Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-01-26

which it is issued. Such certificate shall en-
title the holder thereof, his heirs or assigns,
to locate the same on said internal improve
ment lands, and to receive conveyance in
fee simple for such quantity, to be expressed
in such certificate of said lands, to be by the
holder thereof selected as in this act is pro-
vided as the whole amount of said bonds
bear to the whole quantity of said internal
improvement lands. On the first Tuesday
in August, in the year one thousand eight
hundred and seventy nine, and from day to
day thereafter, until such selection of lands is
completed at the Office of the Secre-
tary of State, the holders
of such certificates, in person
or by agent, may locate the same in quanti-
ties not to exceed one hundred and sixty
acres at time, alternately, under such regu-
lations as the Secretary of State shall pre-
scribe, to give each certificate fair oppor-
tunity to be located on favorable choice of
land. If any of said certificates are not
represented at the time of such selection
and location, the Secretary Of State shall Sc
lect the land and locate such certificates
thereon, in the same manner that the holder
thereof might have done. The Governor Of
the State shall execute and deliver to the
person in whose name such locations shall
have been made, deeds Of conveyance in fee
simple for the lands SO located.
Sec. 4. If on the first day of July, A. D.
1879, any of said railroad bonds shall be out
standing, the holder of any of them may at
any time return the same to the Secretary of
State who shall issue such certificate for
the same as in the former case, and the hold
er thereof, his heirs or assigns, may immedi-
ately locate the same on any part of said in
ternal improvement lands not previously 10
Gated, and If the same is not located in sixty
days after the same has been issued, the Sec
rotary of State shall locate the same in the
name of the party to whom issued, and in
the manner aforesaid, and in the order the
the same were issued.
Sec. 5. Immediately upon the issuance of
any certificate for the surrender of any bond,
such bond shall be registered, giving date of
its receipt and name of the persons by whom
surrendered, and the same bond shall be inn
mediately destroyed by fire and the manner
and time of it's destruction noted on the reg
lister.
Sec. 6. For all the purposes of this act
the judgments legally transferred to the es-
tate of Mcdonald and Gorham and Fitz,
Grindall & Kupers, MENTIONED and referred
to in chapter one hundred and fifty-two, on
page three hundred and lightweight of the
special laws Of the year A. D. 1867, for
which no bonds were ever issued, shall be
treated in the same manner and considered
as such bonds; and the proceeds from the
sales of any of said internal improvement
lands, and the funds in which the same are
invested, shall be created in the same man
ner as the lands from which they were real
lied would have been subject to if the same
had not been sold.
Sec. 7. The said internal improvement
lands SO conveyed as provided in this act,
shall be free from taxation until sold, or
contracted to be sold, by the grantees of the
State, not to exceed five years time.
Sec. 8. This act shall be submitted to Che
electors of this State for their approval or
rejection, at the next general election to be
held for the election of county and State
| officers. The ballots upon the question sub
mitted shall be upon the same ticket used
by the voters for the election of officers, and
| partly written and partly printed thereon,
the following formula: The voters voting
in favor of the adoption of this act shall
have on their ballots the words to-wit: "Fol
the recovery and destruction Of the railroad
bonds-Yes.'' The voters voting against the
adoption of this act shall have on
their ballots the words, to-wit
s.For the recovery and destruc-
ton of the railroad bonds-No." The result
of the election for the approval or rejection
4 of this act shall be ascertained, and the re.
turns thereof made and certified, and the re-
suit ascertained and declared in the man
ner provided by law for canyassing and re
turning votes for the State officers at the
same election. If the majority of those yot
ing at said election shall have approved Of
this act, then the Governor shall issue hi
proclamation declaring the result, and there
upon this act shall take effect and be in force
and thereupon the Governor and Secretar,
of State shall perform the duties by this &C
enjoined.