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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-03-27
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AN ACT for tho relief of homestead settlers
and timber culture claimants on lands now
claimed by the State 40 swamp lands.
WHEREAS, certain settlers in this State have
been allowed to take h=mestead and timber
culture filings At tho local land offices Of tho
United States on lands now claimed by the
State as swamp lands; and,
WHEREAS, Said settlers have in good faith full
filed all the requirements of the homestead and
timber culture laws, and in many cases have
| made final proof, and have sold and conveyed
| said lands by warranty deed; therefore,
Be it enacted by the Legislature Of the State of
Minnesota:
Section l. That the Governor Of the State of
Minnesota is hereby authorized and required: to
| relinquish oil the right, title and interest Of
| said State in and to all lands claimed by said
State "a swAmp lands. now occupied or held by
actual settlers, their heirs assigns, timber
culture claimants who hold the are by virtue
! of homestead or timber culture eLtry acc riding
to the laws IF the United States relating there
10, whether patented to the said claimant or
not. Provided, t. at this section shall cover and
! apply to all such claims that have been filed On
prior to January first (st), one Thousand eight
hundred and seventy-nine lS79), and that may
have been cancelled by reason OF the State hav-
ing claimed the same As swamp lands.
Sec. 2. 1t shall be the duty Of the Governor
to procure from the commissioner of the gener-
al land Office q list of the lands described in
the parties claiming them, and thereup"n to
execute to the United States deed of reln-
quishment of the same; and the Governor shall
forward = copy OF this act to each Of our ue!n-
bers in Congress- and they are hereby re1u 's'ed
to endeavor to secure indemnity in lands for
the lands thus lost to the State.
$50. 8. II any grantee Of the State 70 which
the lands mentioned in this act wonld have ia-
ured except for this act, and said homrs cad Ut
timber culture filing shall relinqpisn to 1he
State of Minnesota all its right, titie and inter-
est IN and to the said lands to which it is epti.
tied as aforesaid, then said grantee re!in.
gushing said lands shall have the right to and
may select any lands granted by the nsress
of the United States, to indemnify the State Ut
Minnesota for lands relinqui~hed uuder the
provisions of this act by said Stat. and the
Governor shsll convey to said grantee tie !ande
8" granted and selected, (when certified TO the
State by the general government, III thf. sau,e
manner and upon the came terms ard condi.
lions as if they were part of the lands orig
inally lnuring to said grantee.
Sec. 4. This act shall take effect aud be in
force from and after it's passage. 49,.
Approved March 10, 1879. ..:
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-03-27
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an ACT relating to partners of county attor-
neys and Others appearing for defendants in
cases, in which it is tho duty Of the county
attorney to prosecute.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State
Of Minnesota:
, Section l. No law partner of any county at
torney, and no attorney having his Office with
such county attorney, shall be permitted to ap-
pear Is attorney for the defendant in any
criminal action in any court in this State,
which action it is the duty OF such county At
torney to prosecute
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be in
force from and after it's passage.
Approved February %, 1879.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-03-27

AN ACT to prevent tho sale OF adulterated
honey.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State OF
Minnesota:
Section l. 1t shall be unlawful for any per-
son or persons within the State of Minne"'ta
to offer for sale, sell, or cause to be sold any
compounded or manufactured honey, unless the
same is 50 marked, represented and designated
a. such. and bearing label upon each package
either printed or written thereon, the name of
the person or persons having compounded or
manufactured the same.
Sec. 2. Any person violating the provisions
of section one ~ Of thus act shall. for the first
offence, be fined in any sum not less than ten,
nor more than one hundred dollars, and for
each repeated offence shall be fined not less
than fifty, nor more than two hundred ard
fifty dollars, or be imprisoned in the county
jail for period not exceeding six months. or
both, at the discretion of the court
Sec. 8. This act shall take effect and be in
force from and after its passage.
Approved March 10, 1879.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-03-27
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AN ACT relating to auditing accounts against
the estate of decreased persona.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of
Minnesota:
Section l. That the duties conferred upon
commise toner's by chapter 6fty-three of the
general sta1utes shall be performed by the
judge of probate court.
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be in
orce from and after its passage.
Approved February IS, 1879.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-03-27

