The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-04-29

of state and by the payment of like fees
this act, its said right and privileges shall

whenever, pursuant to the provisions OF
this act, its said right and privileges shall
have expired. sea 20
Sec. 4. Every, corporation for pecuniary
profit organized in any other state, terri
tory or country now, doing business in or
which may hereafter do business in. this
state. which shall neglect or fail to com
ply with the conditions of this act shall
be subject to a fine of one Thousand
($1OOO) dollars to be recovered before any
court of competent jurisdiction; and it is
hereby made the duty of the secretary OF
state Immediately after October first Cst)
eighteen hundred and ninety-nine 1S99),
and as often thereafter as he may be ad.
vised that corporations are doing bust.
ness in contravention of this act to report
such fact to the county attorney of the
county in which the business of such cor
poration Is located, and the county attor.
ney shall, as soon thereafter as practica.
ble institute proceedings to recover the
fine hereinbefore provided for, which
and no corporation which shall fail to
comply with the provisions of this act
can maintain any suit Or action, either
of this state upon any demand. whether
arising out of contract or tort; pro-
vided, that nothing in this act shall
sac from fu
plying. with any Of the provisions of
the existing laws Of this state; and pro
vided, further, that the provisions of this
act shall not apply to corporations en-
gagged in an exclusively manufacturing
business in this state; nor to- drunmers
or travelling statesmen soliciting business
In this state for corporations which are
entirely nonresident; nor to any corpo-
ration engaged only in the business of
loaning money or investing in securities
IN this state, including all business Incl,
the handling Of such real estate and other
property as may he taken by foreclosure
or otherwise in liquidation Of such loans
none Of the provisions of this act shall
apply to or in any manner effect corpora
lions which may be organized for the
purpose of raising and improving live
stock, cultiyating and improving farms,
garden or horticultural lands, growing
sugar beets, or any corporation founded
tables Provided, that this act shall not
apply to any foreign corporation hereto
fore duly licensed or authorized to trans
heretofore paid to the state treasurer
the fees on capital stock required of do
nrestic corporations under sections 1891.
Of the compiled statutes, of 1894, or any
CORPORATION whose sole business in this
state is the transportation Of freight or
passengers or both freight and passengers
Sec. 5. That chapter 332 of the General
Laws of the State of Minnesota for the
year 1895. entitled. "An act to provide for
the appointment, by corporations created
state Of agents to receive service of sum-
MONS" be and the same IS hereby re-
Sec. 6. This act shall take effect and be
in force from and after july list, 1879.
Approved March 18th, 1899.
CHAPTER 70 S. F. NO. 227.
and sixty-one (36D, General Laws of
1897 being an act entitled, can act to
authorize the district courts Of this state
court in cities or villages outside of
the county seats of the respective
countless so that when amended the
title thereof and act shall read as fol-
AN act to authorize the district courts
Of this state to hold adjourned or special
terms of court in any place fixed by the
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
State of Minnesota:
heretofore conferred, the district courts
of respective judicial districts in this
state are authorized to hold adjourned
or special terms of such courts in the
respective counties in which the, same
may be held in any place fixed by the
court outside of the county seats of such
counties for the purpose of. granting
Sec. 2 This act shall take effect and be
Approved March goth, 1899. Il
CHAPTER It's. F. NO. s5e.
AN ACT to authorize. the common
COuQCll or OCH6I.- BOVGIluIS OOuy VI
municipalities to reduce, and rebate as
sessments for local improvements in
counties where the provisions of chap
en eG aWs Of eng eiehteen ly h 11 and
ninety-seven QS9O have been made ap-
plica;ble by the adoption of the resolu-
ton therein provided for, in cases where
such assessments have. not been in
cluded in any judgment entered pursu-
ant to said chapter.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
MOI If INN
Section 1. The common council or other
governing body of any municipality in
any county in the state, in which the
at some regular or special meeting, held
on or before the first QsD day of AL
gust, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven
on the first QsD Monday: of January,
eighteen hundred and ninety-seven Q890,
and prior years, excepting such taxes,
statute of limitations at the. time Of the
passage of such resolution of such board
of. county commissioners), exceeds the
sum of thirty (3o) mills on the dollar OF
in such county for the year eighteen hum
dred and ninety-six 1886, is hereby au-
thorized and empowered to reduce and re-
ments not included in any Judgment en-.
tered pursuant to chapter two hundred
and ninety $3.50 of the General Laws of
and ninety7seven (1s9D, where, in. the
discretion of such common council or
other governing body such reduction or
rebate is to the interest of such municipal
ity, and the amount of such reduction or
rebate shall be in the discretion of said
common council or other governing body.
in force from and after it's passage.
Approved March goth, 1899.
CHAPTER 72-S. F. NO. 81. -.
section
Penal Code of the State of Minnesota
relating to the crime OF rape, the same
being section 1928 of the the Statutes OF
Minnesota of the year 1894
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
State of Minnesota:
Section 1. That section 235 of the Penal
Code of the State Of Minnesota relating to
the crime of rape, be amended so as tc
read as follows: ~. .' .
Section 235. Rape is an act of sexual
intercourse with female not the wife
of the perpetrator, committed against
her will or without her consent. A per.
son perpetrating such an act of sexual
intercourse with a female of the age OF
First-When through idiocy, imbecility
or any unsoundness of mind, either tenn.
porary or permanent, she is incapable OF
giving consent; or $500 -Ee.' =.
Second-When her resistance ds forcibly
Third-When her resistance is prevented
by fear Of immediate and great bodily
harm which she has reasonable cause
to believe will be inflicted upon her; or
Fourth-When her resistance is pre-
vented by stupor or by weakness of mind
produced by an intoxica ting, narcotic OF
anaesthetic agent administered by OF
with the privity of the defendant; OF
Fifth-When she is at the time uncon.
scious of the nature of the act, and this
IS known to the defendant, is punishable
by Imprisonment in the state prison for
not less than five nor more than thirty
years. ..
500 This act shall do Le effect md he
in force from and after it's passage. pro
vfded the provisions of this act shall not
apply to offenses committed before this
act takes effect. and as to all such