The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1886-08-27
SPECIAL LEGISLATION

VI tno terTltOTleb OF the United States, now or
hereafter to be organized, shall not pass local
or special laws in any of the following enum-
Grated cases, that is to say:
Changing the names Of persons or places.
Laying out opening, altering and working
roads or highways.
Vacating roads, town plats, streets, alleys
and public grounds.
Locating or changing county seats.
Regulating county and township affairs.
Regulating the practice in courts Of Justice.
Regulating the jurisdiction and duties of
justices OF the peace, police magistrates and
constables.
Providing for change of venue in civil and
criminal cases.
Incorporating cities, towns or villages, Or
changing or amending the charter of any town,
city or village.
For the punishment Of crimes and misde.
meanors.
For the assessment and collection of taxes
for territorial, county, tow nship or road pur
poses.
summoning and empaneling grand or petit
jurors.
Providing for the management Of common
schools.
Regulating the rate OF interest on money.
The opening and conducting of any election
or designating the place Of voting.
The sale or mortgage Of real estate belong
ing to minors or others under disability.
The protection Of game or fish.
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Remittlng fines, penalties or forfeitures.
Creating, increasing or decreasing fees, per-
cottages, or allowances of public officers
during the term for which such officer, are
elected or appointed.
Changing the law Of descent
Granting to any corporation, association or
individual any special or exclusive privilege,
immunity or franchise whatever,
In all other cases where general law can
be made applicable, no special law shall be en-
acted In any of the territories of the United
States by the territorial legislature thereof.
SEC. q That no territory of the United States
now or hereafter to be organized, or any DO
litical or municipal corporation or subdivision
Of any such territory, shall hereafter make any
subscription to the capital stock of any incor
porated company. or company or association
having corporate powers or in any manner
loan its credit to or use it for the benefit OF any
such company or association, or borrow any
money for the use Of any such company or as
sociation. ID
SEC. 8. That no law Of any territorial legis-
lature shall authorize any debt to be contracted
by or on behalf Of such territory except in the
following cases:
To meet casual deficit In the revenues, 10
pay the interest upon the territorial debt, TO
suppress insurrection, or provide for the public
defense, except that in addition to any ndebt-
edness created for such purpose, the legislature
may authorize loan for the erection of penal,
charitable or educational institutions for such
territory, If the total Indebtedness of the terri
tory is not made to exceed one per cent upon
the assessed value Of the taxable property in
such territory, as shown by the last general as
sessment for taxation, and nothing in this act
shall be construed to prohibit the refunding of
any existing indebtedness of such territory or
of any political or municipal corporation,
county, or other subdivision therein.
SEC. 4. That no political or municipal cor
peraton, county or other subdivision In any Of
the territories Of the United States shall ever
become indebted in any manner or for any pur-
pose to an amount in the aggregate, including
existing Indebtedness, exceeding five per cent
on the value OF the taxable property within
such corporation, county Or subdivision, to be
QanprtQinQd tlU tho ar for
torial and county taxes previous to the incur
ring Of such Indebtedness, and all bonds or
obligations In excess Of such amount given by
such corporations shall be void. That nothing
in this act contained shall be so construed as
to effect the validity Of any act Of any terrific
rial legislature heretofore enacted, or Of any
obligation existing or contracted hereunder,
or to preclude the issuing of bonds already
contracted for in pursuance of express provis-
ions Of law, nor to prevent any territorial leg
islature from legalizing the acts of any county,
municipal corporation or subdivision Of any
territory as to any bonds heretofore issued or
contracted to be issued.
SEC. s. That section 1889, title %, of the re-
vised statues Of the United States be amended
to read as follows:
'The legislative assemblies Of the several
territories shall not grant private charters or
special privileges, but they may, by general in
corporation acts, permit persons to associate
themselves togethez as bodies corporate for
mining, manufacturing and ether industrial
pursuits, and for conducting the business Of
insurance, banks of discount and deposit (but
not of issue), lean, trust and guaranty assoca-
tions, and for the construction and operation Of
railroads, wagon roads, irrigating bitches, and
colonization and improvement of lands in con-
nection Herewith, or for colleges, semnaries,
churches libraries, or any other benevolent,
charitable or scientific association"
Sec. i. That nothing In this act contained
shall be construed to abridge the power Of con-
gress to annul any law passed by territorial
Legislature, or to modify any existing law re-
quiring in any case that the laws of any terri
tory shall be submitted to congress.
SEC. 7. That all acts and parts Of acts here
after passed by any territorial legislature in
conflict with the provisions of this act shall be
null and void.
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