The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-19

district of this SLare shall hereafter be
held in each year as follows: On the
first Monday in June and the second
No nday in November.
Sec. ?. All writs, recogndzances, bonds,
continuance proceedings issued, made or
returnable to the district court of said
county, as fixed by law, prior to II
taking effect of this act, shall be an
the same are made returnable to the
terms of said court. as the same are
prescribed by this act.
Sec. 3. All acts and parts of acts in
consistent to this act are hereby re-
pealed.
be in force from and after it's passage.
Approved Feb. IA, 1901.
CHAPTER SIS. F. NO. IT,
AN ACT to amend section 1929, General
Statutes 1894, relating to public libra
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
State of Minnesota:
Section 1. Section 1929, General Statutes
Of Minnesota, are hereby amended to
read as follows:
Said directors shall, Immediately after
appointment, meet and organize by the
dent, and another of their number sec
rotary, and by the election of such other
ofhcers as they may deem necessary.
And said secretary, before entering upon
to give bond, with sureties, to the salts
faction of and In an amount to be fixed
by said directors.
They shall make and adopt such by
laws, rules and regulations for their own
guidance, and for the government of the
library and reading room, or either of
them, as may be eXpedient, not inconsist-
emit with this act.
They shall have the exclusive control
of tho expenditure Of all moneys col
!ected and placed to the credit of the
library fund, and Of the construction of
any library building, and of the super
vision, care and custody of the grounds,
rooms or buildings constructed, leased
or set apart for that purpose;
Provided, That all moneys received for
such library shall be paid by the county
treasurer to the secretary of the library
board, who shall deposit the same with
the treasurer of said city or village to
be kept separate and apart from other
money of said city or village, and shall
be paid out only upon the properly au-
thenticated vouchers OF the library board.
Said board shall nave power to lease
and (provide) appropriate rooms for the
use of said library board; shall have pow
er to appoint a suitable librarian and
necessary assistants and fix their com
pensation, and shall also have power to
remove such appointeeS, and shall in gem
eral carry out the spirit and intent of
this act. Said board shall have the pow
er when approved by such city or vii
lase council tospurchase ground and erect
thereon a suitable building for the use
of said 44DrarY.
DEC. <. Ills ACT snail take erect and
be in force from and after its passage.
Approved Feb. 10, 1901.
CHAPTER 9-S. F. NO. g.
AN ACT to amend section thirty-seven
of chapter five of the General Laws of
the State of Minnesota, for the year
1893, relating to Minnesota hospitals
for the insane.
Be it enacted by. the LEGISLATURE of the
State of Minnesota:
Section 1. That section tl1irty-seven OF
chapter five of the General Laws of the
State of Minnesota for the year 1898,
be, and the same is hereby, amended Sc
as to read as follows:
Section 81. The relatives of any person
who shall be found insane under section
nineteen of this act shall, in all cases
where in the opinion of the judge of pro-
bate or court commissioner by whom he
IS found insane 1t is prudent and advisa-
BILE, have the. right to take charge of
and keep said insane person, if they shall
desire so to do; but the judge of pro
bate or court commissioner may REQUIRE
a bond of such relatives, conditioned for
the proper and safe keeping Of such per
son; and if the relatives or friends of
any patient, kept in any of the state
hospitals, shall request his discharge un-
less such patient stands charged with
or convicted OF some criminal offense,
the superintendent of such hospital NAV
In his discretion, require a bond to be
executed to the State of Minnesota, in
such sum and with such sureties as he
may proper, COnQluOnGQ lot the
safe keeping of such patient, and ON re.
celpt and approval by him of said bond
he may discharge the patient; or in lieu
Of such bond he may require a written
OF Minnesota by such relatives or friends
for the proper care and safe keeping OF
such patient, or the return of such pa.
t1ent to the hospital, without expense
to the state; and on the receipt and ap
prevail of such agreement, he may de-
liver such patient to such relatives OF
friends.
Sec. @ This act shall take effect an6
be in force from and after its passage.
Approved Feb. 10, 1901
CHAPTER 1o-H. F. NO. 1s.
AN ACT to amend chapter as of the
General Laws of 1889 entitled: An act
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
State of Minnesota:
Section 1. That section Psi of chapter
Minnesota for the year 1889, entitled
IAN act to establish a probate code .
being section 1864 of the General Statutes
1894, be, and the same hereby is amend
ed so as to read as follows, to wit:
Section 251. AIT any time pending the
administration of the estate of a de
ceased person and after the granting OF
letters thereon, the executor or admins.
TRAITOR or any person interested in Tao
estate may nle q petition for the assign.
ment of any part or portion or the whole
OF the estate to the persons thereto en-
titled; and thereupon the executor O,
administrator shall at once file his &C
count to that date and the court sna |
by order fix a time for the hearing d
said petition and account, which ordel
shall be published according to law.
Upon such hearing the court shall set
tie and allow such account, if upon ex
animation it is found just and correct
and shall upon satisfactory evidence de
termine the rights of all persons to sale
estate, and unless partition is asked FOR
as hereinbefore provided shall make :
decree in accordance with such deter.
mlnat1on, which decree shall assign anc
distribute such part or portion of saiC
estate as shall have been petitioned for.
in the discretion of the court, the wholi
thereof to the persons thereto entitled
by law, and which decree shall name tht
persons entitled TO the estate and thl
proportions of the estate to which each
IS entitled, and if any real estate is SO as
signed such decree shall describe as neal
as may be the land to which each is en-
titled.
Such decree shall be final both as IL
the persons entitled to said estate ana
as to the proportions in which they arr
entitled to the same When such decree
shall have been entered all subseouenr
assignments or distributions of the este +.
OF said deceased shall be to the same
persons and In the same proportions az
fixed and determined by such decree anf
not otherwise. Provided however. thac
no distribution of any part or portion o.
said estate shall be made until the ey
piration of the time limited by the orde1
OF the court for the filing AMI allowance
of claims against the deceased. nor unit
all claims against said estate have beer
paid.
Provided, that where any foreign heir,