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ttlS18!l TTT yijB t/ V'"" 'f n. SffiÄfBÄlä &'?&•* *%V & y-5 «%. XT. »"iV General Laws of Minnesota föl? 1879.--Official. EDUCATIONAL. 82 OS MISCELLANEOUS. 46 48 'AN ACT to amend chapter thirty (30) of the AN ACT to detach tho connty of Mnrray from) AN ACT to aut*K«3se railroad companies to ex. 57 JtH ACT to amend åéétJoa two bandied and general laws of Minnesota for the year 1876, the county of Cottonwood and to organizei 69 erci&e the righ$ 'of eminent domain in certain AN ACT to amend title on» ot chapter thirtyfour relating to foreclosure sale of railroads. '^twenty-five (225) 'K title thirteen (18) of same for judicial purposes, and to, provide 1 AN AOT to amend seotions five and thirteen of AN AOT to provide for the apportioning anA ofthe general statutr/s relating to corporations cases in this State. chapter eightof general statutes of Be it enaoted by the Legislature of the State of for general terms of the distriot court' tke 1866, chapter two of an act to establish and main-? iBe it enacted by the Legislature of the State of payment of the^osts and expenses of civil empowered to take private property Minnesota: relating to clerks'of diatriotd courts. therein. .' v taiu a system of publio schools in the State of actions and proceedings in the Distriofr. for public Minnesota: UBe. ^Be it enacted by'the legislature of the State of Section 1. That section one (1) of chapter Be it enacted by the Legislature of the St&té Minnesota, being ohapter 74 general laws of Court for tho counties of Crow Wing, Section 1. That any railroad company now «**m Be it enacted by the I^istature of the State of thirty (30) of the general laws of the State of Minnesota: of Minnesota i I dena and Aitkin. 1877. Minnesota. existing under the laws of Minnesota, or which Section 1. T&at section two hundred and Minnesota for the year 1876 be and the same is Section 1. The county of Mnrray is herébyi Be it enacted by the Legislature of tho State of Be it enacted by the Legislature of the Statr Section 1. That 'secttan seventeen of title has authority nnder the laws of this State to twenty-five tif title thirteen, chapter eight, o! hereby amended by adding thereto the following detached from the connty of Cottonwood fori of Minnesota: .r build and operate a railroad within this State, Minnesota: one of chapter thirfy-focr of the general statutes *the genir'ul statutes of 1HGG, be amended by adding proviso, viz.: judicial purposes, and is hereby organized for Section 1. That section five of chapter two'of Section 1. That the counties of WadeD# as amended by seation seventeen of chapter and any railroad companies which may hereafter thereto "Au Wowing proviso: Provided further, That in all cases where, judicial purposes, with all tho rights, privileges !an act to establish and maintain a system of and Aitkin shall hereafter be required to psj|f:' be organized under the general laws of this fifty-three of the session laws of 1872 be] Provided, Thau the judge of the distriot court under such foreclosure sale of Any railroad, and immunities pertaining thereto. 1 'public schools in the State of Minnesota be to the county of Crow Wing from year to j-f«TV amended so as te read as follows: State, shall have power to acquire by purchase any scanty, an the application of any person franchises and property, the Tailroad, property bo 4s\ Baid 8ec. 2. General terms of tho district court! Amended to read as follows: long as they Bhall respectively remain air'' Seo. 17. At the time and place appointed for] or condemnation, all necessary spur roadwayB, 'Sjir corporation paying money exceeding- one and franchises shall be purchased at_such shall be held in and for the county of Murray tached to Crow Wing county for judicial pu«. and sidetracks, rights of way, depot grounds, Section 5. The director, treasurer and hearing said petition, or at tho time and place ^"thousand dollars to said olerk to abide the reT'fcult sale by any railroad company heietofore or on the second Tuesday of October in each year. ,clerk of each cemmon school district Eposes, snch proportion of the necessary court -if to which the proceedings may have been ad-J yards, grounds for machine shops, warehouses, of any legal proceedings, may order said hereafter duly chartered, organized or incorporated Sec. 3. All judicial proceedings now pending expenses of Crow Wing connty, including elevators, depots, station houses, and all other shall constitute a board of trustees, and joarned as provided in the preceding section,! :'"jnoncy to be deposited in some safe depository :-. under the lawa of this State, or of the late in, and all recognizances,' writs and proceeding! iany two of such board may make any contract, among other things per diem and mileage of the presentation of such petition with structures that may be necessary or convenient lEpon wsintil tfce further order of said judge or court, Territory of Minnesota, that then Buch railroad returnable to the district court of the jurors, salary of county attorney, fees at. for the full enjoyment, use and operation of its jor perform any act which the board as such is satisfactory proof that all parties therein 'Ibr said judge may require said clerk to give an ^company so purchasing shall not be required to county of Cottonwood from the county of Sfur authorized to make or perform (except as provided sheriff and clerk of the district court, and •named hare been duly served with the said road, and may purchase, erect and maintain, jail •i-i^ditional bond, with like effect as the bond comply with the provisions contained in said ray aforesaid, are hereby made pending in and 'expenses, as the assessed valuation of said notice as hereinafter prescribed, tho court and operate all machine shops, warehouses, in section fifteen of this chapter but no Bhall Buch ^Jwwfrided for in this section, in an amount aa ohapter thirty (30) in regard to organizing as a returnable to the distriot court in said county counties of Wadena and Aitkin respectively elevators, depots, station houses and other Contract shall be made or authorized without proceed to hear and determine' the same, all or »aid judge shall deem sufficient. corporation under suoh purchase, but said railroad of Murray, and all papers on file with the clerk 'due notice to all the members of the board at a Jjears to the combined assessed valuation of any of the persons whose lands, property, structures as may be necessary or convenient bo & 893.2. This aot shall take effect MA bS-in corporation purchasing at such sale of the district court of Cottonwood county, said Crow Wing county and all the connties the use, operation, and enjoyment of the peeting called for that purpose.) The board estates or interests are to be affeoted by the foT "foros from andafter its passage. shall, upon filing in tho office of the secretary pertaining to such proceeding from Mnrray 1 of trustees shall have the general oharge of the tached thereto for judicial purposes, said val» proceedings may show cause against granting road, and may make with any railroad company, "Approved March 8,1879. j' of of the conveyance or certificate of sale Btate county, shall be transferred to the clerk of said ation to be the same as fixed by the Stst such arrangements for the use of any interests of Bchools and school houses in their the prayer of the petition and may disprove received by it under such purchase and by virtue county in Murray county, and all records in board of equalization for the preceding year, district shall lease or purchase in the corporate any of the facts alleged in it, the oourt shall portion of its tracks and road beds as it may thereof, be immediately vested with all and the office of the clerk of the district court of i Sec. 2. That tho auditors of the counties hear the proofs and allegations of the parties deem necessary and may, wherever and whenever name of the district a site for a school