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at and keep a record of their answers in respect| to the kinds and amount of their property that] ()) 4s not exempt: from execution, and furnish a} (?) copy of the same to the State ster. | © ‘Whenever an arrest shall have been made}, i. ine for violation of any of the provisions of t are Chapter, or whenever information of such violation shall have been lodged with him, the| ou Ww County Attorney of the County in which the|fraudulen offense was comm: ecute the ac-| 12M cused with all dilize energy. jaaeney Sec. 7. That Section 2 Shapter 125, Gen-| es 1 Laws 1911, be a me is hereby | Celt ded so as to read cer sned : Jess the cost of collection and not. otherwise| Shall ex provided for, shall be paid in to the Treasury tle Person of the County in which the penalties for said |@” Molation of the provisions of this act were im- | ‘i° posed: provided, however,’ that fines collected | With for violations of this. act, where prosecutions] ate instituted upon the complaint of township. | y or village officers, duly appointed by the State Forester as fire’ wardens, shall be paid|° a into the Treasury of the township, city or vil-| jage where the offense was committed, to be|CEIPTS.) > dited to the ‘fire fund such township, | lost elty or * | diction Approved Apri! 2. 1913. | tic CHAPTER 160—H. F. No. 630, iPr emperiee AN ACT to amend Section 2155, Revised |b Laws 1905, relating to the membership of the Live Stock, Sanitary Board court may Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State) payment ——— os of Minnesot Section 1.. That Section 2155, Revised Laws 1005, be and the same is hereby amended to ead as follows He} 2155. Sanitary Board tate live stock senitary board, hereinafter called the board, |has been er the state board, sha ist of five. mem? | with ders, appointed by’ the h for the term of years and is successor s‘qualifies, One shall be a person selected a by’ the nesota Live Stock sociation. © shall be persons financially Interested ne breeding of live jhouseman ————————stock in the state; and the other two practic-|copy of i donkey, traction or portable engine Sheines and boiiers ‘except locomotives shill ss lands, which do not burn. oil as fuel, except they be provided with a practical and efficient ash-pan and spark arresting device. N shal] permit any of its em-|an a deposit of tite, live ovals} or ashes in the immediate vicinity of wood | p, jand or lands liable to Ue over-run by fire, end every engineer, conductor or trainman discovering a fire adjacent to the track’ shail report the same promptly to the agent at the first telegraph or telephone station reached by him, whose duty it shall as Represen- tative of such ompany to at once take Recessary steps ut out such fire. Every such Company shal) give Ployees particular instructions for the pre- ion and extinguishment of fire: and cause warning placards ich as are ap- the Proved by the State Forester, to be conspicu- | (b) ously posted at every station in the vicintt: ) of forest, brush and grass lands, and whe @ fire occurs on the right-of-way ‘of its road, shal! immediately concentrate such help and P dopt such measures as shall be available for Mts extinguishment. Every Rai leave of sued be fi its em-trece': (a) will make such | Pack Fejjorts to the ester as are deemed Becrssary by fires occurring on. ot adjacent to their respective rights-of-way. Whenever any combustible erial sball be left in the proximity of any Rallroad, elther without. proper fire protection 30 &s to constitute a fire menace to ot! thie erty, it shall be duty of the or auch mat yeing notified in Con by the State OF any forest ranger | of 's @s to the nature and extent of the protection | fnew required, to forthwith comply with all the terms of such notice so as to prt tect or remove such material. Afy Company or corporation violating any provision of this Section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on convict A thereof shall be fined not an fifty son Jars 4$50.00) and not exceeding one dollars ($100.00) 4 costs of prosecution for!/any each /offense, and any Railroad employee or ether indivi Violating the same small by meanor, and shail be hot less. than twen nor more than one hur sta of prosecution, or e County Jail not ex- shall whic (nh) whi sole! the prop- recel his any such ($100.00) imprisonmen Ceeding ninety Sec. 4 15 of General i e and the same 18 hereby ar » read as follows ec, henever in the |* adgment or District nger there ts r of start- ing and spreading of fi pissy perso act. (20) of th Chapter 1 the individual, aid timber pose of the rect ne burning | 'N, tire | able ter may re-| proy orporation by whom {spose of such slash- a way as to estab- around the area requir- the sald fire line to be naracter satisfactory area s0 covere quire the pers h aber was Cc and debris | a safe fire the upom the THE Section RECEIPTS.) See, 2. TIAL TERMS.) printe, son, undred | by the omi (a) Be contrary nilar goods SO MARKED.) gotiable receipt is or quner [but the expenses of cach, necessarily incurred deli Y in the discharge beropefated nthe vicinity of forest, brush of |by the state, OF NS Sues, Approved Aprit 2, all be paid 1913. CHAPTER 161—H. F. No. 625, ACT to make uniform the law of ware: house receipt fe it enacted by the Legislature of the State Minnesota: ‘ ISSUE OF WAREHOUSE RECEIPTS. 1.—(PERSONS WHO" MAY ISSUB Warehouse receipts may be Is- any _warehouseman. {FORM sOF RECEIPTS. ESSEN Warehouse receipts need not particular form, but every such must embody within its written or terms. location of are stored, he date of issue of the receipt, ve number of the receipt. As Whether the goods received be del to the bearer, to a specified fled person ‘or his order. sterage charges. 1 of the goods or of the containing them, signature of ware be inade by his authorized If the receipt is issued for the warehouseman is owner, y jointly or in common with fact of such ownership, and In the case of a negotiable receipt, ment of the amount of advances made of Mablifties incurred for which the ware~ eman claims a lien. If the precise smount uch advances made or of such ubilities rred is, at the time of the issue of the warehouseman oF to statement: of the n made ot liabilt- se thereot is suf- by im any ot where the warehouse or ages the ouseman, gent, goods ‘of either ther: may pt, unknown to the agent who issues a that advances have Warehouseman shall > injured thereby, for all sion fro: of the terms hei (FORM MAY BE y insert Mable to any per- damage caused ble receipt of WHAT ED.) A warehouse- Dt, issued by him, ner terms and conditions, provided that terms and conditions shalp not— to the provisions of this (>) In any wise impair his obligation ‘to ex- e that degree of care in the safe-keeping e goois entrusted to him wkich a reason- ful man would exercise in regard to f his own, OF NON-NEGOTI- receipt. in h it is 200d elved will be deliv- to the depositor, or to auy other specified on, 18 a non-negotiable receipt. e.” 5. ITION OF in which it 1s stated will be delivered to order of any person ch receipt is a negotiable receipt. > provision shall be inserted in a negoti- receipt that it is non-negotiable. iston, if inserted, shal! be void. DUPLICATS | RECEIPTS MUST When more than one ne- ued for the same goods, shall be plainly placed such receipt, except warehouseman shall ecelved the word the juplicate”’ face of every first issued. A be Mable for all damage caused by his failure firm or corporation, shall 