AN ACT regulating the cancellation of fro
Be it enacted BY tho Legislature of the State Of
Minnesota: II HI
Section !, Tho commissioner of insurance
| In hereby authorized and empowered TO address
any inquiries to any insurance company or
tho secretary thereof, in relation to its doings,
with its transactions, and it shall be the duty
Of any company 50 addressed, to promptly re-
ply in writing to any such inquiries Every
fro insurance company organized under any
law of this State. or any other State, failing to
| make and deposit auoh statements, or to reply
to any inquiry of the said commissioner Of in
suranoe, shah be subject to the penalty of five
| hundred dollars and an sdditi nal five hun
| bred dollars for every month that such COM
| rany shall continue thereafter tn transact any
business of insurance. Every insurance COM
pany organized without this State and doing
business herein, failing 20 make and deposit
| such statements, or VINO shall wilfully neglect
to make q full and true reply to such inquiries
| Is may relate to its manner of doing business,
or to its assets pecuni2ry responsibility, or to
other matters connected with or relating to its
business transactions, shall be subject to like
penalties and revocation of its authority to
do business in this State. The said commits
sioner of insurance shall have power to ex-
anime the form of policy contract, proposed to
be issued by any company, association, or cor
| poration Supplying to be permitted to transact
the business Of insurance in this State and
! may refuse to admit any company to this State,
| or to renew the annual authority of any COM
pany previously admitted, whenever the form
Of policy contract, issued or proposed to he is.
sued, does not permit the cancellation of the
same at the request of the insured, On equitable
terms.
seo 2 This act ahall take effect and be in
! force from and after July l, 1879.
Approved March 10, 1879.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-03-27

AN ACT relating to the general statutes of
eighteen hundred aud seventy-e;eht
Be it enacted by the Legislature Of the State of
Minnesota:
Section l. The secretary of state is hereby
authorized to purchase of the proprietors of
the compilation OF the statutes Of this State,
made by George B. Young, five hundred (5OO)
copies at q price not to exceed six (6) dollars
per copy, and the bsu shall be for the use of
the State, and for distribution as now is or
may be provided 10y law. and three thousand
dollars or as much thereof as may be necessary
to pay therefor is hereby appropriated.
Sec. 2. The secretary of state shall furnish
to each of the county ofticers of each county
hereafter organized q copy of said statutes.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in
force from and after it's passage.
Approved March 10, 1879.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-03-27
AN ACT to promote immigration.
Be it enacted by the Legislature Of the State of

AN ACI to promote immigration.
Be it enacted by the legislature Of tho State Of
Minnesota:
Section l. There Is hereby created State
board of immigration which shall consist of
the Governor secretary of State, State treasurer,
clerk of the supreme court and Dillon O Brien.
Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of the State
board of immigration, created by section Of
this act, to publish cause to be published =
pamphlet treating of and describing tho devel-
oped and undeveloped resources Of this State,
and to do everything which in their Judgment
may enhance and encourage immigration into
from time to time such numbers of said PAM
phlet in any language a. may in their judgment
best serve the interest of the State. 49,
Sec. 8. The board may employ q suitable
person to act as secretary, and to do such other
work in the way of corresponding, distributing
papers, pamphlets and maps, and writing arti-
.cles as they may order. The salary of said sec
rotary shall not exceed one thousand lDO0) dol
lars per year. rs.l..~....r =
Sec. 4, The SUM of six thousand $1,000 dol
lars is hereby appropriated out of any money
in tho treasury not otherwise appropriated, for
the use of aid board of immigration, to be
expended by them to carry out the objects of
this act Is provided in the foregoing sections.
Sec. s.: Three members of the board of i'm
migration shall constitute quorum, and shall
have authority to act ON all questions brought
before the board. ''"'' - 80 - -~'E' 800
Sec 6. The money hereby appropriated shall
remain in the treasury subject to the order Of
the board. IT,. - r-rs-,5., W.. -
Sec. z. The m5mberr of the State board of
immigration shall receive no compensation for
their services, but shall be reimbursed to the
amount IT their actual expenses.
Zee. j. Il shall be the duty of said board Of
immigration to make reports Of their labors
end proceedings to the State legislature.
Sec. g. All acts or parts of Acts inconsistent
With this act are hereby repealed. 3f*t%Faa f55y
Z. he'll Hn2r I. ..
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-03-27
AN ACT relating to the Surveying of roads aud