house, ct singular the corporate rights, powers, fran said Cottonwood county may be transcribed by Crow Wing, Aitkin and Wadena respective^, StN AOT to amend section 58of title VI.,of chapiter it may be or become necessary for carrying 'designated by a majority of the legal voters of and if the court shall be satisfied that the publio chises, privileges, immunities and advantages the clerk of the district court of said Murray and their successors in office, are hereby ap 28, statutes at* large of the State of Minfi interests require the prosecution of such out the purposes of such corporation, enter the distri't shall build, hiro or purchase asuitjable which were held at the time of the execution of county, and such transcription of records shall pointed commissioners, whope duty it shall nesoto, relating to "bastards and their snp- npon and cross over or under the tracks and school house with the funds provided for enterprise, and that tho landB or real estate Buch mortgages or deed of trust, or afterwards thereafter be of the same force and effect as to inquire into, ascertain and report th* proposed to be taken are required and necessary road beds of any other railroad corporation or that purpose, and when directed by a majority acquired by the company majdng the same, though the same had been originally made in amount properly chargeable to each of the I enacted by the Legislature of the State of company for the purpose of effecting a crossing of the qualified voters at any legal meeting of for the punposes of such enterprise, it and applicable to the railroad and property so the clerk's office of said Murray county. aforeraid counties, in conformity to the provisions Minnesota: shall make an order to be recorded in the minutes upon, over or under the same or connection the district, may or exchange any such site a Bell purchased, without any further aot or ceremony, Sec. 4. This act shall be a general law and of séetion one of this act, for and dm^ Section 1, That section fifty-eight (58), of tifle thereof appointing three competent, disinterested with the same, and may enter upon, 'or school house but the site for a school houBe across, bo and such railroad company so purchasing shall take effect and be in force from and after ing the time such counties may be attached VI. (6), of chapter twenty-eight (28),statutes over, under or along any other of all persons, resident in said county, lands phall not be changed after having been designated, shall thereupon and thereafter, in the management its passage.• to said Crow Wing county for judicial piB^ »t large of the State of Minnesota, be amended commissioners to ascertain and determine the other railroad corporations, streets and highways, unless at least two-thirds of the legal and operation of such railroad line» Approved March 5,1879. poses. Said commissioners shall, on or befar» by adding to said section: "Provided, that the with its own tracks, npon paying just voters of the distriot vote in favor of the amount to be paid by such corporation to each bo and property purchased, and in the use and the second Monday in July in each year, report, may, upon the proof offered upon such of such owners or persons interested^ compensation to the person or corporation injured Court enjoyment thereof, and of the franchises, rights, the auiount &o kbuoruune aforfpaitf fn r\-ich application, discharge such prisoner, or make as compensation for hia or her damages hy rea-! thereby. Sec. 2. That section thirteen of ohapter 64 Baid bowers, privileges and immunities thereby acquired, of the connty auditors of Crow Wing, \Yadenfc: Seo. 2. That the power to condemn hereby «uch proper order respecting any property, real Bon of the taking or injuriously affecting any t't-wo be amended to read as follows! become vested with all and singular the and Aitkin counties, the amounts so ascea. AN ACT relating to the time of holding terms *r personal, the defendant may own or possess, such lands, property, or interests, and granted, embraoe all roadways, spur and Section 13. The board of trustees at estates Bhall 'franchises, rights, powers, privileges and immunities tain ed to be payable from counties rv (laving reference to the condition of the defendant Iside tracks, rightB of way, railroad crossings, of the district court in the connty of Cottonwood. Baid specifying therein the time and place of the meeting for that purpose, shall called theretofore granted to or possessed by spectively, and thereupon the Baid amounts so and his family, if a married man, as the first meeting of such commissioners and fixing' depot grounds, yards, grounds for machine hire for and in the name of the the corporation making such mortgage or deed ascertained and reported shall, be paid by said Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of justice of the case may require in connection their compensation. And the oourt may alsoj shops, warehouses, elevators, station houses, 'district such teachers only as have certifi-i of trust, and applicable to the railroad and counties respectively to the said Crow Wing Minnesota: with such discharge."! in its discretion, in and by said order, limit the iwater tanks: and all other buildings aDd structures, of qualification, and make written contracts cates property so purchased, to tho same extent and county. It shall be the duty of the said county Section 1. General terms of the district court I Sec. 2. This act to take effect from and after easement to be required, by reserving to the land rights, privileges and easements necessary with such teachers specifying the wages jwitb the like effect as if the Hame had been auditors respectively to draw a warrant in ffr. shall be held in and for the county of Cotton.-' .Itspassage. owner such privileges and to to the construction, or neceBGarjr or convenient ier month and time employed agreed upon rights and therein as i originally conferred upon sucn purchases. vor of said Crow Wiug county for the amount wood, commencing on the first Tuesday after' ..'..... Approved March 6,1879. be defined in such order shall not.be incom-! jto the operation of any of said railroads also, the parties, and contracts in the as iy file] such bo I Section two (2). This act shall take effect and ascertained, and said warrant shall bo pay»» all lands, rights, privileges and easements that the fourth day of July, in each year. pätibie the use for the land is of the clerk (but no. contract be with 'which office shall [be in force from'and after passaue. ble ont of the general revenue fund of th* Sec. 2. All actfvor parts of inconsistent v?' 4i i .. sought to be appropriated, such and privyeges are cjr may become necessary or convenient to itB Imade with any teacher who is related by blood actB rightB ubo, Approved March 10,1879. county, and if there shall not be money suiS^ with this act are Hereby repealed. to be"exercised and such manner the full enjoyment, maintenance and ope­ '*N ACTtoamend section IBJof eSspler 8of ths enjoyed in lor marriage to any of the school board member cient in said fund to meet said warrant, thaw Sec. 3. This act shall take effeot and be in Keneral statutes of 1868 relattnglo Beglster of at all times as not to injure or interfere ration of any elPsaid railroads. without the concurrence of all thelnembers of TAXES AND TAX LAWS. it shall be the duty of said auditors to report! force from and after its passage. with theeiraUway traok or or other Seo. 3. That the condemnation proceedings [the board of trustees, by entered on structures vote duly tiait enacted by the said to the board of county Legislature ofthefltate of Minnesota: hereby authorized, shall be instituted by said Approved March 5,1879. amountB commissioners improvement the land is to be appropriated (the clerk's record of proceedings). Provided, for which for said""counties of Wadena and Ait-1 or the free and legitimate use of the oompany and conducted in the same manner, that tho month, wherever it occurs in any term Section 1. Soction one hundred and $fty-three kin respective!