Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1893-05-11

ten MONTHS. ~ 49, sHHs IN,
CHAPTER 1O3-S. &. 466.
AN ACT to amend chapter one hundred
and fifty-one of the general laws. OF 1883,
entitled an act concerning religious cor
porations. Approved April II, 1893.
bership extends beyond the state may hold
annual meetings without the limits of the
state, by proper publication thereof.
CHAPTER 1O4-H. T. 400.
AN ACT, to amend chapter one hund 6sx
and eighty-six of general laws OF 1850,
entitled an act authorizing the formation
of companies for mutual insurance { galnst
loss and damage by hail, tornadoes, .cy-
clones and hurricanes. Approved April IL,
1893.
Relates to the filing of interpretations ar
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.
AN ACT to amend section one of chapter
one hundred and ninety-three of the
regulating the admission of evidence in
civil actions.
Be it enacted by the Legislature Of the
State of Minnesota:
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:
A party to the record of any civil action
or proceeding. or a person for whose I'M
mediate benefit such action or proceeding
is prosecuted or defended or the directors.
OluCcIS, SUPERINTENDENT VI Ildl1dSllS dSShSo
of any corporation which is Il party to the
record in such action or proceeding, may.
be examined upon the trial thereof as if
under cross-e1amination at the instance
of the adverse party or parties or any OF
them. and for that purpose may be com
PEELED i'll the same manner ana sub1ect 10
the same rules for examination as any =
calling for such examination shall not be
concluded thereby, but may rebut it by
See ,.sl .. This act shall take effect and be
in force from and after its passage.
Approved March 2. 1893.
CHAPTER 1OG-S. +. 231.
AN ACT to amend section seven of chapter
amelded by chapter one hundred and
ninety-ive of the general laws of 1885.
Approved April II. 1893.
Extends the time of payment on state
lands hereafter sold to forty years, with
five per cont interest, and on all uncX-
pired contracts where the interest is seven
per cent a. reduction is to be made to tive
per cent.
CHAPTER los. II. $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 1OS-H. +. $40.
AN ACT to amend section three Of chapter
Z u lhS I'll 4 1L"S vi W. SASANiNNN
an act to regulate common carriers, and
creating the railroad and warehouse COM
mission of the state Of Minnesota, and
defining the duties of such commission
in ~rolation +n common carriers. Approved
April II, 1893.
Intended to more clearly define the duties
OF common carriers and their relation to
the railroad commission.
CHAPTER 1O9-H. +. SIS.
AN ACT to amend section nine Of chapter.
twenty-one Of the general statutes of
1878; as amended by cha 1oe4 t ,wn,a4ttyyd 70
weights and measures.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
State Of Minnesota:
twenty-one of the general statutes of 1873,
as amended by chapter twenty-five of the
general laws of 1887, be and the same is
hereby amended so as to read as follows:
Sec. 9. Whenever any of the following
articles shall be contracted for or sold or
delivered. and no special contract or agree
men IT. shall = h be : mad shd to h the &c eo fn11oWs. 1 toe
dried. twentv-eight pounds; beans, sixty
pounds; barley. forty-eisht pounds; nnGk.
blue grass seed, fourteen pounds: blue
berries, forty-two pounds; broom corn seed,
fifty-seven pounds; corn, shelled; ffty-slx
seed. sixty pounds; carrots, forty,;tivc
pounds; charcoal. twenty pounds; cranber-
ries, thirty-six pounds; currants, forty
seed, fifty pounds; Hungarian grass seed.
forty-eight pounds; millet, forty-eight
pounds; oats, thirty-two pounds; onions,
ffty-two pounds: orchard grass seed. four
teen pounds; peas, sixty pounds; Irish po-
tatccs, sixty pounds; sweet potatoes. fifty
five pounds: parsnips, forty-two pounds;
peaches. dried, twenty.eight pounds; pi;as-
hair, unwashed. eight pounds: rape seed,
fifty pounds; red top seed, fourteen pounds;
rutiabagas, 1ifty-two pounds: rye, 1ifty-six
pounds; sorghum seed. fifty-sevel pounds;
timothy seed, forty-fve pounds; wheat, six
ty pounds.
And whoever in buying any of said ar.
ticles shall take any greater number OF
any Of said articles shall give any less
number of pounds thereof to the bushel,
than is herein allowed and specified, except
special contract Or agreement to that effect,
shall be deemed guilty Of a m~isdemeanor,
and shall be punished by a fine OF not less
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 snail take effect and be
in force from and after it's passage.
Approved April Il, 1898.
CHAPTER 11O-H. r. 50
AN ACT to amend section e~ighty-four Of
chapter t~hirty-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 IL,
1893.
Provides that the annual school tax shall
be LIS mills instead of 1 mill. the fraction
to go to the state university fund for main,
ennroeriat fh5sr Of 9S s75,o 90 are ret to ' ceas ain and
when this fund exceeds in any one year
the sum of s125.Ooo. the overplus is to be
passed to the revenue fund of the state.
CHAPTER 111-H. T. 29S.
AN ACT to amend section two of chaDter
eighty-one Of the general laws of 1857
Of the Pr rot 1ao Episcopal church. APP
Increases the number of vestrymen to
nine.
CHAPTER 112-s. T. 534.
AN ACT to amend section twenty-eight Of
the general laws of 1887. relating to the
powers Of the board of trustees of the
Minnesota soldiers home Approved April
Makes it lawful for the trustees to retain
a portion of the pension of q soldier be-
coming an inmate of the home in excess
his support; but if he has a wife or chill
dren in dependence the amount is to be
paid over to them.
CHAPTER 113-H. F. 4s4.
11e chapter pnr one on h: Hundred siei fortyeeight Of the
general laws of 1887, being an act for
the relief of honorably discharged and in
digent ex-soidiers, sailors and marines,
dltu liz WliuNvS, LIN OlpHtuS olu t
pendent parents of such soldiers. sailors
and marines. and for making an 5appro-
p~riation for the purchase Of land and the
construction of the necessary building or
buildings therefor for a soldiers home.
Approved March 80. 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
he provided by the president of the said
home. and to be reimbursed from the SOL
diers' home fund.
CHAPTER 114-H. F. 645.
AN ACT to amend chapter two hundred