auditor shall
appoint a resMrnt Inspector nnd such
assistants as may be necessary for the
factory of such person, firm or corpora
tion.
It shall be the duty of such inspector
or assistants to weigh all beets received
by such person, firm or corporation en
gaged in the manufacture of beet sugar
and to keep an accurate account of the
same with each and every purchaser of
sugar beets, and to make such examina
tions and tests as to the quantity and
quality of the sugar manufactured as he
may deem proper In arriving at the
standard of sugr. - so manufactured by
such person, firm or corporation. The
Kugrar so manufactured In such factory
Rhal!, under the direction of said' in
spector, be placed in original packages
and slia'.l be examined, weisrhed and
branded by him by a suitable brand
showing the quantity and quality con
tained In each of said packages, and an
accurate report and account thereof shall
do riled by him with the state auditor.
The said inspector and assistants shall
perform all duties required by this act in
an Impartial manner and shall furnish
and file with Ihe state auditor, as well
as with the manufacturers respectively of
such beet sugar a monthly statement In
duplicate of all sugar so manufactured by
such persons, firms or corporations upon
which bounty may be claimed under this
act.
It shall also be the duty of s?M In
spector, upon receipt o* sugar beets at
any factory, to select su' - : samples of
beets as he deems fair -ad equitable
and to f omptly weigh the same and keep
an accurate record of the gross weight
of such samples, and to estimate the per
centage of said gross weight to be de-
UJ^IOIAIj PL) BLMJATJLOJN Ol 1 THI^ UKJNJUKAL LjA\Vs OF MINNESOTA PASSED DURING SESSION OF 1899.
-1 :•! therefrom as n reasonable and
air illowance for dirt and dockage, nnd
to !.■ v a record thereof, i>; well as of
L 1!- net weight remaining after making
■:-.i h deduction tor uirt and dockage; to
test or cause to be tested, said santpl a
tn ascertain the true percentage of sugar
they contain; to make a record thereof,
and to make report thereof to the state
auditor.
The net weight and p sreentage o1 sugar
; determined by the teal of the samp] s
a.-, aforesaid, shall bo the basis ol settle
m tit i -.-' >.- en th< buyer a»id seller, as
well es ii ■ claim for ihe bounty pro
vided by this act
The Inspector and assistants sh ill ca-h
.uiw and file with the state auditor bonds
tn the State <>t' Minnesota with good and
sufficient sureties, t. be approved by the
state auditor, in a sum to be fixed by said
. ..ii ■ auditor not less li-.an two thou
sand (2,060) dfoliars, conditioned for the
faithful performance of the duties pro
bed by this act, and shall also take, |
subscribe and tile. In the office of tie
state auditor, an oath for the faithful
performance of the duties prescribed by
this :-.t. according to law and to the
b ; of his ability.
The fees and compensation for tho
services of such Inspector and assistants
shall be lix.d by the state auditor, but
shall nol exceed one-eighth <>*) of one
(1) cent per pound Tor the beet BUgar
■xamined, weighed and branded by I
them respectively, and shall not exceed
va The aggregate the sum ol three (3) dol
lars per day for any one (1) day's service
:■ i rally performed.
Thi ■ :■■ and compensation above
named, ■■>■■ ther with the costs <>f brand
ing such packages of sugar and of. all
analysis so required to be made by said
ctor or assistants, as required by ,
this act shali be paid out of the state ,
treasury, upon the warrants of the stale j
auditor, and charged against the annual
:• pi ia. ion made by this an as a prior
ell Im thereon to be paid before the pay
ment of any bounty under this act, and
the amount SO (.lid shall 1>" deducted
from the sum found due any person, firm
or corporation, upon claims for bounty
ed under tiiis act by tho particular
factory u> the extent and amount so paid
ou for the weighing, Inspection, testing
and branding so don< In and for said fac
tory.
See. 2. This act shall take effect and be
in force from and after Its passage.
Approved April 20th, ISS9.
CHAPTER 308— H. F. NO. 95.
AX ACT for the relief of William B. Mc-
Namara and u> appropriate money
therefor.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
State of Minnesota:
Section 1. Thai Lhe sum of three thou
sand (3,000) dollars be and the same is
hereby appropriated out of any money
in the state treasury not otherwise ap
piopriated for the relief of William B.
McNamara for personal injuries sustain
ed by him while In the performance of
his duties as a member of the National
Guard of the State of Minnes.ua, by rea
son of the premature discharge and ex
plosion of a cannon, whereby he was in
jured and incapacitated from labor for
life.
Said sum to be paid to said William B.
McNamara three (3) months after he
shall arrive at the age of twenty-one (21)
years, upon the warrant of the state au
ditor upon the state treasurer, drawn in
favor of said William B. McNamara
therefor.
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be
in force from and after Its passage.
A]. proved Aprii "Oth, 1599.
CHAPTER 309— H. F. NO. CS3.
AN ACT to amend subdivision three (3)
of section thirty-six (30) of chapter six
(G) of the general statutes of one thou
sand eight hundred and seventy-eight
( IMS), as amended by section two '2) of
chapter forty-one (.41) of the general
laws of one thousand eight hundred and
eighty-five (ISSS), relating to the inter
est on deposits of state funds.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
State of Minnesota:
Section 1. Thnt subdivision three (3) of
section thirty-six (36) of chapter six (6)
of the General statutes of one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-eight (1S78), as
amended by section two (:') of chapter
forty-one (11) of the general laws of one
thousand ei^ht hundred and eighty-five
(ISSS), be and the same is hereby amended
so as to read as follows:
Subdivision 'i. Such bank or banker
shall pay to the treasurer for use of the
State of Minnesota such fair and equit- j
able interest on all daily balances in their
hands belonging to the state as may be
agreed upon between such bank or banks
and the treasurer, by and with' the ad
vice and cmsent of the governor, secre
tary of state and attorney general, which
interest shall, in no case, be at a less rate
than two per cent (2) per annum.
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be
in force from and after its passage.
Approved April 20th. 1899.
CHAPTER 310— H. F. NO. 676.