* at their July meeting, and iti same for the purpose of auch railway or other as other similar proceedings are or may hereafter sectioiwof (this act, be construed to Bhall mean 1153] of chapter eight [8] of the general statutes of AN ACT to provide for the levy of taxes for shall be their auty to levy a tax in their enterprise. be instituted and conducted by railroad four of five The trustees OB 1866 is hereby amended to read as follows: weeks days each. State purposes for the years 1S79 and 1880. counties sufficient to meet the amount Bpective Sec. 2. That section nineteen of said title companies in this State under the general laws, Sec. 168. "Every register of deeds before he enters shall provide fuel for the schools of the district, Be it enaoted by the Legislature of the State of AN ACT entitled aot regulating the time for, so reported to them. In case, after eaoh except that the court in its discretion in and Buch upon the duties of his office, shall take and subscribe and ohapter as amended by section six of chapter if the voters of the district make no provision Minnesota: settlement as now required by law, it holding the terms of the district conrt in the Bhall bit the oath prescribed by law, which saiäoath shall be fifty-three of the laws of 1872 be by the order of appointing commissioners, may session for fuel at their annual meeting shall Section 1. There shall be levied on all taxable the duty of the connty auditors respeofc» endorsed on the certificate of his election or appointment bo county of Freeborn in the tenth judicial Baid the easements to be acquii ed, by reserving amended as to read as follows: limit furnish all necessary for the school thingB reoorded in a book kept for the purpose in his property in the State of Minnesota for the ively to pay over to Crow Wing county said th# Sec. 19. The said commissioners shall meet to the owner of the property over whiob diBtriot. house during the timo a school shall be taught efflce and filed in the office of the clerk of the year one thousand eight hundred and seventynine amount collected by virtue of said levy. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State at the time and place appointed in the order 'the e'ghta right way is to be obtained, Buch of Bought therein, which shall be at three months in leaBt district court of the county, or, If there is no such a tax of three hundred and forty-five thousand of Minnesota: Sec. 3. Appeals may be taken from any and severally take and an oath faithfully and privileges in and totheBame as •Office, with the clerk of the district court of the subscribe Bhall each school year, and further time as the Buch ubo dollars, or as near that amount as practicable. award by commissioners against any Section 1. The general of the distriot Buch said and impartially to discharge the duties of ot be incompatible with the for which the termB county to which his county is attached for Judicial district by" vote may direct. Every teacher of said counties same as is now provideal Provided, That the tax hereby levied court in the county of Freeborn in the tenth the their appointment any of them may issue (same is to be appropriated, to be exercised and and he shall also give a bond, payable to purposes shall procure a register for his school from the shall not exceed one and five-tenths of a mill on by law against allowance by the board {he state of Minnesota, with good and sufficient sureties, fwdicial district shall be held each year as follows the ofi subpoenas and administer to witnesses a enjoyed in manner as not to injure or to oaths Buch (clerk of the district, keep a daily record of attendance, county commissioners ot a olaim against in the penal sum of five thousand dollars, to be each dollar of taxable property. (instead of at the times heretofore fixed majority of them may adjourn the proceedings 'interfere with the road track and structure of and of such other matters as may be oounty, and such'appealB shall be determined' approved by the board of commissioners of his Sec. 2. All levied under the provisions by law) on tho second (2d) Tuesday of January, before them from time to time in diacr&J suoh railway company, Or the free and legitimate taxeB their required in suoh register, and receive all persons eounty, conditioned that he will faithfully and impartially ot the foregoing section, when collected and in like nlanner is provided sectiMK the second (2d) Tuesday of April, and the first aa in tion they shall view examine the premises of the same for railway purposes. and UBe sent to him between the ages of fulfil the duties of his office." eighty-one, eighty-two eifhty-three paid into the State treasury, shall be. distributed (1st) Tuesday cf September. I and of described in the petition and to be Provided, that nothing in this act contained, Seo. 2. This act shall take effect and beta force proposed five and twenty-one years residing in the district, as follows: one-half thereof to be placed chapter eight of the general Btätutes of thla Sec. 2. All actions, process, recognizances appropriated, and hear the proofs and shall bo construed as authorizing or empower|ing bom and after its passage. shall and such other persons as may attend Btate. to the credit of the general revenue fund and proceedings of whatever nature, had or. said railroad company or any of them, to Approved February 28, 1879. allegations of all persons interested, and they Beven-thirtieths school under any arrangement with the board Seo. 4. This act shall take effect and be im thereof to bo placed. to the credit done for, or returnable at any term of said or a majority of them all being shall, condemn, appropriatetor use any lands, property present pf trustees. force from and after its passage. RELATING TO feÄILROADS. of the State institutions fund one-tenth thereof court in K aid county as heretofore fixed by law, without any delay, proceed to or rights or franchises of any- other railroad unnecessary i Sec. 3. This aot take effect and be in Bhall Approved March 10. 1879. to be placed to the credit of the State interest be returnable to the next term for such make in each a of the corporation, occupied or in use or necessary for Bhall ease Boparate assessment force from and after its passage. fund one-tenth thereof to be placed to the county as herein specified, and shall be as valid damages which will result to any person, company •the operation of its railroad, or the transaction Approved Maroh 4,1879. credit of the sinking fund, and one-fifteenth and binding in all respects as though no change 70 or corporation by reason of the construction of its business by Buch other corporation, except AN ACT to authorize railroad companies or 58 thereof to be placed to the credit of the general had been made. AN AOT in relation to chattel mortgage». of such railroad or other improvement, when the petitioning corporation Bhall receivers thereof to determine the validity of university fund. Sec. 3. All acts or parta of acts heretofore Be it enaoted by the Legislature of tile State ad and the taking or injuriously affecting their (elect to cross any sucb property and or proceedings approDriating land foi railroad traokB AN ACT to amend an aot entitled an -act for Sec. 8. There shall be levied on all taxable existing inconsistent with this act or relating •aid land, property or estate for the purpose of either by its Sacks, and in suoh case the corporation Minnesota: the enoonragement of higher edacation, approved gur^oses and to make compensation for such property in the State of Minnesota for the year to and providing for the holding of terms of Section 1. Whenever the mortgagee in A such enterprise, and award the same to the eleoting to cross any suoh property March 9 th, 1878. one thousand eight hundred and eighty a tax the district court in said county are repealed.' chattel mortgage