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AN ACT proposing an a

AN ACT proposing an amendment to section five
(5l Of Article of the constitution of this State
relating to the executive departments.
Be it enacted by the legislature Of the State Of
Minnesota:
Section 1. That the following amendment of
Section five (5I of Article V of the constitution of
this State shall be proposed to the people of said
State, that Is to say, that said Section five be
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 5. The official term of the secretary of state,
treasurer, and attorney general shall be two years
The official term of the state auditor shall be four
years, and each shall continue In Office until his
The further duties and the salaries of said executive
officers shall each be prescribed by law.
Sec. 2. This proposed amendment shall be sub
mited to the people of the State for their approval
rejection at the general election occurring after
the passage of this act and the qualified electors Of
the State. and in their respective districts may at such
election vote by ballot for against said amend
ment, aud the returns thereof shall be made and
certified within the time, and such votes cauvassed
an: the result thereof declared, in the pro-
vide1 by law with reference to election of members
of congress; and if it shall appear thereupon that
majority of the electors present and voting for
against the proposed amendment to the constitution
as provided IN the next section have voted in favor
of the same, then the governor shall make proc
lamatOu thereof, and such amendment shall there
upon take effect and be in force as part of the
constitution.
Sec. 3. The ballots used at such election by
electors voting in favor of this amendment shall
have written printed, partly written and partly
printed thereupon the following words: Amend
ment Of section five of article five of the constitu
! tion-Yes"
The ballots used by such electors voting against
/ said amendment shall have written OF printed or
| partly written and partly printed thereupon the
| following words: amendment of section five of
| article five of the consttutiou-No."
Sec. l. This act shall take effect aud be in force
| from and after its passage.
! Approved March l, 1888.
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the first Monday OF January. A. d. 1856, shall
hold and continue in suc offices respectively until
the first Mondav in January, 1887.
Sec. 9. This proposed amendment shall
be submitted to the people Of said
State for their approval
or rejection at the next general election for the
year A. ID. one thousand eight hundred and eighty
three 1883, and each of the legal voters of said
State may at said election vote by ballot for or
against said amendment, and the returns thereof
shall be made and certified and such votes can
vassed, and the results thereof declared in the
manner provided by law for the returning, certify
ing and canvassing votes at general elections
for State officers. and declaring the results thereof
and if it shall appear therefrom that majority of
the voters present and voting at such election upou
said amendment have voted in favor of the same,
then Immediately after that result shall have been
ascertained, the Governor shall make proclamation
thereof, aud said amendment shall therefrom take
effect and be in force part of said consti-
tuition.
Sec. 3. Tbs ballots used at said election by
those voting 40 favor of said amendment shall have
written or printed, partly written aud partly
printed thereon, Amendment to article seven of
the coustitution-Yes" And the ballots used by
those voting against said amendment. shall have
thereon, Amendment to article seven of the con-
stitution-No" And such ballots may be attached
to and be part of the general ticket voted at said
election.
Sec T. This act shall take effect and be in force
| from and after its passage.
Approved March l, 1888.
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AN ACT to amend section two ~ of chap
ter seventy (70) of the general statutes, eighteen
hundred and seventy 1S9S), relating to
deputies and to fees of clerks in district courts
Be it enacted by the legislature of the State of
Minnesota:
Section /. That section two ~ of chapter sew
enty (70) be and the same is hereby amended by
adding after three dollars in line nine (9) on
page seven hundred and seventy-two of said gen.
the holding of any term of the district court Ia
and for any county in this State the presiding
judge thereof shall, in his discretion determine and
fix by his order the humber of deputies which shall
in his judgment be necessary for the clerk of said
court have in attendance during said term of said
court and may revoke, modify or revise said order
at pleasure during said term, and thereupon said
clerk shall appoint or discharge said deputies in
pursuance of such order or its notifications. Such
deputy or deputies so appointed shall receive the
same fee per diem said clerk.
Sec. 2. Said section two of said chapter seventy
be and the same hereby is further amended by add
ing thereto the following: Provided, further, that
civil action, appeal or proceeding shall be en-
tered in the clerks office of said district until
the person desiring such entry shall deposit with
said clerk the sum of three dollars account Of
fees in the case, aud out of which the clerk shall
satisfy the fees due in such they accrue and
hausted said clerk may require as condition for
further entries clerks fees, additional deposit
of one dollar for the purposes and application
aforesaid. Any balance remaining with the said
clerk after such application and the determination OF
the shall be returned to the party depositing
the same, his agent attorney. This act shall
not apply to the counties of Hennepin Rams ey.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect from its pas
| sage.
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COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS.

