CHAPTER. PAGE 131 XVI. To amend section forty-two of chapter one hundred and twenty of the general statutes of Minnesota, as the same is amended by chapter forty-seven of the general laws of 1871, relating to jails and prisons.... XVII.-Allowing state prison convicts a portion of their earnings........ 132 XVIII. To amend section 21 and 22 of title two of chapter 35 of the general statutes of Minnesota, relating to state charitable institutions..... 134 XIX. To abolish the distinction between "public" and "private" patients in the hospital for the insane for the state of Minnesota.. 134 XX. To amend chapter ten of the general laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-three, relating to an asylum for inebriates............. 135 XXI.-Relating to the management of the soldiers' orphans' home....... 136 XXII. To provide for the appointment of county superintendents of schools in the counties of Todd, Wadena, Otter Tail, Wilkin, Clay, Becker, Polk, Beltrami, Traverse and Pembina, and legalize appointments already made....... 137 XXIII. To repeal a part of section fifty-five of an act to provide for the management of common schools and school districts, of general laws passed eighteen hundred and seventy-three............. XXIV. To fix the capital required of fire and marine insurance companies 138 XXV. To amend section twelve of title three of chapter one of the gen 137 eral laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-two, entitled an act to establish a reciprocal general insurance law for the state of Minnesota and to revise and amend the laws of said state relating to home and foreign insurance companies............. 139 XXVI.-Creating a board of railroad commissioners, defining their duties, and providing for the establishment of maximum rates for [the] transportation of passengers and freight upon the railroads of this state, and to prevent extortion and unjust discrimination of railroad corporations or their employees, and to prescribe a mode of procedure and rules of evidence in relation thereto.... 140 XXVII. To amend an act entitled "An act to establish the location of the general office of railway companies chartered under the laws of XXVIII.-Relative to the proceeding in condemning property for public use on bedalf of railroad companies..... XXIX.-Relating to railroad corporations and common carriers............................ XXX.-Entitled an act making railroad companies or corporations liable for damage caused by fires in certain cases... 151 152 154 154 155 156 XXXI.-For the regulation of grain elevators and warehouses ....................... XXXII. To declare certain elevators and grain houses personal property for the purpose of assessment and taxation...... XXXIII -To provide for filling vacancies in cemetery associations......... 157 XXXIV. For the further protection of cemeteries in the state of Minnesota 157 CHAPTER. XXXV. To amend chapter thirty-eight, title one of the general statutes XXXVI. To provide for obtaining title to lands by the state of Minnesota, XXXVII. To authorize the seizure and condemnation of lands to be used ......... XXXVIII.-For the preservation of game. ....... XL.-To amend section nine of chapter thirty-three of the session XLI.-To amend the general laws of one thousand eight hundred and ...... PAGE. 159 160 163 167 177 177 178 179 XLIII.-To prevent the destruction of fish from the waters within the boundaries of Rice, Scott and Dakota counties.... XLIV. To make it lawful to catch fish with nets in certain lakes in Kan- diyohi county.. 180 XLV. To prohibit the use of the ball and chain, and the punishment of 181 XLVI. To secure liberty of conscience and equal rights in matters of 182 184 XLVIII. To punish gamblers upon cars and steamboats.... 184 186 L.-For the protection of sub-contractors and material men........ 188 189 190 LIII. To amend chapter thirty-four of the general laws of eighteen LIV.-Relating to estray...... ........ 191 193 LV. To amend section sixty-five of chapter five of the general laws of CHAPTER. PAGE. 197 LVI.-To confirm and establish certain public highways... LVII. To authorize the board of town supervisors to open, lay out and construct ditches for the purpose of draining public highways, 200 LVIII.-Providing for laying out side roads and ford crossings, and to prevent over-crowding cattle while crossing bridges........ LIX. To confer upon certain corporations the right to the occupancy of public lands... 204 ..... 205 LX.-To amend section three of chapter thirty-four of the general statutes, relating to corporations.... 206 .... LXI. To authorize the amendment of the articles of certain corporations 207 .... 208 ..... 209 LXII.-To provide for the incorporation of subordinate lodges and encampments of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.... LXIII. To amend section forty-six of chapter seventy-four of the general statutes of Minnesota............. LXIV. To amend section thirteen of chapter forty-eight of the general 210 statutes, relating to estate in dower. LXV.-To allow married women to act as administrators and executors, 211 LXVI. To amend chapter fifty-six of the general laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-nine (1869), being title three of chapter thirtyseven of the statutes at large, relating to married women..... 211 LXVII.-To amend chapter eighty-four of the general statutes, relating to forcible entries and unlawful detainers.... 212 LXVIII. To amend chapter seventy-five of the general statutes of the state of Minnesota ..... 213 LXIX. To amend chapter ninety of the general statutes of this state, entitled liens....... 214 .... LXX. To amend section eight of chapter seventy-three of the general statutes, in relation to witnesses and evidence..... LXXI. To amend chapter forty-nine of the general statutes of Minnesota... 216 217 LXXII.-To amend section four of title one of chapter sixty-four of the general statutes..... 