Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-05-23

An act to amend section twelve, of ehaptcr
thirteen OF tho General Statutes, relating to
foa's, cartways and bridges.
80 IT enacted by tho Legislature Of tho State
Of Minnesota:
Section l. That section twelve, of
chapter thirteen Of the General Stat
"tcs' IS hereby amended 50 as to read
as follows:
Sec. II. Oversccrs of highways
shall give at least three days notice to
all persons assessed to work on high
ways, and living within the limits of
their respective districts, Of tho time
ana places when and where they are to
appear for that purpose, and with what
implements; but no person being res
'dent OF the town shall be required to
work On any highway other than in the
d'strlct III which he resides, but may
elect to pay any land road tax in labor
IN the district in which said land IS Sit
uated; aud shall be allowed two dol
lars per day for himself, and the like
amount for the use Of. a team Of hor.
scs or oxen, and fifty cents per day for
wagon or pillow. Such labor shall be
at the disposition Of the ovcrscers of
their respective districts.
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect
from and after its passage.
Approved February 20, 1872.
An Act to authorize the County Commission
ers OF the several organized Counties of the
State to pay bounty for tho destruction of
Wolves.
Be It enacted by tho Legislature of the State
OF Minnesota.
Section l. The Board of County
Commissioners of the several organized
counties Of this State are hereby au-
thorized and empowered, if in their
opinion it is deemed necessary or cxpe-
dent, to give bounty for the destruc-
ton Of wolves in their respective coun.
ties: not exceeding the sum Of five DOL
lars for each wolf so destroyed, payable
out Of the treasury Of the county where.
in such wolf may have been taken and
killed.
Sec. 2. When the county commits
sioncrs shall grant said bounty, anv
person claiming such bounty shall bro.
duce the head of each wolf, with the
ears and scalp entire, within twenty
days after the same has been taken and
killed. to the county Auditor Of the
county within which such wolf was ia
ken and killed, and shall make oath or
affirmation in writing, before such Au-
ditor, that the wolf whose head and
scalp is produced, was taken and killed
within such county, within twenty days
last past.
Sec. 3. The county Auditor before
whom the said oath or affirmation is
made shall cause tho head and scalp Of
said wolf to be destroyed in his pres
cncc, and shall file affidavit so taken
in his Office, and shall grant an order to
the person making the affidavit for the
amount due him, on the treasurer Of
the county where such wolf was taken
and killed. and shall take a receipt of
such person for such order, which Or
der shall be received for all county
taxes.
Sec. 4. The county Auditor shall
make record Of the date, number, and
amount Of all orders drawn by him un.
der the provisions of section three Of
this act, and the name Of tho person to
whom granted, and shall present such
record, with the receipts for said orders,
and the affidavits above named, to the
county commissioners Of his county, at
their annual meeting in September of
each year.
Sec. 5. This act shall take effect
and be in force from and after its pas
sage.
Approved February 90, 1872.
An Act to amend section five, chapter forty
nine Of General Statutes, relating to Pro-
bate Courts.
Be it enacted by the Legislature Of tho State
Of Minnesota
Section /. That section Eve of chap
ter forty-nine Of the General Statutes,
be, and tho same hereby is amended so
as to read as follows:
Sec. 5. The Probate Court of each
county shall be held by the Judge of
Probate. But if the Judge is an exec
utor, administrator or guardian, in re-
spect to an estate or person which
would otherwise come within his juris-
diction, or is interested in said estate
or in any property claimed thereby, or
is of kin to said person or any ono in
in such estate in which any of
said persons are parties, or in c,se the
Judge Of Probate is a material or ne.
cessary witness either for the probate of
any will or other facts necessary or
proper to be proven in such Probate
Court, then, and in either Of the ca
SEES herein provided, the said Judge of
Probate shall have the right, and it
shall be his duty to notify and require
the Judge of Probate Of an adjoining
county to act for and in the place Of
tho Judge Of Probate SO disqualified in
all matters herein mentioned. and it
shall be the duty Of such Judge of
Probate of an adjoining county, to hear
try and determine such matters in the
same manner and with like effect as the
Judge Of Probate of said Court might
have done had he not been SO disquali-
fed.
Approved February p, 1872.
An Act to amend Chapter thirty -four Of tho
General Statutes Of Minnesota, relating to
Corporations.
20 it enacted by tho Legislature Of tho State
Of Minnesota:
Section l. That section eighty.five
of chapter thirty-four of the General
of Minnesota, relating to cor
porations, be amended by adding there
to the following further proviso, viz:
and provided further, that by the word
" society,"" as used in this section, shall
be understood the religious body con.
stituted in accordance with its own prin-
ciples of ecclesiastical polity, which
forms the basis of the corporation de-
signated in this title the church, socie-
ty or congregation, and is contra dis