cartways.
Be it enscted by the Legislature of the State of
Minnesota.
Section. /. Whenever . surveyor makes . sur
vey of any road or cartway, when the center of
such road or csrtway does not follow some Sec
ton line of some subdivisiOnal line of section,
he shall note the distance to the point on any
course, at which such course shall intersect any
section line, and the distsnce such points of in
tersection Of the road and section line 10 from
the most convenient section, quarter section or
meander corner established by government
aurvey, and the notes of such intersections shall
be incorporated into the order laying out or al
tering such road or cartway.
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be in
force from and after it's passage.
Approved March 6, 1879.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-03-27

SEQ. Il. Upon tho nling Of any csrtifcsss At
authorization Of ssvings bank ~ herenbeforo pc
sors shall thereupon and thereby be duly and lavfu
" constituted body corporate and poltc, and shA1
be vested With M the powers aud charged with u
SEQ Is Before any savings bank so incorpo11oo9
SHAH be authorised 10 receive deposits, such cosuEo
tton shah 1ansmit TO the public examiner the mama
Officers ofsuch savings bank, and the place wasso
it, business tst be carried on designating the so
By street and number when practicshle. f.a
See. H.. Any savings bank 80 Incorporated thAe
shal not organize and commence business Wihia
one year after certificate Of authorization Of the
same has been Aled q hereinbefors provided sha0
forfeit IT. rights aud privileges 40 corporation m.
der this act; but the public examiner may, for s.s
factory causs TO hun shown, extend ths term Within
which such organization may be effected and such
than one year; and the order, % extendinR
and seai, and shan Do han.1nitted 8
savings bank u 10 bs looated, who shall fle the
together With the certificate Of association and ID
oeFtincate Of authorization Of such savings bank.
autnoEizahon issued pursuant 10 tho provisions q
this act shall b the rst trustees OF such corposa-
ton, and ahan have tho entire management aud or
tscl g ~ the aaas,s Of the subject %
Sec. 10. The buaness Of every such corporattaa:
shan be managed and ireoted by board Of truakss
nusnber prestlent, treasurer 81
such Other ccers = they na5 - q; and IL saOan
ctes s. suoh board By death, resignation Or othsEw
shall bo hlled by TIE board OF trustees ~ soon -
practicable, 9 regular mssttng afsss such yaoap
Sec. II. Ths board Of truassss Of any sueh .
such By hwA rules and sgulasions Q they may tnak
ptupsr for Tho aasctions of o1acsEs for prescsth
iheiE feapecsvs poW1fs and dutisss and tho M
duass 81 comntt .. a.d generally foe hsnaa1Aana
managing md difs11iIe t3a5 s1Intre OF - =
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-06-19
MUTTERINGs AMID THE MOUNTAINS

MUTTERINGs AMID THE MOUNTAINS
The Reporter, of Franklin, Macon county,
the home of acting Lieut.. Governor Robin
son has a double-leaded leading editorial in
reply to a similarly prominent one in the
Asheville Citizen of recent date, Tin relation
to the consolidation of the assets (if any of
the Western Division of the Western n. c.
r. r., with intent to finish the main line to
WolfCreek before devoting special effort to
completing the Ducktown route) from which
we take the following significant paragraph:
1T may be very easy for some to see the
way clear to pushing the work along one OF
these lines, while the other is left untouched,
but the people of Haywood, jackson, Swain,
Graham, Cherokee, and Macon, will first be
heard from before they are deprived of the
benefits of last winters legislation
The editor of the KinstOn Journal has
the following on Wilson Swain, the old Col
lege servant. wills has passed a varied and
eventful life. In "Reb times" and in post
beAum days up to June, 1868, he was a trusty,
valued College servant, being noted TOR be
ing the best fire maker and boot-black in the
service. After the suspension of tho Col
lege in 1868, and the right of suffrage given
the colored race, wills was elected a J. p,
and in that capacity had the pleasure and
honor of trying Professor II. ii. Smith, OF
the University, on a criminal warrant, tor
slime petty, trumped up offence Now,
Wolf has found out that politics does not
pay, and has obtained his old situation as
fre-maker and boot-black, and the boys de-
clare that he is the best and most gentle
manly darkey they ever saw
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-06-19