1 State Forester or to dispose of slashings and ntirely consuming the same re line sufficient for the fon of adjoining property, and fails t istructions, the said per- shall be deemed guil- nd on convietion there-|t ‘a fine of not less ($50.00) and not exceed! ($100.00) and costs latiom-thereof or fail- origt: the man ve : the prosecution to ¢ slashings or debris are | hous to the instrpctions of District Ranger, the prester, the District Ranger or Patrol- may t re with such 2 y y and burn an the land Brate man force o} * District ies ot feats in_whten |" ( ffice of| Hen, the + Ranger or otherwise dl ings and debris, Register of I er was cut, ar Surveyor ral o} tin which said cutting was done, expense of burning or otherwise dispo bran: slashings and debris shall be/ and claim that may be col-| (c) m or corporation Who| the om which the said) that nade. Any moneys| ture 3 shall be paid In shall be filed eds of th also in the the ing of such a prim lected from t cut the wood lashings and ¢ asury and credited to the/to deliver so to do to any one who purchased equent receipt for value supposing it to be an <. (FAILURE TO MARK {incurred This section letters, ments of an informal character. upon a holder of a receipt f s and lumber of the! (b) the sub- nal, even though the purchase be after delivery of the goods by the warehouse- to the holder of the original receipt. “NOT NE- TABLE A non-negotiable receipt shall plainly placed upon its ‘face by warehouseman issuing *non-nego- ."" or “not negotiable.” In case of the ouseman's failure so to do, a holder of pt who purchased it for value sup- posing it to be negotiable, may, at his option, reat pt s imposing upon the ware same liabilities he would have the receipt been negotiable, shall not apply, however, to memoranda, or written acknowledg- eman the had PART It. AND RIGHTS OF WARE- )N THEIR RECEIPTS. OF WAREHOUSE- EMEN (OBLIGATION A warehouseman, in| of some lawful excuse provided ound to deliver the goods demand made either by the the goods or by the ‘accompanied absence this act, is written demand is stor, if such ) An offer to satisfy the warehouseman’s An offer to surrender the receipt !f ne- and|gotiable, with such indorsements as would be 1ecess: for the negotiation of the receipt, A readiness and willingness to sign, when goods are delivered, an acknowledgment y have been delivered, if such signa- is requested by the warehouseman. case the Warehouseman refuses or fails the goods compliance with a | written demand by the holder or depositor so ction 16 of Chapter 125, Gen- e and the ad as follows: person or corporation who} cuts or fells trees or bushes of any kind in} Hor Clearing land for roadbed or right-of-way for | hous. any Raflroad, highway manner and at the time as abov the slashings and all combustible ma-| (a) terial except fuel and merchantable timber. | sessi ‘Any person or corporation who cuts or fells|""(p) trees or f any kind in clearing land for agri rposes, OF WhO! receiy in any w ited from set-| fen ting fire cavated s on such land terial must be regulations of the Any contractor wt nstruction of tract involves ‘oods, standing timber, or bru: any part the right-of-way’ of such r hall pile all the slashings and debris cut or|FOR grubbed from the roadbed or right-of-way in|man the middle of such right-of-way, and shall) fact burn and dispose of such slash’ and without damage to adjoining timber or woods, which burning shal! be done in @ manner ani at a time satisfactory to the State Forester yrovided, however, that the foregoing prc iston shall not prevent the leaving of such trees along roads as will be useful for orna. law upon, recel eliv whic! and letting the fire run; disposed of pursuant State Forester © enters into a contrac a public road, the cutting or ‘grub-| ised to the conv |and accompanied, ame is hereby|wareh or trail shall in the| subject to the prescribed | ing’ sections, to delive ither indorsed from | mediate or debris| them, the the shall nto establish the existence cuse for such refusal. ‘STIFICATION OF WARE- IN DELIVERING.) A ware- justified in delivering the goods, provisions of the three follow- to ‘one who is— ‘The person davefolly entitled to the pos- ion of the goods, or his agent, ‘A person who is either himself entitled y by the terms of a non-negotiable pt issued for the goods, or who has writ- uthority from the person so entitled upon the receipt or written another paper, A person in p jpt by the terms of which the goods are erable to him or order or to bearer, or h has been indorsed to him or in blank burden be upon the ora man and|by the person to whom delivery was prom- by the terms of the receipt or by his immediate shdorsee. (WAREHOUSEMAN’S LIABILITY MISDELIVERY.) Where a warehouse- delivers the goods to one who is not in entitled to the possession of ‘arehouseman shall be Hable as for ersion to al! having a right of property yr possession In the goods if he delivered the goods ivisions (b) and (c) of the preceding section otherwise than as authorized by’ sub- though he delivered the goods as author- ized by said subdivisions he shall be so Mable, | receipt, mental and shade purposes, and which will Rot if prior to such delivery he had elther interfere with tr ‘y contract or County of any th hway ade by or on behalf of any | py Board, which involves the|or p ber on the right-of-way of | deliv shall provide in terms (b) ying provision, but! to bh such provision in the|to tract shall not relieve sald contractor from] "se duty to burn and dispose of said slashings| pia as aforesaid. n or County officer shall execute any such contri 1 behalf of his ‘Tow.. or County which does not provide i terms for cc ance with provisions -9¢ ction. person who shall violate any of the pro-| take isions of this Section shall be deemed guilt of a misdemeanor 1 on conviction thereof, | good be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-| the five dollars ($25.00). nor more than one hun dred dollars (31 by imprisonment in| Geliv 1 the ‘or Not less than twenty (20) nety (0) days.” tion of Chapter 125, 1911, be and the same is hereby to read as follows: 2 appeal shall be allowed ent in Justice's Court in any prosecution this Chapter unless the per- on apped nally within the legal time prescribed, enter into a recognizance with t ‘sureties, surety company or h ice the amount of the fine and costs, to be approved by the Justice, conditioned to} such eppear before the District Court on the first] y @ay of the general term thereof to be held in| the end for the same County, and ablde the judg-| Ment of said court therein The Justice may examin ties under oath, and in suc Town cutting a public compliance that the failure to i nego! General Laws v |neity from a j | take plain abl good the proposed sure- ERED.) where a wi which he had issued a negotiable receipt, the [to the possession of Mable to any quired title to din issued a nego’ or packages have been d all the goods specified in, thi fore or ns of the receipt as altered. audulent intent, jupon satisfactor ) Been requested, by or on behalf of th on lawfully entitled to a right of property joseession in the goods, not to make such ery, or Had information that the delive e made was to one not lawfully entitied possession of the goods. 11.