TABLE OF CONTENTS.

ABSTRACTS.

CHAPTER 1—An act making it the duty of county treasurers to certify to

abstract of title to real estate with reference to taxes affecting prop-

erty set forth in abstract....

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS OF DEEDS.

CHAPTER 2-An act prescribing a form for the acknowledgment

of deeds and other instruments and to legalize acknowledgments

heretofore made by deputy sheriffs...

AGRICULTURE.

CHAPTER 3-An act to amend an act eentitled "An act to create a Terri-

torial Department of Agriculture and relating to agricultural

societies and agricultural fairs, and providing for reports of the

same..

AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.

CHAPTER 4—An act to provide funds for the purchase of an experi-

mental farm and the construction of dormitory, shops, laboratory

and farm buildings for the Agricultural College of Dakota, at Brook-

ings, and for other purposes..

CHAPTER 5-An act entitled "An act to appropriate funds for the main-

tenance of the Dakota Agricultural College for the current years of

1887 and 1888, and for other purposes."

CHAPTER 6-An act entitled "An act to provide for the government

of the Agricultural College and experimental station for the Terri-

tory of Dakota.”.

ARTESIAN WELLS.

CHAPTER 7--An act to provide for the construction and maintenance of

artesian wells, and the assessment and collection of taxes therefor...

ASSIGNMENTS.

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CHAPTER 8-An act to amend and re-enact section two thousand and

forty-two (2,042) of the Civil Code of Dakota....

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CHAPTER 9-An act to amend section 2,042, of title three, of part two,

of the Civil Code, in relation to assignments for the benefit of cred-

itors

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AUDITOR.

CHAPTER 10—An act creating the office of county auditor and defining

the duties thereof..

BONDS.

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CHAPTER 11—An act to provide for refunding the outstanding indebted-

ness which existed prior to July 30, 1886, of any incorporated board

of education or school district in the Territory of Dakota..

CHAPTER 12-An act authorizing cities to refund outstanding bonded

indebtedness ..

CHAPTER 13-An act entitled "An act authorizing and empowering the

organized counties of Dakota to issue and dispose of bonds to pro-

vide funds to pay outstanding indebtedness, and to provide for the

payment of the principal and interest thereof....

CHAPTER 14-An act providing for the mode of calling in of public

bonds for payment, and fixing the time when interest thereon shall

cease

CHAPTER 15-An act to provide for the issuing of duplicates of bonds

or coupons lost or destroyed....

CHAPTER 16-An act entitled "An act to provide for the issuance of

bonds by cities and municipal corporations in the Territory of Dakota

for school and other purposes.

CHAPTER 17-An act for the refunding of the outstanding bonded in-

debtedness of the Territorv issued in 1881, bearing 6 per cent., for the

construction of the Insane Hospital at Yankton and the Penitentiary

at Sioux Falls, and the 5 per cent. bonds issued for the construction of

the west wing of the Insane Hospital at Yankton..

BRIDGES.

CHAPTER 18-An act permitting the construction of bridges over navi-

gable rivers and providing the manner of paying for the same......

CHATTEL MORTGAGES.

CHAPTER 19-An act regulating the procurement of chattel mortgages

in connection with applications for insurance, and providing a pen-

alty for violation thereof...

CIVIL ACTIONS.

CHAPTER 20-An act providing the method of appeals to the Supreme

Court of the Territory of Dakota....

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CHAPTER 21-An act to amend article eight and article nine of chapter

twelve of the Code of Civil Procedure...

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CHAPTER 22-An act to amend section one of chapter 117 of the laws

passed at the Sixteenth Session of the Legislative Assembly; ap-

proved March 13, 1885.....

CHAPTER 23-An act to amend section ninety-two of the Code of Civil

Procedure

CHAPTER 24-An act to amend section 203 of the Code of Civil Pro-

cedure, relating to the filing of papers in proceedings by attachment

CHAPTER 25-An act to amend sections 266 and 268 of chapter twelve

of the Code of Civil Procedure, relating to trials and judgments in

civil actions..

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CHAPTER 26-An act to amend chapter seven of the Session Laws of

1885, entitled "Appeals in civil actions,"

CHAPTER 27-An act to amend section 677 of the Code of Civil Proced-

ure...

CHAPTER 28-An act to amend section 615, of chapter twenty-eight, of

the Code of Civil Procedure..

CHAPTER 29-An act entitled "An act amending section 610, of the

Code of Civil Procedure"

COMMISSIONER OF IMMIGRATION.

CHAPTER 30-An act to provide for the printing, publishing and other

current and necessary expenses of the office of the Commissioner of

Immigration..

CONTRACTS.

CHAPTER 31-An act to amend section forty-five (45) of chapter twenty-

one (21) of the Political Code, relating to the manner of letting con-

tracts by county boards.....

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CONTAGIOUS DISEASES.

CHAPTER 32—An act to suppress and prevent the spread of contagious

and infectious diseases among domestic animals.

CHAPTER 33-An act to prevent the spread of contagious diseases

among sheep..

CORPORATIONS.

CHAPTER 34-An act to amend sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9 and 19 of chap-
ter 34 of the laws of 1885, entitled "An act to provide for the incor-
poration and regulation of building and loan associations"..

CHAPTER 35-An act to amend section 384 of chapter 3 of the Civil

Code ....

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CHAPTER 36—An act to amend subdivision 3 of section 412 of the Civil

Code of the Territory of Dakota, relating to meetings of directors

of corporations.

COUNTIES.

