Chapter 29. Chapter 33. An act to repeal an act entitled an act to regulate the fees of clerks of district courts, approved March 10th, 1860. An act providing for compensation to sheriffs for attending terms of the district court. An act to provide for struck juries for the trial of issues in the district court. An act to amend chapter one hundred and four of the compiled statutes, relating to grand juries. An act to amend section fifty-two of chapter sixty-one of the compiled statutes, relating to trial by referees. Chapter 34. Chapter 35. Chapter 36. An act to amend section ten of chapter seventy of the general laws of one thousand eight hundred and sixty, in relation to garnishee process. Chapter 37. An act to prohibit notaries public and other officers from affixing their signatures to acknowledgments and other documents unless the parties appear before them. An act to amend section ninety of chapter eighty-four of the compiled statutes, in relation to evidence. An act to amend section one of chapter sixty-five of the compiled statutes, relating to the partition of real property. Chapter 38. An act to amend chapter twenty-three of the session laws of one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, relative to the filing of orders and pleadings. Chapter 39. An act to amend section one of chapter seventy-six, page six hundred and forty-seven of the compiled statutes, relative to proceedings for the collection of demands against boats and vessels. Chapter 40. Chapter 41. Chapter 42. Chapter 43. Chapter 45. Chapter 47. An act in relation to constables' fees for travel in serving process. An act to amend sections fifty-four, fifty-five and fifty-six of chapter sixty of An act for the relief of occupying claimants of land. An act to protect foreclosures of real estate at executor's, administrator's or guardian's sales. An act to amend an act entitled "an act to regulate elections in this state, and to reduce the several acts relating to the same to one act," approved March twelfth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one. Chapter 48. An act to amend section nineteen of chapter four of article two of the laws of one thousand eight hundred and sixty, being an act to provide for the laying out, altering, discontinuing, working and repairing roads and bridges. Chapter 49. Sections one and two of an act concerning the execution and acknowledgment of deeds and other instruments in the British Provinces of North America. Chapter 50. An act to amend section six of chapter seventeen of the general laws of one thousand eight hundred and sixty, being "an act to provide for the organization of agricultural societies.' Chapter 51. An act to authorize the indorsement of bank securities, and concerning the depreciation thereof, and the payment of fees for protesting the circulating notes. Chapter 52. An act to authorize the amendment of articles of association and certificates of incorporation. Chapter 53. An act to amend an act entitled an act to authorize the formation of corporations for mining, smelting or manufacturing iron, copper, silver or other ores or minerals, approved February twenty-fourth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty. Chapter 54. An act to prevent the importation, running at large and sale of diseased sheep. Chapter 57. An act to prevent fraud in warehouse men and others. Chapter 60. Chapter 62. An act providing for the establishment of private cemeteries and the regulation thereof. Chapter 63. An act to amend an act entitled "an act to provide for township organization," approved February twenty-first, one thousand eight hundred and Chapter 65. An act authorizing the attorney general to commence suit on behalf of the state in certain cases, and appropriating moneys to defray the expense thereof. Chapter 66. Chapter 67. Chapter 68. An act in relation to the driving of logs, timber and lumber. An act to amend an act entitled "an act prescribing the salaries of state offi- Chapter 69. An act to establish the times of holding the general terms of the district court, second judicial district, Ramsey county, and to repeal certain acts inconsistent therewith. Chapter 70. An act to attach the counties of Redwood, Nobles, Rock and Pipestone to the county of Brown, for judicial purposes. Chapter 71. An act to provide instruction for the deaf and dumb, and the blind of this state, and to appropriate money therefor. One Thousand Eight Hundred and Sixty-Four.—Special Laws. Chapter 70. Chapter 72. An act to change the boundary line of Brown county. An act to change the western boundary of the county of Morrison. One Thousand Eight Hundred and Sixty-Five. Chapter 2. An act supplemental to an act entitled “an act to provide for the assessment and taxation of all property in this state, and for levying taxes thereon according to its true value in money,' approved March ninth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty. Chapter 6. An act to provide for the incorporation of canals, slackwater navigation companies and other companies for the prosecution of works of internal improvement. Chapter 7. An act to amend chapter one hundred and thirty-four of the compiled statutes, in regard to the agricultural college of Minnesota. Chapter 9. An act for the appraisement and sale of the lands donated to the state by the act of congress donating public lands to