AN ACT to restrict and regulate dis
bursements and expenditures of money
appropriated by legislature and to pre
vent the several boards aud officers
from exceeding the amounts so appro
priated.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
State of Minnesota:
Section 1. Wherever there has been an
appropriation for any ,state institution
providing for the maintenance of such in
stitution for a stated period, or for tho
construction, repair or improvement of
any building, or tor the purpose of equip
ments, or for the making of any improve
ments of any nature whatever, it shall be
unlawful for any state board or official
to Incur indebtedness on behalf of said
board, official, or tho Slate of Minnesota,
in excess of the appropriation made for
any of the foregoing purposes. It is
hereby made unlawful for any state
board or official to incur any indebted
ness on behalf of said board, official, or
the State of Minnesota, of any nature
whatsoever, until after an appropriation
therefor has been made by the legisla
ture.
Any official violating the provisions of
this act shall be deemed guilty of a mis
demeanor, and the governor of the stato
is hereby authorized and empowered to
iemove any such official from office.
Provided," that in caso of calamity or
actions of the elements (such as fire,
water, storms, etc.), such board or of
ficials may obtain the consent or' the gov
ernor, the state auditor and the state
treasurer, in writing, stating the special
amount of expense that may bo incurred,
and such expenditure shall be considered
a valid claim against the State of Min
nesota.
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be
In force from and after its passage.
Approved April 20th, 1599.
CHAPTER 311— H. F. NO: 677.
AN a .<:T t" provide for joining two or
mote railroad companies in actions to
recover damages for regligence in the
transportation of live stock and for the
allowance of attorney's ftes in such
cases.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
State of Minnesota:
Section 1. Whenever any owner or
shipper of live stock that is transported
over two or more lines of railroad from
the place of shipment to the place of des
tination suffers damages by reason of the
negligence of either of the carriers over
whose line of road said live stock has
been transported, said elamag-e having
been caused by an unreasonable delay in
the delivery of said live stock, and he is
not certain on which said line of road said
negligence occurred he may join any two
or more of said railroad companies In an
action to recover such damages, and upon
the fria. of such action the court or lury
shall determine through the negligence of
which of the said railroad companies the
damage was caused, and the plaintiffs
shall be entitled to judgment against said
company, and tho action shall be dis
missed against the other defendants.
Sec. 2. In actions brought In justice
court uneler the provisions of this act, the
plaintiff, if he recovers judgment for
twernty-five dollars or over, shall be en
titled to recover five dollars costs, and
on appeals to the district court or any
municipal court and the judgment Is not
reduced ene-half, the plaintiff shall be en
titled to recover ten dollars costs In that
court. In addition to the amount allowed
in justice court.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be
In force from and after its passage.
Approved April 20th, 1899.
) CHAPTER 312— 11. F. NO. 578.
AN ACT to regulate persons and corpora
tions engaged in installing or repairing
electrical wires and apparatus in cer
tain cities of the State of Minnesota
and to provide for licensing persons
and corporations to carry on said busi
ness.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
State of Minnesota:
Section 1. The governor, by and with
the advice and consent of the senate,
shall as soon as practical after the pas
sage of this act appoint five (o) persons,
two (2) of whom shall be at the time of
appointment master electricians, two (2)
of whom shall be at time of appointment
journeymen electricians and one (1) who
shall be at time of appointment a munic
ipal electrical inspector of an Incorporat
ed city of :his state, residents of this
state, ar : - id appointees shall constitute
a state '■ ard of electricity; one of the
persons ! o appointed shall hold office for
one (1) year, one for two (2) years, one
for three (3) years, one for four (4) years,
and one for five (5) years, unless sooner
removed.
A. pointments to -fill vacancies caused
by death, resignation or removal before
, i xplration of term, shall be made for the
j ropi^'je of such term by the governor,
subject to consent of senate, and all ap-
pointments to fill vacancies caused by
expiration ol' term t=Jin!l be mack; in tho
siime manner, and «i that said board
shall continue to bo constituted as here
inbefore provided, viz.: of two (2) master
electricians, two (J> journeymen electri
cians and one (1) muncipal electrical in
spector, and shall be (or a period of live
1..) years each.
Sec. -. The members of said board, be
fore entering upon their duties shall re
spectively take and subscribe the oath
required by other state officers, which
shall be liled in the olliee of the secretary
of state, who is hereby authorised to ad
minister same. Thoy shall have power
to elect out of their own number a presi
dent, secretary and treasurer and adopt
such rules and by-laws for the transac
tion of the business of the board and the
management or its affairs as they may
deem expedient.
See. 3. Each member of said board
shall receive a compensation of three (3)
dollars per day for actual service and ten
(10) cents a mile for each mile actually
traveled in attending the meetings of the
board, which compensation shall be paid
out of any moneys in the hands of the
treasurer of said board;
Provided, that the said compensation
shall in no event be paid out of the state
1 1 1 asury.
Sec. I. Raid board shall meet at least
once each year at the capital of the state,
and may hold special meetings as fre
quently as the proper and efficient dis
charge of its duties shall require, at a
time and place to be fixed by the rules
and by-laws of the board, and the rules
and by-laws of the board shall provide
for the giving of timely notice of meet-
Inga to every member or the board.
A majority of the members shall at any
meeting organize and constitute a quorum
for the transaction of business.
See. 5. In all counties of this state hav
ing a population of over one hundred and
twenty-five thousand (lia.iNiO) inhabit
ants, it shall be the duty of any person,
persons or corporation, be they master
electricians, journeymen electricians or
special electricians, engaged in the busi
ness or work of Installing or repairing
wires and devices Inside or outside of
any building for the transmission of elec
trical current for are or incandescent
li^lit. Cor motors, electrical gas lighting,
electric heating and house annunciators,
burglar alarms, telephone o» - telegraph
systems, messenger call service, electric
lighting- fixtures and any other electrical
apparatus of whatever nature at the
time of the passage of this act, to cause
within six (iji months after the passage
of this act, his, her, their or its name
or names and residence and whether
they are master, journeymen or 'special
electricians, and in case of master elec
tricians, his, her, their or its place of
business, to be registered with said board,
whose secretary shall keep a book for the
purpose and enter such registration there
in, upon the payment of a fee of two (2)
dollars; and If as a master electrician,
upon giving bond as hereinafter provided,
and a transcript from such book certified
to by the secretary with the common
seal of said board, shall be evidence in
any court of this state; and said board
is hereby authorized to adopt and use a
common seal and issue such certificates.