CHAPTER 37-An act to cancel certain county warrants...

CHAPTER 38-An act authorizing the division of counties and for other

purposes.

DEAF MUTE SCHOOL.

CHAPTER 39-An act to provide funds and appropriate the same for the

purpose of building a shop and barn and purchasing land for the

School of Deaf Mutes at Sioux Falls, and for other purposes......

CHAPTER 40-An act appropriating money for the support and main-

tenance of the school of Deaf Mutes at Sioux Falls for the ensuing

two years..

CHAPTER 41-An act to amend chapter twenty-six of the special laws of

1883, establishing school for Deaf Mutes and providing for the gov-

ernment and maintenance of the same, and repealing part of chapter

fifty-six of Session Laws of 1881....

DIVISION OF THE TERRITORY.

CHAPTER 42—An act entitled "An act to submit to the legal voters of

the Territory of Dakota the question of the division of the Territory."

DRAINAGE.

CHAPTER 43-An act to amend chapter seventy-five of the General

Laws of 1883, in regard to drainage, as amended by chapter forty-

seven of the General Laws of 1885...

EDUCATION.

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CHAPTER 44--An act entitled "An act to require teachers of public

schools to keep a record of the visits of county superintendents....

CHAPTER 45—-An act to provide for the registration and payment of

warrants drawn by the secretary and president of boards of education

in this Territory, and to prescribe the rate of interest thereon...

CHAPTER 46—An act to amend sections forty-six and sixty-six of chap-

ter forty-four of the General Laws of 1883..

CHAPTER 47-An act to amend chapter forty-four, of the Session Laws

of 1883, relating to education...

ELECTIONS.

CHAPTER 48—An act to amend sections fifteen and sixteen of chapter

122 of the laws of 1881, entitled "An act for the registry of electors

and to prevent fraudulent voting".

CHAPTER 49-An act to amend section one of chapter fifty-three of the

Session Laws of 1885, entitled "An act to amend section three of

chapter twenty-seven of the Political Code"...

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FEES.

CHAPTER 50-An act regulating the salaries of registers of deeds and

county treasurers......

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CHAPTER 51-An act providing for certain legal printing and fixing the

compensation therefor..

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CHAPTER 52—An act to fix the compensation of sheriffs in certain

cases

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FIRE DEPARTMENTS.

CHAPTER 53--An act to appropriate for the support of fire departments

of each city, town or village in the Territory of Dakota, a part of the

tax paid by the fire insurance companies upon premiums received in

any such town, city or village....

FIRE PROTECTION.

CHAPTER 54-An act to lessen the dangers from stampedes in case of

fires in buildings used for public assemblages.....

FISH.

CHAPTER 55-An act amending section 1 of chapter 60 of the General

Laws of the Sixteenth Legislative Assembly..

FREE LIBRARIES.

CHAPTER 56-An act for the establishment of free libraries and reading

rooms in cities, villages or townships in the Territory of Dakota....

FUGITIVES FROM JUSTICE.

CHAPTER 57- An act in relation to the rendition of fugitives from jus-

tice

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GAME.

CHAPTER 58-An act for the protection of game..

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CHAPTER 59-An act to protect large game and quail in Dakota Territory..

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CHAPTER 60—An act to prohibit the destruction of beavers in the Territory of Dakota....

HEALTH.

CHAPTER 61-An act to amend chapter sixty-three of the Session Laws of 1885, entitled "An act establishing Territorial and county boards of health, and providing for the protection of the health of persons and animals, and for other purposes.".

INSANE.

CHAPTER 62-An act entitled "An act to provide for the issuing of
bonds for additional buildings and improvements for the North Da-
kota Hospital for the Insane near Jamestown, and to appropriate
money therefor".

CHAPTER 63—An act making appropriation for the maintenance of the
North Dakota Hospital for the insane near Jamestown, Dakota.....
CHAPTER 64-An act to provide for the issuing of bonds and for addi-
tional buildings and improvements for the Dakota Hospital for the
Insane near Yankton, Dakota, and to appropriate money therefor...
CHAPTER 65-An act making an appropriation for maintaining the Da-
kota Hospital for the Insane for the years 1887 and 1888..
CHAPTER 66-An act to amend section thirty-nine of chapter twenty-

three of an act entitled "An act to establish the Dakota Hospital for
the Insane, providing for the government of the same, and for the
care of the insane, and for the organization of a board of insanity in
each organized county of this Territory," of the Session Laws of
1879.....

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INSURANCE.

CHAPTER 67-An act to amend chapter seventy of the Session Laws of 1885, relating to county mutual insurance companies... CHAPTER 68.-An act relating to the insurance of public buildings in the Territory of Dakota....

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CHAPTER 69-An act to regulate the cancellation and forfeiture of insurance policies.....

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INTOXICATING LIQUORS.

CHAPTER 70-An act to prohibit the sale of intoxicating liquors by local option....

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CHAPTER 71-An act to amend section three of chapter twenty-six of the General Laws of 1879, relating to the sale of intoxicating liquors.....

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CHAPTER 72-An act to amend section one, chapter 26, General Laws of 1879....

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INCORPORATION OF CITIES.

CHAPTER 73—An act to provide for the incorporation of cities....

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IRRIGATING DITCHES.

CHAPTER 74-An act relating to irrigation ditches...

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JUDICIAL DISTRICTS.

CHAPTER 75-An act to amend subdivisions one (1) and two (2) of section five (5), chapter eighty-four of the General Laws of 1881....

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