The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-17

Is an agreeable surprise to the sufferer.
be entitled to dover Of the lands of her
deceased husband, lying in the district.
of which her husband died seized. A
husband upon the death of a wife, may
hold the lands of the wife for his life, as
tenant thereof by courtesy, though there
may have been no issue of such mar
riage born alive.
The property and pecuniary rights of a
married woman shall not be subject to
the debts or contracts of her husband.
She may manage, sell. convey or devise
the same to the same extent that her
husband can property belonging to him.
Contracts may be made by a wife and
liabilities incurred and the same enforced
by or against her to the same extent and
in the same manner as if she Were I'M
married
Witnesses Required to Deeds.
Deeds executed in the district. of lands
therein, shall be executed in the presence
of two witnesses.
Incorporation of Towns.
Any community having 300 permanent
Inhabitants may incorporate. A petition
shall be presented to the judge of the
United States district court, signed by at
least sixty bona fde residents of the COM
munity. The judge by an order shall
prescribe the time and manner of giving
notice of such Incorporation and of the
election for the purpose of determining
whether incorporation is desired. At
such election a common council of seven
male citizen of the United States, or
one who has declared his intention of
becoming such, q years of age, a bona
fide resident of Alaska for one year, and
of the proposed corporation six months.
shall be qualified elector at such cleo
ton. But there may be added TO the
foregoing qualifications one requiring the
elector to be the owner of substantial
property interests within the limits of
the proposed corporation. The council of
such town shall have power to appoint
and rRmOVa a clerk treasurer and
scr, and such other officers as they may
- necessary; to make rules for mu-
be elected for a longer term than one
year; to provide for necessary street i'm
provements, fire protection. water sup
ply, wharfage, sewerage, maintenance of
public schools, maintenance of public
health police protection and the expense
of the collection and assessment of
taxes; to impose and collect a pool tax;
to license business and collect other
taxes specified provided such taxes shall
not exceed 1 per centum of the assessed
valuation of property, and all assess
ments made by the corporation assessor
shall be subject to review by the coun-
Gill; and appeals may he taken therefrom
to the district court; and provided fur
Their that no bonded Indebtedness what
ever shall be authorized for any purpose.
There shall also be elected in incorDo-
rated towns a school board of three d.
rectors. who shall have the exclusive
management. supervision and control of
the public schools. Fifty per cent. of all
licenses provided for by act of congress,
paid by any resident person or corpora
ton, for business carried on within such
corporation, shall be paid to the treas
urer of such corporation for use under
the direction of the council for school
purposes.
Private Corporations.
All American corporations doing bust
ness in Alaska shall file in the office of
the secretary and in the office of the
clerk of the district court, for the di-
vision wherein they intend to carry on
business, "A duly authenticated copy of
their authorized articles of Incorporation,
and also a verified statement showing
the name of such corporation, location of
its principal office without the district,
and II 1t has any place within the dis
trict. the location thereof amount of
capital stock: amount of its capital stock
actually paid in money; amount of it's
capital stock paid In any other way and
in what; amount of the assets of the cor
poration. and of what the assets consist.
with the actual cash value thereof: the
liabilities of such corporation, and If any
of it's Indebtedness is secured, how Sc
cured and upon what property. Such
corporation shall also appoint some per-
son or agent within the district upon
whom service of process may be made.
Failing TO file such statement and author
ization. the corporation shall forfeit SIS
for every day of such neglect, and any
contract made by said corporation or by
any agent or agents thereof. during the
period Of such neglect. shall be void at
Rate of Interest.
The legal rate OF interest shall be 10
per cent. per annum and no mort. but
on contracts. interest at the rate OF ~
per cent. may be charged by express
agreement, and no more. A person or
persons paying usurious interest may
within two years recover from the per-
son. firm or corporation receiving IL,
double the amount Of the interest so re-
celVcd or collected. Isury fOrfetts all
interest. and In suits where II appears,
judgment shall be entered against the de-
PENDANT and in favor OF the United States
for the amount of the principal and
against the plaintiff FOR the costs of suit.
whether such suit be contested or not.
An assignee Of an usurious contract,
without notice Of the usury. may recover
against his immediate assiRnor or the
original usurer the fun amount paid by
him on such contract. Judgments upon
contracts bearing more than per cent.
interest and not exceeding 10 per cent.
per annum shall bear the same Interest
as was borne by such coatsaet-
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