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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-03
CHAPTER 322-H. F. NO. GIT.

AN ACT to amend sections three @ and
eight 50 of chapter thirty-one CD OF
the general laws of the State of Min
nesota for the year 1893, relating TO
the practice of veterinary medicine,
surgery and dentistry.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
State of Minnesota:
Section 1. That section three C3) of
chapter thirty-one CID OF the general
laws of the State of Minnesota for the
year eighteen hundred and ninety-three
0S93) be and the same is hereby amended
so as to read as follows:
Sec. 3. The governor of the state shall
appoint board of examiners within thlr-
ty 600 days after the passage of this act.
said board to be known as the state
board of veterinary medical examiners.
This board shall consist of five 90
qualified veterinarians, each of whom
shall be graduates Of legally authorized
veterinary college or university, who shall
hold office for two CD years after such
appointment or until their successors are
appointed.
Sec. 2. That section eight 80 Of chap
ter thirty-one (3D Of the general laws
of the State Of Minnesota for the year
eighteen hundred and ninety-three 1S93),
be and the same is hereby amended so
as to read as follows:
Sec. s. All persons commencing the
practice of veterinary medicine, surgery
or dentistry in this state after the pas
sage of this act, shall be graduates of
legally authorized veterinary college
or university, and shall pass the exam
ination required by said state board of
veterinary examiners.
Sec. 8. All acts and parts of acts in
consistent with this act are hereby re-
pealed.
Sec 4. This act shall take effect and
be in force from and after. its passage.
Approved April %, 1891
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AN ACT defining vagrancy and fixing
punishment for the same.
be 1t enacted by the Legislature of the
State of Minnesota:
section 1. Any person, except blind and
other 1nflrm persons, who roam about
from place to place, begging or soliciting
aims, or who are living without labor, or
other visible means of support, and who
are commonly known as tramps and who
Will not work when offered employment
at reasonable and ordinary wages
shall be deemed Migrants; provided, that
whenever any such person shall prove
that he is out of employment and is hon
estly in search of employment it shall be
complete defense to any charge of va
grancy.
The act Of begging. or soliciting aims,
or rowing about from place to place, and
lodging in barns or other places not in
tended as place for lodging for human
beings, shall be prima facie evidence that
Such person is tramp or vagrant.
Sec. 2 Any person found guilty Of va
grancy, within the meaning of the pre-
ceding section, shall upon conviction
thereof be fined not more than one hun
dred QOO dollars, and in default in the
payment of said fine by Imprisonment
In the county Jail not to exceed ninety
900 days, and may be required to per-
form hard labor during such imprison-
ment, as now provided by law
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be
in force from and after it's passage,
Approved April %, 1897.
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CHAPTER 324-H. F. NO. SGT.

AN ACT to amend section one hundred
and fifty-eght Q5S) of chapter four a.
of the general laws of Minnesota for
eighteen hundred and ninety-three
of chapter one hundred and thirty
seven d3O of the general laws Of eigh-
teen hundred and ninety-five QS95), re-
lating to elections.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
State of Minnesota:
Section 1. That section one hundred
and ffty-eight Q5S) of chapter four az
of the general laws of Minnesota for
eighteen hundred and ninety-three Q893)
as amended by section five 90 of chapter
one hundred and thirty-seven G3O of the
hundred and ninety-five QS9O be and
the same is hereby amended so as to
read as follows:
Sec. 15S. AT all elections to be held
under this act each regular judge and
each clerk of election shall receive as
compensation for his services the sum of
twenty-five (25) cents per hour for each
hour he is necessarily employed for each
Of twenty-five (25) cents per hour for
services during voting hours on election
day, and thirty 900 cents per hour for
each hour necessarily engaged in count
ing ballots.
The ballot judges shall receive the
same compensation as the regular judges
of election during the time they are neces-
sarily employed as such ballot judges
Any special constable shall be paid the
sum of twenty (20) cents per hour for
such time as the judges shall require
his services, not exceeding twenty-four
(2D hours. his bill to be certified by the
judges
The compensation provided for in this
section as we'll as the expenses of pro-
viding ballot boxes and polling places
shall be borne by the several townships,
conducted, and the city and village coun-
Gil and town supervisors SHALL, in the
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CHAPTER 341-H. F. NO. 259.

