The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-03-18
SEC: 2. This act shall take effect and be in
force from and after its passage.
Approved March 8, 1864.

AN ACT to amend an act entitled s.An act tn
legalize the action of County Commission
ers in apprOpriating money for bounties to
soldiers, and for the support of families of
soldiers, and to provide for the levy of taxes
to pay county, city and town bounties.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of The State of
Minnesota:
SECTION l. That section 1 of chapter 8 of
the Extra Session Laws of the year 1862 be
amended SO as to read as follows:
Sec. l. That the action of the County Com
missloners OF any county or of any city council,
or Of the Board of Supervisors of any town in
this State, in appropriating money, issuing
bonds, orders, scrip or other evidence of in
debtedness to pay bOunties to soldiers or to
support the families of soldiers or which may
hereafter be appropriated or issued by the ai-
thorities hereinbefore mentioned, pursuant to
such action heretofore had, or which have
i Deen or may hereafter be appropriated or
issued in pursuance of a vote Of the electors
OF any county. city or town, cast at any cleo
ton heretofore held for that purpose, and any
tax which has been or may be levied by any
OF the authorities specified in this act for the
payment. of the principal and interest, or
either, OF such bonds, orders, scrip or other
evidence Of Indebtedness be, and the same is
hereby legalized and made valid, ard the pay
ment of the principal and interest thereof. and
the levy OF such tax shall be binding on such
county, city or town, the same as if such ac-
ton had been authorized by law, and such tax
shall be collected in the same manner as other
county, city, or town taxes are now collected.
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be in
force from and after its passage
Approved March 8. 1864.
AN ACT for the relief of occupying claimants
of land
BE it enacted by Tie Legislature of the State Of
MinnesOta:
SECTION l. Any person who has or shall
erect any building. tenement or fences upon
land, in good faith, and having color of title
and good reason to believe that the legal title
to such lands is or was vested in him, when in
fact such title was or shall not be in him, and
he shall have no legal or equitable rights
whereby he could or can enforce conveyance
to him OF such title, such person or persons
shall be entitled to, and may remove such build
lngs, tenements or fences from said land, doing
no unnecessary damage to the land, and in SO
doing shall only be liable for the actual damage
done the land. Procided, that no person shall
be entitled to remove a building or fence under
the provisions of this act, unless he shall re-
move the same within sixty DAYS after the de-
termination of the suit or proceeding respect
ing the title to the premises on which such
building or fence shall have been erected, as
contemplated by this act or within sixty days
after notice to remove the same given by the
holder OF the legal title unless within said
sixty days an action shall be commenced and
prosecuted to try such question of title
Sec 2. This act shall take effect from and
after its passage.
Approved March 4, 1854