the several states and territories which may provide colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts, approved July two, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two. Chapter 11. An act to provide for the collection of debts against towns and school districts. Chapter 13. An act for the organization and regulation of independent school districts. Chapter 14. An act to allow the legal voters of school districts containing less than ten voters when lawfully assembled, not less than three being present, to transact certain business. Chapter 16. An act Chapter 17. An act Chapter 18. An act in relation to the powers, duties and proceedings of executors and trustees in certain cases. making certain public records, transcripts and certificates thereof, evidence. to amend section twenty-three of chapter thirty-five of the compiled statutes. Chapter 20. An act to amend sections five and six of chapter sixty of the public statutes of Chapter 22. An act to amend chapter fifty-nine of the public statutes, relating to proceed- to amend section eighty-seven of chapter fifty-nine of the compiled upon. Chapter 25. An act to amend section twelve of chapter thirty-five on page three hundred and ninety-eight of the public statutes, relating to deeds, mortgages and conveyances. Chapter 26. An act to repeal chapter twenty-nine of general laws of one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, and chapter thirty-two of the general laws of one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, relating to indictments and presentments by grand juries, and to restore the provisions of law thereby revealed Chapter 28. An act to prevent and punish the interference with workmen. An act to amend an act entitled an act to provide for the opening, establishing, changing and vacating of county roads, approved March first, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two. Chapter 81. An act to prevent the running at large of horses diseased with glanders, or driving the same on public highways and stabling the same without apprising hotel keepers thereof. Chapter 82. An act to facilitate the reorganization of banks incorporated under the laws of this state into national banks. An act to amend an act regulating the duties of reporter of the supreme court, approved February fourteenth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty. An act to continue the operation of the joint resolution relative to the taking of soldiers' votes, approved March fifth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three. Chapter 43. An act to amend an act entitled "an act providing for recording and distributing the journals of the legislature, and the laws and public documents." Chapter 59. Chapter 62. An act regulating marriages in the state of Minnesota. An act to amend chapter fifty-three of the compiled statutes relating to divorces. An act to amend an act relating to divorces. An act for the protection of sheep, dogs and other domestic animals. An act to provide for distraining beasts doing damage in the night time. An act to prohibit the sale of intoxicating liquors on certain days. rations. An act relating to the confusion of property, as respects logs and lumber. An act to amend an act entitled an act to amend section nine of chapter fifteen An act to provide for the election of county commissioners in counties in this Chapter 63. An act to amend an act entitled "an act prescribing the duties of county auditors." Chapter 66. Chapter 71. Chapter 72. An act to amend an act relating to the compensation of county treasurers. An act to change and define the boundary lines of Redwood county and adjoin- An act to correct the boundary lines of the counties of Martin, Nobles and Chapter 73. An act fixing the time of holding terms of the district court in the third judicial district. Chapter 74. An act to fix thetimes of holding the district court in the sixth judicial district. Chapter 75. An act fixing the times of holding the general terms of the district court in Dakota county. One Thousand Eight Hundred and Sixty-Five.-Special Laws. Chapter 70. An act fixing the compensation of the county treasurer of Ramsey county for the collection of taxes. Chapter 83. An act to attach the county of Monongalia to the county of Stearus for judicial purposes. Chapter 84. An act to attach the county of Jackson to the county of Martin for judicial purposes. Chapter 85. An act to amend an act entitled "an act to attach the county of Manomin to the county of Hennepin for judicial purposes," passed March fifth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, SEC. 2. County seats not changed. Nothing in this act contained shall be construed as affecting or changing the location of any county seats; but such county seats shall remain and continue as established by existing laws. CHAPTER CXXIII. CURATIVE ACTS. CONVEYANCES DEFECTIVELY EXECUTED, ETC. 1. Acknowledgments before territorial clerks SECTION, 31-36. 29-30. Records as evidence-certified coples. 37-38. 42-43. 46-47. Affidavits under §§ 54, 55, c. 73, and §§ 19. 20, c. 81 Gen. Stat.-proceedings valid-vested rights. Affidavits of publication of notices of sale. Certificates under § 11, c, 81, Gen. Stat. 7-8. Recorded conveyances as evidence-certi- 26-27. Conveyances with one witness-with no 28. Acknowledgments before officer previously appointed or elected. 