AN ACT to provide for the enforcement
by assignees and receivers OF the la
bility of all stockholders. directors, trus.
tees and other experimenting officers OF
corporations for the benefit Of the cred
itorS thereof.
Be it enacted by the Legislature Of the
State of Minnesota:
Section l. Whenever any corporation
whose stockholders, or directors, trustees
or other experimenting officers shall
be liable to its creditors, on "a account cunt
have become insolvent and shall have
made an assignment Of it's property for
the benefit of it's creditors, or receiver
shall have been appointed for such
corporation, it shall be the duty Of
such receiver or assignee, if no action
by any creditors of such insolvent cor
stockholders, directors. trustees and OH
GERS of such corporation under the pro-
visions of chapter seventy-six O6) OF the
general statutes Of the State of Mime
sofa for the year eighteen hundred and
seventy-eight ISIS, within six months
from the date of such assignment or APP
pointment of such receiver, to forthwith
commence an action against such stock
holders, directors, trustees and Off
GERS of such corporation in his own name
as such assignee or receiver, to ENFORCE
all such liability; and such action shali
conform as nearly as. practicable to the
provisions of said chapter seVenty-slX
go, and he shall bring such action to the
Speediest possible termination W1thout
awaiting tlc Wlllolll5 uP VI AAAAS"A NAN
of the insolvent estate. The amount col
lected through such proceeding shall be,
as soon a possible, paid to the creditors
of such corporation; and if there shall
be any surplus property or money after 1,
the payment of all claims against sdio
insolvent estate duly allowed, and the nee
essary costs and expenses of such assignee
or receiver, then the same shall. after due
notice to all interested parties given by
such receiver or assignee in manner to
be prescribed by the court for maj
hearing and accounting of such assignee
or receiver. be turned over to such cor
poration. And the court may, in its dis
erection in said proceeding, upon applica-
ton Of any interested party or upon Its
own motion after due notice to all inter-
ested parties. make partition and dis,
tribution Of such surplus property ana
tied thereto, and said court shall make
and enter it's judgment OF part partition ana
Sec 2. All acts and parts Of acts neon
sistent with this act are hereby repealed.
Sec. 8. This act shall take effect and be
In force from and after it's passage.
Approved April %, 1897.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-03
CHAPTER 340-H. F. NO. s03.

AN ACT providing for deposits and Sc
curity for costs and for taxation OF
costs and Judgment for costs In Grim
inal and quasi criminal proceedings in
municipal courts.
Be it enacted by the Legislature or the
State Of Minnesota:
Section 1. That the Judge or judges OF
any municipal court in the State of Min
nesota may provide by rule that the COM
plainant or any party applying for
warrant for the arrest of any person for
the violation of any law or ordinance,
shall. by deposit of money with the clerk
of the court in which the proceeding is
pending or about to be commenced, give
security for costs in such sum not ex-
ceeding five G) dollars as may, be des1g,
mated by rule before any complaint snail
be drawn or warrant issued.
Sec. 2. Any municipal court may, dur
ing the tendency of any prosecution, re-
curity for costs as to the court seems
proper, and for default in the giving or
such security. when ordered. the court
may dismiss the case.
Sec. 3. And in any case in any munich
pal court in this state wherein the de-
PENDANT is discharged or acquitted, the
trial judge may, If it appear to him that
the complaint was willful or malicious or
without probable cause, order the costs
of the case taxed against the complainant
and judgment entered against complain
ant therefor, and said Judgment shall be
enforced in the same manner as judg-
ments in civil cases; provided, that the
deposit, if any there be, shall be applied
in payment of the costs or Judgment
without execution issuing. The balance
of any deposit remaining after satisfying
the costs or judgment shall be returned
to complainant
Sec L. Unless the trial judge shall or
der the costs of the case taxed against
complainant and Judgment entered against
him therefor, the deposit made in any
case shall be returned to the complainant.
Sec. 5. Provided, however, that the pro
visions of this act shall not apply in
cases where warrants are issued upon
written order of a city, village or county
attorney.
effect from and after the date of its pas
sage.
Approved April %. 1897 ..-..
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CHAPTER 32O-H. F. NO. 80.