Sec. 6. In all counties of this state hav
ing a population of over one hundred and
twenty-five thousand (126,000) inhabitants,
before any person, persons or corporation
shall hereafter engage In the business of
installing or repairing electrical wires
and apparatus and before any person, per
sons or corporation now so engaged in
said business, who shall have failed to
register with said board, In accordance
with section five (5) of this act, shall con
tinue in .said business, such person, per
sons or corporation shall apply to said
board for a license to practice same,
whereupon the applicant as aforesaid,
shall present himself or herself before
said board at a time and place to be fixed
by said board; if the board shall rind
upon due examination that the applicant
or applicants are of good moral character;
possessed of skill and knowledge in said
business of installing and repairing elec
trical wires and devices inside or out
side any building, for the transmission
of electrical current for arc or Incandes
cent light, for motors, electrical g;is light-
Ing, electrical heating and house annun
ciators, burglar alarm, telephone or tele
graph systems, messenger call service,
electrical lighting fixtures and other elec
trical apparatus, and have a reasonable
knowledge of electricity and the natural
laws appertaining to and governing same
the said board shall issue to said appli
cant or applicants, upon payment of the
fee and giving the bond as hereinafter
provided, a license to practice said busi
ness of installing and repairing electrical
wires and apparatus, and shall register
such applicant or applicants as duly
licensed electricians. Provided, this act
shall not apply to interstate telegraph or
telephone companies, nor shall tho em
ployes of such telegraph or telephone
companies be required to procure a license
from the state board of electricity whila
employed in and engaged upon the work
of said companies; and,
Provided, further, that electricians shall
Le divided into three (3) classes namely:
master electricians, journeymen electri
cians, and special electricians; and no li
cense shall be granted to any person,
under the age of twenty-one (21) years
except to special electricians. No license
shall be granted to any person, persona
or corporation as master electricians who
has not taken and subscribed an oath,
that he, or in case of a corporation, one
of the principal officers or manager of
such corporation, has had at least three
(3) years' actual experience in installing
and repairing electrical wires and appa
ratus, or whose knowledge and experi
ence and habits of life are not such as to
justify the belief that he is competent to
perform all classes of electrical work.
No license shall be granted to any per
son as a journeyman electrician who hag
not taken and subscribed an oath, that ho
has had at least three (3) years' actual
experience in installing and repairing
electrical wires and apparatus, or whose
knowledge and experience and habits of
life are not such as to warrant the belief
that he is competent to install and repair
electrical wires and apparatus.
No license shall be granted to any per
son as a special electrician who has not
taken and subscribed an oath, that he
has had at least two (2) years' experi
ence in that special kind of electrical
work for which he or she asks a license,
or whose knowledge and experience and
habits of life are not such as to warrant
the belief, that he is competent to
perform the class and character of elec
trical work which ho or she asks to be
authorized to engage In by said special
license so asked to be granted to him.
And provided, further, that each appli
cant at the time of filing his, her, their or
its application shall pay to the treasurer
of said state board of electricity the sum
of five (5) dollars, if the application he
for a master electricians license, three
(3) dollars, if the application be for a
journeyman electrician's license and two
(2) dollars if the application be for a
special electrician's license. And pro
vided, further, that every person, per
sons or corporation before receiving a
master electrician's license, which li
cense shall Qualify, authorize and empow
er him, her, they or It to encage in busi
ness as a contracting and employing elec
trician and to hold htmse'.f, herself, them
selves or itself out to the public as such,
shall execute and deliver a bond in the
penal sum of five thousand ("000) dol
lars, with sufficient surety or s::-eties to
be approved by and filed with the state
board of electricity, conditioned for the
faithful performance of any and all work
entered upon or contracted for by said
master electrician; said bond shall be for
the use of and action may be maintained
thereon by any and all persons injured
or damaged by reason of want of skill
or suitable or proper material used or
employed in the performance of any work
contracted for or undertaken by said
master electrician or his, her, their or its
servants and employes. And provided,
further, that no person, persons or cor
poration shall engage In the business of
installing or repairing any of the electri
cal apparatus or devices hereinbefore
mentioned, in any county of this state
having a population of over one hundred
and twenty-five thousand (125,000) inhab
itrnts, without having first secured a li
cense as such master electrician, except
a Journeyman while in the employ of a
master electrician and except a special
electrician within terms of his or her
license, and except an employe of s n in
terstat i telegraph or telephone company
while engaged in the work «if such com
pany.
Sec. 7. Said board shall have full power
at any time to revoke any license granted
by said board for proper iiauso and after
a full hearing of all parties in Int
Sec. 8. Such license shall be d
by a majority of the board and ;. cd
with its seal.
Sec. 9. All persons receiving su li
cense who shall register before "said board
as provided in section five (5) of this act
shall also register the fact at th ■ office
of the city electrical inspector, U there
be one In the city In which he, she, they
or it, purposes to carry on business, and
any person or persons or corporations ob
taining a license under this law shall «o
register at the office of the city eleo
trical inspector, if there be one In the city
In which he, she, they or it purposes to
carry on business as aforesaid, and shall
also display said license in a conspicuous
place in the office or place of business of
such licensee if he, she, they or It main
tains a place of business, and any and
every journeyman electrlcl \n shall pro
duce for Inspection on lawful demand his
or her license. Provided, nothing In this
act shall prohibit any person from serv
ing as an apprentice in said trade under
a duly licensed electrician, nor from at
tending as a student In any school, where
in Instruction concerning electricity, elec
trical appliances and apparatus and the
natural law» governing nm« are taught}
providerl, further, that not more than one
apprentice to t Wo e i e ctrk-tans shall be en-
SBjgta by or allowed 10 .Cay master eleo
w^i«a nceased under the provisions of
Bee. 10. Any person, persons or corpo
ration or member thereof who shall prac
tice or engage hi the business of install
ing or repairing electrical wires or ap
paratus in any county of this state hav
ing a population of one hundred and
twenty-live thousand (125,000) inhabitants
without having complied with the pro
visions of BectTona five (5) and .six (6> of
this act, shail be guilty of a misdemean
or and upon conviction thereof before any
court shall be sentenced to pay a fine of
not less than ten <.ll>> dollars or more
than one hundred (1<H)) dollars or to im
prisonment not exceeding ninety (90)
days.
Sec. 11. No license granted or issued
under the provisions of this act shall be
assignable or transferable and every
such license shall specify the name of the
person, persona or corporation to whom
it is Issued.
Sec. 12. All tees collected under the
provisions of this act shall uo to be used
for the purpose of said board to defray
its necessary expenses.