has remedy by Bale of tho owner or owners or persons interested therein and tracks, or either, may cross the same, a Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Be it enacted by the Legislature of-the State of of four hundred and eighty thousand dollars, Sec. 4. This act shall take effect and be in either over, under or at grade, and then only by mortgaged property, authorized by the term respectively. Minnesota: Minnesota: or as near that amonnt as practicable. Provin force from and after its passage. of the mortgage in case of default, such mortgaged Sec. 9: That section twenty-nine of said title the construction of its tracks across the same. Section 1. Whenever any person entitled to Section 1. That section two (2) of snoh aot ded, That- the tax hereby levied sball not exceed property shall not be sold at private sal% and chapter be amended by adding at the end 'And in case where such election shall be made, Approved March 5,1879. be amended so as to read as follows: compensation for lands heretofore taken or attempted two mills on each dollar of taxable pi op. but only npon previous written notice given, thereof the following: the district court to which the petition shall be a* to be taken for railroad purposes shall Section 2. Any public graded school in erty. least ten days before such sale, by serving a And if any railroad company organized under presented, shall at the time of the appointment any city or incorporated village or refuse or neglect to receive from the proper Sec. 4. All taxes levied under the provisions 66 copy of Buch notice upon the mortgagor, of this chapter shall elect, in the location of any of the commissioners, upon the request of company or the receiver thereof or otherwise township organized into a district of the foregoing section, when collected and upon the person in possession of the property part of its railroad to cross, intersect, join or either party and npon such showing as the nnder the so-called township system, the compensation awarded therefor -by commissioners AN AOT to oomplete the organization of the paid into the State treasury, shall bejdistributed unite its railroad with any other railroad of another court may deem necessary and proper, prescribe claiming the same, if Buch person can be found acting or assuming to act in that behalf which school shall give preparatory' instruction oounty of Polk for1 judicial purposes, and establish as follows thirteen-twentieths thereof to within the city, village or town where the morV company before constructed, at any point ihe location and the manner in which such npon the ground of the irregularity or illegality according to the terms and provisions of this terms of the district oourt therein bo be placed to the credit of the general revenue gage is filed, or if Buch mortgagor or person cannot on its route and upon the grounds of such other crossing or connection shall be made as to act, 'and shall admit students of either sex of the appointment of the commissioner or of for the counties of Polk and Kittson. bo fund three-twentieths thereof to be placed to be found withiu Buch city, village or town,, railroad company, it shall have the right to effeot the purpose of the petitioning corporation, the award or of any of the proceedings or otherwise, from any part of the State without charge för Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State the credit of the State institutions fund onetwentieth then by posting three copies of such notice as do, and if the two corporations cannot agree and at the same time do the least injury tuition, shall be entitled to receive pecuniary the railroad company interested in the of Minnesota: thereof to be placed to the credit of ifollows: one copy in each of three of the most npon the amount of compensation to be made to the corporation whose property is taken. premises, or the receiver thereof where no appeal aid as hereinafter specified provided, however, Section. 1. The county of Polk is detaohed the State interest fund one-tenth thereof to be public places of the city, village or^town where therefor, the same shall be ascertained and determined Sec. 4. That nothing herein contained, shall that no auch school shall be required to admit from the award has been taken, may bring from the connty of Clay and declared to be organized placed to the credit of the sinking fund, and the mortgage is filed, or where the property lfl be construed to abridge the rights conferred on by commissioners to be appointed by an action against person for the purpose non-resident pupils unless they pass an Buch Bhall for judicial purposes, with all the one-twentieth thereof to be plaoed to the credit seized or taken under tho mortgage. the court, as herein provided, for the appropriation any railroad company by existing general lawa examination in all the branches prescribed by of determining the validity of such appointment, rights, privileges and immunities of counties of tho general university fund. Seo. 2. No mortgagee, nor any one claiming of this State, or of any special laws of this of the property of individuals and if award and proceedings, or either, and in law as requisite to a third grade county certificate, of this State so organized, and the county of Sec. 5. This act shall take effect and be in under him, shall have any right, arbitrary the two corporations cannot agree as to the iState. or such action the plaintiff may also allege that if except algebra, plain|geometry and the Kittson is detached from the county of Clay force from and aftejr its passage. rwithout just cause, based upon the actual existence pointB.and manner of such crossings, the district Sec 5. This act shall take effect and be in the proceedings are held invalid, the plaintiff theory and practice of teaching. and attached to the county of Polk for judicial Approved March 7,1879. of facts, to declare any of the conditions court to which the petition shall be presented force from and after its passage. Is ready and willing to pay to the defendant Seo. 2. That section five of said act be purposes. or stipulations of a mortgage broken shall, at the time of the appointment of prior Approved March 6,1879. amended by substituting the words and figures full compensation for the land so taken or Seo. 2. General terms of the district oourt 54 to the time of default in the payment of suoh commissioners, upon the request of either party sought to bo taken to the extent of the defendants "twenty thousand dollars ($20,000)" wherever for the connties of Polk and Kittson shall be mortgage, or prior to the time when the conoid and upon such showing as the court shall deem' 49 the words and figures nine thousand dollars interested therein. held on the second Tuesday in June and second AN ACT to provide for the collection of de Itions of such mortgage should be performed. nesessary and proper, prescribe the location Sec. 2. If the defendant in his answer (SS.O^O)" occur. linquent taxes in certain cases. Tuesday in December in each year, at the city AN ACT relating to the St. Paul & Duluth Sec. 3. Every chattel mortgage shall cease and manner in which such crossing or connection disputes the validity of such proceedings, or of Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of of Crookston, which is hereby established as railroad oompany and providing that the provision •to be valid as against the creditors of the porson be made so as to effect the purpose Bhall euch appointment or award, the court shall first force from and after its passage. Minnesota: the connty seat of Polk county. Provided, that of the general statutes relating to making the same, or subsequent purchasers of the petitioning corporation and at the.saine. determine such issue and the nature of the defendant's Approved March 8,1879. Section 1. In any connty where there has no grand jury shall be drawn or summoned for condemnation of property may apply to said or mortgagees in good faith, after the expiration time do the least injnry to the corporation title, and if the finding is adverse to been a failure from any cause to be ascertained the December terms of said court until the eorporatinn. 