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

whenever, pursuant to the provisions Of
this act, its said right and privileges shall
Sec. a. 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
court Of competent jurisdiction; and it. is
hereby made the duty of the secretary of
state Immediately after October first qst)
and as often thereafter as he may be adj
vised that corpora tions are doing bust
ness in contravention of this act to report
such fact to the county attorney of the
poratton Is located, and the county attor-
ney shall, as soon thereafter as practical
ble, institute proceedings to recover the
fine shall be paid into the state treasury;
and no corporation which shall fail to
comply with the provisions Of this act
legal = or Suitable, in any Of ' the courts
of this state upon any demand. whether
arising out of contract or tort: pro-
vided, that nothing in this act shall
any such corporation from fully com
plying with any of the provisions Of
the existing laws of this state; and pro
vided, further, that the provisions Of this
gagged In an exclusively manufacturing
business in this state; nor to drummers
or travelling statesmen soliciting business
entirely nonresident; nor. to any corpo:.
ration engaged only in the business of
loantng money or investing. in securiti ties
in this state, including all business Incl.
the handling of such real estate and other
property as may be taken by foreclosure
or otherwise in liquidation Of such loans
or securities; and provided further that
none Of the provisions of this act shall
apply to or in any manner effect corpora
tions which may be organized for the
stock, cultivating and improving farms,
garden or horticultural lands, growing
sugar beets, or any corporation founded
for the purpose of canning fruits or ,yege.
apply to any foreign corporation hereto
fore duly licensed or authorized to trans
act business in this state and which has
heretofore paid to the state treasurer
unestic 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
by water ., i
Sec. s. That chapter 1892 of the General
year 1895. entitled. "An act to provide for
the appointment by corporations created
or organized under the laws of another
state of agents to receive service of sum-
1noHs, W atu "le >aliDe 10 iAoAoDS
Sec. 6. This act shall take effect and be
in force from and after July LIST, $780,
Approved March 18th, 1899.
CHAPTER 70 IS. F. NO. 227.
AN ACT to amend chapter three hundred
1857, being an act entitled, IAN act to
authorize the district courts of this state
to hold adjourned or special terms of
court in cities or villages outside 20! Of
countless" so that when amended the
title thereof and act shall read as fol-
lows:
Of this state to hold adjourned or special
terms of court in any place fixed by the
court outside of the county seats of the
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
State of Minnesota:
seetGn In aadt fSe to t the
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
counties for the purpose Of granting
ma naturalization papers.
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be
IN A lSs et1 March a'eh 2 aets, 1885, S
CHAPTER It's. F. NO. s5e.
AN ACT to authorize. the common
council Or other governing body Of
municipalities to.reduce, and rebate as
sessrnents for local improvements in
counties where the provisions Of chap
ter. two hundred and ninety. $3.50 of the
General Laws Of eighteen hundred and
ninety-seven qs9D have been made APP
ton therein provided for, in cases where
such assessments have. not been in
cluded in any judgment entered pursu-
ant to said chapter. 49,
Re If onantpi nv the I,hpjSI9f1ra 0f the
State of Minnesota: ',+.
Section l.. The common council or other
governing body of any municipality in
any county in the state, in which the
shall have declared by resolution adopted
at some regular or special meeting, held
on or before the first Gs9 day Of o1 Az,
QS9O, that taxes existing and delinquent
on the first Qs) Monday: of January,
eighteen hundred and ninety-seven (1S97),
enforcement of which was barred by the
statute of limitations at the time of the
passage of such resolution of such board
OF COUNTY ~ @ i tx SscSe aa the
the assessed valuation of real property
in such county for the year eighteen hum
dred and ninety-six Qs96), is hereby. au-
tlporized and empowered to reduce and re-
bate any assessment for local improve
ments not included in any Judgment en-
tered pursuant to chapter two hundred
and ninety $500 of the General Laws Of
and ninety7seven Qs9D, where, in. the
discretion of such common council or
other governing body, such. reduction or
ity, and the amount of such reduction or
rebate shall be in the discretion of said
common council or other. governing body.
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be
Approved March Goth, 1899. IT,.
CHAPTER 72-s. F. NO. 81. -
AN ACT to amend section 235 Of the
Penal Code of the State of Minnesota
relating to the crime of rape, the same
being section 1928 of the Statutes of
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
read as follows: ~ ~ --.
Section 235 Rape is an act Of sexual
intercourse with. a female not the wife
her will or without her consent. A per-
son perpatrating such an act of sexual
intercourse with a female of the age of
sixteen years or upwards, not his wife
F'irst-When Through idiocy, imbecility,
or any unsoundness of mind, either tenn
porary or permanent, she is incapable of
giving consent; or -.# = ! .1ss, 8;
Second-When her resistance is 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 imtoxica ting, narcotic or
anaesthetic agent administered by or
with the privity of the defendant; or
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.
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be
in force from and after it's passage pro-
vided the provisions of this act shall not
apply to offenses committed before this
act takes effect, and as to all such