The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-04

struments, partition fences, estrays, I'M
claimed property, hotels and public re-
sorts, auctioneers, limited partnerships
and corporations. III.
The Other Parts.
Part III. treats Of property rights
and domestic relations. The laws re-
lating to estates in real property, uses
and trusts, powers, landlords and ten
ants, conveyances Of real estate, plats,
registration Of title, (the Torrens sys-
tenn, and the editor states that this
chapter is the same as Chaper 805, Law
19O5l, homestead exemptions, chattel
mortgages and conditional sales,
statutes Of frauds, liens for labor and
material, marriage, divorce, married
women and to adoption and change Of
name are set forth in chapters 50 and
70 Inclusive. 81
Part LII. Of the code contains the
laws relating to probate courts, justice
Of the peace courts, forcible entry and
unlawful detainer, civil actions, juries,
costs and disbursements, arbitration
and award, actions concerning real
property, foreclosure Of mortgages and
actions by or against personal repre-
sentatives and heirs, officials and other
bonds, fines and forfeitures, actions to
vacate charters, special proceedings,
actions against boats and vessels, as
signments and insolvency, contempts,
witnesses and evidence.
Part Nv. contains the laws relating
to crimes, criminal procedure, i'm
prisonment and prisons, fourteen chap
tiers being given to subdivisions Of
these topics. -
Part ", the concluding portion Of
the code, contains the rules for the
construction Of statutes and the re-
pealing clauses. The new laws are to
be known as the "Revised Laws
| 1906" They are not to be construed
as abrogating any act passed at the
session of 1905 and so far as the acts
for 1905 differ from the revised laws,
they are to be construed as amendatory
thereof or supplementary thereto. The
repeal by the code Of former laws will
not effect any act ratified or confirmed
or any right accrued or established OF
any action or proceeding had or com
menced in civil cause before the re-
peal takes effect. Substantially all gen
: eral laws commencing with the general
statutes of 1866 and ending with the
session laws Of 1908 are expressly re-
pealed. All law not expressly repealed
by the code continue in full force and
effect. .H~
1880 Pages Of Laws.
There are in all lO8 chapters, and
sections to the number Of 5,547. II
makes with the appendix and index {
volume Of 1880 pages. The act au
thorizing the revision was approved
April II, 1901. It has taken five years oil
time, and one session Of the legislature
and the expenditure Of $4,000 Of spe
cial appropriations to produce the book
! Chapter 80, relating to the preserva
ton Of game, is already superseded BY
chapter 344, laws of 1905, and chap
ter A, on drainage, is covered by chap
ter 80, laws of 1905. So far as dis
covered there have been no change.
in the tax laws. A new degree Of
crime, however, was added to the pena
code, that Of a gross misdemeanor.
The definition Of crime in the new
code sets forth that every crime pun
ished by death or by imprisonment i,
the statetaprison or in the, lstatessre
| formatory is a felony and the cod,
now makes imprisonment in a state re
formatory grounds for. divorce. Ever,
crime punishable by a@.fne not exceed
ing. 800 or imprisonment in jail TO-
! not more than ninety days is a mis-