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lSS.

H.F. No. IS1s.-AN AIT to amend an act
entitled IAN act to prevent debtors from
giving preference to creditors and to Sc
cure the equal distribution of the property
Of debtors among their creditors, and for
the release of debts against debtors
Be It enacted by the Legislature of the State
OF Minnesota.
SECTION l., That section one of the act
entitled, IAN act to prevent debtors from
giving preference to creditors, and to secure
the equal distribution of the property OF
debtors among their creditors aud for the re.
lease Of debts against debtors" be. and The
same is hereby amended SO as to read as fol-
lows: Section l. Whenever any debtor
shall have become fnsolyent or punishment
shall have been made against any debtor. or
property of any debtor shall have been levied
upon by virtue of an attachment. exec uton
or legal process issued against him tor col
lection Of money, he may make an assign
ment of all his unexempt property for tho
equal benefit Of all his bona tide creditors
who shall file releases OF their demands
against such debtor, as herein provided such
an assignment shall be made, acknowledged
and filed, in accordance with, and be gov
erned by the laws of this state relating to as.
signments by debtors for the benefit OK
creditors, except as herein otherwise pro-
vidcd; and such assignment if made within
ten days after garnishment shall have been
made against the assignor, or within ten days
after property of such assignor shall have
been levied upon by virtue of an attachment,
execution or other legal process against him
for collection Of money as aforesaid, shall
operate to vacate every garnishment and levy
then pending, ana to discharge all property
therefrom, upon quaiifcation OF the assignee.
he shall, within five days thereafter, file in
the Office of the clerk Of the court. where
such assignment was filed. notice Of his in
tention to retain all pending garnishments
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n. r. No. LOGAN ACT to amend section
twenty-six (26) Of an act entitled, IAN AcS
TO Conform all Savings Banks or Institu-
tons for Savings. to Uniformity Of PowerA
Rights and Liabilities, and to Provide for
the Organization Of Savings Banks, for
Their Supervision, and for the more EN-.
cient Protection OF Deposition In such In
stitutions;" the same being chapter one
hundred nine [1o9} Of the General Laws
Of one thousand eight hundred and sey-
(46) of the General Laws Of one thousand
eight hundred and eighty three.
Be It enacted by the Legislature Of the Stats
OF Minnesota:
ton twenty -six (26l Of chapter one hundred
and ntne 600 Of the General Laws OF one
thousand eight hundred and seventy nine, -
amended by chapter forty-six (46) Of tho
General Laws Of one thousand eight hundred
and eighty-three be and the same ID hereby
amended SO as to read as follows:
In the stocks or banks Of any city, county,
town, village or school district In the states OK
Minnesota, Wisconsin or Iowa, or In territory
now known as the territory OF Dakota, or In
any warrants or interest bearing obligations,
issued by the state. city Cor any city board),
county, Town, village or school district within
which such banks shall be situate; or In the
stocks or bonds of any city, county, town,
village or school district Of the United
States. which city. county, town, village or
school district had at least ten thousand In
habitants, as determined by the state or
United States census taken next preceding
the issue Of the bonds or stocks rendered;
provided that the bonded indebtedness Of
any such city. county, town, village or school
district SO rendering bonds or stocks shall not
exceed ten per centum upon the assessed
valuation OF such city, county, town, village
or school district the time Of the issue Of the
stocks or bonds rendered.
SEQ q. This act shall take effect and be In
force from and after its passage.
Approved April "a. 1889.
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LIZ.