(NEGOTIABLE RECEIPTS MUST CANCELED WHEN GOOD: xcept as provided in ehouseman delivers goods would transfer the right the goods, and fails to up and cancel the receipt, he shall be one who purchases for value in faith such receipt, for failure to deliver goods to him, whether such purchaser ac- tlle receipt before or after the ‘ery of the goods by the warehouseman. (NEGOTIABLE RECEIPTS MUST CANCELED OR MARKED WHEN PART GOODS DELIVERED.) Except as _pro- Section 36, where a .warehouseman ers part of the’ goods for which he had ble receipt and fails either to up and cancel such receipt, or to place nly upon it a statement of what goods livered he shall be le, to any one who purchases for value in ith such receipt, for failure to deliver receipt, whether purchaser acquired title to the receipt after the delivery of any portion of goods by the warehouseman, .—(ALTERED RECEIPTS.) ‘The al- ‘of a receipt shall ‘not excuse the who issued it from any liability ration was tiation of which (a) Immaterial, Authorized, or Jade without fraudulent the alteration was authorized, the ware- hall be lable according to the If the altera- unauthorized, but made without the Warehouseman shall be ding to the terms of the receipt, were before alteration. intent. Material and fraudulent alteration of a re- ceipt shall not exe the warehouseman who it from liability to deliver, according to the terms of the receipt as originally is- . the goods for which it was issued, but se him from any other liability to who made the alteration and to person who took with notice of the altera- ‘Any purchaser of the receipt for value out notice of the alteration shall acquire} : the warehouseman} e rights against such purchaser would have acquired it receipt had not been altered at the time the purchase. 14.—(LOST OR DESTROYED RE- Where a negotiable receipt has been or destroyed, a court of compétent juris- may order the delivery of the goods proof of such loss or destruc- and upon the giving of a bond with suf- \cient sureties to be approved by the court to Jing veterinarians and graduates of a regularly |and ormanized and. recognized veterinary college. |the ‘Appointments to fill unexpired terms shal! be Made from the classes to which the retiring Bembers belonged. The board shall elect soxdent and a vic t fro ich jeir number; also a inarian and gradu- | part fe of a reguls recognized |or 11 veterinary colles to be its|a tr recretary and © a term of one year and until his successor qualifies. Tt |or may also employ, and dismiss at pleasure, an —4 attorney and such other assistants as m necessary in the persormance of Its dutte: The compensation of @he secretary and of thi several employes shall be fixed” and Guties prescribed .by the board. No member |ciain | of the board shell receive any compensation the for services ae such, or a8 an employe thereof, Se original receipt remaining outstanding. esentation and warranty by of or subsequent to the from cuse the warehouseman from liability for re- y belfusing to deliver the goods according to the|purchase any property sold under the provi- |terms of the receipt. their| CLAIMANTS.) If |Droteet thd warehouseman from any liability which he or any person injured such delivery may incur by reason of the The also in its discretion order*the ‘of the warehouseman’s reasonable costs and counsel fees. delivery of the goods under an order he court as provided in this‘section, shall ‘© the warehouseman from lability to a person to whom the negotiable receipt or shall be negotiated for value out notice of the proceedings or of the oods. (EFFECT OF “DUPLICATE B A receipt upon the face of which ‘duplicate’? is plainly placed in a the ware- that such receipt is an accurate ‘an. original receipt properly issued uneancelled at the date of the issue of uplicate, but shall Impose upon him no r lability, 16.—-(WAREHOUSEMAN CAN Not UP TITLE IN HIMSELF.) No title or t to the possession of the goods, on the of the warehouseman, unless such title ight 4s derived directly’ or indirectly from ansfer made by the depositor at the time deposit for storage, the warehouseman's lien. shall ex- . 17.(INTERPLEADER OR ADVERSE more than one person the tilte or possession of the goods, warehouseman may, elther as a defense NEGOTIABLE | Such | (a ute DM) ee ee whi is \Claimants to interplesd. | lon 18.—(WAREHOUSEMAN HAS REAS- ONABLY TIME TO DETERMINE VALIDI- (TY OF CLAIMS,) If some one other than the depositor or “person claiming under him has a claim to the ttle or possession of the goods, aad the warehouseman has informa- tion of guch claim, the warehouseman shalt be excused from lability for refusing to de- liver the goods, either to the depositor or person elaiming under him or to the adverse ‘claimant, unti! the warehouseman has had ‘a reasonable time to ascertain the validity of the adverse ¢glaim or to bring legal pro- ceedings to cot 1 all claimants to TITLE IS NO DI ABOVE PROV!) provided in the two preceding ions and in sections 9 and 36, jitle of a third person shall be a defense to 1 action brought by the depositor v son claiming under him agaist the ware |nouseman for failure to deliver the goods taccording to the terms of the receipt (LIABIL NON-EXIS- NCE MISDESCRIPTION OF GOODS.) A Warehouseman shall be liable to the hold- er of a for damages caused by the non-existenc ‘foods or by the failure of the goods to correspond with the descrip- tion thereof in the receipt at hte time of tts issue. If, however, goods are describea in a receipt merely by a statement of marks or labels upon them upon packages con- taining them, or by a statement that the {goods ‘are said to be goods of a certain kind, jor that the packages containing are said to contain goods of a certain kind, or by words of like purport, such statements, jf true, shall not make liable the warehouse: jwan issuing the receipt, although the good lare not of the kind which the marks or jlabels upon them indicate, or of the kind |they were said to be by the depositor. | Sec. (LIABILITY FOR CARE OF |GOODS.) “A warehouseman shall be liable for any loss or injury to the goods caused his failure: to exercise such care in re- jgard to them as a reasonably careful owner lof similar goods would exercise, but he shall [not be liable, in the absence of an agree iment to the contrary, for any loss or injury jto the goods which’ could not have been lavoided by the exercise of such care. ec. 22.-_(GOODS MUST BE KEPT SEP- |ARATE.) Except as provided in the folio ing section, a warehouseman shal! keep the goods so far separate from goods of other de- positors, and from other goods of the same depositor for which a separate receipt nas been Issued, ag to permit at all times the lidentification ahd re-deliverdy of the goods | deposited. § 23.—(FUNGIBLE_ GOODS _ MAY BB “OMMINGLED, IF WAREHOUSEMAN AU: \THORIZED.) If authorized by agreement by custom, @ warehouseman may 1 fungible goods with other goods of the same kind and grade. In such case the various depositors of the mingled goods ishall own the entire mass in common and each deposi- tor shail be entitled to such portion thereot as the amount deposited by him bears to the whole. Sec. 24.—(LIABILITY OF WAREHOUSE. MAN TO DEPOSITORS OF COMMINGLE! GOODS.) The warehouseman shall be sever- ally Hable to each depositor for the care and re-delivery of his share of such mass to the same extent and under the same circumstan- ces as if the goods had been kept separate. Sec. 25.