39 of two years from the time of filing the whose property is taken. the defendant, judgment shall be entered aoeordingly. and determined by tho county auditor, to advertise, year A. D. 1881, unless by the order of the Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of same or a copy thereof, unless before the expiration Sec. 4. This act shall take effect and be in If, however, it shall be determined judgo of said court, duly made and entered in or by reason of such failure, or of a AN AOT to amend Bcotion two (2) of chapter Minnesota: of the two years the mortgagee, his agent force from and after its passage. that the defendant has an in'erestin or title defective advertisement, to sell any tract or lot six (6) of chapter seventy-four (74) of the the minutes of Baid court at least thirty days Section 1. That the St". Paul & Duluth railroad or attorney, shall make and an ex to the in­ Approved March 11,1879. 1 to such property, and that such proceedings are before the commencement of such term. of real property, or the entire list of real property general laws of one thousand eight hundred company, the sncceBBor to the Lake Superior strument, or copy on file as aforesaid, an affidavit invalid, the court shall so find and shall also subject to delinquent taxes for any year or and seventy-seven (1877), relating to a system Sec. 3. All civil suits now pending in the & Mississippi railroad company, may seeting forth the inte:est which the mortgagee i .determine and find for the defendant the full district court of the county of Clay, properly years according to the provisions of the general of public schools in tho State of Minnesota. j^fl perfect the title to the right of way for the has, bv virtue of such mortgage, in the 4® value of his interest in the land so taken or attempted tax.law, and in all cases where a tax sale, or the Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of triable in the county of Polk, shall be by stipulation p&e of said company by paying all amountB property therein mentioned, upon which affidavit ti» be taken at the time of such finding. Minnesota: of parties or by an order of the judge certificate issued thereon, shall have been set heretofore awarded for rgfipertv for the purposes the clerk shall endorse tho time when the Provided, however, that on any or all of AN ACT to amend chapter 73, of the general of said court, made on application of either aside for any i-ause to bo ascertained and determined Section 1. That section two (2) of chapter of said line of railrcSSi, with interest, to same was filed. the issues raised, either party shall be entitled laws of 1878, entitled "An aot to grant the by the county auditor, such property six of chapter seventy-four (74) of the general party, removed for trial to the county of Polk, Sec. 4. The effect of any such affidavit the same effect as though such compensation Bhall to a jury trial, and provided, further, that the right of way to railroad companies over lands and all judicial proceedings now pending in, shall be included in the delinquent list of the laws of ono thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven and damages had been paid by said Lake Su'perior not continue beyond one year from the timo plaintiff cannot recover costs or disbursements, owned or held by the State" so aa to include present year, if such taxes shall remain unpaid (1877) be and the same is hereby and all recognizances and writs returnable to & Mississippi railroad company and all when such mortgage would otherwise cease t» and provided, further, that a judgment adverse depot grounds. amended so as to read as follows: Every person the district court in the county of Clay from and the Bame proceedings shall be had against amounts awarded or adjudged for condemnation be valid as against subsequent purchases in to the defendants shall not preclude him from Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State the counties of Polk and Kittson, and all papers such property, aB for [taxes property, becoming duly elected to and excepting the office of'director, of property may be paid to the clerk of good faith, but before the time when any Bud» his rights in any award mado by the commis of Minnesota: treasurer or clerk of any district, or on file with the clerk of the district court delinquent this year, and judgment shall Bchool 'the court wherein proceedings were or may mortgage would otherwise cease to be valid aa* Baid Bioners. Section 1. That chapter 73, of the general in the county of Clay, which appertain to said be rendered for the taxes with interest thereon, memberof board of education, who shall neglect bedepending to be paid to the personB entitled aforesaid, similar affidavit may be filed and a Section 8. Upon a finding or verdict in fsvoi laws of 1878, entitled, "An act to grant the from the date it have been with or refuse to enter upon the duties of bia office counties of Polk and Kittson, shall be forthwith Bhould Bold, •upon the order of the court, and to that end annexed, as provided in the preceding section,and of the defendant, and determining the compensation right of .way to railroad companies over landa transferred to the clerk of said court for accruing penalties and costs. and berve therein faithfully, or shall refuse or inay prosecute all pending appeals in the name all with like effect. bo due him for the taking and use of owned or held by the State," be amended as Sec. 2. If there are personal taxes remaining neglect to perform any of the duties prescribed the county of Polk, and all rccords in the office of said Lake Superior & Mississippi railroad Sec. 5. Ohapter fifty, of the general laws of his land for railroad purposes, judgment shall to read as follows: of the clerk of the district court of Clay oounty unpaid in any county for any year or years by law, shall forfeit the sum of ten dollars Icompany or by leave of the court be substituted Minnesota for 1875, iB hereby repealed. be entered in substance as follows: That all the Sec. 1. That a right of way and a auantity prior to the year one thousand eight hundred (310.00) to the use of Baid district, which may which appertains to counties of Polk and Baid as a party to such proceedings on appeal, Seo. 6. act shall take effeot and be in ThiB right, title and interest of the defendant in the of land not exceeding twenty acres for depot be collected by any action before any justice Kittson, be transcribed and recorded in and seventy-eight, for which a judgment has Bhall fl'hat said St. Paul & Duluth railroad company force from and after its pasBage. land in controversy be taken and appropriated the office of the clerk of the distriot court of and grounds and water stations are not been rendered as provided by law, the of the peace in the county. To be prosecuted Btation In ay construct all necessary wharfs, slips, Approved February 26,1879. -. for the use of the railroad naming it by the hereby granted over and of, and -from any by the director of said district or by any freeholder Polk county. county treasurer Shall procceed to collect such tracks, water ways and other structures in the plaintiff (if the company is plaintiff) or (if the Sec. 4. This act shall be a general aot and Bwamp, school, internal improvement or agricultural taxes and make return of all that he may be in said district. 71 [Bay of Duluth (without interfering with the xeoeiver is plaintiff) by the plaintiff to the college lands owned by the State to Sec. 2. This aot shall take effect and be in shall take effect and be in force from and after unable to collect with the personal taxes now navigation of said bay) necessary or convenient ATff AOT to authorize the State to purohase'a.oertaln use of and for the benefit of the company. any railroad company proposing to construct, its passage, and all acts and parts of aots inconsistent in h's bands for collection. force from and after its passage. for the transaction of the business of said the number of obplea of Cooley's Index Digest of Upon the plaintiff paying to the defendant or or that has so constructed a railroad over or Approved March 6,1879. herewith are hereby repealed. Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in Tax LawB of Minnesota for the use of State, [railroad and the shipments or transfer of into court for the benefit of the party entitled upon the same, on the conditions and termB Approved February 27,1879. county and township officers. force from and after its passage. Sreight and property transported or to be transported Wheiusas, C. thereto, within sixty days from the judgment, DoWitt Minnesota,acomplstswMohtowritten hereinafter provided. over said railroad. Approved March 8,1879. 60 Coolev has the compensation adjudged with interest, costs Seo. 2. Suoh right of way may be fifty (50) index tho tax laws AN ACT to amend section 16 of chapter 1 digest of of Sec. 2. That in lieu of the proceedings now 6* to be appended such laws in lull with reference to and disbursements, and that upon failure to so la feet in width on each side of the centre line of authorized by the charter of said Lake Superior of chapter 74 of the general laws of 1877, the decisions cf tho supremo court thereon and all make such payment, the action be dismissed. SO the main tracks, except woere a greater width relating to public schools. & Mississippi railroad company, and the several AN ACT to prescribe the time of holding general thereof the present legislature amendments by Ihe effect of suoh payment be to vest in is necessary to protect the track against saow Bhall AN ACT proposing an amendment to artiele therefore, Mlmie&ots:» acts amendatory thereof, the said St. Paul & Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of terms of the district conrt in certain 1* legislature the railroad company, if the company i= the drifts, and in such case a width not exceeding nine (9) of the constitution, limiting the Minnesota: connties in the Ninth and Twelfth Judicial Bo enacted the of Duluth railroad company may acquire additional by i 1.' to plaintiff, or in the receiver for the company if one hundred and fifty (150) feet in addition That apon taxing power of the legislature. Section delivery said Cooley right of way and property neoessary for Section 1. That section 16 of ohapter "j, by districts. state tho receiver is plaintiff, all the right, title and may be taken, subject to the approval of the ubo Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of the secretary of two thousand printed anå being chapter (74) of the general laws of 1877, Be it by the Legislature of the State of of Digest, the of company under the provisions enacted Baid recolT#and Interest of the defendant in the lands so taken amendmontR-appendedIndex covered of said with laws Governor, as to the width to be taken. oopies Minnesota: relating to public school*, be amended by as sforftsaid, of sections thirteen to section thirty-two, inclusive, Minnesota: ho to the same use which the company could acAutre shall Seo. 3. Any company desiring such right of Section 1. The following amendment of the th© ami deliver:,to changing the proviso commencing at the word Section 1. That from and after the first day of title one of chapter thirty-four (34) prcambl*aiåsaesfgni same said or by condemnation under their charter or a thereof. Cooley Provided, his way or depot, station grounds and water stations constitution of the State is hereby proposed for "provided"-in line fourteen, so the same shall of Janna-v. one thon-rmd night hnrdred nnd of the general statutes relating to corporations, certificate of the deHveiy i the general laws of this State, and the court shall fnrnish to the Governor a plat showing publication, and approval or rejection by the buokb foregoing as the same are amended by ohapter 53 of the read as follows: Provided that when the territory eighty (lSSU), th'-re ill be two (2) general Sec.aro in accordance the »b with oeiv .•lay enter an order or final judgme&t to that the line of the road and the right of way people, that is to say, article nine (9) of tho of the district or districts to be affected by terms of the district court in and for the connty Upon the presentation of said general laws of 1872, and said provisions shall di*v effect when such payment is made. and additional width requisite to protect the constitution shall be amended by adding thereto tificate to State auditor he shall form part of the charter of said St. Paul & such formation, alteration or consolidation of Redwood,in tho Ninth(9th) judicial district, the tiM Sec. The plaintiff may at his option join warrant on the treasury books,of i. track against snow, and the depot, station his a new section, which shall read as follows, to consists of parts of two o more counties the held at the times hereinafter prescribed, to wit: Duluth railroad company. as defendants all parties having any interest in State for the amount of the said grounds and water station* proposed to be price of wit: petition shall be in duplicate or more as the lowlDg RoaJi Seo. 3. This act to take effect and be in On the third Tuesday of June and tho first tho price therefor as tho said book •r lien upon the property or making any claim same indiTO taken, with a calculation of the acr'Ts contained Section 15.- The legislature shall not authorize case may be, and one presented to the commissioners force from and after its passage.. Tuesday of January in eaoh year. eaid Cooley or his assigns to be sold for by .thereto, and may also in the eame complaint nåls, exceeding copy, therein, and on payment to the State treasurer any county, township, city or other municipal of each of snoh counties, who shall tot Approved February 14,1879. Seo. 2. That there shall hereafter be two gensral one dollar per and not y. ,Include two or more- tracts of land owned or of the sum per acre equal to the appraised corporation to issue bonds, or to become indebted warrant severally proceed ta hear the petition in the terms of the district court in and for the State treasurer shall the amount said pay xf claimed by different parties, with the right, value of Baid land, if the same has been appraised, in any manner, to aid in the construction manner directed. That to effect the formation, out any money in the treasury not otherwise county of Yellow Medicine, in the Twelfth judicial of however, of the owners of different tracts to and if not appraised, at such rate per or equipment of any or all railroads to any alteration or consolidation in such petitions desired held at the time* hereinafter PESeS^f^Sald distributed diBtrict, In th« demand separate ti ials. AN ACT to amend chapter .106, of the laws of books shall be acre as the Governor and commissioner of the amount that shall exceed five (5) per centum of shall require the concurrent action of the of- r* prescribed, to wit: same manner copies distributed,session the laws are Seo. 5. The action given by this act shall in 1877, entitled an aot to authorize municipal as IWp State land office shall consider a fair appraisal, the value of the taxable property within such commissioners of each of such counties. The On the last Tuesday of May and the first quired law to bo but only to the by all respects except as herein otherwise provided, corporations to aid in the construction of but not at a rate less than that .fixed by the county, townBhip, city or other municipal cor-j determination of such commissioners in each Tuesday of December in eaoh year. legisl&tine.ofofficer lowing named One to each officers copy fce governed by the same rules of practice and railrpads. State, institution of the State, and njjpn such payment poration. The amount of such taxable property county hall be entered upon