g. r. No ls5.--AN ACT to amend sectfoH
four [4l. of chapter one hundred and seven
I f107l, of the General Statutes of one thou
sand eight hundred and seventy-eight
Lt1S7Sl, relating to the qualifications Of
grand jurors.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State
Got Minnesota:
7 SECTION l. That section tour al, Of chap
Re. one hundred and seven 400, of the
General Statutes of one thousand eight hun
ind seventy-eight- E1S7Sl be and the same
Is hereby amended SO as to read as follows:
section 1.-THE following persons are ex-
fmpt from service as grand jurors: All
United States States officers: all judges Of
courts OF record; commissioners Of public
buildings; auditor and treasurer of state;
etate librarian; clerks Of court; registers Of
deeds; sherifs aud their deputies; coroners,
ponstables, attorneys and couusellOrs at law;
ministers of the gospel; preceptors and teach
ers of Incorporated academies; one III
teacher In each common school; practicfng
each mill; one ferfyman to each licensed
ferry; all acting telegraph operators; all
bostmasters and deputy postmasters; all
members of companies OF firemen organized
according to law; all engineers having charge
of stationery and locomotive engines; all
persons Of more than sixty 1901 years Of
age: all persons Of unsound mind; persons
Subject to bodily infirnity amounting to dis
ability; all undertakers and their assistants !;
all persons are disqualified from serving as
grand jurors who have been convicted Of
0n[yl infamous crime"
t. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect and be In
effect from and after its passage.
Approved April 2, 1889.
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81. r. No. 72S-AN ACT to amend section
125, Of chapter eight 90. Of the General
Statutes Of 1873, relating to section, quar-
ter section or meander posts or monu-
ments, and to the re-establishment thereof
Be it enacted by the Legislature Of the State
Of Minnesota:
Section /. Section ono hundred and
twenty-five (123), OF chapter eight l6], OF
the General Statutes Of One thousand eight
hundred and seventy eight QS7S), is hereby
amended so as to read as follows:
Section 125. The board of county COM
missioners of any county where 1t shall b
made to appear to their satisfaction, at any
regular or special meeting, that the section,
quarter section or meander posts or monu-
ments established by the United States have
been destroyed, or are becoming obscure,
shall have power to authorize and direct the
county surveyor of the county 10 resurvey,
relocate and re-establish such section, quar-
ter section or meander posts or monuments,
BY having permanently placed at such gov
eminent corners an iron or stone OK wood
post or monument, of durable character, Off
such size and construction as in their discre-
ton may be deemed desirable. In making
such survey the said county surveyor shal
keep full and accurate notes thereof, and
shall file certified copy Of the same in the
Office of the register Of deeds Of said county.
SEC. 2. This act shall take eject and b in
orce from and after Its . assage.
Approved April "a, 1889.
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Amendments to Penal Code
l4S.

"A. F. No. 5s-AN ACT to amend an Act en-.
!, titled San Act to Establish Penal Code, I"
g approved March 8. 1855.
BE it enacted by the Legislature OF the State
I. of Minnesota:
SECTION L. That section four hundred and
Ten of said ect be so amended as to read as
follows: Sec. 40. Forgery in the first de-
gree is punishable by imprisonment in the
state prison for not more than twenty years.
l. SEC. 2. That section four hundred and
eleven of said act be SO amended as to read
as follows Sec Al. Forgery in the Sec
'ond degree is punishable by imprisonment
in the state prison for not more than ten
years.
SEC g. That section four hundred and
eixty-eight of said act be so amended by
striking ont therefrom in the sixteenth and
Seventeenth lines thereof the words 'and not
less than three years."
[ SEC f. That section Eve hundred and
eighteen of said act be amended by striking
out therefrom i'll the last two lines thereof
the words ''and not less than two ~ years.
l. SEC 5. That nothing contained III this
act shall he construed 10 apply to an offense
!committed or act done at any time before
This. act takes effect, but such offense must
he punished and such act governed by the
provisons of law existing when 1t is done or
committed, in the same manner as II this
act had not been passed; and as to such Of
fenses the provisions OF law heretofore In
force in relation thereto shall be deemed to b O
still in fun force and effect; except that When-
ever the punishment or penalty Tor any OF.
Tense is mitigated by any OF the provisions OF
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Il. F. No. 720-AN ACT to amend section
twenty three (23) Of chapter eighty-one
(6l), Gen. Statutes of (1S78), relating to
foreclosure of mortgages.
Be it enacted by the legislature Of the state Of
Minnesota:
SECTION THAT Sec twenty three (23) Of
chap. eighty one tS1). General Statutes OF
lS7S) be and the same is hereby amended
so az TO read as follows:
SEC. 49, That within ten days after fore
closure OF any mortgage under the provisions
torney. shall make and file for record with
the register of deeds in the county where the
property is located. an affidavit of costs and
disbursements. setting forth in full detailed
bill Of the costs and disbursements, inclnd
ing attorneys fees embraced in the fore
closure sale. and that the same has teen alb
soluteiy and Internationally paid or in
Cured.
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be In
force from and after its passage.
Approved April %. 1889.
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II. 2. No. 74o.-AN ACT amending gee-
ton two {2) Of chapter slxty-nine (69l,
General Statutes 1879, relating to AID
legalizing conveyances made BY married
women in specified cases.
Be it enacted by the Legislature Of the State
OF Minnesota:
SECTION /. Section two (2) Of chapter
sixty-nine (691, General Statutes 1873, II
amended by adding thereto the following pro
yiso: Provided further, that any deed. mort
gage or other conveyance Of land in this
state, heretofore or hereafter made In good
faith. tor valuable consideration, by an
adult woman without any husband hav.
ing Joined therein, but after judgment Of
eny district court Of this state. remaining IN
full force, adjudging the nullity Of her mar
rage or granting her divorce from bonds
of matrimony, or from bed and board. shall
be as valid and effectual to all intents and
purposes as II she had never been married,
any defect in the service of the summons or
complaint in the action for such relief or
divorce to the contrary Notwithstanding;
provided, nevertheless such deed, mortgage
or other conveyance was made after expirar
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eight hundred and eighty.seven (1ssO. NJ
lRting to legal notices.
Be It enacted by the Legislature Of the State

