or other person authorized to take the acknowledgment of deeds. In such docket there shall be stated in separate columns;

I. Names of parties.

II. Amount of bond.

III. Property described in said bond as insured.

IV. Date of bond.

V. The date of docketing it.

Every bond shall, as soon as it is docketed, be indexed in the name of each defendant therein. If the clerk of a county court fail to do anything required of him by this section, he shall pay a fine of not less than thirty nor more than one hundred dollars to any person who will prosecute therefor, and for every bond recorded as aforesaid under the provisions of this chapter, the clerk of the county court shall be allowed fifty cents, to be paid by the party having the same recorded. Every bond given as aforesaid by any person or persons, shall be a lien on the real estate therein described and insured, from the time it was duly admitted to record, just as a mortgage would be, and said lien so created may always be enforced in a court of equity. Any lien acquired under this section shall be released in the same manner and mode as prescribed in chapter seventy-six of this code, in case of a deed of trust. [Code 1887, ch. 55, § 21.]

When Policy Void,

When property insured has been aliened by sale or otherwise, the policy shall thereafter be void, and the same shall be delivered up and annulled, and upon such delivery the insured shall be entitled to receive his or her deposit note, on payment of his or her proportion of losses and expenses incurred prior to such surrender; but the allienee or or grantee having the policy assigned him may, upon proper application, have the same ratified and confirmed to him for his own proper use and benefit, and thereafter shall be entitled to all the rights and privileges and be subject to all the liabilities to which the original party to whom the policy was issued was entitled and subject. [Code 1887, ch. 55, § 22.]

Liabilities of Members.

Every member of such company shall be bound to pay for losses, damages and such necessary expenses, as may be incurred by the company in proportion to his or her deposit or premium note. [Code 1887, ch. 55, § 23.]

Suits Between Company and Members.

Suits at law or in equity may be maintained by such company against any member thereof for the collection of his or her premium note or any assessment thereon, or for any other cause retating to the business of the company, growing out of the obligation assumed

by, or liability incurred by him or her, in becoming a member of such company, and like suits may be maintained by any member against such company for loss or damage sustained by him or her by fire, if payment be withheld or refused contrary to the by-laws of such company, and the terms and conditions of the policy, and all members and officers of the company shall be competent witnesses either for or against the company. [Code 1887, ch. 55, § 24.]

Expenses and Losses.

The expenses of the company, as well as the losses, shall be paid. out of any moneys, securities or funds in the treasury, or by assessment on the insurances or premium notes, each member to pay in proportion to the amount of his premium note. [Code 1887, ch. 55, § 25.]

Annual Statement.

An annual statement of the affairs of the company shall be published in one or more newspapers published near the principal office of the company, which report shall show the amount of property insured, and all the other liabilities and expenses of the company; and also the amount of premium notes and the amount of cash on hand, and all other statistics necessary to give the members, and the public generally, full information of the condition of the company. [Code 1887, ch. 55, § 26.]

ter.

Power of Legislature to Amend, Etc.

The legislature shall have the power to alter or amend this chapBut in no case shall such alteration or amendment affect the right of the creditors of the insurance company, organized under this chapter, to have its assets applied to the discharge of its liabilities, nor affect any contract or proceeding at law or in equity, either for or against the company. [Code 1887, ch. 55, § 27.

SPECIAL ACTS RELATING TO CORPORA

TIONS.

WAGES OF OPERATIVES AND LABORERS.

[Acts 1887, ch. 63; Code 1887, pp, 983-4.]

1. That all persons, firms, corporations, or associations in this state, engaged in mining coal, ore or other minerals, or mining and manufacturing them, or either of them, or manufacturing iron or steel, or both, or any other kind of manufacturing, shall pay their employes as provided in this act.

2. All persons, firms, companies, corporations or associations engaged in the business aforesaid, shall settle with their employes at least once in every two weeks, unless otherwise provided by special agreement, and pay them the amount due them for their work or services in lawful money of the United States, or by cash order as described and required in the next succeeding section of this act. Provided, That nothing herein contained shall affect the right of an employe to assign the whole or any part of his claim against his employer.

3. That it shall not be lawful for any person, firm, company, corparation, or association engaged in the business aforesaid, their clerk, agent, officer or servant, in this state, to issue for the payment of labor any order or other paper whatsoever, unless the same purports to be redeemable for its face value in lawful money of the United States, bearing interest at the legal rate, made payable to employe or bearer and redeemable within a period of thirty days by the person, firm, company, corporation, or association, giving, making or issuing the same. And any person, firm, company, corporation or association, engaged in the business aforesaid, their clerk, agent, officer, or servant, who shall issue for payment of labor any paper or order other than the one herein specified, in violation hereof, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in any sum not less than twenty-five dollars nor exceeding one hundred dollars, in the discretion of the

court.

