the same is hereby amended by inserting after the words "normal department," in the fourth line, the following: "The diploma from either the elementary or advanced course of study of the state normal school shall be valid as a certificate of qualification of the first (1st) grade to teach in the public schools of the state of Minnesota for a period covering the time of the student's pledge of service, namely, two (2) years from date of graduation." SEC. 2. At the expiration of two (2) years of actual teach ing service the diploma of such graduate may be endorsed by the president of the normal school from which it was issued, and by the state superintendent of public instruction, upon satisfactory evidence that such service has been successful and satisfactory to the supervising school authorities under whom it has been rendered. Such endorsement shall make the diploma of the elementary course a valid certificate for five (5) years from its date, and the diploma of the advanced course a permanent certificate of qualification. SEC. 3. Any county or city superintendent of schools under whose supervision such graduates may be employed shall have authority to suspend such certificate for causes duly shown, such suspension to be subject to the same appeal as is provided in the case of certificates issued by such county or city superintendents. SEC. 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved April 21, 1891. CHAPTER 73. [H. F. No. 734.] AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION SIXTEEN (16) OF CHAPTER General Statutes 1878, amending Chap. 36, Sec. 16. When school districts are divided, moneys, funds and cred Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Minnesota : SECTION 1. That section sixteen (16) of Chapter thirtysix (36) of the General Statutes of Minnesota of one thous and eight hundred and seventy-eight (1878) be and the same is hereby amended by adding to the end of said sec-its are also to be tion the following: "Provided, Fifth, that whenever the boundaries of any school district are changed, or any school district is divided, said commissioners shall make a division of all moneys, funds and credits belonging to such district, and shall make an award of such moneys, divided. General Statutes 1878, amending Chap. 40, Sec. 33. Authorizing records in state auditor's office to be certified and recorded in counties. General Statutes 1878, amending Chap. 40, Sec. 2. Conveyances by husband and wife. funds and credits to the districts affected by such change; and in making such award the commissioners shall take into consideration the indebtedness, if any, of the district so divided, and shall make such division as they deem just and equitable." SEC. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved April 21, 1891. CHAPTER 74. [H. F. No. 224.] AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION THIRTY-THREE (33) OF CHAP- Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Minnesota : SECTION 1. That section number thirty-three (33) of Chapter number forty (40) of the General Statutes of eighteen hundred and seventy-eight (1878) be and the same is hereby amended by inserting, in the third line thereof, after the words "secretary of state," the words, "or in the office of the state auditor." SEC. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved April 1, 1891. CHAPTER 75. [S. F. No. 605.] AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWO (2) OF CHAPTER FORTY (40) OF THE GENERAL STATUTES OF MINNESOTA, RELATING TO DEEDS, MORTGAGES AND OTHER CONVEYANCES. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Minnesota: SECTION 1. That section two (2) of Chapter forty (40) of the General Statutes of the state of Minnesota be and the same hereby is amended so as to read as follows: "Sec. 2. A husband and wife may convey any real estate by their duly authorized agent or attorney, and may by their joint deed convey the real estate of the wife, nor shall the minority of the wife affect the validity of such deed. "The husband or wife of any insane person, where the when one is in- insanity has continued for three (3) years, may by separate deed convey any real estate owned by such grantor in like Conveyance sane. If the manner and with the same effect as if unmarried. insane husband or wife be under guardianship, the guardian's letters of authority, or a duly certified copy thereof, shall be recorded in the office of the register of deeds of the county in which such real estate shall be situated; and such guardian's approval of the conveyance shall be indorsed thereon. Without such approval the conveyance shall not affect the rights of the insane husband or wife. "Any corporation may convey its real estate by an agent corporations. appointed by resolution of its directors or governing board." SEC. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved April 20, 1891. Conveyances by CHAPTER 76. [H. F. No. 773.] AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE TWO (2) OF CHAPTER FORTY-ONE (41) OF GENERAL STATUTES OF ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-EIGHT (1878). Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Minnesota: SECTION 1. That title two (2) of Chapter forty-one (41) of General Statutes of one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight (1878) be and is hereby amended by adding thereto a section, to be numbered and to read as follows: "Sec. 13A. Every agreement for extending the time of payment for manual labor, performed or to be performed, in cutting, hauling, banking or driving logs, beyond the date of the completion of such labor, shall be void unless such agreement is in writing, subscribed by the party to be charged therewith and expressing the true consideration therefor, and unless at the time of the completion of such labor or the making of such contract the person, partnership or corporation for whom such labor shall be performed shall execute and deliver to the person performing the same, his or its negotiable promissory note for the compensation therefor, with interest, due at such time as may be agreed upon; Provided, That it shall not be competent for any such laborer to waive any of the provisions of this act, nor shall the right of such laborer to a lien upon any prop erty to secure the payment for such labor be waived by the acceptance of such note, but such right of lien shall pass with the note and vest in and be enforceable by the holder thereof." SEC. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved April 21, 1891. General Statutes 1878, amending Chap. 41, Title 2. Agreement for extending time cutting, banking logs must be in writing. of payment for ing and driv At end of seanote must be given for pay son, negotiable Laborer cannot waive his rights by taking note. nor lose his lien General Statutes District judges serve in other districts, in emergencies. CHAPTER 77. [S. F. No. 598.] AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION FIVE (5), TITLE ONE (1) OF Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Minnesota: SECTION 1. That section five (5), title one (1) of Chapter sixty-four (64) of the General Statutes of eighteen hundred and seventy-eight (1878) be amended so as to read as follows: "Sec. 5. Judge of one District to Act in any District when Requested by the Governor.-Whenever a judge of may be called by the governor to any district court is interested as counsel or otherwise in the event of any suit or matter pending before said court in any county of his district, or whenever the judge or judges of any district court of this state, either on account of sickness or on account of the accumulation of business in any district court in any county of this state, are unable to transact said business and to hear and determine the causes and suits pending therein without unreasonable delay, the governor of the state shall have power, and it is hereby made his duty, to assign one or more judges of the district court of some other district, whose duties as such judge do not require him to appropriate all of his time to the discharge of his duties in the district where he resides and in which he has been elected as judge, to duty in the district where, on account of sickness or the accumulation of business, the judge or judges are unable to transact the business of the court or to hear and determine the causes and suits pending therein without unreasonable delay; and the judge of any district so requested by the governor to discharge the duties of the judge or judges of any other district, shall proceed, at the time designated, to hold the court and discharge the duties of the judge of any other district at the place and for the time and in the manner specified in the request of the governor; and whenever a district judge is a party, or otherwise interested, in any judge may have cause, any other district judge in this state shall have jurisdiction and it shall be his duty to transact such business, hear and determine all motions, grant orders and enter judgments in all such cases brought before him, either in When district judge is a party to a suit, any other district jurisdiction. the district where such action originated or in any other district, when such cases are brought before him by consent of all parties to the action; and the acts and judgments of such judge and courts, so done and rendered, shall have the same force and effect as if done by a judge of the district court in which such actions are pending and in the district where they are pending." SEC. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved April 20, 1891. CHAPTER 78. [S. F. No. 835.] AN ACT AMENDING SECTION ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY- General Statutes STATUTES OF ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Minnesota: SEC. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved April 21, 1891. CHAPTER 79. [H. F. No. 306.] 1878, amending Chap. 66, Sec. 199. Writs of injunetion not to limit time of performance of any act. 1878, amending Chap. 66, Secs. 60 and 61. AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS SIXTY (60) AND SIXTY-ONE General Statutes EIGN CORPORATIONS. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Minnesota : SECTION 1. That sections sixty (60) and sixty-one (61) of Chapter sixty-six (66) of the General Statutes of Minne |