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

LAWS OF MINNESOTA.
AN ACT to amend section six (6)of chapter
seventy co. of the general statutes, relating
to the fees of executors and administrators
Be it enacted By the Legislature Of the State of
Minnesota:
SECTION l. Section six (e,) of chapter sew
enty COY of the general statutes, is hereby
amended by striking out the first line of said
section, and inserting in lieu thereof, the fol-
lowing:
For actual service-two dollars.
SEC. 2. This act shall take effect and be in
force from and after its passage.
Approved February 5, 1868.
AN ACT to amend section ninety.one (9l),
chapter sixty-six (66), of the General Stat
utes, relating to the pleading of Judgments
Be 1t enacted BY the Legislature Of the State Of
Minnesota:
SECTION /. That section ninety-one (9l), Of
chapter sixty-six (66\ of the general statutes
be, and the same is hereby amended so as to
read as follows:
determination Of court or officer of special
or general jurisdiction, it shall not be nccessa-
~ to state the facts comforting jurisdiction, but
such judgment of determination may be stated
to have been duly given or made, in cases Of
special jurisdiction; if such allegation is con-
troverted, the party pleading is bound to es-
tablish on the trial the facts comforting such
jurisdiction.
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be in
force from and after it's passage
AN ACT to amend section twentv-nine of title
three, Of chapter sixty-four, of the general
statutes, relating to terms Of the district
court for Dodge county.
Be 1t enacted by the Legislature of the State of
Minnesota:
section twenty-nine, title three, chapter sixty
four, of the general statutes be 80 amended as
to read as follows:
In the county of Dodge, on the first Monday
in March, and first Monday in September.
Sec. 2. All writs, recognisances, and all
other papers and proceedings made returnable
to the district court of said county, shall be
considered and deemed to be returnable to the
terms of said court as the same are fixed by
this act; and all continuances, appeals motions,
notices, or other proceedings, taken or made,
to or for any term of said court, shall be con-
sldered and construed to be made or taken to
the terms of said court as fixed by this act
SEC. 3. Chapter one hundred and seven of
the general laws of 1867, is hereby repealed.
Sec. 4. This act shall take effect and be in
force from and after the first day of June
next.
Approved March 5, 1868.
AN ACT proposing an amendment to section
seven, Of article one, of the Constitution of
the State of Minnesota,
Be 1t enacted By the Legislature Of the State of
Minnesota:
SECTION l. That the following amendment
Of section seven, of article one, of the Consti.
tuition of the State of Minnesota, be proposed
to the people OF the said State, that is to say,
that the said section be amended so as to read
as follows:
Section No person for the same offense
shall be put twice in jeopardy of punishment,
nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to
be witness against himself, nor be deprived of
life, liberty or property without due process
of law. All persons shall, before conviction,
be bailable for sufficient sureties, except for
capital offences where the proof is evident or
the presumption great;-and the privilege OF
the writ of hdbeas corpus shall not be suspended
unless when in case of rebellion or invasion
the public safety may require it.
Sec. 2. This proposed amendment shall be
submitted to the people of the said State for
their approval or rejection, at the next general
election for the year A. D., 1868; and each of
the legal voters of the said State, may, in their
respective districts, at said election, vote by
ballot for or against said amendment, and the
returns thereof shall be made and certified
and such votes canvassed and the result
thereof declared in the manner provided by
law for returning, certifying and canvassing
votes at general elections for State officers"
and declaring the result thereof: and if it shall
appear thereform that majority Of voters
present and voting at such election have voted
in favor Of the said amendment, then within
three days after that result shall have been
ascertained and declared, the Governor shall
make proclamation thereof and such amend
ment shall thereupon take effect and be in
force as a part of said constitution.
Sec. 3. The ballots used at said election by
those voting in favor Of said amendment
shall have written or printed thereon the fol-
lowing words: Against the Grand Jury;'
and the ballots used at said election by those
voting against the said amendment shall have
written or printed thereon the following
words: "For the Grand jury
Sec. d. This act shall take effect and be in
force from and after its passage.
Approved March 6, 1868.
AN ACT to prescribe the penalty for the crime
of murder in the first degree.
Be 1t enacted By the Legislature Of the State Of
Minnesota:
SECTION l. The penalty of death as pun
ishment for crime, is hereby abolished in this
State except in the cases provided for in sec.
ton two of this act and hereafter the penalty
for the crime of murder in the first degree shall
be as prescribed in section two and three of
this act.
Sec. 2. Wheneverupon the trial of any per-
son upon an indictment for murder in the first de-
gree, the jury shall have agreed upon verdict
of guilty of such offence, such jury may also
determine in the same manner, that the per.
son 80 convicted shall be punished by death,
and if they so determine, shall render their
verdict accordingly; and in such case the per-
son 80 convicted shall be punished by death,
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