Sec-. !X it shall bo the duty of said
board before the first Monday in January
of each and every year to make a report
in writing to the governor of thla stale,
containing a detailed statement of the
nature of the receipts and the manner of
expenditure and any balance of money
remaining at the end of the year after
payment of expenses, including per diem
of members of board and other necessary
expenses incurred by the members of the
board in the discharge of their duty, shall
be reserved by the treasurer of said board
to meet the necessary expenses of en
suing year.
Sec. 14. This act shall take effect and be
in force from and after its passage.
Approved April 20th, ISay.
CHAPTER 313— H. F. NO. 44G.
AN ACT to prevent messenger, telegraph,
etc., carrying companies from sending
minors to places of lil repute.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
State of Minnesota:
Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any
person, firm or corporation who employ
persons under the age of eighteen (IS)
years as messengers for delivering let
ters, telegrams, packages or bundles, to
send such minors in connection with their
business into any known house of prosti
tution or assignation.
Sec. 2. Any person, firm or corporation
who shall violate any of the provisions of
this act, shall be considered guilty of a
misdemeanor, and shall be punished by a
line of not less than fifty (50) dollars or
more than two hundred (200) dollars for
each and every offense, or by imprison
ment In the county jail for a period of
not less than thirty (30) days or more
than sixty (60) days, or both line and im
prisonment, at the discretion of the court
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be
in force from and after its passage.
Approved April 20th, 1599.
CHAPTER 314— H. F. NO. 283.
AN ACT requiring railroad companies or
corporations to provide cabooses on
freight trains with toilet rooms, and to
provide a penalty for the failure thereof.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
State of Minnesota:
Section 1. Every individual, company
or corporation, owning, managing or
operating, or who may hereafter own,
manage or operate, any railroad or part
of a railroad over bridges or through tun
neis. as well as elsewhere in this state,
who carry passengers or whose duty it
is to carry livestock or emigrants as a
common carrier, are hereby required to
furnish to all shippers of livestock, hav
ing the right to accompany the same,
and to emigrants, a caboose or other suit
able car for the transportation of such
shipper or shippers.
Provided, that all such cabooses or cars
on all such trains shall-be furnished with
a toilet room for the accommodation of
passengers.
Any railroad company or corporation
doing business In this state failing to
comply v.-ith the requirements of this act
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor
and upon conviction thereof shall be fined
in a sum not less than one hundred (100)
dollars for each day's negligence or fail
uro to cc mply with the requirements of
this act. . .
Sec 2. It is hereby made the duty of
the county attorney of the several coun
ties of this state to prosecute all viola
tions of this act. ,
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be
in force from and after September first
(Ist) eighteen hundred and ninety-nine
(1899).
Approved April 20th, 1899.
CHAPTER 315— H. F. NO. 571.
AN ACT to enable counties, towns, .cities
and villages of the state to use auto
matic ballot machines at all elections
therein. . .
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
State of Minnesota:
Section 1. The board of county commis
sioners of any county, within the state
may, at any regular or special meeting
called for that purpose, provide for the
use of automatic ballot machines in such
county or in one or more precincts there
of at all elections held therein; and it
shall be lawful for the common council of
any city, or the board of trustees of any
incorporated village within this state by
a two-thirds (2-3; vote to determine upon
tho use of automatic ballot machines at
all elections to be held within such city
or incorporated village, or In one or more
precincts thereof; and It shall be lawful
for the supervisors of any town within
this state to determine upon the use of
automatic ballot machines at all elections
to be held within such town; and there
upon such ballot machine shall be used
for the purpose of voting for all public
officers, to be elected by the voters of
such county, city, village or town, or
part, precinct or precincts thereof, for
which the same shall have been adopted,
and upon all constitutional amendments
or propositions or questions which may
be lawfully submitted to such voters, and
for registering and counting the ballots
cast at Fuch elections.
Hut nothing in this act contained shall
be construed as compelling the use of any
ballot machines at any elections of school
ofP.cers in any city, village or town, at
which no other public officer Is to be
elected. „
Provided, however, that no automatic
ballot machine shall be adopted or used
within this state at any election held for
the purpose of electing any public officers,
unless such ballot machine is so con
structed and operated as to insure the ab :
solute secrecy of each voter's ballot, and
provided with mechanism which will eu
tomatlcaUy keep an accurate numerical
register arid count of all the votes cast at
any election wherein such machine may
be Used, and which will also conceal and
keep from view the number of ballots
cast for any and all candidates ballotPd
for, from the opening of the polls to the
closing thereof.
Sec. 2. In case any county, city, in
corporated village or town within this
state shall, through its proper officers,
determine upon the use of any such bal
lot machines, to be used at any election
occurring therein, it shall be the duty of
the chairman or presiding officer of
said board of county commissioners,
common council, village trustees or town
supervisors to call a meeting of such
boards, common council, or supervisors
not less than ninety (90) days preceding
such election, for the -purpose of pre
scribing and making, and it shall be tho
duty or such boards, commo:; council or
supervisors to prescribe, make and pub
lish, at the same time and in the same
manner as under the existing laws elec
tion notices are published, suitable rules
and regulations for the use of such au
tomatic ballot machines at elections;
such rules and regulations so prescribed
by said boards, common council or su
pervisors shall be submitted- to, and ap
proved by the attorney general of this
state before they are published and car
ried into effect.
Sec. 3. No ballot clerks shall be em
ployed in any county, city, village or
town election district wherein automatic
voting machines are used at any election:
and no more than three (3) judges or
election shall be appointed or employed
for a compensation, in any town, village
or city precinct wherein such ballot ma
chines are used at any election, and no
other person or persons shall be author
ized to act In any capacity as election
officers in such election precinct.
Sec. 4. All election officers are hereby
charged with the proper carrying out of
the necessary regulations prescribed for
the use of any automatic ballot machines,
provided in their respective town, village
or city precinct.
Sec. 5. All laws and parts of laws now
In force within this state which relate
to state, county, city, village and town
elections and defining the powers and
duties of election officers so far as appli
cable, to the use of automatic voting ma
chines, shall remain in full force and ef
fect; and all laws and parts of laws in
consistent herewith shall be suspended in
each county, city, village, town or pre
cinct wherein such ballot machines are
used, so long as the same shall be used
therein; and nothing in this act contained
shall be construed as repealing any exist
ing laws, or authorizing any deviation or
omission therefrom, except as provided
for or set forth therein.