AN ACT relating to work upon public
highways and defining the duties of
township officers and overSeers of high
ways in certain cases.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
State of Minnesota:
Section 1. Whenever majority of the
voters of such township at any annual
town meeting, or at any special town
direct it shall be the duty of the board
of supervisors to employ a competent
surveyor or civil engineer to superintend
the grading of the public highways in
said town. In case the said board shall
deem it for the best interests of said
town to employ surveyor or civil en-
gineer, other than the county surveyor
OF the county in which such township is
situate, the said county surveyor shall,
upon request of said board, appoint the
person so employed deputy county sur
veyor, but the said county surveyor shall
in no way become responsible for the acts
of any such deputy nor shall the person
so appointed act as such deputy. except in
the township so requesting his appoint
ment, nor except in relation to the public
highways of such township
Sec. 2. 1t shall be the duty Of such sur
yeyor or civil engineer, under the direc-
ton Of such board of supervisors, to es-
tablish levels and grades for the highways
of such township, or for such Of said
highways as the said board may direct
which levels and grades and excavations
made in the construction of such grades
shall be established with a view to the
most efficient and practicable drainage Of
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-03
CHAPTER BAH. F. NO. S33.

AN ACT to provide for the examination
and record Of certain deeds Of real estate
without payment of the taxes and as
seSSmentS thereon.
Be 1T enacted by the Legislature of the
State of Minnesota:
Section 1. 1t shall be the duty of every
county attorney of this state to examine
claim any lot. tract, parcel or piece Of
real estate lying within the corporate
limits of any city or village in his respec-
tive county, the record title to which APP
pears in two (2) or more persons, upon
the presentation to him Of such deed ac-
the property described therein, and If he
finds that such a deed is given, in his
opinion, for the purpose of correcting a
defect in the title to said real estate, or
on account of some technical error in a
previous conveyance of said real estate,
vided, that it shall not be his duty to eX-
anime. any deed as above provided until
he be rendered for so doing the sum Of
five dollars $50.
Sec. 2. 1t shall be the duty of the reg
lister of deeds of the county in which lies
the real estate described in any deed bear
ing the certificate of the county attorney
to record such deed in the manner di-
rected by law for the record of convey
anceS of real estate and subject TO the
provisions for and regulations OF the re-
cording of cOnveyances of real estate.
except that such deed shall be duly re-
paid taxes or assessments upon the real
estate described in such deed or a part
thereof.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and bs
in force from and after its passage.
Approved April %, 1897.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-03
CHAPTER ss4-H. F. NO. 500.

AN ACT to provide for the service Of no
tlce OF sale upon religious corporations
In mortgage foreclosures by advertise
ment and to legalize such service in
former cases.
BE it enacted by the Legislature Of the
State of Minnesota:
Section l. That in all cases of mortgage
foreclosure by advertisement when the
notice OF sale provided by law is to be
served upon any church or religious COR
poration, by reason of such church Or re-
lg1ous corporate n or the members there
or holding their usual meetings in a
church edifice or building situated upon
the real estate described in said notice
of sale, the service upon any officer or
member of the board of trustees of such
church or religious corporation shall be a
sufficient, valid and legal service of such
notice.
Sec. 2. That service of all such notices
heretofore made in the manner provided
IN section one Cd of this act shall be held
to be legal service of such notice; pro-
V1ded, that this act shall not apply to
actions now pending in which the validity
OF any such service is in controversy.
Sec 8. This act shall take effect and be
In force from and after it's passage.
Approved April %, 1897.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-03
CHAPTER 947-H. F. NO. %.