eight hundred and eighty seven (18sO. ~
lating to legal notices.
Be y enacted by the Legislature Of the State
OF Minnesota:
SECTION 1. That section eighty three (s3l
Statues Of one thousand ftght hundred and
eighty seven QSS7l, as amended by chapter
forty-two (42) Of the General Laws OF ono
thousand eight hundred and eighty-seyen
(1S6s), be and tho same Is hereby amended
publication OF legal potices. public state
ments, tax lists or official proceedings re-
court, to be published in newspaper once
In each week for specified number OF
weeks, shall be made on the day OF each
week in which such newspaper is published,
II weekly newspaper. and II daily news
paper, then upon some day upon which SUCH
daily newspaper is published-not Sunday
and shall always be upon the same day OF the
week that it was first published, and all such
publications. shall be made in the English
language, and shall not be made or pub
lished in any newspaper unless said news
paper shall have been published and circu-
lated in the county where said notice, state
ment, tax list or official proceeding is to be
ceding the date Of the first publication
thereof: Provided, That IL no newspaper has
been previously published in said county for
one az year, as above required, then the
same may be published In any newspaper OF
general circulation in said county which
than one year. If there be one: but II there
be neither, then In any newspaper published
at the capital of the state having q general
circulation in the state"
sistent with this act are hereby repealed.
SEC. g. This act shall take effect and be
In force from and after its passage.
Approved April %. 1889.
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e.F. No. lI2-AN ACT to /,

3. F. No. ll2-AN ACT to legalize acknowi-
: edgments of conveyances and other instru-
! ments and the records thereof.
Be it enacted by the Legislature Of the State
of Minnesota:
[ SECTION l. That all Acknowledgements to
eny conveyances or other instruments hero
tofore taken by any person previously ap-
pointed or elected and then acting as q not
airy public or other officer authorized to take
Euch Acknowledgements be, and the same are
hereby legalized and made of the same valid
lty as though the term of such officer had not
expired at the time of taking such acknowl-
edgments, and the record of such convey
pnces or other Instruments is hereby declared
TO be legal and valid, and efectual tor all
purposes
|. Provided. That the provisions Of this act
Shall not apply to or affect any action or pro-
Feeding now pending in any court Of this
state.
SEC. g This act shall take effect and be in
force from and after its passage.
\ Approved Feb. Z6, 1889.
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ia.