Sec. 6. Any "iolation of the provisions
of this act or any willful attempt to in
jure or render any such auto
matic ballot machine, provided in accord
ance wit" ' '"" provisions of this act,
shall be deen .d a misden- -anor.
Sec. 7. Tuid act shall tuke effect and be
In force from and after Its passage.
Approved April 20th, 1899.
CHAPTER 316— H. F. NO. 387.
AN ACT for the relief of Jo3eph Mo-
Knlght for personal lrjeries sustained
while a patient In the Rochester hos-
pital for the Insane at Rochester, Min
nesota, during A. D. eighteen hundred
and nlnoty-nve (1895), and to appropri
ate money therefor.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
State of Minnesota:
Section 1. That the sum of fifteen hun
dred (1,600) dollars be and the same Is
hereby appropriated out of any money
in the state treasury, not otherwise ap
propriated, for the relief of Joseph Mc-
Knfght for personal Injuries sustained
by him while a patient at the Rochester
state hospital for the Insane at Roches
ter. Minnesota, during the year A. D.
eighteen hundred and ninety-five (1896),
whereby he was injured by overt acts of
attendants, and incapacitated from fol
lowing hia profession as an attorney at
law for life.
Sec. 2. The state auditor la hereby
directed Immediately after the passage
and upon the approval of this act, to
draw his warrant on the state treasurer
for fifteen hundred (1,500) dollars in favor
of and deliver the same to said Joseph
McKnight.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be
In force from and after its passage.
Approved April 20th, 181)9.
CHAPTER 317— H. F. NO. 23.
AN ACT to amend section six (C) of
chapter three hundred and nine (809) of
the general laws of eighteen hundred
and ninety-seven (1897), relating to tho
taxation of express cumpanles.
Bo it enacted by the Legislature of the
fetate of Minnesota:
Section 1. That section six (6) of chan
ter three hundred and nine (309) of tha
general laws of eighteen hundred and
ninety-seven (1897), be amended to read
as follows:
Section 6. It shall be the duty of the
state auditor on or before the fifteenth
(ltth) day of March of each year to make
his draft on such express companies for
the sum In the nature of a tax to ba com
puted by taking five (5) per centum of
tho amount fixed by the state auditor
under the provisions of section four (4)
of this act as the gross receipts of such
companies for business done between
points within the State of Minnesota lor
the year ending the last day of December
next preceding, as reported to the state
auditor, and place the said draft in the
hands of the state treasurer for collec
tion, which shall be in lieu of all taxes
upon all personal property of any ex
piess company so paying the same.
Ail taxes collected by state treasurer
under the provisions of this act shall bo
paid into the state treasury and be ac
credited to the general revenue fund.
If any express company fails or refuses
to pay said tax within sixty (60) days
after a demand therefor shall have been
made by the state treasurer, ho shall
thereupon add to the tax due a penalty
of ten (10) per cent thereon for each sub
sequent month in which the tax remains
unpaid; and if such taxes are not paid
within sixty (GO) days after demand there
for by the state treasurer, he shall dis
train sufficient goods and chattels be
longing to such company, charged with
such taxes to be found within the State
of Minnesota sufficient, to pay the same,
together with the penalty accrued there
on.
The state treasurer shall immediately
proceed to advertise the property dis
trained by him, by a notice to be pub
lished in two (2) newspapers, printed in
the County of Ramsey, stating tho time
and place where the property will be
sold, and if the taxes for which such
property is distrained and the penalties
accruing thereon are not paid before the
time appointed for such sale, which shall
not be less than ten (10) days after the
taking of such property.
The state treasurer, or his deputy, shall
proceed to sell such property at such
public vendue, or so much thereof as
will be sufficient to pay such taxes and
penalties 'and the cost of such distress
and sale.
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be
in force from and after its passage.
Approved April 20th, 1899.
CHAPTER 318— S. F. NO. 677.
AN ACT to appropriate money for the
support of manual training in the state
training school for boys and girls.
Be It enacted by the Legislature of the
State of Minnesota:
Section 1. There is hereby appropriated
out of any moneys in the state treasury
not otherwise appropriated for the sup
port of manual training in the State
Training school for the fiscal year end
ing July thirty-first (31st), nineteen hun
dred (1900), the sum of fifteen hundred
dollars ($1,500); and for the fiscal year
ending July | thirty-first (31st), nineteen
hundred and one (1901), the sum of fifteen
hundred dollars ($1,500).
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be
in force from and after its passage.
Approved April 20th, 1599.
CHAPTER 319— S. F. NO. 658.
AN ACT to amend section one hundred
and twenty-six (126), chapter eight (8),
laws of eighteen hundred and ninety
five (1895), entitled. An act to provide
for the incorporation, organization and
government of cities.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
State of Minnesota:
Section 1. That section one hundred
and twenty-six (126), chapter eight (8),
laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-five
(1895), entitled, An act to provide for the
incorporation, organization and govern
ment of cities, be and the same hereby Is
amended so as to read as follows:
Section 126. City council to control
finances, limit on bond issue. The city
council shall control the property and
finances of the city, and shall have the
power to appropriate money for city pur
poses only, except as hereinafter provid
ed; to provide for the payment of its
debts and expenses; to borrow money on
its credit city purposes, and to lsffOe
bonds therefor, as herein provided; to is
sue bonds in the place of, or supply
means for paying maturing bonds or to
consolidate or fund the same; provided,
that the total indebtedness of such city,
except as hereinafter provided, shall not
thereby be made to exceed five (5) per
cent of the total value of the taxable
property of such city according to the
last preceding a-ssessment for purposes of
taxation, except in cities where such lim
it has already been reached, or expendi
tures have already been authorized by
vote of rhe people of said city, which will
cause the said limit to be reached; pro
vided, however, that the certificates of
indebtedness Issued for the creation and
malntc-nance of the permanent improve
ment revolving fund shall not be consid
ered as a portion of the indebtedness of
the city for the purposes of this section.
