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OFFICIAL PUBLICATION
The Laws Of Minnesota for 1881
AMENDMENT TO GENERAL LAWS.

AN ACT to amend section twenty-six (26) OF
chapter sixty-two (62) of the general stat
utes of 1878, relating to the security for the
purpose of alimony and other allowances
in actions for divorce.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State
of Minnesota:
Section 1. That section twenty-six (26) OF
chapter sixty-two (62) of the general statutes
of 1878 be, and the same is hereby amended by
adding thereto the following. Or the court,
whenever it shall find the fact to be that the
husband has an income from any source suffi-
cient to enable him TO pay such alimony or
other allowance, and fails and refuses to pay
the same, may order OF direct the husband to
pay such alimony or allowance for the use of
the wife or the children or both. And ifany per-
son or party shall disobey such order OF direc-
tion, such person or party may be punished by
the court as for contempt; the proceedings
therefor arc prescribed in chapter eighty-seven
of the general statutes, 1878, respecting the
punishment of contempt.
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be in
force from and after its passage.
Approved February 25, 1881
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AN ACT TO amend chapter twenty (2O) of
the general laws of 1868, relating to the or
ganiZation of persons as. chamber of COM
merce or board of trade, and to incorporate
the same.
Be it enacted by the Legislature OF the State of
Minnesota.
Section L. That section two {2) of chapter
twenty Coy of the general laws of 1868, enti-
tied "an act to authorize the organization of
persons as chamber of commerce, or board
of trade, and to incorporate such organiza-
tion," be and the same is hereby amended so
as to read as follows, viz:
Persons so associatfng shall sign articles to
that effect, and specify the name of the cor
poration, the residence of the incorporators,
and the general object of the Incorporation,
and shall file the same for record in the office
of the secretary Of state, whereupon such cor
poration shall be deemed to exist for the pur-
pose specified in said articles and in this act;
and as such may sue and be sued and shall
have full power and authority to purchase,
improve, hold, use, rent, mortgage, sell and
convey such real and personal property as it
may deem advisable, and may by resolution or
bylaw prescribe the terms and conditions of
membership and the mode of admitting men,
bers; and in like manner may prescribe what
officers it will have, their mode of election
or appointment, and their functions
and duties, and generally as to the
management and transaction of all its busi-
ness and affairs. When the business of the cor
poration is managed by or through board of
directors or other body, 1t shall be consid-
cred as vested with and may exercise all the
power of the corporation, unless otherwise
limited or restricted by resolution or bylaw.
The articles of Incorporation may be amended
at any time by resolution of the managing
board, and upon filing the same, together with
the proposed amendments, in the office of the
secretary of state; provided, that such amend
ments or fare] proposed and recommended by
the members of the chamber of commerce at
meeting called for thst purpose upon notice
published In newspaper at least twenty days
previous to such meeting; and provided fur
ther, that the authority to purchase real es-
tate shall not extend to the purchase of real
estate not deemed needed by such chamber
for its own use and occupation.
Sec. Q. This act shall take effect from and
after Its passage.
Approved March 5, 1881.
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AN ACT to amend chapter 10l, general stat
utes of 1878, relating to offenses against the
public health.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State Of
Minnesota.
Section l. That section three (3) of chapter
enc hundred and one (l0I of the general stat
utes of 1878 be amended SO that said section
shall read as follows:
Whoever fraudulently adulterates for the
purpose of sale, or knowingly sells or offers
for sale, any substance intended for food, or
any wine, spirits, malt liquor or other liquor,
intended for drinking, with any substance in
furious to health, shall be punished by i'm
prisonment in the county Jail not more than
one year, or by fine not exceeding two hundred
dollars.
Sec Q. This act shall take effect and be in
force from and after Its passage.
Approved March z, 1881.
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AN ACT to amend sub-section third Of section
sxtyfour 6i of chapter sixty-six (66) Of the gen.
erA statutes 1878, relating to service Of summona
by advertisement.