AN ACT to legalize the organization of Cook
county and the official acts of the officers thereof
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of
Minnesota:
Section l. That the action of the governor in ap-
pointing county commissioners for the county Of
Cook, and the action of said commissioners in ap-
pointing the other officers of said county, aud the
action of the voters of said county in electing
and the said county declared to have become there
by and to be duly organized county; and that all
county shall be of the same validity and force as
though such appointments of commissioners and
officers had been expressly authorized by an act
declaring said county of Cook to be organized
county.
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force
from and after its passage
Approved Feb. II, 1883.
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AN ACT to amend section rs of chapter s. general
statutes OF 1878, and to repeal section of chapter
110 of general laws Of 1881, relating to the
register of deeds:
Be it enacted by the legislature of the State of
Minnesota;
Section l. That section one hundred and seventy
five l75) of chapter eight (Sl general statutes of
one thousand eight hundred aud seventy eight
1S7S), relating 70 register Of Deeds be amended
as to read as follows:
Sec. 175 Every register of deeds, before he
enters upon the duties OF his Office, shall take and
subscribe the oath prescribed by law. which said
oath shall be endorsed on the certificate of his
election or appointment, and he shall also give a
bond, payable TO the state of Minnesota, with good
and sufficient sureties in the penal sum of five
thousand dollars tS5, 600. to be approved by the
board of county commissioners of his county, con-
ditioned tha. he will faithfully and impartially full
fill the duties of his Office. Said bond and oath OF
office shall be recorded IN the Office of the clerk of the
district court of the county in which such registers
office shall be situated and forwarded by said clerk
TO the secretary Of state
Sec 2. That section four (Q of chapter one
| hundred and ten (ll0l of general laws of one
| thousand eight hundred and eighty-one QSSD be
| and the same is hereby repealed.
Sec 3. This act shall take effect and be in force
| from and after its passage.
Approved Feb. 10. 1888.
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AN ACT to attach certain uno.

AN ACT to attach certain unorganized territory TO
Marshall county, and to establish the southern
boundary line of said Marshall county.
Be 1t enacted by the Legislature of the State of
Minnesota:
Section l. All the territory lying between the
southern line of Marshall county now established
and the northern line OF Polk county as now estab-
lshed, is hereby attached to, ard shall hereafter
form part of, the county of Marshall; and the
northern line of Polk county. now established by
law, TO wit: Beginning in the middle of the main
mouth of Turtle river, and running thence due
east to the eastern line % said Marshall county
prolonged south, shall be and is thereby established
as the southern boundary line of said Marshall
county.
Sec. 2. The proposition to attach said territory
to and establish said southern boundary line OF
tors of said Marshall county for their approval OIL
rejection, at special election TO be held for thai
purpose in said Marshall county on the second
(2nd Monday in July, 1883, at the regular polling
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AN ACT to detach townships one hundred and
thirty-four (l34), one hundred and thirty-five
Q35), one hundred and thirty-six (136l, one hun
dred and thirty-seVen Q37), and one hundred and
thirty-eight (13S from the county of Cass and an
mex the same to the county of Wadena in the
State Of Minnesota
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of
Minnesota:
Section l. That townships one hundred and
thirty-four (134, one hundred and thirty-fve
Il 35l, one hundred and thirty-six 1856, one hun
dred and thirty-seven Q37l, and one hundred aud
thiTty-eght Q3S), north of range thirJy-two (32),
west of the fifth (5thl principal meridian in the
county of Cass, in the State of Minnesota, be and
the same hereby detached from the county
of Cass and annexed to the county of Wadena in this
State.
Sec. 2. This act shall be submitted to the cleo
tors of the county of Wadena at the next general
election held herein after the passage of this act
and the qualified electors of said county may at
said election vote by ballot for against the in
cluding of said townships in said county, and the
returns thereof shall be made and certified within
the time, and such votes cauvassed and the result
thereof declared III the time provided by law with
reference to county elections; and if it shall appear
therefrom that majority of the electors present
townships have voted in favor of the same the said
townships shall thereupon constitute and be part
of said county of Wadena-
Sec. g. The ballots used at said election by elect
ors voting in favor of including said townships
shall have written printed or partly written and
partly printed thereon the following words: For
including five t5) townships of Cass county-Yes -
The ballots used at said election by electors voting
against including said townships shall have written
or printed or partly written and partly printed
thereon the following words: For including five
(5i townships OF Cass county-No
Sec. 4 This shall take effect and be in force
from and after its passage.
Approved March 3, 1883.
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COrDOrafienS.