Provided, further, however, that in case
of any such city now organized or terri
tory hereafter to bo organized the total
indebtedness of which at the time of the
passage of this act exceeds five (6) per
cent of the total value of the taxable
property of said city, according to the
last preceding assessment for purposes of
taxation, when such city shall accept the
provisions of this act, the city council of
such city may issue bonds sufficient to
pay all the floating indebtedness ar.d
judgments th<=n existing of such city, and
any certificates of Indebtedness of such
city then outstanding, the proceeds of
which bonds shall be used solely for the
purpose of paying such indebtedness; and
thereafter the city council of such city
shall not be authorized to Issue any
bonds, except as hereinafter provided,
and except for the purpose of paying ma
turing bonds of said city, until the total
Indebtedness of said city, except as here
inafter provided, shall bo reduced to an
amount lass than five (5) per cent of the
total value of the taxable property of
such city, ticcordlng to the last preceding
assessment for the purpose of taxation;
and thereafter the city council of such
city may issuo bonds In accordance with
the provision!; hereof and within the lim
its herein first described.
Provldfd further, that any city hav
ing a population of less than 8,000, an
indebtedness of not to exceed ton per
cent of the total valu? of the taxable
r.roperty of such city may be incurred by
{he issuing of bonds In the same manner
as above provided for the Incurring of
Indebtedness not to exceed five (5) per
cent.
Provided further, that any ordinance
or resolution authorizing the Issuance of
bonds that would increase the bonded in
debtedness to an amount exceeding five
(5) per cent of the total value of the tax
able property of tho city shall be sub
mitted for ratification to the electors oT
the city at the next regular city election,
or at a special election called for that
purpose, the form of ballot to be used
at which shall be prescribed by tho city
council. If two-thirds of all the electors
■voting upon such question shall vote In
favor of the Issuance of such bonds, then
said ordinance or resolution shall take
effect and be In force; otherwise, the
same shs.ll become null and void.
Provided further, that where any city
has, prior to its becoming subject to the •
provisions of this act, for the purpose of
constructing, erecting, maintaining, ex
tending or improving suitable water and
light plants, or either of such plants, or
for tho purpose of purchasing, maintain
ing, extending a.nd improving any water
and light plant, or either of such plants,
already In existence in said city, or for
the purpose of acquiring and paying for
any real estate or other property needed
in connection with such water and light
plants, or either of them, for the protec
tion of the purity of the water supply, or
otherwise, issued or authorized to be la
sued bonds so that the amount of said
bonds when added to the other Indebted
ness of said city shall cause the entire
Indebtedness thereof to exceed five (5) per
cent of the total value of the taxable
property of said city according to the
last preceding assessment for purposes of
taxation, then said bonds shall not bo
deemed to be a part of the total Indebted
ness of said city, which said city Is here
inbefore forbidden to make to exceed five
(5) per cent of tho total value of such
taxable property; and thereafter said city
may Issue such additional bonds as may
be necessary to extend, -enlarge or Im
prove such water and light plant, or eith
er of such plants; and such additional
bonds so Issued for nuoh purpose shall
also not be deemed to be a part of the
total Indebtedness of Bald city, which said
city is hereinbefore forbidden to make to
exce.ed said five per cent of the total val
ue of such taxable property. Such bonds
shall be authorized, Issued, negotiated and
Bold in the came manner as other city
bonds, and shall be a first Hen upon all
water and light appliances and structures
or every kind. If Issued for both, or If for
only one, then for the appliances and
structures thereof, and all property ac
quired or used In connection therewith
erected, owned or purchased by said city;
and the proceeds of fiaid bonds shall not
be expended for any other purpose than
that for which they are Issued.
Provided further, that tho city council
by a majority vote thereof may Issue
such bonds In place of. or to supply
means for, paying maturing bonds winch
have been Issued for either of said pur
poses, or to consolidate or fund the same,
and If any plant or plants acquired, by
the city by purchase havo outstanding
bonds which by their terms were not due
at the time of such purchase and the city
has assumed said bonds or has purchased
said plant or plants subject thereto, the
city council may at any tlmo exchange
tho bonds of said city for such outstand
ing bonds of said plant or plants, or any
part thereof, the bonds so exchanged not
to boar any greater rate of Interest or
to be greater In amount than the rate of
Interest or the amount of the par value
of such outstanding bonds for which they
are exchanged, and said bonds ho Issued
for tho purposes aforesaid or either of
them shall not bo deemed to be a part
of the total Indebtedness ot said city,
which said city Is hereinbefore forbidden
to make to exceed five per cent of the
total value of the taxable property In
such city, according to the last preced
ing assessment for purposes of taxation.
Provided, further, that the city council
shall set aside annually such portion of
the gross Income from tho water and
light plants, or either, of the city, as they
shall determine to create a sinking fund
lor the payment of said water and light
bonds, or either, as they become due.
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and
be In force from and after its passage.
Approved April 20th, 1899.
CHAPTER 320— S. F. NO. 243.
AN ACT to legalize acknowledgments of
conveyances and other instruments, and
the record 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 any person previous
ly appointed or elected and thon acting
as a notary public or other officer au
thorized to take such acknowledgments,
be, and the same are hereby, legalized
and made "of the same validity as
though the term of office of such officer j
had not expired at the time of taking
such acknowledgments," and th* 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 any action or proceeding now
pending in any court of this state.
Seo. 2. This act shall take effect and
Jt>e in force from and after Its passage.
Approved April 20th, 1899.
CHAPTER 821— S. F. NO. P7.
AN ACT to amend section six (6) of
chapter thirty-five (35) of the general
statutes of eighteen hundred and sev
enty-eight (187S), being section 4960 of
the general statutes 1894, as amended
by chapter thirty-three (33) of the gen
eral laws of Minnesota for ISSS, as
amended by chapter ninety-three (93)
of the general laws of Minnesota for
1897, eclating to courts of Justices of
the peace.
Be It enacted by the Legislature of tho
State of Minnesota:
Section 1. That section six (6) of chap
ter sixty-five (C 5) of the general statutes
eighteen hundred and seventy-eight (1878).
being section four thousand nine hundred
and sixty (4960) of the general statutes
of eighteen hundred and ninety-four
(1894), as amended by chapter thirty-three
(33) of the general laws of Minnesota
for eighteen hundred and ninety-five
(1&95), as amended by chapter ninety
three (i) 3) of the general laws of Minne
sota for eighteen hundred and ninety
seven (1897), be, and the same is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Section C. The jurisdiction conferred by
the last section does not extend, however,
to a civil action. First, in a case involv
ing the title to real estate.
Second— Nor for false imprisonment,
libel, slander, malicious prosecution,crim
inal conversation or seduction, or upon a
promise to marry.