Be it enacted by the Legislature Of the State Of Min
nesota.
Section l. That subsection third (Sd) Of section
sixty-four (e Of chapter sixtysix 66) Of the ger.
ers statues 1873 BE- and the same II hereby amend
ed 20 - to read a. follows:
Third-When the defendant Il not resident Of
the State but has property therein and the court has
jurisdiction Of the subject Of the action.
&c., 2 This act shall take effect and be In force
from and after its passage.
Approved February 23, 1881.
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AN ACT to amend title 4, of chapter 81, OF
the general statutes of 1878, relating to re-
ligious corporations.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State
of Minnesota.
Section 1. That section 211, chapter "a, OF
general statutes of 1878, be amended 80 as TO
read as follows:
Sec. 211. A written notice of the time and
place when such election shall take place,
signed by at least five persons entitled to vote
thereat, shall be posted in some conspicuous
spot at or about such place of worship at
least fifteen days before the day of election,
and such notice shall be duly entered upon
the permanent records of the society if the
organization be completed.
Sec. Q. That section 212 of said chapter
be amended so as to read as follows:
Sec. 212. The persons when assembled at
such time and place, at least five being
present, shall organize by appointing chair
man and clerk, who together shall receive
and count the votes and determine the qualfi-
cations of voters, and they shall Immediately
after the election, certify under their hands
and seals, the names of the persons elected to
serve as trustees, in which certificate the
name by which the said trustees and their sue
eessors in Office shall forever thereafter be
called and known shall be particularly men
toned and specified.
Sec. 3. Section 22O shall be amended by in
serting in the second line of said section after
the words s'three years." the words "and un-
til their successors are elected"
Sec. 4. That section 22l be amended SO as
to read as follows:
Sec. 221. The clerk of said trustees shall at
least fifteen DAYS before the expiration of the
term of Office Of any of the said trustees give mo-
tice OF the election of their successors, speci-
flying in such notice the names of the trustees
whose terms of Office are about to expire, and
the time and place of such election, which no
tice shall he posted as required in the first Sec
tfon of this act, and in addition to such notice
the minister or some other officer of such
church or society shall give public notice Of
such election to the congregation at least one
week before said election, and the provisions
Of this section shall apply to filing all Vacan-
cies by death, resignation or removal.
Sec. 5. Section 222, of chapter q, is here
by repealed.
Sec. 6. This act shall take effect and bo In
force from and after its passage.
Approved March 8, 1851.
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AN ACT to amend section twenty three (23J,
chapter one hundred and sixteen Q16), gen.
eral statutes 1878, relating to challenging
jurors.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of
Minnesota.
Section 1. That section twenty-three (23) of
chapter one hundred and sixteen Q16) general
statutes 1878, relating to challenging Jurors,
be amended SO as to read as follows:
Section %. The adverse party may except
to the challenge in the same manner as to a
challenge to panel, and the same proceed
ings shall be had thereon as prescribed in Sec
tions five, six and seven, except that if the
challenge is sustained the juror shall be ex-
ciuded. The adverse party may also orally
deny the facts alleged as the ground Of chai-
lenge.
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be in
force from and after its passage.
Approved March 8, 1881.
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AN ACT to amend title one (1), chapter eighty
(SO), of the general statutes 1878, relating to
mandamus.
Be it enacted by the Legislature Of the State OF
Minnesota.