Amending section one hundred and twelve
112l of chapter "a, of the General Stat
utes of 1873, relating to corporations.
Authorizing the amendment of certain arti-
cles of incorporation and to legalize certain
corporate acts and transactions. ..........
Amending sections seventy y-niue t79) of title
one (D of chapter thirty-four (3D Of Cen
eral Statutes of 1878, relating to corpora
uOhs--.--.-.. ----..-...--.-....
Amending chapter 81 of the General Stat
utes of 1878, to provide for the incorpo-
ration of masonic bodies. es..............
Amending section 297, title 6, chapter "a,
General Statutes Of S78, relating to insur-
Amending section ., chapter 1913, Geperal
Laws of 1881, relating to insurance. ......
Amending section 3l5, chapter 81, General
Statutes of 1873, relating to insurance
Repeating sections II and 10, chapter IL,
General Laws Of 1S73................
LegaliZing and confirming conveyances made
to and by corporations in certain cases and
restricting the same from the operation of
section 294. chapter "a. General Statutes.
Amending section 121, title 2, chapter 81,
General Statutes of 1878.
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CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.

AN ACT proposing an amendment to article ssven
ID of the constitution of this State by adding a
section thereto; to be termed section nine 49, re-
lating to elective franchise.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of
Minnesota:
Section l, The following amendment to article
Cd of the constitution of the State of Min
nesota, which amendment shall be termed section
nine 90 of said article, is hereby proposed TO the
people of said State, for their approval or rejec-
ton; which section shall read as follows:
Sec 9. The official year for the State of Mime
sofa shall commence on the first Monday in Janu-
airy in each year, and all terms OF Office shall ter
inmate ar that time: and the general election shall
be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday
in November. The first general election for State
and county officers, except judicial officers, after
the adoption of this amendment, shall be held in
the year A. d. 1884, and thereafter the general
election shall be held biennially. All State county
or other officers elected at any general election,
whose terms of Office would otherwise expire on
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Counties and County Oafcers

Legalizing the organization of Cook county
and the official acts of the officers thereof.
Attaching certain unorganized territory to
Marshall county, and to establish the south
ern boundary line of said Marshall county
LegaliziDg the organization of Lake county
and the official acts of the officers thereof.
Betaching the county of Grant from the
county of Douglass and to organizethe same
for judicial purposes. es.......................
Regulating the salaries of county treasurers
and auditors where unorganiZed counties
are attached. .............
Amending section 1I9 of chapter s of the
General Statutes of 1873, relating to the
powers of county commissioners. ..
Amending section 1 of chapter 124 of the
General Laws of 1881, relating to the de-
posit Of public funds.
Amending section 175 Of chapter 8 of Cen
eral Statutes Of 1873, and to repeal section
4 of chapter 10. General Laws of 1881,
relating to the register of deeds.
Amending section of chapter 20, General
Statutes of 1873, relating to deputies and
to fees of clerks of district courts. .....
Establishing the county of Hubbard and de-
lniug its boundaries. Observation-Disclosures. ....
Detaching townships I34, 135, 1876, 1877 and
138, range 80, from Cass county and an
nexing same to Wadena county.
Amending section 2, chapter 131, General
Laws of 1881, completing the organization
of the county of Wadena for judicial pur
poses. Observation-Disclosures. .......-..----.
Changing the boundary lines of the counties
of Crow Wing, Morrison and Cass.
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NTiscellan 2Ous.