—(ATTACHMENT OR LEVY UPON GOODS FOR WHICH A NEGOTIABLE RE- CEIPT HAS BEEN ISSUED.) If goods are delivered to a warehouse by the owner or by by a@ person whose act in conveying the title to them to a purchaser in good faith for value would bind the owner, and a nego- table receipt is issued for them, they cannot thereafter, while in the possession of the warehouseman, be attached by garnishment or otherwise, or be levied upon under an ex- ecution, unless the receipt be first surrendered to the warehouseman, or its negotiation en- joined. ‘The warehouseman shall in no case be compelled to deliver up the actual pos- session of the goods until the receipt is sur- rendered to him or impounded by the court. Sec. 26.—(CREDITORS'’ REMEDIES TO REACH NEGOTIABLE RECIPTS.) A cred- itor whose debtor is the owner of a negotia- ble receipt shall be entitled to such aid from [the courts of appropriate jurisdiction, by in- Junction and otherwise, in attaching such receipt or in satisfying the claim by means thereof as is allowed at law or in equity, in regard to property which cannet readily’ be attacned or levied upon by ordinary legal process. Sec. —(WHAT CLAIMS ARE INCLUDED IN THE WAREHOUSEMAN’S LIEN.) Sub- ject to the provisions of Section 30, a ware- houseman shall have a len on goods deposited or on the proceeds thereof in bis hands, for all lawful Charges for storage and preserva- tion of the goods; also for all lawful claims for money advanced, interest, insurance, transportation, labor, weighing; coopering and other charges and expenses in relation to such goods; also for all, reasonable charges and expenses for notice, and advertisements of sale, and for sale of the woods where default has been made in satisfying the warehouse- man’s lien, Sec. 28.—(AGAINST WHAT PROPERTY THE LIEN MAY BE ENFORCED.) Sub- ject to the provisions of Section 30 a ware- houseman’s lien may be enforced. (a) Against all goods, whenever deposited, belonging to the person who is liable as debtor for the claims in regard to which the len {s asserted, and (b) Against all goods belonging to others which have been deposited at any time by the person who is lable as debtor for the claims in regard to which the lien is as- serted if such person had been so intrusted with the possession of the goods that a pledge ot ee same by eee ab the time: of the de- post fo one who took the goods in good faith for value would have been valid. Sec. 20.—(HOW THE LIEN MAY BE LOST.) A warehouseman loses his lien upon goods— (a) By surrendering possession thereof, or (b) By refusing to deliver the goods when a demand is made with which he is bound to comply under the provisions of this act. Sec. 30.—NEGOTTABLE RECEIPT MUST STATE CHARGES FOR WHICH LIE: Is CLAIMED.) If a negotiable receipt is issued for goods, the warehouseman shall have no lien thereon, except for charges for storage of those goods subsequent to the date of the unless the receipt expressly enumer- ates other charges for which a lien is claimed. In such case there shall be a lien for the charges enumerated so far as they are within the terms of Section 27, although the amount of the charges so enumerated is not stated in the receipt. See. 1.—(WAREHOUSEMAN NEED NOT DELIVER UNTIL LIEN IS SATISFIED.) A warehouseman having a lien valid against the person demanding the goods may refuse to deliver the goods to him until the lien Is satisfied. = See. 32.—(WAREHOUSEMAN’S LIEN DOES NOT PRECLUDE OTHER REMEDIES) ‘Whether a warehouseman has or has not a Hen upon the goods, he is entitled to all remedies allowed by law to a creditor against his debtor, for the collection from the de- positor of all charges and advances which the depositor has expressly or impliedly con- tracted with the warehouseman to pay. See. 33.—(SATISFACTION OF LIE: BY SALE.) warehouseman’s lien for a claim which has become due may be satisfied as follows: The warehouseman shall give a written notice to the person on whose account the goods are held, and to any other person known by the warehouseman to claim an interest in the goods, Such notice shall be given by delivery in person or by segistered letter ad- dressed to the last known place of business or abode of the person to be notified. The notice shall contain— (a) An itemized statement of the ware- houseman’s claim, showing the sum due at the time of the notice and the date or dates when it became due, (>) A brief description of the goods against which the lien exists. (c) A demand that the amount of the claim as stated in the notice, wnd of-such further claim as shall accrue, shall be paid on or before a day mentioned, not less than ten days from the delivery of the notice if it is personally delivered, or from the time when the notice shoyld reach its destination, ac- cording to the due course of post, if the notice is sent by mail, and (ad) A statement that unless the claim is jpaid within the time specified the goods will |be advertised for sale and sold by auction at_a specified time and place. In accordance with the terms of a notice so given, a sale of the goods by auction may be had to satisfy any valid claim of the warehouseman for which he has a Hen on the goods, ‘The sale shall be had in the place where the lien was acquired, or, if such place is manifestly unsuitable for the pur- pose, at the nearest suitable place. After the time for the payment of the claim spec- {fled in the notice to the depositor has elaps- ed, an advertisement of the sale, describ- jing [the ‘goods to be sold, and stating the name of the owner or person on whose ac- count the goods are held, and the time id place of the sale, shall’ be published once a week for two consecutive weeks in a news: paper published in the place where such sale is te be held. The le shall not be held less than fifteen days from the time of the first publication. If there is no newspaper published in such place, the advertisement shall be posted at least ten days before such sale in not less than six conspicuous places therein. From the proceeds of ‘such sale the ware- houseman shall satisfy his Men, including the reasonab} charges of notice, advertisement, and sale. The balance,’ if any, of such proceeds shall be held by the Wware- houseman, and delivered on demand to the |person to whom he would have been bound to deliver or justified in delivering the goods. | At any time before the goods are so sol jany person claiming a right of property or possession therein may pay the warehouseman the amount necessary to itiefy his lien and to pay the reasonable expenses and abilities incurred in serving notices and advertising ae preparing for the sale up to the time of such payment. The warehouseman shall deliver the goods to the person making such payment if he is a person entitled, under the provisions of this Act, to the possession of the goods on payment of charges thereon. Otherwise the warehouseman shall retain posession of the goods according to the terms of the original contract of deposit (e) The warehouseman, his representatives or assigns, may fairly and In good faith sions of this Act, provided that the sale is conducted by the’ sheriff or his deputy, on by any constable of the county where such sale is made. Sec. 34.—(PERISHABLE AND HAZARDOUS} to an action brought against him for non-|GOODS.) If goods are of @ perishable nature, inter- | the gooas| by keeping will d atues or by. thelr’ eden ity or explosive nal jure other property, give such notice to the 0% son in whose name the 1s reasonable and_possibl stances, to satisfy the the event of the failure! of such satisfy the lien and to ‘remove within the time so specified, the warehouse- man may sell the goods at public or private sale without advertising. If the warehouse~ man after a reasonable effort is unable to jsell such goods, he may dispose of them in lawful manner, and shall incur no. 