Section 1. That section thirteen us) of title
one %, chapter eighty (S0), of the general
statutes 1878, be and the same is hereby amend
ed SO as to read as follows:
Sec. Is. Issues of the fact in any such pro.
ceeding instituted in the supreme court or in
any district court lshall be tried in the district
COURT of the county in which the defendant
may reside, or In which the material facts
contained in the relation for the mandamus
shall be alleged to have taken place, and either
party shall be entitled to have any issue of fact
In such proceeding tried by jury as in an or
dinary civil action. The provisions of this act
shall govern and be applicable in any such ac-
tion or proceeding heretofore commenced in
the supreme court in which
there has not been final
hearing. Provided, always, that except
as aforesaid nothing in this act contained shall
be construed SO as to divest the supreme court
of jurisdiction to hear and finally determine
any and all such suit or proceeding now
that any such suit or proceeding now pending
in the supreme court in which there is any
Issue of fact which has not been finally heard
or determined, the said supreme court shall,
on request of the attorney of either the plain
tiff or defendant in such suit Or proceeding,
transmit the record to the district court of the
proper county, which district court shall
thereupon and thereafter have jurisdiction of
the case, and shall proceed to try any issue or
issues therein, in the same manner and with
the same effect as if said suit or proceeding
had been originally commenced in such dis
trict court. And provided further, that the
district court in which such suit or proceeding
is pending may grant change of venue as in
ordinary civil actions.
Sec 2. This act shall take effect and be in
force from and after its passage.
Approved March Z, 1881.
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AN ACT to amend section one hundred (100)
of chapter eight (S) of the general statutes Of
1878, relating to county commissioners.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of
Minnesota:
Section /. That section one hundred (10O)
of chapter eight (S) title three 3) of the general
statutes 1878, be, and the same is hereby
amended, SO as to read as follows:
Section 100. The county commissioners shall
each receive three (S3) dollars per day for each
day they are necessarily employed in transact
Ing the county business, and ten cents per
mile for every mile Travelled in 60
ing to and returning from the meeting
of the county board in the discharge of any
official duty computed by the nearest travelled
route, but no county commissioner shall
receive pay for more than twenty days in any
one official year, or be entitled to travelling
fees for attendance on more than six (6) sessions
in any one official year, and the county audi
tor, in drawing his warrant upon the county
treasurer for the pay and travelling fees pre-
scribed in this section, shall specify upon the
face of said warrant, the number of days of SER
vice and the amount of mileage for which such
warrant is issued, and any county auditor who
shall issue his warrant for the payment of any
amount in excess of the pay and travelling fees
prescribed in this section shall forfeit to the
county the amount of such excess, to be
deducted from his salary; the provisions of this
act shall not effect the pay and travelling fees
of the commissioners Of any county whose pay
and fees are now provided for by special law
regulating the same. Provided, that any
county commissioner while actually employed
in the business of the county by order Of the
board, may charge and receive pay at the rate
of three ($3) dollars per day for each day so
| employed and ten cents per mile for every
mile Travelled in the performance of such duty.
Provide that no commissioner shall receive
pay for more than twenty five (25) days in one
year.
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be in
force from and after its passage.
Approved, February 2S, 1881.
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AN ACT to amend chapter twenty-eight (2s) Of the
general laws of 1876, relating to the formation Of
corporations for certain purposes.
Be it enscted by the Legislature Of the State OF
Minnesota
Section l. That section one of chapter twenty
eight of the general laws Of 1876, entitled IAN act
t. authorize the formation of corporations for min
ing end smelling orus, and for manufacturing iron,
"copper" aud other metals, be and the same is here
by amended so as to read % follows, VIZ: Any
number Of persons, not less than three desiring to
form q corporation for the purpose of mining,
smelling, reducing, refining or working ores or
minerals, or for working coal mines or stone quar-
ries, and marketing the material, or for manufac-
turing brick Atone or iron, STEEL copper or other
metals, or for the purpose Of buying, working,
selling and dealing in mineral or other lands, or
for the whole any part Of said purposes. may do
so upon complying with the provisions OF this act
and any corporation SO formed shall be entitled to
the rights and privileges and be subject to tha duties
aud obligations herein prescribed, and ehall have
perpetual succession.
Sec 2. jEs hon two of SID act is hereby smeoded
by adding thereto after the third subdivision, the
following, viz: Said articles of incorporation may
be amendea at any time. In any respect within the
purview Of said act, by 3 majority vote in amount
Of the stockholders and BY depo*iting such amend
Ipent for record In the Offices where the articles Of
Incorporation are deposited for record.