Amending section seventy-four (74), chapter
thirty-four t34), General Statutes of 1873,
relating to the recording of railroad mort
cages ....-..--..-
Concerning mutilated, lost and destroyed
bonds, orders and warrants. ...........
Concerning the making of official reports.
Regulating the practice of medicine in the
State of Minnesota. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Providing for the examination and commit
ment of persons under guardianship on
account of excessive drinking to the de-
partment for inebriates in the second hos
pital for the insane of the State of Mime
! recognizing the State Agricultural Society,
ana appropriating money thereto, and to
other agricultural societies.
| Providing for the purchase and distribution
of the General Statutes of 1873 and sup
plements thereto.
! Relating to the admission of attorneys and
the practice of nonresident attorneys in
courts of this State. .....
! Amending sections I, . and of~chapter 20,
relating TO the preservation of game.
| Amending section IL of chapter 81 of the
! General Statutes of 1873. relating to the
| recording of marriage certificates. .
| Amending section 33S. chapter "a, of the
| General Statutes of 1878. as amended by
I latiug to town insurance companies. ....
I Amending section ., chapter Ill, General
Laws of 1881, relating to the inspection of
| steam boilers. ............ ..........,-....
Amending chapter 81 of the General Stat
utes of 1873, relating to the University of
| minnesota. .....-......-..-.........
Relating to infectious and epidemic diseases
and the preservation of the public health.
For the preservation of health and the pro-
| lection or travellers. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
| Amending an act concerning inn and hotel
| keepers and for the protection of their
| guests.
| To prevent setting ire TO woods, prairies or
| other grounds. Observation-Disclosures ..... i
Amending sections ,, 16 and %, chapter 80,
General Statutes of 1873, in relation to
chattel mortgages. Observation-Disclosures.
Establishing State Board of Corrections
and Charities for the State of Minnesota =.
Amending an act to secure proper commit
ment to the Minnesota State Reform School !
| Amending sections 6, chapter Is, General
Statutes of 1878, relating to relief of the
Amending sections 90, SO; "a and 95, General
Statutes of 1873, relating to burdocks .
Repeating an act licensing dogs and for the
protection of sheep, lambs and other domes-
tic animals ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Amending section "a, chapter /, General
Statutes of 1878. relating to return of votes
cast for members of the legislature -
Relating to the rights and liabilities of owners
and lessons and of lessees and occupants Of
/ dwellings. Observation-Disclosures.
Legalizing certain records of real estate and
the record thereof in Minnesota executed in
other States and Territories ries........
Amending chapter 80, General Statutes of
1873 relating 20 offences against property.
Amending an act to provide for elections and
registration of electors in incorporated
cities.
Amending sections 12I and 122, chapter 10,
General Statutes of 1878, relating to scarlet
fever, diphtheria and small pox. ...
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Approved March 2, 1888.