Third— Nor for an action against an
executor or administrator n.s such. Ac
tions must in all cases bo brought in the
township village or city where plaintiff
or defendant or one of several plaintiffs
or defendants reside, or where any at
torney-at-law who has been duly admit
ted to practice In Ihe courts of this state
and who represents the plaintiff In the
action resides, or at the county seat; pro
vided, that if the defendant or one of
several defendants reside in an incorpo
rated city of more than 50,000 Inhabitants
such actions shall be brought within paid
city; provided, however, that the foregoing
provision shall not prevent the bringing
of actions against such defendant or
defendants In other counties than the
one In which such city Is located, when
such defendant or defendants come with
in the jurisdiction of the courts of Jus
tices of the peace in such other coun
ties.
If none of the defendants reside In this
state, action may be brought in any coun
ty and township wherein either of the de
fendants may be found. If there be no
qualified and acting Justice of the peace
In the proper township, the action may
be brought before any qualiiled and act
ing justice of the peace in any adjoining
township In the same county. Nothing
herein contained shall be construed to
abrogate or qualify the right of change
of venue In civil actions now provided by
statute.
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be
In force from and nfter its p-is=age
Approved April 20th, 1899.
CHAPTER 322— 5. F. NO 19
AN I . A( l t t0 enforr; e the payment of taxes
which became delinquent in and prior to
the year one thousand eight hundred
and ninety-seven (1897)
B %J\ en^ ctPd , b >' the Legislature of the
State of Minnesota:
Section 1. At the time of making the
list of delinquent taxes for the year IS^S
as required by section 1579 general stat
utes of 1594. the auditor of each county
shall make out and append to such delin
quent list a list of all tnxes upon real
estate In the county which appear to
have become delinquent In the year one
thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven
(1597), or any prior yenr or years and
have not been satisfied by payment re
demption, or sale of the real" estate to
actual purchasers. Such list shall Include
all taxes not barred by the statute of
limitations upon any real estate which
may have been at any tax sale struck
off to. or declared to be forfeited to the
state, whether such sa.le or forfeiture was
valid or Invalid' and It shall also contain
a description of each piece or parcel of
land upon which such taxes shall not
have been paid or satisfied as aforesaid.
and opposite such description the name or
the owner to whom assessed, if known,
and If unknown shall so state, and the
amount of taxes, principal ami interest
due thereon, according to the provisions
of this act.
Sec. 2. The same proceedings shall be
had with reference to advertisement,
judgment and sale of the property de
scribed In such forfeited lists, as are re
quired by the general tax law for ad
vertisement, judgment and sale of prop
erty described In the regular delinquent
list, but separate tax Judgment and copy
tax judgment books shall bo provided for
the forfeited lists.
Sec. 3. Any person having an Interest
in any tract or parcel of real estate In
cluded In such forfeited list may redeem
the same pt any tlmo before the sale
thereof, as hereinafter provided, by pay-
Ing into the county treasury tho original
amount of taxes due thereon, with ten
(10) per cent per annum Interest on the
amount during the time said taxes have
been delinquent. - together with all costs
of proceedings herein described.
At least sixty days prior to the sale
tho county auditor shall make out and
mall to each person named as owner In
such forfeited list, a notice of such tax
sale, giving the description of his land
the amount for which the same is liable
to be sold, and the date of sale; find tha'
said sale will be final and absolute; said
notice shall be mailed to the postofnee ad
dress of the person, if the same Is known
to the auditor, and If not, then the same
shall be mailed to such person at tho
county seat of the county where the said
sale Is to be held; provided, however, that
If any person is In the actual occupancy
of any piece or parcel of land described
in such forfeited list, the county auditor
shall cause the aforesaid notice to be
personally served upon -such occupant at
least sixty (60) days prior to said sale.
Such notice shall be served and returned
by the sheriff of the county In the manner
provided for the service and return of
summons In civil actions.
Sec. 4. Tha sale herein provided for
shall be made by the county auditor, at
his office, Immediately following; the de
linquent sale in May, and shall be abso
lute and final.
The auditor shall sell such forfeited
property at publlo vendue. each piece or
parcel separately in the order described
on the copy Judgment book a: ii by the
description therein. In offering such
property for sale, he shall state the
amount of taxes, interest and costs due
thereon as hereinbefore provided for re
demption thereqr, and he shall first olttr
each piece or parcel to the highest bidder
therefor, but If no bidder shall offer to
pay such amount due, or more, he shall
then offer the same to the bidder who -will
pay the highest sum, less than the amount
of taxes, Interest and costs due. The
county treasurer shall attend at the sale
and receive all money paid thereon.
Sec. 6. The auditor ehali execute to the
purchaser of any piece or parcel of prop
erty at such sale a certificate, which may
be substantially in the following form:
I, Auditor of the
County of do hereby cer
tify that, at the sale of forfeited kinds
pursuant to real estate tax Judgment en
tered In the District Court in the County
of on the day of 19.-,
In proceedings to enforce payment -of
taxes upon real estate delinquent in pie
year one thousand eight hundred and
ninety-seven (18S/7), and for prior years,
for tho County of which scle
was held at i n saiJ County of
on the day of
the following described piece or parcel of
land situate In said County of
State of Minnesota, to-wit. :
was offered for sale to" the' highest bidder',
and at said sale I did sell the said piece
or parcel of land to the gam
of dollars, that being the highest
sum bid therefor, and he having paid
said sum. I do, therefore, In consideration
thereof, and pursuant to the statute In
such case made and provided, < or.vey th-a
said piece or parcel of land in fee simple
to enid his heirs and assigns
forever.
Witness my hand and official seal this
day of , 19
_ County Auditor.
Such certiHcate shall pass to the pur
chaser the estate therein described with
out any other act or deed whatever, and
may be recorded as deeds of real estate,
and the record of such certificate shall
have the same force and (.ITect ns evi
dence or otherwise, as the records of
deeds of real estate. If any purchaser
snail purchase at H.aid sale mon: than one
piece or parcel of laid, all of the plec.-a
or parcels ho purchased may be Included
in the same certificate.
Sec. 6. Said certificate or a copy or the
record thereof, .shall b- ; prima facie evi
dence that the title to th» tract or tracts
of land therein mentioned is in the per
son named In said certificate.
