The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1893-05-19

CHAPTER 1O3- s.. f. 46e.
AN ACT to amend chapter one hundred
ana nfty -one OF the general laws Of 1885,
entitled an act concerning religious cor
Provides that corporations whose men,
Dersnlp extends beyond the state may hold
annual meetings without the limits Of the
state. BY proper publication thereof.
CHAPTER 1O4-H. r. 400.
AN ACT to amend chapter one hundred
and eighty of general laws Of 1885,
entitled an act authorizing the formation
of companies for mutual insurance against
loss and damage by hail, tornadoes, cy-
f fssse and hurricanes. Approved April H.
ticles with the insurance commissioner,
and his issue Of a certificate; and describes
the kind of property to be insured.
CHAPTER 1O5-H. F.37
hundred and ons OF
general laws of 1885, entitled an act
regulating the admission of evidence in
civil actions.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
State of Minnesota:
Section l.. That section one Of chapter
one hundred and ninety-three Of the gen
eral laws for the year A. D. 1885 be amend
ed so as to read as follows:
party to the record of any civil action
or proceeding. or person for whose i'm
mediate benefit such action or proceeding
is prosecuted or defended or the directors.
officers, superintendent or managing agents
OF any corporation which is party to the
record in such action or proceeding. may
be examined upon the trial thereof as If
under cross-examfnation at the instance
OF the adverse party or parties or any of
PEELED in the same manner. and subject to
the same rules for examination as any
Other witness to testify, but the party
concluded thereby, but may rebut it by
counter testimony.
Sec 2 This act shall take effect and be
in force from and after it's passage.
Approved March 2. 1898.
CHAPTER 1O6-S. F. 231.
AN ACT to amend section seven Of chapter
thlrty-elght, general statutes of 1878, as
ameIded by chapter one hundred aud
Approved April II. 1893.
Extends the time of payment on state
lands hereafter. sold to forty years, with
pired contracts where the interest is seven
per cent reduction is to be made to five
per cent.
CHAPTER los. F. $50.
AN ACT to amend section sixteen Of chap
ter three Of the general statutes of 1878,
relating to compensation of members and
officers of the legislature. Approved April
Intended to regulate the fees to be paid
for enrolling and engrossing bills.
CHAPTER Josh. F. $40.
AN ACT to amend section three Of chapter
ten of the general laws Of 1887, entitled
an act to regulate common carriers, and
creating the railroad and warehouse com
mission Of the state of Minnesota. and
cennlng the duues OF such commission
in relation r. common carriers. Approved
April IT, 1898.
Intended to more clearly define the duties
OF common carriers and their relation to
the railroad commission.
CHAPTER 1O9-H. F. 518.
AN ACT to- amend section nine Of chapter
twenty-One of the general statutes of
1878; as amended by cha 1pa61 twenty-five
weights and measures.
Be it enacted by the Legislature Of the
State of Minnesota:
Section 1. That section nine Of CHAPTER
twenty-one Of the general statutes of 1873,
as amended by chapter twenty two Of the
general laws Of 1887. be and the. same is
Sec. 8. Whenever any of the following
articles shall be contracted for or sold or
delivered. and no special contract or agree
ment shall be made to the contrary, the
weight per bushel shall be as follows, to-
| wit: Apples. green, fifty pounds: apples,
dried. twenty-eight pounds; BEANS sixty
wheat fifty pounds: beets. fifty, pounds;
| blue grass seed, fourteen pounds: blue
berries forty-two, pounds; broom corn seed,
ffty-seven pounds; corn. shelled, ffty-six
seed, sixty pounds; carrots, forty five
pounds; charcoal. twenty pounds; cranber-
| pounds. soose5erFies. forty. pounds: hemp
| seed, fifty pounds; Hungarian grass seed,
| forty-eight pounds; millet, forty-eight
Vo 0 ooEnas tn oryayS Seed IONS
! teen pounds; peas, sixty pounds: Irish po-
| tatces, sixty POUNDS; sweet potatoes, fifty
five five d, pounds parsnips, forty.two pounds;
| tering hair, washed, four pounds plastering
| hair, unwashed. eight pounds; rape seed.
fifty pounds; red top seed, fourteen pounds;
pounds; sorghum seed ffty-seven pounds
| timothy seed, forty five pounds; wheat, six
| ty pounds
And whoever in buying any of said ar
ticles shall take any greater number OF
| pounds thereof to the bushel, or in selling
anv , of said articles shall give any less
than is herein allowed and specified, except
when expressly authorized so to do by
| special contract or agreement to that effect,
shall be deemed guilty, Of a misdemeanor.
/ and shall be, punished by a fine of not less
| than ten dollars. nor more than one hun
dred dollars. or by imprisonment in the
county Jail for not more than ninety days,
| or both such fine and imprisonment.
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be
| in force from and after it's passage.
Approved April II, 1893.
| CHAPTER 11O-H. r. SO
AN ACT to amend section eighty-four OF
| chapter thirty-six of the general statutes
of 1878, as amended by section three OF
chapter forty-one. Of the general laws of
1887, and to provide for taxation for edu-
cational purposes. Approved April Is,
| Provides that the annual school tax shall
| be LIS mills instead OF mill, the fraction
| to 90 to the state university fund for main
! tenance After July 81, 1894. the annual
appropriations Of $4,000 are to cease; and
the sum Of $4,000, the o7erp!us IS to be
passed to the revenue fund Of the state.
| CHAPTER 111-H F. 29S.
AN ACT to amend section two Of chapter
relating to the INCORPORATION of parish es
of the Protestant Episcopal church. APP
| proved April 1, 1893.
Increases the number OF vestrymen to
CHAPTER 112-S. F. 534
AN ACT to amend section twenty-eight of
| chapter one hundred and forty-eiSht of
| the general laws of 1887 relating to the
! powers of the board of trustees Of the
Minnesota soldiers home. Approved April
| portion of the pension Of a soldier be-
| coming inmate Of the home in excess
| Of four dollars per month to be applied to
dren in dependence the amount is to be
| paid over to them.
CHAPTER 113-H F. 1884,
AN ACT to amend section twentysix Of
eeneeT a%, "f 1884, Segs Of hs
| the relief of honorably discharged and in
digent ex-soldiers, sailors and marines,
and the widows. minor orphans snd de-
and marines, and for making an apprO-
priation for the purchase Of land and the
construction Of the necessary building or
| buildings therefor for soldiers home
Approved March 30. 1893.
Provides that where any soldier sailor
| or marine is entitled to admission to the
| soldiers home and has no means to pro-
| cure his transportation, that the same shall
| be provided by the president Of the said
| home. and to be reimbursed from the SOL
diers' home fund.
CHAPTER 114H. f. 645.
| AN ACT to amend chapter two hundred
and eight IF the laws Of Minnesota for
the year 1887. Approved April II. 1893
Provides that in all convictions and SEN
| tence to the state reformatory. state prison
or other place Of confinement. the clerk OF
court must certify the commitment to the
sheriff OF the county. and in all commit
ments to thetstate refornatory the sheriff
or his denuty shall deliver the prisoner
and be paid his EXPENSES in the same man
ner as for commitments to the state prison.
CHAPTER lbs. r. 500