8. +. No. 57b.-AN ACT to amend chapter
forty three t431 Of the General Statutes Of
Minnesota relating 10 uses and trusts.
Be it enacted by tbs Legislature Of the State
of Minnesota:
SECTION /. That section twenty seven I27l
Of chapter forty three l43] OF the General
Statutes Of Minnesota be and the same -
amended SO as to read as follows, VIZ:
The district court has full powers to ep-
point new trustee in the place of trustee
deceased, resigned, or removed; and when,
in consequence Of death, resignation or 10
moyal, there is no acting trustee, the court In
its discretion may appoint new trustees e1
cause the trust to be executed by one OF it,
officers under Its direction, and 1t may also
where trust has in good faith been assumed
to be executed by person other than the
trustee originally named. or appointed BY .
court Of this state, ratify. adopt and confirm
any or all the acts Of such person SO acting
as trustee in the execution of such trust
Sec q This act shall take effect and b In
force from and after Its passage.
Approved April "a. 1889.
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IL.

s. F. No. 47s-AN ACT to amend an act On
titled An act to amend section Of chapter
1S, Of the Compiled Statutes OF one thous-
and eight hundred and seyenty-eisht
1879. relating 10 partition fences.
Be 1t enacted by the Legislature OF the State
OF Minnesota:
SECTION /. That section Of chapter 10.
Of the compiled Statutes of 1878, as amend
ed by chapter SO, General Laws Of Minne.
sofa, for the year 1887, approved Feb. 18th,
1887, be further amended by adding after the
word s.Meeker" in sections one II and two
ri Of said act the words land Wright coun-
ties"
SEQ. 2. This act shall take Eject and b IN
force from and after its passage.
Approved April 5, 1889.
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8. +. 27s.-AN ACT to amend section eleven
I'D of chapter twenty-one (21) Of the Gen
eral Statutes Of Minnesota Of the year one
thousand eight hundred and seventy eight
QS7s), relating to weights and measures.
Be it enacted by the Legislature OF the Stats
of Minnesota.
SECTION 1. That section eleven f11) Of
Chapter twenty one (21) OF the General Stat
utes of Minnesota for the year one thousand
eight hundred aud seventy-eight Qs7S) IL
hereby amended by striking out the follow
ing words in the third line Of said section:
ION or before the FIRST day Of June an.
nually.''
SEC. 2. This act shall take effect and be In
force from and after its passage.
Approved April Is, 1889.
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III.

s.F. s57.-AN ACT to amend section four
az Of chapter thirty nine (39l Of the Cen
eral Statutes of eighteen hundred and rev.
enty-eight (1s79D relating to chatiel mort
cages.
Be it enacted by the Legislature Of the State
of Minnesota:
SECTION L Section four ny of chapter
thirty mine (39) of the General Statutes OF
is hereby amended by inserting after the
word townships where the same first oc-
ours, in the third line Of said section. the
words, Tor in any unorga1lized township"
SEC 2 This act shall take effect and be In
force from ana after its passage.
Approved April Is, 1859.
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Il, 7. No. l,143.-AN ACT to amend section
eleven (11), Of chapter twenty-three .(23),
OF the General Laws Of the year eighteen
hundred and eixty-seyen (l66), entitled
IAN act to provide for the Incorporation
Of savings associations
Be It enacted by the Legislature OF the State
Of Minnesota:
SECTION 1. That section (ll), Of chapter
twenty-three (2S), OF the General Laws Of
eighteen hundred and sixty-seyen (1S6D.
entitled IAN act to provide for the incorpora
ton of savings associations" be amended o.
as TO read as follows:
Section IL. The board OF trustees shah
have power from time to time. to make,
constitute, ordain and establish such by.
laws, rules and regulations as they shall
Judge proper, for the election Of their officers
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II. +. No. 403.-AN ACT to amend' section
three hundred and forty eight (34S), title
six (6), Of chapter thirty-four t34), of the
General Statutes Of 1878. relating 10 Town
Insurance companies.
Be it enacted by the Legislature OF the State
of Minnesota:
SECTION 1. That section three hundred
and forty-eight (348). of title six g., chap
ter thirty-fo (34) of the General Statutes
Of Minnesota Of 1873 relating to Town In
surance companies, be and the same is here
by amended 50 as to read as follows: -
tSection 348. The directors Of such con-
pany so formed shall be chosen by ballot at
the annual meeting thereof. which shall be
held on the first Tuesday in January in each
jority of the voters in such company, and
every person insured shall have one vote,
but no person shall be allowed to vote by
proxy at such election. excepting Q woman"
SEC. 2. This act shall take effect and be IN
force from and after its passage.
Approved April %, 1880.
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Amendments to General
Laws.
ia.