AN ACT to establish the county of Hubbard and to
define its boundaries.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of
Minnesota:
Section / That the following described territory,
all of which lies within thepresent territorial limits
of the county of Cass in this State is hereby estab
hshed as an organized county of this State, to be
hereafter known and designated as the county of
Hubbard, that is to say: Townships numbered one
hundred and thirty-nine Q39) and one hundred
and forty d40), range number thirty-two (32),
townships numbered one hundred and thirty
Q39). one hundred and forty GAO, one hundred
and forty one (141l, and one hundred and forty
two (142), of range number thirty-three (33), and
townships numbered one hundred and thirty-nine
Q39l, hundred and forty Q40l, one
hundred and forty-one DAD, one hundred
and forty-two Q42l, and one hundred and
fOrty-three Q43), of ranges number thirtY-four
C3N and thrty-fvs (35l west of the fifth principal
meridian, according to the United States survey Of
publc lands.
Sec. 9. The governor of the State shall appoint
three qualified electors of said county of Hubbard
commissioners of said county. and the said COM
mssioners shall, may be after their ap-
duties of their offices, and they shall hold their
Offices until the next general election occurring
more than thirty days after their qualification, and
until their successors are elected and qualified.
Sec, 3. The said commissioners shall, within
six months from the commencement of their term
OF office, by resolution cOncurred in by any two of
them, locate the county seat of said county, and
they shall also. at their first meeting. or at any
meeting thereafter, appoint qualified persons TO ill
all the county offices in said county, except as to
such officers as may be rendered unnecessary in
said county by reason of the attachment of the
same to any other county for judicial purposes,
which persons so appointed. and having qualified,
shall hold their respective offices until the next
general election occurring more than thirty days
after their appointment and until their successors
are elected and qualified
Sec. 4. The county Of Hubbard, as constituted
in this act is hereby attached to the county of Wa
dena for judicial purposes
Sec. .. This act shall take effect and be in force
from and after its passage
Approved February 26, 1888.
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Amendinp the Civil code


Declaring bills notes. and other negotiable
instruments obtained by fraudulent repre-
sentation or artifce void in the hands of any
person. .-.....-... 80
Amending section twelve Q2) of chapter
fftv-six go of the General Statutes of {
one thousand eight hundred and seventy
eight Q878), relating to the partition and
distribution of estates es....-................. 81
Amending section one a., chapter ninety
800, General Statutes of 1878, relating to
liens. s...........-...---........ 81
Amending section 257 of title 81, chapter
sc, of the General Statutes of 1878, re-
lating to civil actions. Observation-Disclosures. 3
Amending section two of chapter forty-siX of
the General Statutes of 1878, relating to
descent OF lands. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 81
Amending sections 3, and 5, chapter 68 of
the General Statutes of 1873, relating to
homestead exemptions. Observation-Disclosures. IS
Amending section 300. chapter &c, of the
General Statutes of 1878, relating to civil
actions. .................. 4C
Amending section 159, chapter 65, of the
General Statutes of 1873, relating to n
return of evidence on appeals from justN
courts. .......-..... NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. &
Amending section 4, chapter II, of the Gen.
eral Statutes of 1873, as amended by chap
ter 40 Of the General Laws of 1881, relat-
ing to the summoning of jurors. 4.
Relating to Acknowledgements of instruments
affecting real estate. Observation-Disclosures. 4
Legalizing conveyances of real estate defect
lively Acknowledged heretofore, recorded in
office of the register of deeds, where the
lands are situate. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. &
Iegalizing acknowledgements of convey
ances and other Instruments and the
record thereof. Observation-Disclosures. 4
Legaliziug the record of certain certificates
executed under and by virtue of section II,
chapter 81. title l, General Statutes of
1870 OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. -..----.-----. +
Amending section Il. chapter 80, of the
General Statutes of 1873, relating to the
fraudulent sale Of mortgaged property. &
Legaziug the filing of afidavits in certain
caseSand making them evidence. 4
Amending subdivision second Of section 6,
chapter 81, General Statutes of 1873, re-
latingto the foreclosure of mortgages. ...... 4
Amending section 81, chapter 81, General
Statutes of 1878, relating to the foreclosure
of mortgages by action. Observation-Disclosures. .
Prescribing the force and effect of sheritf's
certificates of sale made under powers OF
mortgages, and limiting the times within
which said sales shall be called in question.
Relating TO Jurors. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Relating to counter claims and offsets. ....... 5
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AN ACT to amend section two q, of cl

AN ACT to amend section two (2l of chapter one
hundred and thirty C13I of the general laws
of one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one
1SS1), being an act to complete the organization
of the county of Wadena for judicial purposes.
and to establish q term of court therein.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of
Minnesota:
Section l. That section two ~ of said act be
amended to read as follows:
Section two t2l There shall hereafter be two ~
terms of the district court in said county of Wa
deua in each year; one of said terms shall be held
on the first (1s0 Monday of March, and the other
on the first ustl Monday of September of each
and every year."
Sec. 2. And this act shall take effect and be in
force from and after its passage
Approved March 3, 1888.