One newspaper man has received his
hard-earned honors. True, they were
paid-after his death. True, they came
from a wild, unimportant nation. True,
they were mere empty honors-mere cords
In payment of valuable services. Never
theless it was we'll -intentioned and perhaps
was new and rare enough for narrating
We allude to the honors paid to the memory
of James A. MacGahan, the American news
paper correspondent, whose letters hrst no
tilted the world of the wrongs that were be-
ing done the people of Bulgaria, and which
led to the establishment of their liberties by
the Great Powers. Monday, the first ami
versarv of his death was kept in sacred re-
membrance of him, prayers being offered
up. Bv act of Assembly the day is appoint
ed one of prayer for the repose Of the soul
of this dead American champion of Bulga-
rian liberty.
BY way of diversifying the spring
snake stories we mention land the Ashevllie
Citizen, who tells it, has a tolerablc reputa-
ton for veracity,) that Mr.. I. n. Long. OF
HAYWOOD county, has a gourd that weighed
70 pounds, and holds thirteen gallons OF
water. We mildly suggest to Bros. Fur
man & Stone that they had better secure 1t.
ueU filled, when they ''cross over
Mr.. Frank Coke, of Charlotte, has re
covered the $500 set of harness stolen from
his stables recently. The thief, a negro
named Gus Byers, shipped it to a junk shop
in Richmond. He was arrested, and car
ried thither, but, being left in q room in
the Exchange Hotel, managed to unfasten
his handouts, unlock the door and escape.
Fortunately he was re-taken, and will here
after have short rope. :
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-06-19

SHAMEFUL.-Vile Scandal filed the streets

SHAMEFUL.-Vile Scandal filled the streets
on Saturday in consequence of the arrest of
Mrs. Louisa Pierce residing a few mile from
Raleigh, on a charge of having burned her
infant children shortly aftertheir birth, The
filthy story was brought by one CLANCY
Utly, a negress who had been the cook in
the family of Capt. Pierce; and also by
Oracle Burt a midwife. 1t found general
credence the more readily from the fact
that the accused had led a rather strange
and eccentric life. The daughtei of an in
t~elligent curate in England, she is said to
have elOped to South America, where she
eventually became a circus equestrienne.
After being one Of the two or three survivors
Of Mobiles circus, which persisted at sea.
she finally came to Wake; and a few wears
ago became the wife of Capt. w. f. Pierce.
with whom she was living quietly, when
Constable Caswell appeared with the war
rant which again dragged her into publicity.
On Saturday morning the Court House
was packed by a ''muchly mixed multitude
to hear the trial before j Justice Barbee. Suf-
flee to say the charge quickly fell in pieces.
Competent medical testimony declared the
accused could not be, or nave been, the
mother of living children. Thereupon,
Judge Fowle for the Defence, denounced
the whole proceeding in vehement terms,
and after the discharge of the prisoner,
called for the committal of the three negroes
on a charge of conspiracy and perjury. This
was ordered.
But what can recompense the unhappy
woman for the arrest, detention overnight in
custody, the public investigation, and the
narration of her physical ailments and weak
nesses! 1t was outrageous! Yet upon just
such vile negro testimony u%nnumbered scan
of the Refugee stories, gravely retailed
and endorsed by eminent personages in New
York, Boston and Chicago, are even more
filthy, and less reliable.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-06-19

