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

CHAPTER S4-S. r. nv, LOO.
N ACT in relation to plats of additions,
or subdivisions thereof, to any town,
Village or city now on file in any regis
ter Of deeds Office in this state, or cop
les thereof so on fle, to legallze the
same as if properly made, executed, certl-
fled to and recorded; to provide for the
identification of the real estate covered
Thereby, and to give effect TO the same,
together with such identihca1on OF the
treal estate covered thereby as evidence.
se 1t enacted by the Legislature OF the
Estate of Minnesota:
tSection /. All plats, or purporting TO be,
Il additions or subdivisions thereof, to
nv town village or city in this state, or
b1ies thereof, now on file in any register
Ia deeds office in this state, which fall IN
nv respect to comply with the law in
Iorce at the time of their making, eXecu-
on certification or recording, with re-
ard to either the making, execution, GER
ication or recording thereof, or any or
IL of said matters, are hereby legallZed
md confirmed, to the same extent and
18th the same effect as if the same had
cen in all respects properly made, exc
dted, certified and filed.
q Sec. . In all cases where said plats or
opies, or any of them, fail to Identify or
how upon their face the tract of land
lowered or intended to be covered thereby,
he surveyors, or one of them, who laid
Tut or surveyed the same may, within
Inc year from the passage of this act
make and file in the registers office of the
roper county, a certificate duly executed
nd acknowledged by him, as deeds are
% be executed and acknowledged, where
i he shall set forth at length a full de-
.cTiption Of the real estate covered by the
lat so made by him; which certificate so
xecuted shall be filed and thereafter re-
hahn on file in said registers office, and
hall by said register be recorded at
angth in book to be by him provided
or that purpose entitled Book of Plat
Certificates And said register shall
h
hereof so filed in his Office, and referred
10 in such certificate, the fact of filing
iuch certificate, and the book and page
where the same is recorded And said
certificate. or the record thereof, shall to-
sether with such plat be prima facie evil
aence in all cases of the real estate COW
fred by said plat, to the same extent as
4 originally endorsed thereon. And said
register shall receive the same fees as
how by law provided, for filing and re-
kording such certificate, to be paid by the
berson offering the same for record.
Sec. 8. In all cases where the surveyor
above referred to shall have died, or his
blaze of abode be unknown, or be unable
for any reason. or refuse to make and ex-
.cute said certificate, the same may be so
made by any one or more of the proprie-
lorS who has signed any such plat; which
certificate, so made by such proprietor
.hall be sworn to by him as correct in all
respects, and shall thereupon, together
With such affidavit made thereon, be filed
ind recorded as above provided, with like
affect in all respects.
Sec. 4. In case the surveyor or proprie-
.or above referred to, for any reason fails
DR. neglects to certify to such plat as
above provided, or such certificate be not
recorded and filed within three months
after the passage of this act, it shall
.hereupon be lawful for any person being
he owner of or claiming any interest in
any lot or tract of land included in, de-
,cribed or intended to be described in or
covered by any such plat, to apply to the
district court of any county wherein said
olat is filed, at any general or special
term thereof, by petition in writing duly
verified as complaint in a civil action to
have established by the judgment of said
court the real estate covered or intended
to be covered by sail plat. Such petition
shall set forth the lot or tract claimed by
such petitioner, the name of the plat to be
corrected or affected. and full descrip-
lion of the real estate claimed to be GOV.