'y by reason thereof. proceeds of any sale made under the sof this section shall be disposed of in the same way as the proceeds of sales made onde: of the preceding section, (OTHER METHODS OF ENFORC- S.) ‘The remedy for enforcing a lien herein provided does not pteclude any other remedies alowed by law for the enforcement of a lien against personal property nor bar| the to recover so much of the ware- | now claim as sha!l not be paid \ by the eds of the sale of the property, S EFFECT OF SALE.) After’ goods have been“ tiwfully sold to satisfy a ware- jhouseman’s lien, or have been lawfully sold ‘or disposed of" because of their perishable jor hazardous nature, tne warehouseman shall hot thereafter be Hable for failure to deliver the goods to the depositor, or owner of the goods, or to holder of the receipt given for |the goods when they were deposited, even if such receipt be negotiable. PART IIT, AND TR CEIPTS. GOTIATION OF NEGOTI- BY DELIVERY.) A negoti- able receipt may be negotiated by delivery: Where, by the terms of the receipt, the: |warehouseman iindertakes to deliver the goods to the bearer, or (b) Where,’ by the terms of the receipt, the warehouseman undertakes to deliver the goods |to the order of a specified person, and such person or a subsequent indorsee ‘of the re- ceipt has indorsed jt in blank or to bearer. Where, by the terms of a negotiable re- ceipt, the goods are deliverable to bearer or where a negotiable receipt has been indorsed in blank or to Bearer, any holder may indorse |the same to himself or .to any other specified |person, and in sueh case the receipt shall |thereafter \be negotiated only by the indorse- |ment of stich indorsee. Sec. 38.—(NEGOTIATION OF NEGOTI- ADLE RECEIPTS BY INDORSEMENT.) A negotiable receipt may be negotiated by the indorsement of the person to whose order the |soods are, by the terms of the receipt, de- liverable. "Such indorsement may be in blank, to bearer or to a specified perso: It in: dorsed to a specified person, it may be again negotiated by the indorsement of such per- on in blank, to bearer or to another specified |person. Subsequent negotiation may be made in_like manner. Sec. 39.—(TRANSFER OF RECEIPTS.) A receipt which is not in such form that it can be negotiated by delivery may be trans- ferred by the holder by delivery to a purchaser or donee, A non-negotiable receipt cannot be negott- ated, and the indorsement of such a receipt gives the transferee no additional right, . W.—(WHO MAY NEGOTIATE A RE- CEIPT.) A negotiable receipt may be negoti- ated: (a) By the owner thereof, or (>) By any person to whom the possession lor custody of the recelpt has been entrusted by the owner, if, by the terms of the receipt, | the warehouseman undertakes to deliver the |goods to the order of the person to whom |the possession or custody of the receipt has been entrusted, or if at the time of such en- trusting the receipt is in such form that it may be negotiated by delivery. Sec. 41.(RIGHTS OF PERSON TO WHOM A RECEIPT HAS BEEN NEGOTIATED.) A person to whom a negotiable receipt has been duly negotiated acquires thereby: (a) “Such title to the goods as the person negotiating the receipt to him had or had NSFER OF RE- for value, and also such title to the goods as the depositor or person to whose order the goods ‘were to be delivered by the terms of the ‘receipt. had or had ability. to con. Vey to a purchaser in good faith for value, and (b) ‘The direct obligation of the warehouse- man to hold possession of the goods for him according to the terms of the receipt as fully as if the warehouseman had contracted directly with him. Sec. 4: (RIGHTS OF PERSON TO WHOM A RECEIPT HAS BEEN TRANSFERRED.) A person to whom a receipt has been tran: ferred but not negotiated, acquires thereby, as jagainst the transfer, the title of the goods Subject to the ternis of any agreement with the transferor. if the receipt 1s non-negotiable such person also acquires the right to notify the ware- houseman of the transfer. to him. of such Te- ceipt, and thereby to acquire the direct obliga- tion of the Warehouseman to hold possession of the goods for him according to the terms of the receipt. = Prior to the notification of the warehouse- man by the transferror or transferee of a non- negotiable receipt, the ttle of the transferee to the goods and ‘the right. to acquire the obligation of the. warehouseman may be de feated by the levy of an.attachment or execu- tion upon the, goods by a creditor of the trans- feror, or by a notification te the warehouse- man’ by. the transferor or @ subsequent. pur- chaser from the transferor of a subsequent sale of the goods by the eror. Sec, 43.—(TRANSFER OF NEGOTIABLE RECEIPT © WITHOUT —INDORSEMENT. Where a negotiable receipt is transferred value by delivery, and the indorsement of the transferor is esential for negotiation, the trans- feree acquires q right against the transferor to eompel him to indorse the receipt, unless a contrary intention appears. ‘The negotiation shall take effect as of the time when the in- dorsement is actually made. Sec, 44.—(WARRANTS ON SALE OF” RE- CEIPT.) A person who for value negotiates or transfers a receipt by indorsement or de- livery, including one who assigns for value a claim secured by q receipt, unless a contrary intention appears, Warrants (a) That the receipt is genuine. (>) That he has a legal right to negotiate or transfer it, (c). That he has krowledge of no tact which would impair the validity or worth of the re- ceipt, and (a) ‘That he has a right to transfer the title to the goods and that the’goods are mer- chantable or fit for a particular purpose when- ever such warranties would have been implied, if the contract of the parties had 'been to transfer without a receipt the goods repre- sented thereby. Sec. 45.—(INDORSER NOT A GUARAN- TOR.) The indorsement of a receipt shall not make the indorser liable for any failure on the part of the warehouseman or previous in- dorsers of the receipt to flulfil their respective obligations, ‘See, 4.—(NO WARRANTY IMPLIED FROM! ACCEPTING PAYMENT OF A DEBT.) A mortgagee, pledgee or holder for security of a receipt Ww! in good faith demands or receives payment of the debt for which such receipt Security, whether from a party or a draft drawn for such debt or from any other person, shall not by so doing be deemed to represent to warrant the genuineness of such receipt or the quantity or quality of the goods therein described. Sec. 47.—(WHEN NEGOTIATION NOT IM- PAIRED BY FRAUD. MISTAKE, OR DURESS.) The validity of the negotiation of a recelpt 1s not Impaired by the fact that such negotiation was a bteach of duty on the part of the person making the negotiation, or by the fact that the owner of the receipt was induced by fraud, mistake, or duress to entrust the possession or custody of the receipt to such per- Son, ff. the person to whom the receipt was negotiated, or a person to whom the receipt was subsequently negotiated, paid value’ there- for, without notice of the breach of duty, or fraud, mistake or duress. Sec. 48.—(SUBSEQUENT NEGOTIATION.) (‘Where a person having sold, mortgaged, or| pledged goods which are in a warehouse ‘and for which a negotiable receipt has been is- ued, or having sold, mortgaged, or pledged he negotiable receipt representing such goods, continues in possession of the negotiable re- ceipt, the subsequent negotiation thereof by that ‘person under any sale, or other disposition thereof to any person receiving the same in good faith, for value and without notice of the previous sale, mortgage or pledge, shall have the same effect as if the first purchaser of the goods or receipt had expressly authorized the subsequent regotiation. Sec. 49.