52. 56. 57. 58-60. Affidavits under §§ 54. 55, c. 73, and §§ 19.20, c. 81, Gen. Stat.-proceedings valid-vested rights. Certificates under § 11, c. 81, Gen, Stat. Affidavits under §§ 54. 55, c. 73, and §§ 19. 20, c. 81, Gen. Stat. MISCELLANEOUS. Contracts between telegraph and railroad co's, Oaths on sales of land by foreign executors, etc. Acts of clerks in unorganized counties. Issuing, etc., of soldiers bounty bonds of counties, cities, etc.-in 1863, 1864 and 1865, tax where town has been divided-proceedings valid. TITLE I. CONVEYANCES DEFECTIVELY EXECUTED, ACKNOWLEDGED, OR RECORDED. *§ 1. __Acknowledgments before territorial clerks of supreme or district courts or judges of probate. The acknowledgment of the execution of any grant or conveyance of lands, or of any estate or interest therein, by deed, mortgage or otherwise, heretofore made and taken before any clerk of either the supreme or district courts and judges of probate of this territory, and the certificate of every such acknowledgment made by any such clerk shall have the same force and effect as evidence and entitle such grant or conveyance to be recorded in the same manner and with the like effect in all respects as though the same had been duly acknowledged in pursuance of the laws of this territory. In all cases where any such grant or conveyance, acknowledged as aforesaid, shall have been recorded, the record thereof, or transcript of such record certified by the register of deeds in whose office the same may have been recorded, may be read in evidence in any court within this territory with the like force and effect in all respects as conveyances duly acknowledged and recorded. (1856. c. 12. § 1.) § 2. Conveyances with one subscribing witness. That all conveyances of real estate heretofore made within the limits of this state properly sealed and acknowledged, with one subscribing witness thereto, shall be legal and valid to all intents and purposes. (1858, c. 42, § 1.) *§ 3. Same-entitled to record. That all instruments heretofore made relating to the conveyance of real estate, or any interest therein, within the limits of this state, having only one subscribing witness thereto, shall, if in other respects conformable to law, be entitled to record with the same effect, from the time of the passage of this act, as if attested by two subscribing witnesses. (1863, c. 41, § 1.) *S 4. Same-record of those heretofore made. The record of all such instruments heretofore recorded shall, from the time of the passage of this act, have the same force and effect as if the same were recorded anew under the provisions of section one of this act. (Id. § 2.) *$ 5. Acknowledgments before banker or broker as notary. That all acknowledgments of deeds, bonds, mortgages, contracts, affidavits and agreements, heretofore taken by any banker or broker in this state, who has been appointed and commissioned by the governor as a notary public, be and the same are hereby legalized. (1863, c. 45, § 1.) *S 6. Acknowledgments before W. McTavish, governor of Assinneboine. That all conveyances of land in this state, or letters of attorney to convey the same, heretofore made in the district of Assinneboine, in the territory of the Hudson's Bay Company, in British America, and acknowledged before W. McTavish, governor of said district, shall be, and are hereby declared to be, legal and valid instruments, and entitled to record in the county where said land is situated, and such conveyance shall be sufficient in law to convey the title to the same. (1864, c. 49, § 3.) *§ 7. All recorded conveyances to be received as evidence. That in all cases where deeds or other conveyances of real estate within this state, or letters of attorney authorizing the same, have heretofore been actually recorded in the office of the register of deeds for the county where the real estate thereby affected was at the time of the making of such records or is now situate, whether such deeds, conveyances and letters of attorney were duly and properly admitted to record or otherwise, all such records may nevertheless be read in evidence in any court within this state, and shall be received as prima facie evidence of the contents of the original instruments of which they purport to be the records. (1866, c. 23, § 1.) 22 M. 137. *$ 8. Same-certified copies may be read in evidence. That duly authenticated copies of the aforesaid records may be read in evidence in any court within this state with the same effect as the records themselves as aforesaid. (Id. § 2.) *§ 9. Acknowledgments before territorial judges of probate-record. That the acknowledgment of the execution of any grant or conveyance of lands, or of any interest therein, by deed, mortgage or otherwise, heretofore made and taken before any of the judges of probate of the territory of Minnesota, and the certificate of any such acknowledgment made by any such probate judge, shall have the same force, effect and legal validity as though such judges of probate were at the time of the making of such certificate expressly empowered by law to take and certify such acknowledgment; and all such deeds and instruments shall be admitted in evidence and entitled to record; and the record of all deeds so acknowledged shall have like force and validity as though the same had been duly acknowledged and recorded; and all such records now or here |