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


Minnesota for the purposes of this act;
But no person who shall have been absent
from the State of Minnesota for more
than one % year continuously shall be
deemed to have residence for the pur-
poses of this act in the State of Minnesota
unless it shall be shown that he has not
in the meantime gained RESIDENCE in
any other state or country.
Provided. that If any person shall have
been an inmate of any public or private
hospital or charitable institution or of any
alnshouse jail, prison, or other public
institution, maintained from the public
treasury, during any part of said year,
the time spent in such institution shall not
be reckoned in determining the question
of legal residence: and
Provided further that if such person
shall have received poor relief from the
pality of this state, no month during
which the said person has received such
relief shall be reckoned in determining
the question of legal residenc,
And provided, further, that the fact
of having been maintained in any public
institution or having received relief
self create a presumption for the con
tinuance of such public relief to any per-
son who shall not have gained legal res
idence within the state.
Sec. 2. Residence in Counties, Cities
Villages and Towns-Every person who
shall have resided within the boundaries
Of the State of Minnesota for more than
one Cd year continuously but shall not
have resided within the boundaries of any
county for one % year continuously shall
have a legal residence. for the purposes
of this act, in that county wherein he has
resided for the longest period of time
within the preceding year; and every per-
son who shall have legal residence in
any county in the State of Minnesota but
shall not have resided within the bound
aries of any town, city or village therein
for one year continuously, shall have a
legal residence for the purposes of this
act in that town, city or village wherein
he shall have resided for the longest
period of time within the year precedinS;.
Provided, that if any such person shall
have been an inmate of any public or pri-
vate hospital, or charitable institution or
of any almshouse jail. prison. or other
public institution. maintained from the
public treasury during any part of the
said year, the time spent in such public
institution shall not be reckoned in de-
termining the question of legal residence;
And provided, further. that if such per-
son shall have received poor relief from
the public treasury of any county or
municipality in this state, no month dur
ing which the said person shall have re-
ceived such relief shall be reckoned in
determining the question of legal resi-
dence;
And provided, further. that the fact of
having been maintained in any public in
stitution, or having received relief from
the public treasury, shall not of itself
create presumption for the continuance
of such public relief to any person who
shall not have gained a legal residence
Sec. g. Admission to State institutions
No person who has not gained a legal res
idence in the State of Minnesota shall be
admitted to either of the hospitals for in
sane, the school for the deaf, the school
for the blind, the school for the feeble
minded the state public school or the
state soldiers home.
Provided that the state board of cor
rectons and charities may authorize the
reception OF such nonresident person into
such institutions in cases where the legal
residence cannot be ascertained, or where
the peculiar circumstances of the case
constitute, in their judgment, a sufficient
reason for the suspension OF this rule
for Admission to State Institutions
Whenever application shall be made to
any probate judge for the admission of
any person to either of the state hos
pitals to the state public school, or
whenever application shall be made to the
secretary of the state soldiers home, or
to the superintendent of the school for the
deaf, the school for the blind, or the
school for the predetermined. for the adj
mission of any person to either of said
institutions, it shall be the duty of said
judge of probate, secretary, or said super
intendent to require answers to be made
and duly verified to the following ques-
tons:
l. Where was the person born?
2. When did he become a resident
of the State of Minnesota?
8 -, When hen did he become a resident
4. If not legal resident, on what
ground is the application based?
Sec s. Notification to the State Board
of Corrections and Charities-If the said
Judge of probate, secretary or superin-
tendent shall find that the said person
whose commitment to the said institution
is requested has not legal residence
within the State of Minnesota, or if the
question of his legal residence is in doubt, |
it shall be his duty, without delay, to
notify the state board of corrections and
recommends that such person shall be re-
ceived into said institution notwithstand- |
ing that he has not gained a legal resi- |
dence. it shall be his duty to give the rea-
sons for such recommendation.
Sec. 6. Investigation by the State Board |
of Corrections and Charities-It shall be
the duty of the state board of corrections
and charities, either by a com
by it's secretary, or by such |
agent as it may Designate to investigate |
persons as shall be reported to the said
state board Of corrections and charities |
as aforesaid. and such committee. secre- |
tarv or agent shall have authority to |
minister oaths or affirmatio rs in conduct |
ing such Investigations.
Sec. Z Non-resident Paupers to be Re |
turned to Their Homes-If upon investiga- |
ton, the said board, or their agent, shall |
find that the said person is not a legal |
resident of the State of Minnesota. but |
or country, they may return said person, |
or cause him to be returned to that state |
or country where he has legal residence, |
or to that state or country from where he |
came to the State of Minnesota, and the |
actual necessary expense of returning |
such person shall be paid from the state |
trea sury.
Sec s. Nonresident Paupers in County |
Poorhouses-W Whenever any overseer of |
any county poorhouse or any county COM |
missioner shall find in any poorhouse, |
hospital, or other public charitable insti- |
tuition, any pauper who is believed to have |
no legal residence in the State of Mime |
sofa, and to have a legal residence in |
some other state or country, 1t shall be the |
duty of the said officer to notify the state |
board of corrections and charities, and it !
shall be the duty of the said state board |
of corrections and charities by it's COM
Section sS 1 to f as Pe oes
ton of the legal residence of such person, |
and if they shall find that the said per-
Minnesota but has legal residence in |
some other state or country, they may |
return, or cause the return of said pauper |
to that state or country where he has a |
legal residence, and the actual necessary |
expense of returning such pauper shall be |
paid from the state treasury; but if for |
any reason the said state board of correc- !
lions and charities shall deem it imDrac- |
ticabl to return such pauper to his legal |
residence outside Of the State of Mime |
sofa, they shall certify that fact in writ !
be a charge upon that county, or that
town, city, or village in the State of Min |
nesota in which he has resided longest |
during the year next preceding.
Sec. 8. Paupers Having a Legal Resi- |
denee in Another County-Whenever any |
poor person shall have been sent from
one county to another county within the !
State of Minnesota, in accordance with |
the provisions of section fourteen 14) of |
chapter fifteen 15) Of the general stat
utes of eighteen hundred and seventy
eight Q87S, or shall have been sent to
any town, city, or village in accordance
with the provisions of section five 60 of