St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-05-04

ticket not used, and. in case of q coupon
of a. ticket partially used, at rate which l1
shall be pro rata per mile, and which snail
be equal to the difference between the
price paid for the whole distance ana the
distance for which used portion OF said
ticket was actually used; provided, that
such ticket, or coupon or coupons shall be
presented for such redemption to any agent
authorized as aforesaid; and the sale by
any person Of such ticket, or OF the unused
portion of any such ticket or coupon or
coupons, otherwise than by the presentation
of the same for redemption, as here1nbeI0re
provided shall be deemed to be violation
of the provisions Of this act, and any per-
son guilty Of such violation shall be deemeu
guilty Of a misdemeanor and shall be, pun
ished by fine not exceeding i've hundfed
dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding
one year, or either or both in the discretion
of the court in which such offender shall
be convicted, provided that this act shall
from any agent authorized by this act,
with a bona fide intention of travelling
upon the same the distance between the
points named on the said ticket, from sell
company that sold the same; and it shall
be the duty of said company to pay for
such unused portion of such ticket the differ
ence between the actual fare to points used
and the amount paid for such ticket.
Sec. 6. Any person, persons, copartner-
ship or corporation heretofore engaged in
carrying on the business of ticket broker
age or ''ticket scaping" so-called, may
present at any time previous to the date
on which this act takes effect, to any COM
mon carrier in this state, any unused pas
heretofore lawfully sold or issued by such
common carrier for redemption, and said
common carrier shall Immediately redeem
such ticket in the same manner and upon
the same terms as provided for in section
five of this act for the redemption of I'M
used tickets in the hands of purchasers
thereof. Provided, that no such common
carrier shall be required to redeem any such
ticket or part thereof the time for the use
Of which has, by its terms expired, or which
has in any manner been altered, changed
or forged.
Sec T. ANY railroad company or steam
authorized ticket selling agents within this
state, refuse to redeem any coupon of
ticket. or any ticket as required by section
Minnesota a fine not exceeding five hun
dred dollars for each offense.
Sec. 8. Whenever any person in the en-
ploy Of any railroad or steamboat company
doing business in this state shall fraudu-
lently neglect to cancel or return to the
proner officer of the company or agent of
such railroad or steamboat company. any
coupon or any ticket or pass, with the in
tent to permit the same to be used in fraud
of any railroad company or steamboat COM
pany, or II any person shall steal or en-
bezZle any snch couDOn or other ticket or
or sign any such ticket, coupon or pass,
or shall frauduently sell or put in circula-
ton any such ticket coupon or pass. said
person shall be deemed guilty Of felony,
and upon conviction thereof shall be nun
ished by Imprisonment in the state prison
for period not exceeding five wears.
Sec. o. This act shall take effect snd he
in force from and after the expiration of
ninety days after its aDnroval.
Approved April 10. 1893.
CHAPTER 9Th. r. 257.
AN ACT relating to the change Of place
of trial, Of actions. commenced in any
court of this state for wages, or money
due for labor or for the enforcement Of
liens for such labor.
Be it enacted by the Legislature Of the
State of Minnesota:
Section 1. That in any action hereafter
commenced or pending, in any court of this
state, for wages, or money due for manual
labor. or for the enforcement of any lien
for such wages or money. when such action
is brought in the county in which such
labor was performed. no change Of the
place of the trial thereof shall be had.
In writing duly filed with said court
Provided. this act shall not apply to
change Of venue from one Justice Of the
peace to another. or from one municipal
court to another. in the same county.
Sec. .. This act shall take effect and be
il. force from and after it's passage.
Approved April II. 1898.
CHAPTER 6S-H. F. 9.
AN ACI TO provide Tor nXlnS ana eStaD-
fishing boundary lines Of land by civil
Be it enacted by the Legislature Of the
State of Minnesota:
any interest in land may bring an action in
the district court against the owner or
owners or persons interested in the adj
joining land to have the boundary lines
Sec. .. When the lines and boundaries
of two or more tracts of land depend upon
any common point line or land mark. the
owner or any person interested in any of
the owners or persons interested in the
other tracts to have all the boundaries
fixed and established.
court in any action brought for the pur-
poses aforesaid, that any owner, lien holder
or person interested in any of the tracts
involved ought, for full settlement ana
adjudication of all the questions involved,
to be made a party to the action, the court
shall stay proceedings in the action and
issue an order requiring such persons to
come in and plead in the action within
twenty days after service of the order,
which order shall be served upon the per-
sons named, in the same manner as is
provided for the service of q summons in
civil action. Any person so served may file
an answer within twenty days after such
service, and if he fail to file such answer,
shall be deemed in default. All pleadings
in the action, or copies thereof r, shall be
may also in its discretion in like manner
order the owners and persons interested
in other tracts than those originally in
yolved to appear and plead, in which case
the order shall describe such additional
tracts and state that the purpose of the
action is to establish the boundary lines
Of such tracts.
Sec. f. Actions brought under this act
shall be. governed by the rules governing
civil actions except as otherwise provided
in this act, but every allegation in every
answer shall be deemed in issue without
further pleading.
Sec. 5. The court in rendering judgment
shall locate and define the boundary lines
involved, by reference to some well known
permanent land marks, and in case 1T shall
be deemed best for the interest of the par
ties the court may, after the entry of iudg
ment, direct competent surveyor OF the
county where the land is situated to estab-
fish a permanent stone or iron land mark
in accordance with the judgment so entered
from which future surveys of the land the
boundary line or lines of which have been
established in such action shall be made.
ANY land marks so established shall have
distinctly cut or marked thereon the words
"Judicial Landmark" The said surveyor
shall report to the court after executing its
order and shall in such report accurately
describe the land mark erected by him and
define its location as nearly as practicable.
Sec. 6. The court shall make such order
respecting costs and disbursements in the
action as it shall deem Just.
Sec. T.. The court shall try and determine
any adverse claims in respect to any por-
ton Of the land involved which it may be
necessary to determine for a complete
settlement of the boundary lines involved.
Sec. s. This act shall take effect and be
in force from and after its passage.
Approved March ID. 1893.
CHAPTER 69-S. r. 95.
AN ACT to legalize certain conveyances
heretofore executed by married women.
Approved March II. 1893.
Legalizes. conveyancess by q wife as at
90 F0r !, ay,1 b
the year 1869.
CHAPTER 70-H. F. $50.
AN ACT to legalize conveyances made by
husband and wife by separate deed of
the same real estate. Approved April s,
1893.
This is a curative act for instruments