their records in Sec. 3. That from and after May firet, one the each member and of tho officer procedure as to service of summons, new tri,»ls, Be it euacted by the Legislature of the State of being made the Governor stall execute to bo ascertained and determined by the last audilOB.dlsfcrfol the several counties by the several county thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine, the court,judge and clerk supreme each of tho and appeals or otherwise as other actions Minnesota: sheriff,commiKSfonor, each county to auch railroad company such deed or instrument assessment of said property made for the purpose auditors who shall file the copies thereof with cach court general terms of the district court in the counties treasurer, deeds, Uh brought to determine conflicting claims to real Section 1. That said aot be amended by register or cuiallzation.clerli town in writing as shall convey the use of suoh of State and county taxation, previous to the clerkB of the districts affected thereby in of Meeker and Kandiyohi, in the Twelfth property nnder the laws of this State, adding thereto the following section: each the board ritiht of way over and upon suoh land and the member of State of the incurring of such indebtedneer their respective counties in the manner directed judicial district, shall be held at the'times following, Seo. 4. This act shall take effect and be xoffo* :. Sec. 6. This act Ehall take effect and to in Section 16. Whenever any railroad oompany use of suoh land for depot, station ground and Sec. 2. This proposed amendment sbaU be and also with the county auditors in each of to wit: from and after itB passage. force from and after its passage. a proposition to any county, town, water stations, so long as it shall be used and Bhall make submitted to the people of the State, for their the counties petitioned. In the county of Meeker on the fourth Tuesday Approved March 11,18TO. Approved March 11,1879. incorporated city or village in this State asking occupied for railroad purposes. approval or rejection, at the next general election Sec. 2. This act take effect and be in Bhall of March and the fourth Tuesday of October bo municipal corporation to issue its Sec. 4. The funds paid shall be credited Buch occurring after the passage of this act, and force from and after its passage. in each year. In the county of Kandiyohi bonds as a bonus to aid in the construction of to the proper fund to which snoh land belongs. the qualified electors of the State, in their respective Approved March 6,1879. on the first Wednesday after the second Tuesday AN AOT in relation to tho general statutes of the railroad of such company, or offering to exchange Sec. 5. Any acts or parts of acts in so far districts, may at such election vote by AN ACT to facilitate the operation and conitrnction of March and on the second Tuesday of October 1878 and their effect as evidence. the) mortgage bonds of such railroad of the Northern Paoific railroad. as the same may conflict with this aot are hereby ballot for or against said amendments, and the 91 in each year. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State company for an equal amount of the municipal repealed. returns thereof be made and certified •Be It enacted by the legislature of the State of Bhall Sec. 4. All' writs, process, bo'ads, continuances, of Minnesota: AN ACT to ameuJ section twelve of ohaptoi bonds of such municipal corporation to be .• Minnesota: Sec. 6. This act shall tak» effect and be in withiu the time, and such votes canvassed and Section 1. Tho edition of tho general statute» appeals, notices, proceedings and recognizances, seventy-fouz of the' general laws of the year nsed in the construction of such railroad, if Section 1. The Northern Paoifio railroad force from and after its passage. the result thereof declared, in the manner pro-', issued, returnable to the general and other publio laws of this State in force at 1877, as amended by chapter forty-eight of made or such proposition shall be made in the form »•ompany shall have the right and authority Approve 1 March 10,1879. vided by law, with reference to election of termo of court in and for said counties, the close of the legislative session of eighteen OB the general laws of the year 1878, relating to prescribed in section four of this act for making cruder and pursuant to the general laws of this members of Congress, and if it shall appear respectively fixed by law, prior to the passage fiundred and seventy-eight (1878), prepared by public schools. tjbe proposition therein provided for, then ftate, as Bet forth in sections numbered thirteea, thereupon that a majority of the electors present of this act, ohall be deemed and construed as George B. Young, pursuant to chapter sixty» Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of it shall be the duty of the proper authorities of 47 fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, nineteen, and voting for or against the proposed made, taken and returnable to the proper term seven (G7) of the general laws of eighteen hundred Minnesota: such municipal corporation to entertain and amendment to the constitution as provided in •twenty, twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty-three, of said court in the said counties respectively as and seventy-eight (1878), shall bo competent Section 1. That section twelve of chapter act upon such proposition, and to submit the twenty-five, twenty-six, twenty-seven, twentytight, AN AOT relating to railroads organized nnder the next section have voted in favor of the fixed by this aot. evidence of the several1' acta and resolutions seventy-four of the general' laws of the year same to the electors of Baid municipal corporation the lawB of the State of HlinoSi same, then the Governor shall make proclamation twenty-nine, thirty and thirty-one of title Seo- 6. This aot shall take effeot and be |A therein contained in all courts of this 1877, as amended by chapter forty-eight of the in the same manner as they are directed one (1) of chapter thirty-four (84), of the Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of thereof, and such amendment shall thereupon force from and after its passage. State without further proof for authentication. general laws of the year 1878, bo and the same to entertain and act upon the other aforesaid -.Minnesota: take effect and be in force as a part of the general statutes (revision of 1866), as amended Sec. 2. Said' compilation shall be known is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Approved March 10,1879. proposition hereinbefore provided for in this act, fcy chapter 53 of the general laws&f A. D. 1872, Section 1. That any railroad company heretofore constitution. and cited as "General Statutes 1878." Section 12. Th» board of county commisoioners and to submit the Bame to the electors of such organized nnder the laws of the State of Sec. 3. The ballot used at election by And chapter 14 of the general laws of A. D. 1875, Buch Seo. 3. This act shall take effect and be ia of the several counties in this State may municipal corporation. to condemn for publio use, and to acquire and Illinois is hereby authorized to extend and electors voting in favor of this amendment foroe from and after its passage. form new school districts, alter the boundaries And, when such proposition is submitted for build its road into the State of Minnesota shall have written or printed, or partly written 'hold all the real estate and property that are or Approved Maroh 8,1879. of districts or units districts upon a petition of Ail ACT fixing tke time for holding the general the approval of the electors of such municipal \*ay be needed by said' company for right of from a point on the Southern State line between and partly printed thereupon, the following a majority of the freeholders who are legal voters terms of the district court in the third corporation, if it shall be approved by a majority '"Way, depot grounds, engine houses, machine ranges numbered seven and ten to the words: "Limitation of the taxing power of the residing in each district to be affected thereby. judicial district. of said electora who shall vote upon such •liopa and for all other purposes for which such north lino of Fillmore county, and snch railroad legislature—Yes." The ballot used by such Provided, That before final action on such Be it enacted by the Legislature of the S'.ste AN AOT in relation to mill dams. proposition, then the properauthorities of said feal estate or property is'or may be nested by company shall have and possess all the powers, "electors voting against said amendment shall Be it enactied by the Legislature of the Stats. 