The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-04-29
ninety-f four ass4), relating to the elect

i've officers of cities. - 5.lg1 81.
State Of Minnesota !. -"
Section /: That section one thousand
and fifty Q05O Of the General Statutes of
four l1s941 be and the same is hereby
amended SO as to read as follows:
Section 1880 The elective officers Of each
and as many justices Of the peace as
there may be wards in the said city, who
shall be styled city justices, and who
in may yhe m the Of o isd at any g p o wa
shall be qualified voters Of the city, and
Swo aldermen in each ward, who shall
oces for Said eity shah be- Appointed f By
provided. At the first u general election
for city officers there shall be elected in
each ward two aldermen, one for one
year and one for two, years; at every
annual election thereafter one alderman
shall be elected from each ward, who
until his successor is elected and qualified.
The city justices shall hold their offices
for two years, and until their successors
i've officers shall hold their offices for: one
year., and until their. successors are
elected and. qualified. :;
In force from and after it's passage.
Approved March 18th. 1859. J..
CHAPTER as. F. NO. 81.
AN ACT to amend sections two. six
General Laws Of the State Of Minnie
sofa of eighteen hundred and ninety
three 1888, entitled. An act relat-
pose of securing homes for orphans or
abandoned; neglected or grossly ILL
treated children. by adoption or other
wise and providing T pn for dae fo
thousand nine hundred and th1rty-three
(2933y two thousand nine hundred and
@ 9 @a haa fTH sss oi
the Statutes of Minnesota of eighteen
hundreds and ninety-four Qs94).
Bs!it enacted by the Legislature OF the
State Of Minnesota:
Section I. That section two Of chap
ter seventeen of the General Laws of
Minnesota for 1893 be amended so as to
Section 2 That such society shall have
the power to receive into it's hands and
under its control, and may become the
legal guardian Of any child under ten
years of age Of the state; who is grossly
ill-treated by any person or persons or
s5ercsng contro oyer IT. or WhS shall
home, or is surrounded by bad or i'm
moral influences, or whose living parent
9r the by Tr 1T The sah
society, and such society Is hereby au-
thorized and empowered to consent
Through hn4 n its duly authorized agent IN me M
and whenever it is by law permitted to
the parent or guardian of a minor child,
to consent to the adoption of such child
in the court, under the laws and in the
manner provided for the adoption Of
children. That such society shah have
the power and authority to enter into to
children, but not legally adopting them.
as soon as possible after the period of
ninety dogs trial, upon which the child
and this contract shall provide for the
proper care of the child until the age OF
sixteen years in the case Of a girl, and
specify the amount, to be paid to the
ward at the expira ton of the period Of
thee contract, provided that in no case
of a sectarian or political mature regard
ing, the care. custody or education Of
Sec. 2. That section six CO. of chapter
seventeen 90 of the General Laws Of
Minnesota of eighteen hundred and nine
ty-three QS90 be amended so as to read
Section 6. Whenever complaint or
petition in writing of two of the com
missioners of county, or two Of the
of any Incorporated village or town
shall be made to the judge of pro-
nnor of cb any county, Satng tht
are, in their opinion, dependent upon the
doned or hv9 n been NJ
of want suffering, or are in peril Of
treatmemt or by the habitua i'i int e pe
ance or grave misconduct of parents or
guardians, it shall thereupon be the duty
the facts in, such cases and ascertain
whether such child or children are de-
pendent, neglected, abandoned or i'll
sible,. the whereabouts of the parents or
guardian, whether the condition and
treatment of said children and general
life, health or morality in consequence of
conduct, or habitual intemperance Of
their parents or guardians.
find he shall enter such finding in the
records of his court, and may in his dis
superintendent of such society certify
and direct that such child or children
shall be turned over to the care and GUS
tedy Of said society, for the purpose Of
Seventeen aforesaid, ana and shall 81 'ie order
as soon as It can cenyenie Ter YEA do4 9e
by said society, and shall deliver to said
society a, certified copy of such order,
which order shall contain, besides such
as ascertained, as to the age of the child,
name, nationality, residence and occupa-
94 bs Of h noP sntsog e aeS Of dr as the
parents Of said child shall be released
from all parental duties towards, and re-
sponsibility, for such child, and shall
child, except as follows: ~
Whenever one or both Of the parents of
any ward of such society committed to
its care by any probate court, have be-
come able to support such child and edu-
e ets by the h board i Of sa 6 pe
restored to the parent or parents making
the application therefor, in which case
the sutableness Is Of the home Of such
investigation, and the action of such So
ciety shall be subject to the review of
committed CON Subject also to e an ina app wa
from the decision of such probate court
to the district court as in other cases.
rhat in case any parent or. other person
refuse to surrender said child to said So
cietyoor its agent, said judge of probate
Is hereby ap 5an4s and empowered. to
possession of said child, and, if so direct,
ed, it shall be the duty of said sheriff to
its agent. The said judge Of probate is
hereby authorized to compel the attend
ance of witnesses on such examination.
behalf of said child. Any friend of said
child may appear in it's behalf in. said
bate may, in his discretion, request any
county commissioner town supervisor,
alderman or other officer of the town,
village or city where such examination is
had, or where said child resides, to ap-
pear in behalf of the child, and the rec
If any one, appeared in behalf of the petit
tion or of the child on such examination
An appeal to the district court from the
decision Of the probate court may be
taken by the parents either Of them,
or guardians or petitioners, as in other
cases Ut appeal from the probate court.
Sec. g. That section seven. Of chapter
seventeen of the General Laws of Mime