Sec. 7. When any piece or parcel of
land shall be so sold, the purchaser shall
be entitled to Immediate possession of the
piece or parcel purchased by him, and if
on demand and presentation of the cer
tificate of sale, the person in pos
j session of the piece or parcel refuse
or neglect to deliver such possession such
person may be proceeded against as a
person holding over the termination of
his estate, which proceedings may be In
stituted and prosecuted under the pro
visions of chapter eighty-four (84) of the
general statutes: and the Judgment and
< sale herein provided for shall not be set
aside unless the action In which the valid
ity of judgment or sale shall be called
into question, or the defense to any ac
tion alleging its Invalidity be brought
whhin nine (9; months of the date of
said sale; except that in case any tract
or parcel shall be included In any such
Judgment when such taxes shall have
been paid, or such property was exempt
from taxation, that said judgment and
Bale shall be void, upon proof at any
time that such taxes have been paid or
such property was exempt.
Sec. 8. The proceeds of such sale shall
be distributed pro rata to the severa)
funds for which the taxes were levied,
and in no case shall any piece or parcel
be sold for any sum le?s than fifty (50)
per centum of tho original taxes dv*
thereon.
Sec. 9. If no bidder shall bid an amount
equal to that for which the piece or par-
c t i mt yf be sold then the county auditor
shall bid in the same for the state for
the amount of the judgment against such
piece or parcel of land.
Sec. 10. The board of county commission
ers of any county in this state may and
they are hereby authorized to allow tha
county auditor such compensation as may
be reasonable for the services required
under the provisions of this act.
Sec. 11. All acts or parts of acts In
consistent herewith are hereby repealed
provided, this act shall not be construed
as repealing or modifying chapter 290 of
the general laws of -Minnesota for the
year 1597.
Sec. 12. This act shall take effect and be
In force from and after July Ist 1899
Approved April 20th, 18D9.
CHAPTER 323-S. F. NO. 820
AN ACT to cure county drainage pro
ceedings wherein the notice of the pen
dency of the petition or the notice of
hearing on the viewers' report has not
been posted in the places designated by
town meeting's.
B I. U . cn ?<; ted b >' the Legislature of tha
State of Minnesota:
Section 1. That in all ca3es where pro
ceedings have been had or attempted un
der chapter ninety-seven (97) of the gen
eral laws of one thousand eight hundred
and eighty-seven (1S87) and acts amenda
tory thereof, for the establishment «.f
county drains, and the notice of the
pendency of the petition or the notice of
hearing on the report of tho viewers h s
been posted up In three of the mr.st pub
lic places of each of the towns through
which such drain 13 located or proposed
to be located, but which notice has not
been posted up on the -jlaees designated
by the legal voters of such town at its
annual meeting as the three-public or the
most public places of such town, such
notice and the proceedings based thereon
If otherwise susTvient, shall not be af
fected by reason of the aforesaid irregu
larities.
Provided that nor.c of the provisions of
this act shall apply to nny action now
pending in nny of the courts of this stare
Sec. 2. This act shall t«ke effect and be
In force from and after its uassage
Approved April 20th, 1899.
CHAPTER 22!— S. F. NO. 112
AN ACT legalizing the foreclosure of
mortgages by any foreign executor or
administrator who has not filed a duly
authenticate.! copy of hi mi nt
as such executor or idministrator, in
the office of the register of deeds In
the proper county before such 1
closures were made, unless the action
wherein any such foreclosure Is calird
in question, has already been com
menced or shall be commenced within
ninety days after the passage of th's
act.
Be It enacte.l by the Legislature of the
Stats of Minnesota:
Section 1. In no ense where a foreign
executor or administrator has heretofore
foreclosed or attempted to foreclose any
mortgage on real estate by advertisement,
without having first tiled !"r record in the
office of the register of deeds of the coun
ty where tho iand affected is situated, an
authenticated copy or hla appointment as
such executor or administrator, shaM the
foreclosure for that reason be sot as:<'.e
or held invalid, unless the action In which
such foreclosure is atta k ■•! or called in
question, has already been coninei.-. 1. v
or unless such action shall be rorameti 1
within ninety (90) days after the ;..issa.;e
of this act.
1 Sec. 2. Tills act shall take effect and be
in force from and after its passage.
Approved Api il 20th, > 19
CHAPTER 326— 5. F. NO. 328.
AN ACT to amend section five thousand
five hundred and thlrty-tnree fiis33) of
the general statutes of 1894, relating
to husband ar.'l wife noi being liable Cor
each other's debts, except In certain
cases.
Be. it enacted by the Legislature of the
Stat<* of Minnesota:
Section 1. That section five thousand
five hundred and thirty-three i 053?,> of tha
general statutes of 1894 bo and t'no same
is hereby amended so as to read as fol
lows:
Section 5533. No married woman shall
be liable for any debts of her husband,
nor shall any married man be liable for
any debts of his wife, entered Into either
before or during coverture, except that
necessaries furnished to and used by th«
family are chargeable upon the property
of both husband and wife, or either of
them, and in relation thereto they, may
be -;ued Jointly or separately. • rov-ulea,
however, this act shall not apply fo any
debt contracted prior to the passage of
this act. „ .
Sec 2. This act shall take effect aad be
in force from and nfter Its passage.-
Approved 20th. ISO 9.
CHAPTER 526-S. F. NO. 146.
AN ACT to legalize sheriff a certificates
In certain cases. ...
".e It enacted by the Legislature of tha
" State of Minnesota:
That no certificate heretofore executed
under and by virtue of section eleven (11),
chapter eighty-one <81>. title one (1),
statutes of Minnesota, shall be deemed
invalid by reason of the samo n>t hav
ing been made, executed, proved or ac
knowledged and recorded within the twen
ty (20) days mentioned in said section;
or by reason of the affidavit of coats and
disbursements as provided in section &i>Gl
of the general statutes of 1594, having
been filed after the expiration of t.->n
(10) days, and tho record of all such cer
tificates heretofore execute,!, proved or
acknowledged and recorded after the ex
piration of the said twenty <20> a. Is
hereby legalized and made valid 1 . said
record shall have the .same fon. .nd ef
fect aa if said certificate had I en exe
cuted, proved and acknowledged and re
corded within the said twenty (3fi) days:
provided, that nothing: herein contained
shail b- construed to apply to cases now
pendln... which Involve •'• • legality or
validity of any such cr :•■[:'■■ Ues of sale.
Sec. 2. This act sha.l! take effect and ha
In force from and afte: Its passage-
Approved April 20th, 1899.