AN ACT to amend chapter eighty-nine
800 of the general laws of Minnesota
for the year eighteen hundred and sew
enty-SiX QSi6), as amended by chap
ter four az of the general laws of eigh-
teen hundred and seventy-eight QS7S),
chapter eighty-siX 1850 of the general
laws of eighteen hundred and eighty
five QSS5). and to repeal section four
teen Q4 of said chapter eighty-nine
500 of the general laws of eighteen hun
dred and seventy-six dS76), relating to
liens upon logs and lumber.
Be 1t enacted by the Legislature of the
State of Minnesota:
Section 1. That chapter eighty-nine (s9)
of the general laws of Minnesota for
entitled IAN act for providing for lien
for labor upon logs and timber" as
amended by chapter four 90 of the gen.
eral laws of eighteen hundred and sew
enty-eight GSTS), chapter eighty-six 1851
of the general laws of eighteen hundred
and eighty-five QSS5), be and the same
hereby is amended in the following par
ticularS.
Sec. 2. That section one "a of said
chapter eighty-nine $50 of said laws of
eighteen hundred and seventy-siX QS76),
as amended by the acts aforesaid be, and
the same hereby is amended so as to read
as follows:
Section 1. Any person who shall do or
perform any labor or services in cutting.
Telling, hauling, driving, rafting, boom
ing. cribbing, or towing any logs, rail-
road cross ties, telegraph or telephone
poles, piling or timber of any kind in
this state, shall have a lien upon such
logs, railroad cross ties telegraph or tele-
phone poles, piling or timber, as against
the owner thereof and all other persons
except the State of Minnesota, for the
amount due for such services, and the
same shall take precedence of all other
claims thereon; and any verbal or writ
ten agreement, expressed or implied.
made by or between any person or per-
sons, or chartered company or COM
panies, designed to act as waiver of any
right under this act, or any portion there
of, shall be wholly void unless such waiver
be witnessed by two witnesses and ac-
to take Acknowledgements.
The lien herein created shall not attach
as against the claim Of the owner or legal
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-03
CHAPTER sSSS-H. F. NO. e1s.

AN ACT proposing an amendment to ar
ticle nine CO. of the constitution Of the
State of Minnesota establishing the
state road and bridge fund, and provid-
ing for the appointment of state high
way commission and prescribing it's du-
ties.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
State of Minnesota:
Section 1. The following amendment to
article nine CO. of the constitution of the
State of Minnesota, to be known as Sec
ton sixteen (16) thereof. is hereby pro-
posed to the electors of the State Of Min
nesota for their approval or rejection, to-
wit:
For the purpose of lending aid in the
construction and Improvement OF public
highways and bridges, mere IS nereoy
read and bridge fund" Said fund shall
include all moneys accru1ng from the in
come derived from Investments In the in
ternal improvement land fund, or that
may hereafter accrue to said fund.- and
shall also include all funds accruing to
any state road and bridge fund, however
provided.
The legislature is authorized to add to
such fund for the purpose of constructing
or improving roads and bridges of this
state by providing, In its discretion, for
an annual tax levy upon the property OF
this state of not to exceed in any year
one-t twentieth Q-2O of one % mill on all
the taxable property, within the state.
The Legislature is also authorized to pro-
V1ue LOT THO dppOlulllSHl Wy ldC 5oNSlAiO
of the state, of a board to be known as
the estate highway commission" consist
ing of three % n emberS, who shall per-
form such duties as shall be prescribed by
law without salary or compensation other
than personal Expenses.
Such commission shall have general SUI
perintendence of the construction of state
roads and bridges and shall use such fund
in the construction thereof and distribute
the same in the several counties in the
state upon an equitable basis. Provided,
further, that no county shall receive in
any year more than three (3) per cent or
less than one-half G2) of one "a per cent
of the total fund thus provided and cX-
pended during such year; and provided
further, that no more than one-third ca
of such fund accruing in any year shall
be expended for bridges. and in no case
shall more than one-third G0 Of the cost
of constructing or improving any road or
bridge be paid by the state from such
fund.
Sec 2. The above proposed amendment
shall be submitted to the people of the
state for their approval or rejection at the
general election to be held in the year
1898, and the returns of the vote cast
shall be made and canvaSSed as the vote
on constitutional amendments is returned
and canvassed and proclamation made;
and if majority of the voters present
and voting at any such general election
shall vote in favor Of such bill, it shall
take effect and be in force as soon as
proclamation is SO made by the governor.
The returns OF the vote cast at any spe-
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CHAPTER 336-H. F. NO. %.