6eo 8. 6ection four Of said act Il hereby amend
ed 30 g to read - folows: The amount Of capital
stock Of such corporation shall 10 no case 30 less
than ten thousand dollars and shall be divided into
shares Of such sum not greater than ono hundred
dollars each, - may be prescribed in the articles Of
incorporation, or by resolution or bylaw Of the COM
pany, and each share shan be entitled to one vote
upon al questions at s,l meetings Of the stockhold
en-, aud may be represented by the holder thereof
In person or by his proxy under written appoint
ment.
Sec (. Section eight Of said aot II hereby amend
ed 20 - 10 - to read % follow: Any corporation
organized under this oct may take acquire and hold
stock In ans other corporation, II . majority In
amount Of the stockholders shall 20 elect.
Sec. s. S-cton nineyof said act is herr by amend
ed 20 as to read foll0ws: Any corporation organ
lied under this sct may mortgage, sci q lease hs
proved bro T By ~ m.jsy in amount Of it's s.oosholdsrp
but not otherwise.
Sec. s. This sce shall take effect and be IN force
from and sitter its passage.
Approved February 23, 1881.
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AN ACT to amend section one hundred and
forty-nine of chapter eight of the general
statutes eighteen hundred and seventy
eight, prescribing the duties Of county
treasurers.
Be it enacted by the legislature of the State Of
Minnesota.
Section 1. That section one hundred and
fortynine of chapter eight of the general
statutes eighteen hundred and seventy-eight,
is hereby amended SO as TO read as follows:
Sec. 149. The county treasurer shall re-
ceive all moneys directed by law to be paid to
him as such treasurer, and shall pay them out
only upon the order of the proper authority.
All moneys belonging to the county shall be
paid out upon the order of the board of
county commissioners, signed by the chairman
thereof, and attested by the county auditor Tor
upon the warrant of the county auditor upon
the presentation to him of the proper certifi-
cate of the person or tribunal allowing the
same(, and not otherwise.
All moneys due the State, arising from the
collection of taxes or from other sources,
shall be paid upon the draft of the State audi
tor drawn in favor of the State treasurer, and
aduplicate copy Of the receipt for payment of
such draft shall be forwarded by the State
treasurer to the county auditor, who shall pre-
serve the same and credit the county treasurer
with the amount thereof.
Sec.2 2. This act shall take effect and be in
force from and after its passage.
Approved March 8, 1881.
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AN ACT to amend section A Of chapter 100 Of the
general statutes.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State Of
Minnesota:
Section l. Section forty -four of chapter one
hundred and twenty be, and the same is hereby
amended by striking out the word eighteen and
inserting in lieu thereof twenty five.
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect from and AFTER
it. pas1nge-
Approved March 2. 1881.
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INDEX
TO
Laws Of Minnesota for 1881.

The general laws for 1881 number $50. Each
law in this sheet is numbered, and below Will
be found the titles, with corresponding num-
bers and classification:
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Railroad Bonds.

adjustment bonds. .........................
Providing Tor adjustment of State railroad bonds 81
To apply moneys OF internal Improvement land
fund to payment of Minnesota State railroad 81
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The Courts.

eleventh judicial district ct.................. $50
Relating to Changing place of trial ......... .131
Relating to time of holding term of district
court In county Of Freeborn, in tenth judicial -,
Giving authority to district court relative to in
vestigation of st. Cloud Normal school. lS
Relating to fees of clerks of district courts and
register of deeds, in certain counties. .134
Establishing Office and defining duties OF dis
trict attorney for twelfth judicial district. 50
Fixing times for holding terms of court in
twelfth judicial district. l36
Relating to time Of holding court in eighth judi
cial district .137
Fixing times for holding terms Of court in
ninth judicial strict........."............ LIB
To increase number of associate justices of su-
preme court. ...................l39 .l39
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Educational.