lHE STATE TEACHERS
The annual meeting of the State Teachers
Association will be held in Chanel Hill ON
the I'd, Sd and 4th days of July, proximo.
The programme will consist of papers and
addresses as follows -
Hon. K. z. Battle, President of the As
sociation-Annual Address.
Hon. j. e.. Scarborough, A. NJ. Super-
intendent of Public Instruction-The Pub
lie School System of North Carolina.
Jas. II. Horner, A. NJ, Of the Horner
School-Language, the Instrument Of
Thought.
S. S. Satchwell, NJ. d., President State
w. c. Doub, A. NJ, President Iouisburp
Female COllege-Some Essentials; a Success
in Elementary Instruction.
Prof. W. II. Pegram, of Trinity College
NOstrorum, Nostrarum, Nostrorum.
Maj. Robert Bingham, \. NJ, of the
Bingham School-A Method of Teaching
English Composition.
S. Simpson, A. NJ, President Yadkin
College-The Wealth, Happiness and InAu-
ence of every State are in proportion to it's
Intellectual and Moral Character.
n. c. English, Esq, of the Committee
on Education in the last Legislature-The
School Law.
w. G.. Gather, A. NJ, Principal of
Hartford Academy-The Relations of the
Teacher to Church and State.
Julius l.. TOmlinsOn, A. NJ, Friends
Academy, Baltimore = Teaching English
Grammar.
r. B. Sutton, d. D-The Teacher in
Society.
John f. Digger, A. NJ, Raleigh Graded
SchOol-Graded Schools.
Hon. A. McIver, A. NJ, Superintendent
Greensboro School-Aims and Methods of
Education.
Miss E. NJ. Coe, of the Normal School
Kindergarten Schools.
John j. Ladd, A. M.-School Discipline.
Prof. Fred. w. Simonds, M. s. of the
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of study in NaturaE
History.
Several other teachers and educators have
promised to address the Association, but by
request their names are omitted from the
programme.
2. General Discussions, following such of
the addresses as may seem proper.
3. An ''Experience" Meeting, wherein
teachers who have not read papers may
speak, each ten minutes on some educational
topic.
4. A Business Session, when standing
and special committees will report, new of
ficers will be elected, the publication of an
educational journal will be discussed, and
utN OlA VII = AloppCu u III Cn0 COuE
ing year.
Members Of the Association will have the
advantage of the reduced rates on the rail
roads granted to students of the Normal
School. Ticket must always be purchased
from the agents, who will either furnish
round trip tickets at reduced rates, or sin
gle tickets at the usual rates, the purchaser
in the latter case returning free on the GER
tificate of the Secretary of the Association.
Every teacher in North Carolina is cor
daily invited to this, our annual reunion.
Let us unite our hands and heads and
hearts. and the good cause Of education
will grow in wisdom. nobility and power,
until ignorance is driven from our borders
and learning is the surest passport to honor
and fame. GEO. T. WINSTON,
Chairman Elk. Committee.
State papers will confer a great favor on
the teachers of the State by copying the
above.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-06-19

BREEDING, REARING n CULTURE OF
SILK WORMS IN WAYNE CoUNTY.-It NAV
not be known to many of our readers that
our townsman, DIR. B. F.. Arlington, has for
several years been giving thought and study
to the subject Of Silk culture, and, having
satisfied himself of it's utility, has decided
to embark in this new industry on a large
scale. We learn that he c~ontemplates
planting this fall, an orchard of SO or rs
acres in mulberry trees of the very best
variety and quality. From all information
DR.. Arlington has on the subject, and he
has given it a thorough investigation-he
IS impressed with the idea that there is no
better climate or soil in the United States
for the successful culture of silk thau this
section affords, especially the sane hills
section on the South side of the Neuse in
this county, where the mulberry graws
most vigorously. We are satisfied from all
information and facts before us that this
new industry is wholly a trial by our farm
ers. 1t is remunerative, Of this there can
be no doubt. Any one wishing to embark
in the enterprise would do we'll to com
municate with DR.. Arlington on the sub
ject. He generously proposes to order
mulberry trees, one or two years old, or
cuttings of the best varieties, also silk
worms and eggs, at csst. All orders for
trees or eggs ought to he sent in by the LIST
of September, or earlier to insure against
disappoint ment. -Messenger.