AN ACT providing for the giving and en-
forcing of a lien for labor and services
performed upon logs and timber cut in
other states and transported into the
State of Minnesota.
Be it enacted by the legislature of the
State of Minnesota:
Section 1. That in all cases where logs,
railroad cross ties, telegraph or telephone
poles, Piling, or other timber, have been
cut in another state, or other states and
lowed, RATED, or transported into the
state OF Minnesota for manufacture or
use, and have become subject to the juris-
dlction Of said State of Minnesota, any
person, or persons, company. or corpora
ton, who shall have performed labor or
services upon such logs, railroad cross
ties, telegraph or telephone poles, piling
or timber in the state states where said
logs, railroad cross ties, telegraph or tele-
phone poles, piling, or timber, were cut,
or in transporting the same into the State
OF Minnesota, for which services he or
they would have been entitled to a lien
upon such logs or timber if such labor or
services had been performed in the State
of Minnesota, shall have a lien upon such
logs, railroad cross ties, telegraph or tele-
phone poles, piling, or timber to the same
extent and with the same effect that such
person or persons, company or corpora
ton, would have been entitled to such
lien if such labor or services had been
perf0'med in this state.
Sec. z Any person, or persons, COM
pany, or corporation, entitled to a lien
under the provisions of this act shall file
a statement of such lien claim with the
surveyor general of the district in which
the logs railroad cross ties, telegraph or
telephone poles, pilng, or timber upon
which he has performed labor or serv-
vices are located at the time of such
filing, which said statement shall be of
the nature and according to the pro-
visions of said chapter eighty-nine $50 Of
the laws of Minnesota for eighteen hum
dred and seventy-siX QS76), and the acts
amendatory thereof, except that in all
cases such statement shall be so filed
within thirty go days after the COM
pletion or last day of such labor or serv-
ices
Sec. 3. Any lien filed under and pur-
suant to the provisions of this act may
be enforced in the courts of this state in
the manner and according to the pro-
visions of said chapter eighty-nine $500
of the general laws of eighteen hundred
and seventy-six QS76) and the acts
amendatory thereof.
Sec. 4. This act shall take effect and be
in force from and after it's passage.
Approved April 49, 1897.
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ter one hundred and sixty-eight Q6s) of
the general laws Of eighteen hundred and
eighty-seven QSSO, entitled An act to
provide for the establishment of perma,,
nent funds for the care, maintenance and
Improvement OF cemeteries be and the
same is hereby amended to read as fol-
lows:
Section l.. That any association formed
under the provisions Of title five 20 OF
chapter thirty-four (34) of the general
statutes A. D. one thousand eight hun,
dred and seventy-eight QS7S, which shall
have established and shall be maintaining
a cemetery of more than twenty co
acres in extent. may, by a. two-thirds
"a vote Of the trustees Of such associa-
ton, which vote may be taken at any reg
uar meeting Of such trustees, provide(d),
in accordance with the terms of this act,
for the establishment Of permanent
fund. the income whereof shall be de-
voted to the care, maintenance and i'm
provement Of such cemetery, which fund
shall be known as permanent care and
Improvement fund.- of such cemetery as
ISOLATION.
Sec g This act shall take effect and be
in force from and after it's passage.
Approved April %, 1897.
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CHAPTER 3a1-H. F. NO. GIT.

AN ACT to 1egalize real estate mortgage
foreclosures in certain cases.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
State of Minnesota:
Section 1. That no mortgage foreclosure
upon real estate situated in this state,
heretofore made, and the statutory time
for redemption from which has expired,
shall be invalidated or set aside by reason
Of the fact thaD the publisher of the
newspaper in which the notice of foreclos-
ure sale was published as prescribed by
law had not prior to The commencement
Of such publication filed with the county
auditor of the proper county the affidavit
prescribed by section 2 of chapter 80 of
the laws of Minnesota for the year 1898,
if such newspaper was in fact, at and
during the time of such publication, a
legal newspaper within the provisions of
said chapter 80 as amended by chapter
121 of the laws of Minnesota for the year
1895, unless proceedings to invalidate or
set aside the same are instituted within
one year from the date of the passage Of
this act; provided. however. that nothing
herein contained shall affect pending liti-
cation for the purpose of setting aside
any foreclosure heretofore made.
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be
in force from and after it's passage.
Approved April %, 1897.