4. That from and after the passage of this act, it shall be unlawful for any person, firm, company, corporation, or association, engaged in mining or manufacturing, either or both as aforesaid, and

who shall likewise be interested directly or indirectly in merchandising as owner or otherwise in money, per cent., profit, or commission arising from the sale of any such merchandise, their clerks, servants, officers or agents, to knowingly and wilfully sell or cause to be sold to any employe, any goods, merchandise or supplies whatsoever, for a greater per cent. of profit than merchandise and supplies of like character, kind, quality and quantity are so sold to other customers buying for cash, and not employed by them; and shall any person or member of any firm, company, corporation, or association, his or their clerk, agent or servant, violate this section, then and in that case, such person, firm, company, corporation or association, shall collect for such merchandise and supplies only the price for which like merchandise and supplies are sold by them to such other customers as aforesaid buying for cash; and moreover shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof, shall be fined not exceeding one hundred dollars nor less than twenty-five dollars.

5. That if any firm, company, corporation, or association shall refuse for the space of twenty days to settle and pay any of their said employes at the intervals of time as provided in section two of this act, or shall neglect or refuse to redeem any cash orders herein provided for, within the time specified, if presented, and suit should be brought for the amount overdue and unpaid, judgment for the amount of said claim proven to be due and unpaid, with legal interest thereon until paid, shall be rendered in favor of the plaintiff in such action. Provided, further, That the cash order herein provided for, given for payment of labor, if the laborer continues to hold the same, in case of the insolvency of the company, or person, or firm or corporation giving same, such laborer shall not lose his lien and preference under existing laws.

REGULATING PAYMENT OF LABORERS' WAGES AND PROHIBITING EXCESSIVE CHARGES FOR GOODS AND

SUPPLIES.

(Acts 1891, ch. 76)

Employers Cannot Issue Script not Redeemable in Money-Penalty, Etc.

1. It shall be unlawful for any corporation, company, firm or person, engaged in any trade or business, either directly or indirectly, to issue, sell, give or deliver, to any person employed by such corporation, company, firm or person, in payment of wages due such laborer, or as advances for labor not due, any scrip, token, draft, check, or other evidence of indebtedness, payable or redeemable otherwise than in lawful money; and if any such scrip, token, draft, check or other evidence of indebtedness, be so issued, sold,

given or delivered to such laborer, it shall be construed, taken and held in all courts and places, to be a promise to pay the sum specified therein in lawful money by the corporation, company, firm or person, issuing, selling, giving or delivering the same to the person named therein, or to the holder thereof. And the corporation, company, firm or person so issuing, selling, giving or delivering the same, shall, moreover, be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars, nor more than one hundred dollars, and, at the discretion of the court, the officer or agent of the corporation, company, or firm, or the person issuing, selling, giving or delivering the same, may be imprisoned not less than ten nor more than thirty days.

Excessive Charges for Goods Prohibited.

2. If any corporation, company, firm or person shall coerce or compel, or attempt to coerce or compel an employe in its, their or his employment, to purchase goods or supplies in payment of wages due him, or to become due him, or otherwise, from any corporation, company, firm or person, such first named corporation, company, firm or person, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished as provided in the preceding section. And if any such corporation, company, firm or person, shall directly or indirectly, sell to any such employe in payment of wages due or to become due him, or otherwise, goods or supplies at prices higher than reasonable or current market value thereof at cash such corporation, company, firm or person, shall be liable to such employe, in a civil action, in double the amount of the charges made and paid for such goods or supplies, in excess of the reasonable or correct value in cash thereof.

3. It shall be the duty of every court having jurisdiction in criminal cases in which grand juries are empanneled, to give this act in charge to the grand jury.

CEMETERY ASSOCIATIONS AUTHORIZED TO SELL THEIR

LANDS.

Any cemetery association heretofore or hereafter incorporated, whenever they deem it advisable, may sell and convey any part of their land without restriction as to its use: Provided, That the part or parts so sold shall not render any lot previously sold for burial purposes inaccessible for such purposes, or detach it from the main body of the cemetery; and provided, further, That no such sale shall be made by the trustees or other agents or officers of the association, unless authorized by a majority of the lot owners present and voting at a general or special meeting, of which meeting