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

deemed guilty of a rnisdemeanor and
upon conviction, may be fined not less
than twenty dollars, nor not more than
one hundred dollars, or to be confined not
less than one month nor more than three
months non IN the county Jail And all fines
thus received shall be paid into the COM
mon school fund of the county in which
such conviction takes place
sec 10. justices of the peace and the
respective municipal courts shall have jl-
r1sdiction of violations of this act. 1t
shall be the duty of the respective county
attorneys to prosecute all violations OF
Sec. IS. Nothing in this act shall be
construed to apply to physicians and sur
laws of the State of Minnesota, nor to
persons who sell spectacles or eyeglasses
without attempting to traffic upon as
stunned skill in adapting them to the eye.
Sec. II This act shall take effect and
be in force from and after its passage
Approved April 13, 1901.
CHAPTER 27O-S. F. NO. 219.
AN ACT to amend chapter one hundred
and ninety $50, Of the General Laws Of
eighteen hundred and eighty five $3.50,
as amended by chapter one hundred and
! five (105) Of the General Laws of eign-
teen hundred and ninety one QS91), as
| amended by chapter ninetyfour (94), OF
| the General Laws of eighteen hundred
ninety-seven QS97), relating to common
carriers.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
State of Minnesota:
Section 1. That section one ID Of chap
| ter one hundred and ninety $50 of the
! General Laws of eighteen hundred and
| eighty five QSS5), as amended by chapter
/ one hundred and five (105) of the General
| Laws of eighteen hundred and ninety One
| as amended by chapter ninety four (9D
| Of the General Laws of eighteen hundred
| and ninety seven, be and the same hereby
! is amended so as to read as follows:
| Section 1. That all railroads. corpora
! tons or companies operating any rail- Dads
| in this state, shall within a reasonable time
| after the passage and approval Of this
| act provide at all villages and boroughs
| ON their respective roads, depots, with
| suitable waiting rooms, for the protection
| and accommodation OF all passengers
| patroniZing such roads, and a freight
| room for the storage and protection Of
| freight, and at all stations in villages Of
| one thousand Q,000) inhabitants or over,
I all such railroad companies or corpora
| lions shall provide a separate waiting
| room for ladies' and separate waiting
| room for gentlemen, both Of which said
| waiting rooms shall be properly and com
| fortably furnished heated lighted and
ventilated, which said rooms shall each
| be at least equal in size to fifteen C5) feet
| by eighteen 19) feet square, with a
| height of ceiling at least ten 90 feet
| above the floor. and that ali the villages
| Of less than one thousand q,0O0) shau
| have at least one (1) such waiting room;
| and waiting rooms In all cases when
| necessary be constructed Of such larger
| size as to accommodate all passengers
| patronizing such railroad at any station.
| Such railroad corpora lions or companies
| shall at all such depotS or stations stop
| their trains regularly as at other stations
| to receive and discharge passengers, and
for at least one half (z2) hour before the
| arrival and one half 90 hour after the
| arrival of any passenger train, cause
| their respective depots or waiting rooms
| to be open for the reception of paSSen-
| gers: said depots to be Kept well lighted
| and warmed for the space of time afore-
said. And where the annual business OF
| any railroad company at any such station
| amounts to eight thousand $4,000 dol
! lars or more, based upon the outgoing
| and incoming freight and passenger traf-
| fic, then such railway company shall keep.
| an agent at said depot during the bust
| ness hours of each business day during
| the entire year; except stations where re-
| ceipts from outgoing and incoming
| freight and passenger traffic for any con-
| secutive three months shall not amount
| to fifteen hundred (S1.50O) dollars. And
| anv railroad company violating the
| provisions of this act shall be subject to
| the penalty as provided in section two
| (2) of chapter one hundred and ninety
| Q90) of the General Laws OF the year one
Gss55.
| Provided That the Railroad and Ware
| house Commission may authorize, the
withdrawal of such agent at depots where
| the business is periodical during such
| time as there is no business at any such
I Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and
| be in force from and after it's passage.
| Approved April Is, 1901.
CHAPTER 271-s. F. NO. 286.
| AN ACT to provide for a suitable place
| of burial for INDECENT insane soldiers and
| sailors of the war of the Rebellion and
| of the war with Spain. and the wives
! and widows of such soldiers who may
die in any of the hospitals for the insane
I of this state.
! State of Minnesota:
| Section l. Whereas. in this state quite
large number Of sol soldiers OF the , war OF
I of soldiers of said war. who died at such
1 hospitals, have heretofore been buried IN
| a plot of ground furnished by the state
! in which to bury the INDECENT dead near
! each of such hospitals, without stone or
| other mark to designate their last resting
places or to indicate their service, and
! Sec. 2. Whereas, in many cases such
| persons become insane either through
| hardships encountered in the service Of
their country or. from causes incident
| thereto and it is not meet or proper,
! when so much has been done by the coun-
| try in providing suitable places for the
! burial of its defenders, that these poor
unfortunates should be placed in a "Pot-
! tiers Field
Therefore, Be it enacted by the Legis-
lature of the State of Minnesota:
| Section l. That the sum of two thousand
| five hundred dollars is hereby approprl-
| ated out of any money in the state treas
| ury not otherwise appropriated, for the
| purpose of providing places for the burial
| of soldiers of the Union Army in the War
| of the Rebellion, and of the late war with
| Spain, their wives or widows who may
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| this state, and for whose burial no pro-
| vision is made by their relatives or
! friends.
| Sec 3 That the fund so appropriated
| shall be disbursed by the state auditor
| in the manner and under the conditions
| following, and not otherwise. viz: That
| as soon as the citizens or any number of
| them of any town in the state in which
| an insane hospital is located shall have
| procured a suitable lot or plot of ground
| of sufficient size in some public cemetery
| near such hospital, and such plot Of
| ground shall be decided to some response
| bic, person or persons in said town or
! vicinity in trust for the burial of the per-
! sons heretofore named, and shall file
/ copy of the deed conveying such plot OF
! ground with the state auditor, and such
| officer shall be satisfied that the ground
| so selected and decided is sufficient and
| suitable for such purpose he shall there
! upon draw an order upon the state treas
! urer for the payment of the sum of five
hundred dollars. payable to the Grand
! Army Post nearest such hospital, and
| such order shall be paid by said treasurer
| to the post quartermaster when endorsed
| by the commander of such post and by
! such quartermaster: and said fund shall
! be employed by such post in identifying
| and caring for such grounds, and in the
| erection of a suitable monument thereon:
annual accounts of the disposition and
condition of which said fund shall be
furnished by the quartermaster of such
,roSf and filed In th.a office of said efafa