—NEGOTIATION DEFEATS VEN- DOR’S LIEN.) Where a negotiable receipt has been issued for goods, no seller's len or right of stoppage in transit shall defeat the rights of any purchaser for value in good faith to| whom such receipt has been negotiated, whether such negotiation be prior or subse- quent, to the notification to the warehouseman who issued such receipt of the seller's claim to a len or right of stoppage th transit. Nor shall the warehouseman be obliged to deliver or justified in delivering the goods to an un- paid seller unless the receipt is first surren- dered for cancellation. ‘ PART IV. CRIMINAL OFFENSES. Sec. 50.—(ISSUE OF RECEIPT FOR GOODS NOT RECEIVED.) A Wwarehouseman, or any: officer, agent, or. servant of a warehouseman, who issues of aids in issuing a receipt know- ing that the for which such receipt is issued have not been actually received by such warehouseman, or are not under his actual ability to convey to a purchaser in good faith | P' foe coca such goods which ownership, shall be guilty of a crime, conviction shal! be punished for’ each mse by imprisonment not exceeding one year, or by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or by both. Sec. 54.—(DELIVERY OF GOODS WITH- OUT ‘OBTAINING NEGOTIABLE RECEIPT.) A warehouseman, or any officer, agent, or servant of a warehouseman who delivers goody ‘out of the possession of such ware- hougeman, knowing that a negotiable recetpt! the negotiation of which would transfer the right to the possession of such godds is out-! standing and uncancelied, without obtaining | the possession of such recelpt at or before tlre time of such delivery, shall, except in the cases provided for in Sections 14 and 36, be found guilty of a eriine, and upon con- viction shall be punished for pach offense by imprisonment not exceeding one year, or by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or by_ both. Sec. 35..(NEGOTIATION OF RECEIPT FOR MORTGAGED GOODS.)" Any person who deposits goods to which he bas not tt tle. or, upon which there is a Hen or. mort-| gage, and who takes for such goods a ne- gotiable receipt which he afterwards negoti- ates for value with intent to deceive and without disclosing his want of title or the existence of the lien or mortgage shall be guilty of a crime, aud upon conviction shall be punished Lega cher offense by imprisonment not exceeding 6ne year, or by a fine not ex- ceeding one thousand dollars. or by both. PART V. INTERPRETATION. 56.—(CASES NOT PROVIDED FOR IN ACT.) In any case not provided for in this Act, the rules of law anda equity, in- cluding the law merchant, and in particular the rules relating to the law of principal and agent and to the effect of fraud, misrepresen- tation, duress or coercion, mistake, bank- rupt or other invalidating cause, shall vern. sence. ST,—(INTERPRETATION | SHALL GIVE EFFECT TO PURPOSE OF UNI- FORMITY.) This Act shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general pur- pose to make uniform the law-of those States which enact it. Sec. °S8.—(DEFINITIONS). (1) In this Act, unless the context or subject matter other- wise requires— ‘Action’, “includes counter claim, and suit in equity. “pelivery”” Sneane. bina sf aca ot possession from one person to another. “Fungible goods” means goods of which any unit is, from its nature or by mercan- tile custom, treated as the equivalent of any oth unit. pers means chattels or merchandise in storage, or which hag been or is about to be stored. “Folder? of a receipt means a person who both actual possession of such receipt and a right of property therein. ‘Order’. means an order by indorsement on the receipt. “Owner” does not mortgagee or ledgee. PitwPerson’’ includes m corporation or part- nership_or two or more persons having 4 joint or common interest. JorRS purchase’ includes to take as mort- a jledgee. S*fpurchaser” includes mortgagee and Sec. set-off, include means a warehouse receipt. is any consideration suffictent to imple contract. An antecedent whether for money receipt is ne- “Value support a or pre-existing obligation, or not, constitutes value where a. taken ‘either, in satisfaction thereof or curity therefor. TWarehouseman”” means a person lawfully engaged in the business qf storing goods for rofit. 'A thing 1s done ‘In good faith" with. ta the ‘ecco of this Act, when it ts in fact done honestly, whether it be done negli- gently or not. . 59.—(A' DOES NOT APPLY TO BRISTING RNCEIPTS), “The provisions of this Act do not apply to receipts made and delivered prior to the taking effect of this t. Stee. 60—(INCONSISTENT _ LEGISLATION REPEALED.) ‘All Acts or parts of Acts in- consistent with this act are hereby repealed. Sec. 61.—(TIME WHEN THE ACT TAK EFFECT.) This Act shall take effect on the first day of January, one thousand nine hun- area and fourteen, ‘Sec, 62.(NAME OF ACT.) This Act may be cited as the Uniform Warehouse Receipts Act. Approved April 2, 1913. CHAPTER 162—S. F. No. 863. AN ACT entitled ‘‘an act authorizing any ‘city now or hereafter having a population of over fifty thousand inhabitants to issue and sell bonds authorized by its charter at ‘fa rate of interest in excess of that limited by such charter.” Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State ‘of Mirmesota: Section 1. Any city of this state now or hereafter having a population of over fifty thousand inhabitants, is hereby authorized and empowered to issue and sell. to the amount and in the manner and for the purposes pro- vided for in and by its charter, any city bonds authorized by the terms of such char- ter, bearing a net rate of interest not ex- ing four and one-half (415) per cent per annum, notwithstanding any limitation con- tained'in any such charter in reference to the rate of interest that such bonds may bear. Such bonds shall not be sold for less than par and accrued interest, and then only to the highest responsible bidder therefor; provided, that this act shall not in any way affect the issuance of local improvement bonds of any such city authorized by its charter, nor the rate of interest thereon. Sec. 2. This -act, shall also apply’ to, citles existing under a charter framed pursuant to Section $6, Article 4 of the Constitution, and all acts and parts of acts inconsistent here- with are hereby repealed. |. Sec. 8. This act shall take effect and be mn force from and after its passage. Approved April 1, 1918. CHAPTER 163-H. F. No. 536. ‘AN ACT to amend Sections two (2), seven (7) ‘and eight (8) of Chapter three~hundred twenty-eight (328) of the Laws of 1907, en- titled ‘An Act to Provide for the Taxation of Mortgages of Real Property.” Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State ‘of Minnesota: Section 1. Section two of Chapter three hundred and twenty-eight (328) of the Laws of 1907 is hereby amended to read as fol- lows: Sec. 2. imposed upon A tax of fifteen cents is hereby each hundred doliars, or frac- tion thereof, of the principal debt or obli- gation which is, or in any contingency may be, secured by any mortgage of real prop- erty situate within the state executed and Gelivered after the passage and approval hereof and recorded or registerel hereafter; provided that any such mortgage heretofore executed and delivered shall not be recorded or. registered without payment of the tax originally stipulated in section two (2) here- of as originally enacted: Provided further that if any such mortgage shall describe any real estate situate outside of this state, such tax shall be imposed upon such proportion of the whole debt secured thereby as the value of the real estate therein described stt- uate in this state bears to the value of the whole of the real estate described therein, as such value shall be determined by the state ditor upon application of the mortgagee; and provided further that if the maturity of the said debt secured by the said mortgage, as therein stipulated, shall be fixed at a dace more than five years after the date of said mortgage, then and in that case the tax to be paid thereon shall be at the rate of twen- ty-five cenis on each hundred dollars or frac- tion thereof. Sec. 2. Section seven (7) of chapter three hundred twenty-eight (828) is hereby amended to read as follows: ‘Sec. 7. No such mortgage, no papers relat- ing to its foreclosure nor any assignment or satisfaction thereof shall be recorded or rex istered after the passage of this act unless said tax shall have been paid; nor shall any such document or any record ‘thereof, be re- celved in evidence, in any court, oF Have any validity as notice ‘or otherwise. ‘Sec. 3. ‘That section elght (8) of chapter three hundred twenty-eight (328) is hereby amended to read as follows: tgages of real estate re- prior to the passage or Sec. 8 All corded “or regis' this act shall be taxable as provided by law under the provisions of law relating thereto prior to the enactment hereof, provided, that the holder of any such mortgage may pay to the treasurer of the proper county, or the state treasurer, or both, the tax therein pre~ scribed upon the amount of the debt secured by such mortgage at the time of such pay- ment as stated by the affidavit of the owner of such mortgage, to be filed with the coun- ty treasurer, and have the treasurer's receipt countersigned by the auditor endorsed there- ‘The register of deeds or secretary or ate, as the case may be on presentation of such receipt, shall note on the margin of the mortgage record the date and amount ct such payment. Thereafter such mortgage debt shall not be otherwise taxable, ‘Sec. 4. This act shall take effect and be in foree from and after its passage. control at the time of issuing such receipt, shall be guilty of a crime, and upon conviction shall be punished for’ each offense by imprisonment not exceeding five years, or by @ fine not exceeding five thousand dollars, or by both, Sec. 51.—(SSUB_ OF RECEIPT CoN- TAINING FALSE STATEMENT.) houseman, or any officer, agent or servan| of a warehovseman, who’ fraudulently Issues or aids in fraudulently issuing a receipt. for goods knowing that it contains any false Statement, shall be guilty of a crime, andi upon. conviction shall be punished™for’ each offense by imprisonment not exceeding one year, or by a fine hot exceeding one thousand dollars, or by both. ‘Sec. 52.—UISSUE OF DUPLICATE. RE- CEIPTS NOT SO MARKED.) A warehouse- man, or any officer, agent, or servant of a warehouseman, who issues or aids in issuing a duplicate or additional negotiable receipt for goods knowing that a former negotiable receipt for the same goods or any part of them is outstanding and uncancelled, without plainly placing upon the face thereof the word “Duplicate” except in the case of a lost or destroyed reveipt after proceedings a: provided, for in Section 14. shall be guilty of @ crime, and upon conviction shall be pun- isked for each offense by imprisonment Approved April 2, 1913. CHAPTER 1¢4—H. F. No. 32. AN ACT to amend Section 688, of the Re- vised Laws of Minnesota for 1905, relative to the interest of town officers in contracts. Beit enscted by the Legislature of the State Mi! 2 ~ ‘innesota : Section 1. That Section 688 of the Revised Laws 1905 is hereby amended so as to, read ‘Section 688. ~No supervisors, town clerk or town board shall become a party to or be di- rectly or indirectly interested In, any con- tract made or payment voted by the town board, and all contracts involving an expendi- ture of one hundred dollars or more, if not to be paid from road or poll tax, shail be let} to the lowest responsible bidder, after public notice of ten days, posted in the three most public places in township or published for two Weeks in a newspaper generally cir- culated in said township, of the time and place of Teceiving bids. ‘Provided, in cases of emergency amounts in excess of one hundred dollars may be expended without such notice being given, and provided fur- ther, that. in towns having. lese than twenty. may | five’ (25) legal voters, said officers ‘not|employed upon road work by the day at such| EXPOSURE and! AN ACT relating to the amount of Be oad tee tonbanp verona ie cases. Be it enacted by the Legislature of: of Minnesofa: Section 1. /At any annual town m at any special town meeting properly, for that purpose, in any township State now having or which shall have a taxable valuation of less thal Hundred ‘Thousand Dollars ($100,000.) may be voted as a tax for townsbip p of not to exceed Two Hundred and $250.) Dollars, but the rate of such ta not exceed one-half of one per cent up taxable valuation in any such township. Approved April 8, 1913. CHAPTER 16—H. F, No. 68. A AN’ ACT authorizing the city council or eam mon council of cities of over 50,000 i habitants to fx the compensation of the clerk of such cities. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the ‘of Minnesota: Section 1. The City council or common cil of every city of this state row or J after having over fifty thousand inhab! in addition to the powers and authority tofore granted, is "hereby authorized and powered to fix by resolution the compen or salary per annum of the city elerk 0 city immediately after the passage of thi and at the beginning of every term of of such city clerk thereafter. This act shall not apply to any such governed by a home rule charter adopted the provisions of Seetion 36 of Article the state constitution and the laws o! state relating to the adoption of such rule charters. Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and force from and after its passage. Approved April 3, 1013. CHAPTER 167—H. F, No. 227. AN ACT defining and regulating the ci for sale, endeavoring to sell, or sale 0 ton duck or canvas or articles com} whole or in part of cotton duck or awnings, paulin and hay covers, quiring the same to be properly mari to weight, size and use of fillers oF preparations. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the of Minnesota: is Section 1. ‘That for the purpose of this ast] cotton duck or canvas shall be deemed to} include all cotton duck or canva! whet! single Alling, double fling, army roll or juek, Sec. 2. ‘That for the purposes of this me the equivalent of thirty-six (36) inches in] length by twenty-nine (29) inches in wi or seven and one-fourth (7%) square feet cotton duck or canvas shall constitute a and an ounce shail be one-sixteenth p @ pound avoirdupol Sec, 3. Any person, company tion who shail manufacture for sale or may offer or expose for sal or canvas or apy article and wearing apparel composed or made whole or in part of cotton duck or can shall distinctly and durably stamp, brand | mark thereon the true and correct weight such cotton duck or canvas, by ounces yard, together with a description by name any filler or other preparation placed in o said cotton duck or canvas since jts mani ture. Sec. 4, It! shall be unlawful for any son of corporation either individually or in representative capacity, to carry for sale, or endeavor to sell any cotton duck or vas as herein defined, or any articles ot] than’ clothing and wearing apparel, comp: or made in whole or in part of any cotton] < duck or canvas without having marked thi on the true and correct weight of said ¢ vas or cotton duck by ounces per yard, gether with a description by name of filler sor other. preparation placed said cotton duck or canvas since its facture, or to misstate, misrepresent or con-| ceal the true weight of said canvas or co duck by ounces per yard, or to misstate, mis=| represent or the existence of filler or other ‘tion placed in said cotton duck or canvas since its manuti ture. Sec. 5. It shali be unlawful for any son or corporation either individually or representative capacity, selling, carrying for sale or endeavoring to selé any awnings, pau- lins, wagon covers, tent, rain and hay cov- ers, stable or tent tops, to misstate or mis- represent or conceal the’ true and correct size and dimensions thereof. Sec. 6. It shall be unlawful for any per- son to deface, mutilate, obscure, conceal, ef face, cancel or remove any mark by this act, or cause or permit the to be done with ‘intent to mislead, deceive or to violate any of the provisions of this act. Sec. 7, Any person, company or corpora- tion Violating any of the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of and on conviction thereof sh which offense be punished by: s, fine. of than wenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor fifty subsequent dollars ($50.00) and for each or dollars fense a fine of not less than ane ror me Gun one Naar: aeeere 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July Ist, 1013, Approved April 3, 1913. CHAPTER 168—H. F. No. 846. AN ACT to amend section 1204, Revised Law 1905, relating to the expenditure of money by county boards for the improve- ment of roads in adjoining counties. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Minnesota: Section 1. Section 1204, Revised Laws, 1005, 1s hereby amended so as to read as fol- jows: 1204. Roads in adjoining counties—Any county board may appropriate and expend. money for the construction and mainte of roads in an adjoining county, when it deet it for the best interests of the ‘public; but. amounts so appropriated shall not exceed teen thousand dollars in any one year, Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and b force from and after its passage, Approved April 3, 1913. CHAPTER 169—H. F. No. 494. AN ACT relating to the publication of tice for sale of real estate and sale under in certain cases. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the of Minnesota: Section 1. That where a sale of real tate has been made in this state of lan cated therein between the 25th day of ber and the Ist day of November, 1912, der and by virtue of an order from the: bate judge of the proper county in a dianship proceeding directing that such be made and the publication of said ord notice of said sale made thereunder was lished three weeks in the proper newsy as required by law but the sale of said lam¢ took place three days after the last publie tion was made which w: the date de in sald. notice, and where lawful repo such sale was made to the proper cou the sale duly confirmed thereby and a an’s deed was issued thereunder to the chaser at such sale and where there no action taken to question the fairnet validity “of such sale; such sale shall legal sale of such real estate and a co ance issued thereunder is a legal conveyane of the title to the grantee named in ~ deed. ‘Approved April 3, 1913. CHAPTER 170—H. F. No. 569. AN ACT to amend Section 1846, Revised Ta 1905, relating to report of Soldiers’ Home, | Be it ‘enacted by the Legislature of the of Minnesot Section 1. That Section 1846, Revised 1 1905, be and the same bereby is amen as to read as follow: 1846. Donations-Reports—The Board i$ by authorized to accept in behalf of thi any gift, grant, bequest or devise mi the purposes of this chapter, and adm the same as directed by the donor, b moneys derived from such donations 8! deposited in the State Treasury and be ¢t to one of the funds herein provided for. At each biennial meeting the board shal port to the governor all its proceedings the preceding two years, which report, such. information and recommendations. cerning its work as the board may deem Dra shall be submitted to the Legislature in t its next regular session. fe Sec. 2. All acts and parts of acts ine ent with this act are hereby repealed. Sec, 3. ‘This act shall take effect and) force from and after its passage. ‘Approved April 3, 1913. CHAPTER 171—H. AN ACT to amend Section 14 of Chapt ‘ow the General Laws of Minnesota fom J relating to the creating of an addition judge for the District Court of the Bleve Judicial district. and the providini holding terms of said District court, end creating a Juvenile court at Virginia, pro- viding for a clerk for said Juvenile ‘court, and fixing the compensation of such clerk. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Minnesot: Section 1. That Section 14 of Chapter 363 of the General Laws of the State of Minne- seta for 1911 be amended so as to follow: of them, may divide the business of the saa court among the said judges, and may other~ wise regulate said business by rules or others wise; and each of said Judges may separately try court or jury cases during the same term, or at the same time. And the said judges or any two of them may designate one of their number whose duty it shall.be to act as judge of the juve- nile court at Virginia, in sald county, to hear and determine tases under the pro- Visions. of ‘Chapter 285 ‘of the General Laws of 1 authority of said Chapter 2S). shall be applicable to said court: and the ame shall be known as ‘The Juvenile Court of Virginia.” Said Juvenile Court of Virginia shall have jurisdiction — with Court heretofore established in all cases under said act. ‘That the terms of Juvenile Court shall be at the: th | by the judge of said. court. : E Special terms of said court may be held : «hi forjiast preceding e}of taxation, when such city shall accept the ve f ie t 1s low land along Straight river in said of Faribault ts desirous land for use of said City d, and to be for the best interest sell and dispose of said land, yy the Legislature of the State it the payment tnto ey byt tie of Faribault 0 Hundred to m of City however, that in case of any such city now organized or territory hereinafter to be or- ganized, the total indebtedness of which at the time of the passage of this act exceeds five (5) per cent of the total value of tax- able property of said city, according to the assessment’ for the purposes the provisions of this act, city council of such.city may issue bonds sufficient to pay all/ the floating indebtedness then existing of such ifica’ ind of cept as hereinafter ‘the purposes of p sald city. Goes. b city, except as hereinafter oe peauceh tit ca eteneens eee (5) per cent of the total value of property of auch ct. Seana. aes D ing assessment for the ation; and thereafter the city’ couaell. of city may issue bonds in accordance -with provisions hereof and within the limit here- five last tax- the : eg Hee BiG hea | F. No. 606.0 E fore D me, gt hereinafter tiated and sold in city tion mec, 14. The said judges, or a Ynajority | of such” pore said bonds or subject nie AG: rs i ee | i