All deeds, etc., intended for this State, may be ac knowledged before any officer author ized to do so-certificate to be attached. In case the officer not having seal of office, duty of the Governor of said province. of the session laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-four, be amended so as to read as follows: Section 1. That all deeds and other instruments, which may be or heretofore have been executed in any of the British Provinces in North America, and which may be or shall have been intended to have effect within this State, may be acknowledged before any officer in such provinces authorized to take the acknowledgment of deeds, and in such cases or where the same has heretofore been acknowledged before any officer in such provinces, authorized to take the acknowledgment of deeds; the officer before whom any deed or other instrument shall be or may have been so acknowledged, shall attach thereto a certificate under his seal of office, which shall certify that such deed or other instrument has been executed in all respects according to the laws of the province, wherein it was so executed. SEC. 2. That section two, of said act, be amended so as to read as follows: Section 2. In case any acknowledgment shall be, or has heretofore been made as provided in the preceding section, before any officer not having a seal of office, then in that case there shall be attached to the deed or other instrument so acknowledged, the certificate of the Governor or Secretary of the Province, or of some other proper certifying officer, that the officer taking the acknowledgment was duly authorized to take the same, and that the deed or other instrument is or was executed and acknowledged according to the laws of the province wherein it is executed. SEC. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved March 2, 1865. CHAPTER LXX. An Act to provide for recording deeds, mortgages, òr other conveyances of lands in the counties of Red- February 28, 1865. wood and Cottonwood. SECTION 1. Duty of Register of Deeds of Brown County. 2. The record of any deed, mortgage, etc., shall be as valid as if the same had been re- 3. Fees of the Register of Deeds of Brown County. 4. When act to take effect. Beit enacted by the Legislature of the State of Minnesota : deeds of Brown SECTION 1. The register of deeds of Brown county in this State, is hereby authorized and directed to receive and record, in the records of said county, all Duty of register of deeds, mortgages or other conveyances, of any lands County. lying and being in the counties of Redwood and Cottonwood, in this State. Said register of deeds shall enter in the reception book, in his office, the date of the reception of such deed, mortgage or other conveyance, and shall enter the names of the grantor and grantee in the proper index, with the description of land and place of record, in the same manner as is now provided by law for the record of deeds, mortgages or other conveyances of lands. SEC. 2. The record of any deed, mortgage, or other conveyance of lands, lying in the counties of Redwood and Cottonwood, in the office of the register of deeds of Brown county, as hereinbefore provided, shall be valid, and shall have the same effect in law and in equity, to all intents and purposes, as if the same had been recorded in the office of register of deeds of the county in which such lands shall lie. Validity of said record. SEC. 3. The register of deeds of Brown county Fees of register. shall receive the same fees for recording any instru ment under this act as is now allowed by law for recording similar instruments. SEC. 4. This act is hereby declared to be a public act, and shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved February 28, 1865. February 23, 1865. Redwood county. CHAPTER LXXI. An Act to change and define the boundary lines of Redwood County and adjoining counties, and to organize Redwood County. SECTION 1. Boundary line of Redwood County. 2. Boundary line of Cottonwood County. 3. Boundary line of Brown County. 4. The question of said change to be submitted to the voters of said counties. 5. When votes to be canvassed and result made known to the Governor-duty of Governor if vote in favor of said change. 6. When foregoing provisions of this act to take effect. 7. Organization of Redwood County. 8. Repeal of inconsistent acts. 9. When sections seven and eight to take effect. Beit enacted by the Legislature of the State of Minnesota: SECTION 1. The boundary line of Redwood county is hereby established, and shall hereafter be as follows: Beginning at the intersection of the middle line of the Minnesota River and the range line between ranges thirty-three and thirty-four; thence in a northwesterly Boundary line of direction on the middle line of the main channel of the Minnesota River to the western boundary line of the State of Minnesota; thence in a southerly direction on the boundary line of the State to the township line between townships one hundred and eight and one hundred and nine; thence east on said line to the range line between ranges thirty-five and thirty-six; thence north on said line to the township line between townships one hundred and nine and one hundred and ten; thence east on said line to the range line between ranges thirty-three and thirty-four; thence north on said line to the place of beginning. SEC. 2. The boundary line of Cottonwood county is hereby established, and shall hereafter be as follows: Boundary line of Beginning at the southwest corner of township one cottonwood hundred and eight range thirty-three, thence west on county. the township line to the range line between ranges thirty-five and thirty-six; thence north on said line to the township line between townships one hundred and eight and one hundred and nine; thence west on said line to the range line between ranges thirty-eight and thirty-nine; thence south on said line to the township line between townships one hundred and four and one hundred and five; thence east on said line to the range line between ranges thirty-three and thirty-four; thence north on said line to the place of beginning. SEC. 3. The boundary line of Brown county is hereby, established, and shall hereafter be as follows: Beginning at the intersection of the middle line of the Minnesota River and the range line between ranges Boundary line of twenty-nine and thirty, thence in a northwesterly di- Brown county. rection on the middle line of the main channel of the Minnesota River to the range line between ranges thirty-three and thirty-four; thence south on said line to the township line between townships one hundred and nine and one hundred and ten; thence west on said line to the range line between ranges thirty-five and thirty-six; thence south on said line to the township line between townships one hundred and seven and one hundred and eight; thence east on said line to the range line between ranges twenty-nine and thirty; thence north on said line to the place of beginning. said change to be counties. SEC. 4. At the time of giving notice of the next general election, it shall be the duty of the officers of the counties of Redwood, Brown and Renville, re- The question of quired by law to give notice of such election, to give submitted to the notice, in like manner, that at said election a vote will voters of sail be taken on the question of changing the boundary lines of Redwood county and adjoining counties, in accordance with the provisions of this act. At said election the voters of the counties of Redwood, Brown and Renville, in favor of the change proposed by this act, known to Governor shall have distinctly written or printed on their ballots: "For change of boundary lines of Redwood county and adjoining counties." And those opposed to said change: "Against change of boundary lines of Redwood county and adjoining counties," and returned to the same officers by the judges of election of the several townships, as votes for State officers. SEC. 5. The county officers to whom the returns are Result to be made made, in said counties, shall, within twenty days after -duty of Governor said election, canvass the votes returned for and against the change of boundary lines, and shall forthwith certify the result of such canvass to the Governor, who, if it appears that a majority of the votes in each of said counties of Redwood, Brown and Renville, on the question of changing the boundary lines, are in favor of such change, shall make proclamation thereof, by causing to be published in a newspaper in said county of Brown, that the change proposed by this act has been ratified and adopted by the majority of the electors of said county. provisions to take effect. SEC. 6. The foregoing provisions of this act shall When foregoing take effect and be in force from and after the ratification and adoption of the proposed change by a majority of the voters of said counties of Redwood, Brown and Renville. Organization of Repeal of ineonsistent acts. SEC. 7. The county of Redwood is hereby declared an organized county, and the county seat thereof temporarily located at Redwood Falls; the last election of county officers for Redwood county held at the election precinct of Redwood Falls is hereby confirmed and ratified, and said officers, until their successors are elected and qualified, shall have full power and authority to do and perform all acts and duties of their respective offices, within the limits of Redwood county as defined in section one of this act, which the officers of other organized counties can do and perform within their respective counties. SEC. 8. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed. SEC. 9. Sections seven and eight of this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved February 23, 1865. |