5 petition by said board, the same shall be sulv of Minnesota: mu icipal corporation shall issue the bomds of company, in the operation or construction franchises and privileges and be subject to the have written or printed, or partly written and mitted to the county superintendent of schools Section 1. The general terms of the district of Minnesota: such corporation to said railroad company in accordance any line or lineB of railroad, including not same liabilities &f railroad companies organized partly printed thereupon, the.following words: That whenever, by any oontrMl of such county, who shall speedily report the court in and for tho several counties in the Section 1. with the provisions of this aot, and "Limitation of the taxing powers of the legislature—No." telly all lineB of railroad that have been or may and incorporated nnder the general laws of same to said board, with hiB opinion in writing third judicial district of this State shall be 31 or by proceedings under chapter of tho goz)» the conditions contained in such proposition. constructed or acquired by Baid company, this State. Provided, snch non-resident com--, the as to the propriety of granting petition. held as follows: oral statutes and act3 amendatory thereof^ Buch Sec. 2. Section seven (.7), of said chapter pany shall first file a duly certified copy of its Sec. 4. act shall take effect and be in fcnt als» &H'other lines of railroad that now are ThiB Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be is In the county of Winona on the second Monday owner of any mill dam has heretofore acquired one hundred and six (106), of the general laws -tt may hereafter be operated, either entirely or articles of incorporation with the secretary of force from and after passage. its of March'and the second Monday of October force from and after its passage. or shall hereafter acquire the right to flow the. of 1877 is hereby repealed. ... this State, and shall comply with the laws of Approved February 25,1879. part by said company under any lease, oon- Approved February 26,1879. in each year. lands of another person in order to maintain a Sec. 3. This act shall take effeot iodjw in tenet or other arrangement between said com- Minnesota as to filing and recording its articles 5 In the coonty of Wabashaw on the third Monday head of water at said dam, and by reason ofl force from and after its passage. 4~t*ny and any other party or parties. of incorporation, and shall keep an office in 56 THE COUKTS. of May and the teoood Monday of November the breaking away of any natural or artificial) Approved March 11,1879. .• Seo. 2. This aot is hereby declared to be a this State in the same county in which its railroad in each year. bank or margin of Baid stream, upon Guchj •nblio act, and shall take effeot and be in force is, or is proposed to be built, and shall be AN AOT to amend an act entitled, "An act to 51 be4 In the connty of Olmsted on the first Monday lands of such other person, the water haa 62 *$tom and after its passage. liable to civil process to be sued and to sue aa provide for the collection of taxes in unorganized of June and the first Monday cf December in come or shall become divided from said stream,' IN AOT to authorize appeals to be dismissed AN ACT to repeal section seven (7) of chapter t- Approved February 14,1873. provided by law and provided, also, that it is connties, approved March 2, 1876." toj each year. it shall be lawful for the owner of said dam from the supreme court during vacation npon one hundred and six (106) of the general lkwi Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of made a special and express condition hereof Sec. 2. All writs, processes, bonds, recognizances, enter upon the lands of snch oth'er stipulation of parties. of 1877, entitled an act t«.authorize municipal 44 1 that if snch company organized nnder the laws Minnesota: continuances, appeals, notices and proceedings doing no unnecessary dama-ge. and to repair a: Be it enaoted by the Legislature of the State corporations to aid in the construction of of Illinois shall avail itself of the provisions Section 1. That section one (1) of an act entitled ås ACT defining equal rights to railroads of had, issued or returnable to the terms restore said bank so a3 to prevent the of Minnesota: railroads." of this act, said company be and are hereby "An act to provide for the collection of VS* different gauges. Bhall of court in and' for eaoh of said connties aa division of the water from said stream. Section 1. That any judge of the supreme Be it cnacted by the Legislature of the State declared estopped and prevented from removing, taxes in unorganized counties, approved March Sec. 2. *-Se it enacted by the Legislature of the State of fixed by law prior to the passage of this aot That any damage that may be can i court shall, during vacation, have_ the same of Minnesota: and be deemed to have elected to 2, 1876, be and the same is hereby ame'nJed by Minnesota: Bhall shall be deemed and construed as made, taken of. to the owner of such lands by reason an power as the court at term, to dismiss any Section 1. That section seven (7) of chapter waive any and all rights which said company adding to the end thereof the following: "Provided, suoh Section 1. That when the words "railroad" and returnable to the terms of court in each entry thereon and the repairing bf one hundred and six (106) of the general law« appeal and remand tha cause to the court below, farther, that in the county of Itasca the may have under the laws of the United States kr "railroads" is used in any general or special of said counties as fixed by this act. in the man shall be maintained and paid npon the stipulation of tha parties to such ap. of 1877, entitled an act to authorize municipal to have any suit or proceeding to which snch sum of twelve (12) mills per acre as compensation SI of the gene: ^law of this State, the same shall be deemed to Sec. 3. Chapter 53 of the general law» of provided in said chapter peal consenting to such dismissal, to bo filed corporations to aid in the construction of railroads for the connty of Crow Wing may be levied company is a party removed from the State if llfply alike to all railroads, without reference 1876, is hereby repealed. statutes in.other cases. r- with the clerk of said court. be. and the same is hereby repealed» courts to the court of the United States. and collected as herein provided." v Sec. 4. This,act shall take effect »ad b« ta. Sec. 3. This act shall take effeot Kid bf Uforce the gauge thereof. Sec. 2. This act shall take effect bo See. 2. This act shall take effect and be and in Sec. 2. This act shall take effect' and be ill Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be in I Seo. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force immediately. passage. troqf and after its force from and after its passage. force from and after its passage. force from and after its passage. force from and after its passage. Approved March 3, lig9. fierce from and after its passage. Approved February 14,1879, Approved March 4,1879^ Approved jllarcb G, lb79. Approved March 6,1879. Approved March 11,1879. 1 Approved March 8,1879. Y,'..'-:. YY ••Y-'1"'' I Defective Page