The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-03-25

approved March ninth, one thousand eight
hundred and sixty, be amended by adding to
section thirty 900 of said act the following pro-
viso: Provided, That the Board of County
Commissioners of each county shall be empow-
cred upon any Just or equitable cause shown,
to abate the said fifty per centun added to- the
value by the County Auditor, and thereupon
the County Auditor shall make such correction
upon the tax duplicate and Il certificate Of said
abatement attested by the County Auditor.
shall thcreupOn be sufficient authority for the
County Treasurer to deduct the amount so
abated, in making his collection of taxes.
SEC. 2. This act shall take effect from and
after its passage.
Approved March 1, 1864
AN ACT to create a Board of Appeals on Sioux
War Claims.
BE Il enacted By the LEGISLATURE Of tie Shae Of
Minnesota:
SECTION l. That the State Auditor, Attor-
ney General and Adjutant General, are hereby
constituted and created Board of Appeals, to
hear and determine all matters of claims, arts.
ing under and out of claims not heretofore pre-
sented, and those presented and disallOwed be-
fore the Board of Auditors, created by the
:" Act to amend an act entitled an act to create
a Board of Auditors for the adjustment of
claims for war expenditures, and to define the
powers and duties of said Board" and to allow
or disallOw any or all of such claims as in their
judgment may seem Just and proper.
SEC. 2. Said Board hereby created shall meet
at the Capitol of the State on the first Monday
of April, and on the first Monday in each
month thereafter during the remainder of the
year 1864. Procided. That such meetings shall
not occupy more than two days in any one
month.
SEC. 3. 1t shall be the duty of the Board of
Appeals, created by this act, to keep true
record of their proceedings; to reduce to writ
ing all material testimony, and to file and pre-.
serve the same, and also to file and preserve all
vouchers and other papers which may have
been received by said Board as evidence of any
claim allowed by them. They shall also keep
a record of all claims presentedA and upon all
claims allowed by them, shall be endorsed the
words. 'ANo~ed by the Board Of appeals" and
on all claims disallowcd shall be endorsed
the words, Disadlored By the Board Of APP
peals." And it shall also be the duty Of said
Board to report to the next Legislature of this
State, within the first ten DAYS of it's session,
full and specific statement of fall claims allow
ed by them, showing the nature ofsuch claims,
and to whom allowed, and whenever such re-
port SO made shall have been adopted by the
Legislature, then and not otherwise, shall
claims reported allowed by said Board be re-
garded as finally Audited and the acts of said
Board fully sanctioned But in case the Le-
port, then, and in that case, the allowance of
claims by said Board shall be imperative and
of no effect.
Sec. 4. Provided that nothing herein con-
tanned shall be held or taken Us implying any
obligation on the part of the State of MinnesO-
ia, to pay any claim allowed under the provis-
ions of this act.
SEC. 3. This act shall I've in force from and
after its passage.
Approved March g. 1864
AN ACT to authorize the endorsement of
bank securities and concerning the depre-
cation thereof and the payment of fees for
protesting the circulating notes.
BE 1t enacted by tile Legislature of the Stiue of
Minnesota:
ShCTIoN 1. All securities hereafter assigned
and transferred, in trust, to the Auditor of
State, by any banker or banking association
by virtue of any law of this State shall be en-
dorsed at the time of such assignment and
transfer, with certificate which shall state
the time of the assignment and transfer of such
security, by whom and for what purpose such
security is assigned and transferred and that
the same is not to be withdrawn without the
consent of the Auditor endorsed thereon, and
countersigned by the Governor
SEC. 2 Whenever the securities assigned and
transferred to the Auditor Of State by any
ton of their circulating notes shall in the opin-
ion OF the Auditor and Governor of this State
become insufficient for that purpose, he, the
Auditor OF this State may receive the interest
and dividends on all securities and shall deposit
the same with some safe banking association,
the deposit to be made on such terms and at
such rate of interest as the Auditor and Gov
ernor of State may deem most conducive to The
interest OF such association, and be withdrawn
and paid over whenever in the opinion of the
Auditor and Governor the securities of such
association shall be sufficient to warrant it,
Sec. 3. No portion of the securities deposit
ed, assigned or transferred to the Auditor of
State by any banker or banking association to
be used as security for the circulating notes of
such banker or banking association shall be
applied to the payment of fees for protesting
any OF their circulating notes.
SEC. 4. This act shall be in force from and
after its passage
Approved March 4, 1864.
AN ACT to amend an act entitled Ian act to
authorize the formation of corporations for
mining, smelling or manufacturing Iron,
Copper, Silver or other ores or minerals"
approved Feb. oath, 1860.
BE 1t enacted by the Legislature Of the State Of
Minnesota:
SECTION J. Section two of said act is hereby
amended by inserting after the words ''Or
other minerals" the words following, to wit:
Or any kind of manufacturing, mining, lumber
ing, agricultural, mechanical or chemical bus
iness
Sec. ,. The title to said act is hereby amend.
ed SO as to read as follows: An act to author
ize the formation of corporations for the pur-
pose Of engag ing in, or carrying on any Kind
OF manufacturing, mining. smelling. lumber
ing, agricultural, mechanical or chemical bust
ness.
SEC. 3. This act shall take effect from and
after its passage.
Approved March 3, 1864
AN ACT to authorize the amendment arti-
Articles of Association and Certificates of In
corporation.
Be It enacted by the legislature Of the State Of
Minnesota:
SECTION 1. Whenever it shall be deemed
necessary by the shareholders in any associa-
ton or corporation now existing or hereafter
to be formed, which association or corporation
has been or may be formed under any general
law of this State authorizing the formation
thereof, to supply any omission or make any
amendment of the articles of association, or
certificate of incorporation of such association
or corporation, so as to make the same con-
form to such general law the shareholders in
such association or corporation are hereby au
thorized to make certificate under their hands