219 219 LXXIII. To amend section sixty-three of chapter ten of the general stat utes, relating to the duties of town clerks..... LXXIV. To amend section ninety-four of title three of chapter eight of the general statutes of eigthteen hundred and sixty-six, relating to county commissioners... LXXV. To amend section seven of chapter twenty-six of the general 220 221 laws of the year 1871, relating to “patent rights”....................... LXXVI. To amend section four, and to repeal section five, and amend section eleven of chapter twenty-one, statutes of Minnesota, revision of 1866, relating to weights and measures.......................... LXXVII. To amend section six, title three, chapter thirty-two of the general statutes, in relation to the office of surveyor general...... 223 221 CHAPTER. LXXVIII. To amend section one hundred and sixty-three, chapter one, general laws of the year eighteen hundred and seventy-three, relating to school districts..... ...... LXXIX. To make the statutes at large of Minnesota of one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, prima facie evidence in the courts of this state....... PAGE. LXXX. In relation to the service of summons in district court........ 224 225 226 226 the general statutes, as amended by chapter forty-two of the general laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-eight.......... LXXXII. To annul [amend] an act entitled "an act to annul [amend] an an act entitled 'an act prescribing rules and regulations for the execution of the trust arising under the act of congress entitled "an act for the relief of citizens of towns upon lands of the United States, under certain circumstances, approved March third, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five.".... 227 LXXXIII. To legalize the organization of the county of Nobles, and to legalize the official acts of the officers of said county..... LXXXIV. To legalize the acts of persons acting as clerks of courts in counties not organized for judicial purposes.... LXXXV.-To legalize the record of certain certificates executed under and by virtue of section eleven, chapter eighty-one, title one, statutes of Minnesota LXXXVI.-To legalize the filing of affidavits in certain cases and making them evidence LXXXVII. To prohibit persons who hold the office of justice of the peace ..... ........ .............. 228 229 ..... 229 from holding the office of county attorney at the same time.. LXXXVIII.-To provide for the employment of stenographic or short-hand reporters in the district courts and courts of common pleas in certain district courts in this state..... LXXXIX. To provide for filing the official bonds of county officers in the .... ..... ......... 230 231 231 233 234 vide for the election of judges therein....... XCI. To detach the county of Rock from the county of Nobles for judicial purposes, and to organize the same for judicial purposes, and to provide for general terms of the district court therein XCII. To detach the county of Yellow Medicine from the county of Redwood for judicial purposes, and to provide for general terms of the district court therein..... XCIII.-To detach the county of Swift from the county of Chippewa and attach the same to the county of Kandiyohi for judicial purposes... CHAPTER. PAGE. XCIV. To amend section one of chapter seventy-five of the general laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-three, fixing the time for the general terms of the district court for the judicial district....... 237 XCV.-To change the time of holding general terms of the district court in the county of Mower, tenth judicial district............ 238 XCVI.-To amend section one of chapter forty-seven of the general laws of Minnesota for eighteen hundred and seventy-two, changing the term of district court of the county of Benton..... XCVII. To change the time of holding the several terms of the district court in and for the county of Waseca, in the fifth judicial district ........ 238 239 XCVIII. To abolish the June term of the district court in McLeod county.. 240 XCIX.-To establish the county of Seward, and provide for the location of the county seat and establish the boundary lines thereof........ 240 C.-To establish the county of Cook and provide for its organization.. 242 CI. To detach certain territory in Dakota county, and annex the same to the county of Ramsey.... .... ....... 245 CII. To establish the county line between the counties of Stearns and Todd, in the state of Minnesota.... - CIII. To appropriate moneys to pay the expenses of the defendants in error incurred, or which may be incurred, in defending in the Supreme Court of the United States, the case of the Winona and St. Peter Railroad Company, plaintiffs in error, against John D. Blake, Alfred D. Leet, and Stephen V. Crouch, defendants in error, now pending in that court upon writ of error to the su preme court of this state..... CIV. To appropriate money for the purpose of ventilating the senate chamber and the hall of the house of representatives, and for rent of governor's house... CV. To aid the destitute settlers upon the frontier, and to appropriate moneys therefor.... 248 250 251 251 CVI. To appropriate money required by law to be invested in interest bearing bonds..... 252 railroad, within this state..... CVII. For the relief of settlers on lands claimed by the Northern Pacific .... 253 CVIII. To aid destitute settlers upon the frontier, and to appropriate moneys therefor...... CIX. To provide for the reception and disposition of the quota of, and disposition of the quota of fish and spawn allotted to this state by the United States.... 253 254 CX.-To provide for the purchase of four thousand copies of Booth's township organization laws for the use of the towns of this state 255 CXI. To amend section eighty, title eleven, of chapter six of the statutes at large of the state of Minnesota, pertaining to the salaries of state officers 256 |