Il. F. No. S27-AN ACT repeating an act en-
titled an act to abolish the process Of gar.
nishment as applied to workingmen.
Be Il enacted by the Legislature OF the Stats
Of Minnesota:
SECTION l. That chapter one hundred and
seventy nine 179) Of the General Lawn Of
the State of Minnesota Tor the year eighteen
hundred and eighty seven (1887) be and the
same is hereby repealed.
SEQ. 2. This act shall take effect and b In
force from and after Its passage.
Approved April IS; 1889.
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ton Of the time allowed BY law to appeal
from such Judgment; and, provided further.
that the defendant In such divorce proceed.
ings actually received the summons and COM
plant Or had, before entry Of such 5udR.
such action, 90 that he could have defended
the same. which shall appear Dy the records
in the case or be made to appear to the salts
faction Of the court. Nothing herein con.
tanned shall in any manner affect the rights
of parties to any action now pending in any
of the courts of this state.
SBo. 2. This act shall take effect and be In
force from and after its passage.
Approved April "a, 1889.
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"a.

II. =. No. eA4.-AN ACT to amend General
Statutes 1873. chapter "a. title 5. relating
to cemetery associations and private GENE.
teries. Q sA'
Be 1t enacted by the Legislature Of the State
Of Minnesota; .2St
SECTION /. Section $50. chapter "a, Gen.
eral Statutes 1873 is, hereby amended 70 a
to read as follows:
Section ESQ. After such map q hled In
the registers office, as aforesaid, the trustees
may sell and convey the lots as designated
On such map. upon such terms and subject
to such conditions and restrictions, to be In
serted In or annexed to the eonveyances, as
the said trustees shall prescribe. Every con.
veyance OF any such lots shall be expressly
for burial purposes. and no other, and shall
be in the corporate name Of the associati don,
signed BY the president and treasurer, eg
president and secretary thereof.
SEQ 3. AL conveyances Of such lots here
tofore made by any cemetery association,
signed by the president and secretary thereof,
are hereby legalized aud made valid, and
shall have the same force aud effect al II
signed by the president and treasurer Of such
association.
SEC. 5. This act shah take effect and be In
force from and after its passage.
Approved April "a, 1889.
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pirat!on Of said twenty 200 days Is hereby
lsssi1ssA and made valid ana the SAID req :;
the said certificates had been executed,
proved, acknowledged and recorded within
the SAID twenty 600 days.
Sec, 2. That no order confirming sheIl6o
report OF sale upon Q decree on trial IN fore:.
closure, shall be SET aside or deemed invalid
upon the ground that notice Of application Y
the court TO confirm report Of sale was not
served upon the adverse party or his counsel
before the giving Of the order by the court
And the order and the record Of all such or
esaiized and made valid id and said order and
the record thereof shall have the same force
and effect as il notice Of the application had
been Pee duly served uPSn, ne adyesss party Or
contained shall be construed to apply to
cases now pending which involve the legal.
ity or validity Of such sale.
SEC. 8. Tits act shall take effect aud b in
force from and after its passage.
Approved April 3, 1889.
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II. p. No. 9S0-AN ACT to amend n oct
entitled IAN Act Relating 70 Interest on
Money and Usury," being chapter Sixty
the same has been amended, and new
roads:
Be it enacted by the Legislature Of the Stats
of Minnesota:
Section |. Chapter sixty-six Of the Gem
eral Laws Of 1879, as the same has been
amended and now reads, is hereby further
amended by adding after section seven an ad.
ilitiona, section as follows:
Sec. 2 (a). Nothing in this act shall be
construed as In any way effecting any con-
tract heretofore or hereafter made, whereby
one of the parties thereto has advanced or
may advance money to be used in business
or other ventures mutually determined upon,
and whereby the other party thereto. the one
receiving such money. has refunded OF agrees
to refund the same, with interest thereon
stipulated provided such interest does not
exceed lawful rate) and in addition there
to has shared or agrees to share, equally or
otherwise, with the party SO advancing the
money, the profits, if any there were or may
be, of the business or other ventures carried
on or undertaken in whole or In part with
such money.
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be In
force from and after its passage.
Approved April "a, 1889.