The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-03

organized under the laws of any other
state copy of the last annual report, II
any. made under any law of the state by
which such company was Incorporated,
and no agent shall be allowed to transact
business for any such company whose
reinsurance reserve as required in TINS
act is impaired to the extent of twenty
COD per cent thereof while such deficiency
shall continue. Nor shall 1t be lawful Tor
any agent or agents to act for any COM
pany or companies referred to in this act
directly or Indirectly in taking risks or
tanSacting the business OF burglary ana
robbery insurance or the lnSuflng OF the
safe shipping of money and securities by
registered mail in this state, without pro-
curing from the insurance commissioner
certificate of authority stating that SUCH
company has complied with all the requl-
sitions of this act which apply to such
companies, and as TO commands mes, ors ga n
there shall be added the name of the at
torney appointed to act for the company.
Sec. /. ANY company organized, admit
ted and licensed to transact business in
this state under this act shall conllne It's
line OF business to that stated IN the
first section of this act and shall conllne
its business in this state to banks. bank
ers, loan companies and county treaSur-
erS, and shall not issue any policy or poll
cieS to any persons. firm or corporations
in this state other than banks, bankers,
loan companies and county treaSurerS.
Every such company shall set aside re-
insurance reserve of fifty 600 per cent
of its premiums, whether collected IN
cash or represented by obligations OF the
policy holders, as written in its policies.
Sec. =. Policy holders of any company
organized and admitted TO transact busl-
ness in this state under this act shall De
held liable to pay the membership lee ana
premium on their insurance as paid, or
contracted to be paid. at the time the
policy is taken out, and shall not be held
liable for any other or further assess
mentS or claims ON the part of the COM
pany or its policy holders. The member
ship fee and premium agreed upon may
be collected in cash at the time the policy
is issued or evidenced by written obi
cation of the policy holder as may De
agreed upon by the company and the pol
Icy holder. Such payment or Qollsat ioL
shall be the limit OF the liability OF the
policy holder TO the company for premium
on their insurance.
Sec. Is. 1t shall not be lawful for any
insurance company, ASSOCIATION or part
nership Incorporated by or organized IN
der the laws of any other state OF the
United States for any of the purposes
specified in this act, directly or indirectly,
to take risks or 10 transact any business
of insurance in this state by any agent or
agents in this state until it shall first APP
point an attorney in this state, who snail
be the insurance commissioner, on whom
process of law can he served, ana 1le IN
the office OF the insurance commissioner
8 written instrument. duly signed ana
sealed certifying such appointment, ana
any process issued by any court or record
in this. state, and served upon such at
tOrney by the proper officer of the county
in which such attorney may reside or be
found shall be deemed sufficient SerV-
Ice OF the process upon SAID company;
but service of process upon SUCH company
may also be made in any other manner
provided by law.
Sec / The statement and evidences of
membership assets and investments re-
quired by section three 60 of this act
shall be renewed from year to year in
such manner and form as may be re-
quired by said insurance commissioner,
with an additional statement of the
amount of premiums received in this state
during the preceding year so long as such
commissioner, on being satisfied that the
membership. assets, securities ana invest
mentS remain secure. as here1nbefore
mentioned shall furnish a renewal of the
certificate as aforesaid.
Any violation of any of the provisions
of this act shall subject the party Vlo-
tlting the same to penalty of not less
than one hundred ($100.00) dollars or more
than five hundred (S500.00 dollars.
Sec. 6. All corporations organized under
this act shall be subject to all the laws
of this state regulating the taxation of
fire insurance companies.
Sec. 9. This act shall take effect and Dc
in force from and after its passage.
Approved April n, 1897.
CHAPTER 20S-S. F. NO. 619.
AN ACT to confirm and establish certain
public highways.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
State of minnesota
Section l. That any road within this
state, more than twenty miles in length,
and lying wholly within unorganized
townships which has been 7I in use =, as
more than one year next preced-
ing the time when this act shall
take effect, and which has been
heretofore surveyed by or under the di-
rection of the county surveyor, and the
record of such survey plated and record
ed in the book of county roads of the
county in which such road is situated,
and in the construction, Improvement or
repairing of such road more than ten
thousand dollars has been appropriated
nd q nj o
in which such road lies, is hereby declared
to be a public county road and highway,
and is confirmed and established as such,
whether the same has been lawfully laid
out, established and opened or not
All roads or highways established by
this act shall be subject to be altered or
vacated the same as other county roads
This act shall not affect any action or
proceeding now pending in any court of
this state.
See .. This act shall take effect from
and after its passage.
Approved April 81. 1897.
CHAPTER 2O9-S. F. NO. 257.
AN ACT entitled an act to legalize GER
tain interpretations of cemetery associ-
atoms.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
State of Minnesota:
Section l. That in all cases where there
has been heretofore an attempted incOr-
poration of a cemetery association under
the laws of this state, and the articles of
incorporation have been lost or destroyed
without having been properly recorded
and said cemetery association has pur-
chased property in its corporate name
and transacted all the business of a GEM
etery association from the time of the
purchase of such property and is now as
suming to act as such cemetery aSsocla-
ton and using the property so purchased
for a cemetery, such attempted incorpora-
ton of such cemetery association, under
the name assumed, in each and every such
case is hereby legaliZed and declared a
valid and effectual incorporation of such
cemetery association, under the name as
sumed, from and alter the time OF the eX-
ecutiOn of the deed to it of the property
so used by 1t as a cemetery, notWith-
I standing the omission of any matter or
thing prescribed to be done or observed
in such incorporation. And any and all
conveyanceS of property, real or personal,
in good faith and lawful form, made to or
by such cemetery association, under the
corporate name so assumed. and any reg
ulations, rules or bylaws by it adopted,
are hereby legalized and declared as valid
and effectual as if such cemetery associa-
ton had been in all things duly and le-
gally incorporated.
Sec , Any such cemetery association
shall, within one year after the passage
of this act, at a meeting of the owners
of the lots in such cemetery, ten days no.
tice of the time and place of such meeting
such cemetery association by posting
copies of such notice in at least three
public places in the town, city or village
in which said cemetery is situated. adopt
articles of incorporation as provided in
title five 90, chapter thirty-four GID of
the general statutes one thousand eight
hundred and ninety-fOur 0S9D, and the
certificate of such formation shall be ex-
ecuted by the president and secretary of
such cemetery association and recorded
in the office of the register of deeds of
the proper county.
Sec. 5. Nothing in this act contained
shall affect any action or proceeding now
Sec. 4. This act shall take effect and be-
I'm force from and after its passage.