For encouragement of higher education. IN
To introduce moral and social science in the pub
Increasing standing appropriations for Normal
schools, and providing for payment OF salaries
OF 10eLllute Le8C00fe..
Relating to use of school houses in common
school districts .147
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AN ACT to amend chapter 16 [o1 by the gen.
eral statutes 1878, relating to intoxicating
liquors.
Be it enacted by the Legislature Of the State Of
Minnesota.
Section l. That chapter 16 of the general
statutes, 1878, be amended by adding the fol-
lowing section, tO-wit:
Sec %. All licenses issued in accordance
with the provisions of section two (2) of this
chapter shall expire on the second Tuesday of
January of each year, and no license shall
be issued for less sum than the amount
fixed by the commissioners for license fee
for one year.
Sec 3. This act shall take effect and be in
force from and after it's passage.
Approved March 2, 1851.
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Authorizing railroad companies to lease or pur-
chase other railroads. .1H
Authorizing railroad companies to alter routes .142
To punish rowdyism in railway cars. .4a
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Constitutional amendments.
Amend sections and T. article 4, relating to leg
~
Amend section 2, article g. relating to swamp
lanQb.. ~
Amend section /, article 9, relating to taxes 79
Prohibiting special legislation on.............. so
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To enforce payment Of delinquenttaxes L
To secure collection Of taxes forfeited lands y
For the levy Of taxes for State purposes. ......1
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Minnesota Militia.
Relating to Railroads.

To organize and promote efficiency of State mi
ltia ..............,.,....., .14(
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AN ACT to amend sections one hundred and
forty-five (145) and one hundred and forty
seven of chapter eleven of the general stat
utes of 1878, relating to taxes
Be it enacted by the Legislature OF the State
Of Minnesota.
Section 1. That section one hundred and
forty-fve Q45l of chapter eleven (11) of the
general statutes to 1878 be and the same is
hereby amended 80 as to read asfollows:
Section I. When the bonds Of any county,
city, village or township shall be SO regis
tered, the State auditor shall compute the
| amount of interest due and to accrue upon
such bonds for the current year; and he shall
also compute the amount requisite
to be levied annually to produce sinking
fund 10 pay the principal of such bonds at ma
turity; and he shall annually make certificate
showing such amounts for interest and sink
ing funds separately, and transmit the same to
the county auditor at the same time that he is
required to certify the rate of State tax, or be-
fore the first of November each year; and the
county auditor shall compute and determine
the rate per centum on the aggregate valu-
alton of taxable property within said county,
city, village or township voting bonds requi-
site to meet and satisfy the amount of interest
and sinking fund for that year, and the amount
so certified by the State auditor shall there
upon be deemed levied, and shall be extended
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head of interest and sinking fund, and the said
tax shall be included and collected with other
general and special taxes for that year.
Provided, That if any county, city, village
or township issuing such bonds shall other
wise provide for the levy of the requisite tax
for interest or sinking fund, either or both,
each year, on furnishing the State auditor Of
fetal evidence that such provision has been
made, he shall not certify the tax thus pro-
vlded for.
Sec 3. That section one hundred and forty
seven r,l47) of said chapter eleven (11) be and
the same is hereby amended so as to read as
follows:
Sec. 147. The taxes SO collected shall be
paid over by the county treasurer to the person
or persons presenting coupons and bonds
therefor, If authorized to receive the same; and
each coupon and bond so redeemed shall be
cancelled by said county treasurer, and trans
mitted to the city, village, township or other
organization by which the same was issued.
If bonds shall not be presented for redemption
equal to the amount of collections on sinking
fund account, the accumulatlons of such fund,
with all surplus that may remain in the inter-
est fund after payment Of all matured coupons,
shall be invested by the county treasurer in
United States bonds, for the redemption of
bonos either before or at maturity.
Sec. 8. This act shall take effect and be in
force from and after its passage.
Approved March 9, 1851.