The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1868-04-09

may be made upon all parties to the action
against whom no personal judgment is sought,
and in such case judgment may be taken with
out giving securityas to those parties at the expi
ration of twenty days after the completion of the
period Of publication; but such parties or any
of them shall be permitted to appear and de.
fend upon good cause shown, at any time be-
fore final decree.
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be in
force from and after its passage.
Approved February o. 1868.
AN ACT to amend section nineteen (l9,) Of
chapter tifty-seyen (57,) of the general stat
utes relating to sale of lands by executors
administrators and guardians.
Be 1t enacted by the Legislature of the State of
Minnesota
SECTION l. That section nineteen Q9,) of
chapter tifty-seven (57,) of the general statutes
be and the, same is hereby amended so as to
read as follows
Section 10. An executor or administrator
appointed in another State, upon whose estate
there is no executor or administrator appoint
ed in this State, may file an authenticated
copy of his appointment in the probate court
for any county in which there is real estate of
the deceased; after which he may be licensed
by the same probate court to sell real estate
for the payment of debts, legacies and charges
OF administration, in the same manner and up
on the same terms and conditions as are pre-
scribed in the case of an executor or admins
TRAITOR appointed in this State, except as here
matter provided. And such foreign executor
or administrator may act by his attorney in
fact thereto by him duly appointed, under, his
hand and seal and executed and acknowledged
in the same manner as is required for the con-
veyance of real estate, which power of attor-
ney shall be recorded in the Office of the reg
lister of deeds for the county in which the real
estate is situated.
Sec. 2. This act shall. take effect and be
in force from and after it's passage.
Approved March 6, 1868.
AN ACT to regulate the fees of Jurors in JUS
tees courts.
Be 1t enacted by the Legislature Of the State of
Minnesota:
SECTION l. Each juror sworn in any &C.
ton in a Justices court, or before any sheriff
on writ of inquiry, is entitled to fifty cents
for each half day, and ten cents for each mile
actually travelled in going and returning by
the most usual route. The fees, for one half
days service, to be paid in the first instance,
by the party requiring such jury.
SEC. 2. All acts and parts of acts incon-
sistent with this act, are hereby repealed.
SEC. 3. This act shall be in force and
take effect from and after its passage
Approved March 4, 1868.
AN ACT to amend section two, (2,)of chapter
sixty-tive (65,) of the general statutes, rela-
ting to the place of holding courts by JUS
tees of the peace.
Be 1t enacted by the Legislature of the State of
Minnesota:
SECTION /. That section (2) of chapter
sixty-fve (65,) of the general statutes, be
amended so as to read as follows:
Section 2. Every justice of the peace shall
keep his office in the town, city or ward for
which he is elected, but he may issue process
in any place in the county, and may in his dis
erection, for the convenience of parties, make
any process issued by him, either civil or
criminal, returnable, and may hold his court
at any place appointed by him in a town or
ward adjoining the town OF ward in which he
resides.
Provided, The place so appointed be within
his county.
Sec. g. This act shall take effect and be in
force from and after its passage.
Approved February Is, 1868.
AN ACT to amend section one Il, of chap
ter twenty 1.-TWO (22,) of the general laws of
1866, providing for salaries Of clerks of the
district court
Be 1t enacted by the Legislature of the State of
Minnesota:
SECTION l. That section one ~ of chap
ter twenty-five (22,) of the general laws Of
1866, be and the same is hereby 80 amended
as to read as follows:
In all counties where the fees of the clerk of
the district court do not exceed five hundred
dollars per annum, the said clerk shall re-
ceive from the county treasurer of his county,
unless prohibited by the county commission
ers Of said county, a sum, which, together
five hundred dollars per annum. Provided,
the population of such county exceeds forty
five hundred as shown by the last State
census.
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be in
force from and after its publication.
Approved March 6, 1868.
AN ACT to amend chapter forty-mne (49), of
the General Statutes, relating to Probate
courts, and to repeal q portion thereof
Be 1t enacted by the Legislature Of the State of
Minnesota:
SECTION l. That section two (2) of chap
ter forty-nine (49) of the general statutes, be
amended so as to read as follows:
Section 2. The several probate courts have
exclusive jurisdiction, in the first instance, in
their respective counties, to take proof of
wills, and to direct the administration of the
estate Of deceased persons.
First-When the deceased, at or immedi.
ately before his death, was an inhabitant of
the county, in whatever place he dies.
Second-When the deceased not being an
inhabitant Of this State dies in the county,
leaving assets in the county.
Third-When the deceased, not being an
inhabitant Of this State, dies out Of this State,
leaving assets therein.
Fourth-Whcn the deceased, not being an
inhabitant Of this State, not having assets