Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1903-05-01

! nor more than three mOnthG or ultil
such fine and costs are paid, not eXceeu-
ing three months.
Sec. 4. This act shall take effect and
be in force from and after it's passage.
Approved March 80, 1903.
CHAPTER 1O5-H. Il. NO. II.
AN ACT to amend chapter three hundred
and tifty-three 1853 OF the Genera!
hundred and one, entitled An act aue
thorizing appropriations by board OF
county commissioners to reimburse Ger
tain persons for money illegally col
lected from them as probate fees under
and BY virtue Of chapter 10S of the Cen
eral Laws Of 1885" ~,
Be it enacted by the legislature or the
State of Minnesota:
Section 1. That chapter three hundred
and ifty-thrce of the General Laws OF
Minnesota of nineteen hundred and one,
be amended SO as to read as follows:
Section .. That whereas, the supreme
court Of this state, in the case of the n
State of Minnesota ex rel, Edw ar De, ~.
bate, decided that the law of 1888. chapter
JOB, Of the General Laws Of Minnesota,
requiring. payment of an arbitrary fee as
a condition precedent to probatlng an
estate. was and is unconstitutional anG
void; and, whereas, pursuant to salo
chapter 1O3 certain executors, admlnlstra,
tors. trustees and estates were compelled
to pay into the county treasury OF Ger
tain counties various sums of money for
probating estates; and, whereas, It ap-
! pears % v reason VI Sd1u CS1oAo1A VI SAS
supreme court that said chapter 103 was
and is invalid, and that said sums Of
money were unlawfully collected and
that the said counties have no right to
retain the various sums SO paid in; now,
therefore, be it enacted by the legislature
of the State Of Minnesota:
Sec. 8: That upon proof being duly
made of the amount paid into the county
treasury of any county in this state, hay
ing a population Of one hundred and fifty
thousand or more, by any administrator tor
or their successors or estates, as an arDl-
trary fee as a condition precedent to pro-
batting an estate under said chapter JOB.
that the board Of county commissioners
Of such county shall appropriate from the
general fund of the county a sum sutti-
Gent to reimburse such admanlStrator,
or estate for such payment or payments
made under said chapter 1O3. In all other
counties of this state the DO ard Of coun-
ty commissioners are hereby authorized
and empowered to make such apprOprla-
lions. Provided, that no such appropria-
ton in any one case shall exceed III
amount the sum so paid into the treasury
by such administrator. executor. trustee.
heir OF heirs, legatee or estate. And the
county treasurer shall pay the sum or
sums SO appropriated by the board Of
act, and in case such administrators.
executors, trustees, or legal representa-
tives have completed their said trusts and
been legally discharged, that such money
shall be paid to the legal heirs or legatees
of said estate or estates. Provided, thai
the county commissioners in ~refllnding
this act, If they elect so to do, may make
it payable in three consecutive annual In
stallments.
Sec. 4. This act shall take effect and
be in force from and after it's passage.
Approved March 81. 1908.
CHAPTER 1O6-H. F.. NO. 159.
AN a. AG II reg bnsn|{a commitment mr. TIN 3nss of per-
Be it enacted by the legislature Of the
State of Minnesota:
Section 1. No harmless person, who
cannot be benefited by hospital treatment,
shall be committed to any hospital for
the insane merely because he is suffering
from idiocy. epilepsy, imbecility or infirm-
Every jury appointed to examine an al
legged insane person, in addition to the
facts by law required to be ascertatned,
shall ascertain and determine whether or
not such patient can be benefited by hos
pital treatment.
Sec. 2. The superintendent Of any hos
pital for the insane, with the approval of
the board of control, may at their discre-
ton discharge Or parole any, inmate of
such institution who is capable of caring
for himself or can be cared for by rela-
self or the community. Whenever such
discharge is made, notice thereof shall
be given to the probate court that COM
Sec. 3 SNf This act shall take effect and
be in force from and after it's passage.
Approved. March 81, 1903.
CHAPTER 10Th. #. NO. 27o. :
AN ACT relative to plats Of towns and
and subdivisions thereof, and the cor
rection and leg~aiization Of the same.
Be it enacted by the legislature of the
State of Minnesota:
Section l.. That in all cases where the
plats or what purport to be Mats "f
any towns or cities in this state, or of
additions to or subdivisions thereof, or
ment survey Of such land, fail to identify
and show correctly upon their face the
tract Of land covered or intended to be
Of them, who laid out or surveyed the
same, and, in case said surveyor or sur
veyors shall have died, one or more Of the
in the office Of the register Of deeds Of
the county In which said lands are stu
ated a certificate duly xecuted and &C
knowledged by him or them, as deeds are
to be executed or acknowledged, wherein
shall be set forth a full description of
the lands actually covered and intended
to be covered by said plat. If such GER
p%rietors Of such town, city, addition or
subdivision, the same shall also be sworn
to by him or them as being correct in all
e eufedet ackn now W aged and ' Verified, 81 Shall he Be
recorded at length by aid register of
deeds in a book by him provided for that
purpose, entitled, Book Of Plat ce 1tlI i,
thereupon note upon such plat and the
copy thereof, filed in his office as afore-
said, and referred to in such certificate
and affidavit, the fact Of filing such GER
t%if1cate, and the book and page where re-
corded; and he shall receive from the per-
son offering said certificate for record the
And such certificate or the record thereof
shall, together with such plat, be prima
facie evidence in all cases as to lands
covered by said plat.
Sec. 2. And in case said surveyor or
surveyors, n the original proprietors,
shall have died, then the village or city
council Of the city or village of which the
may, upon the petition of one or more of
the owners Of any lot or lots within the
land covered by said plat, instruct and
such city or village has it's own civil en-
gineer, then such engineer, to ascertain
the full and proper description Of the
be covered by said plat, and report his
findings to said council. If said council
finds such report satisfactory, the same
shall be duly approved by tho president
port, together with the petition of the
land owners and the order Of the council
to tent the $; Surveyor 1Is aff6c shall IL be be rs seeIstsl at at
deeds as ~hereinbefore provided, with ref
erence to surveyors or proprietor's Ger
! %tificate, and the record of such petition,
order and report shall, together with such
plat, be prima facie evidence in all cases
as to lands covered by said plat.
Sec. 8. This act shall take effect and be
in force from and after it's passage.
Approved March 81. 1908.
CHAPTER 10s-H. F. NO. 1853.
AN ACT to amend section 1852, Statutes
of Minnesota, 1894, as amended, relat-
ing to savings banks and their invest
mentS.
Be it enacted by the legislature Of the
State of Minnesota:
Section l.. That section two thousand