Not to be disposed quires or will be substantially promoted by such disposition on account of any part of such property being exposed to waste and dilapidation, or on account of its being wholly unproductive, or when the same has been contracted to be sold and a conveyance thereof cannot be made by reason of such lunacy, or for any other peculiar reasons or circumstances, the court may order the letting for a term of years, or the sale or other disposition of such real estate or interest to be made by such guardian or husband of such married woman who is a lunatic, in such manner and with such restrictions as shall be deemed expedient, or may order the fulfillment of said contract by conveyance by such guardian or husband according to the terms of the contract. SEC. 6. But no real estate or term of years or any interest in real estate herein before named, shall be sold, of against provis- leased or disposed of in any manner against the provisions of any last will, or of any conveyance by which ⚫ such estate, or term, or interest was devised or granted to such lunatic. ions of last will. SEC. 7. Upon an agreement for the sale, leasing or other disposition of such property being made, or upon any conveyance in fulfillment of a contract being under direction of executed in pursuance of such order, the same shall be When conveyance may be executed the Court. All such sales shall be valid. reported to the court on the oath of the guardian or husband making or executing the same, and, (except in the case of a conveyance to fulfill a contract,) if the report be confirmed, a conveyance shall be executed under the directions of the court. SEC. 8. All sales, leases, dispositions, and conveyances, made in good faith by such guardian or husband in pursuance of such orders, shall be valid and effectual as if made by such lunatic when of sound mind. SEC. 9. The court shall make order for the application and disposition of the proceeds of such properDisposition of pro- ty, and for the investment of the surplus belonging to ceeds of sale of such property. such lunatic so as to secure the same for the benefit of such lunatic, and shall direct the ascertainment of the value of any such tenancy by the courtesy, or tenancy initiate, or dower, or right of dower, or inchoate right of dower, and shall direct a return of such investment and disposition to be made on oath, as soon as may be, and shall require accounts to be rendered periodically by any committee or other person who may be entrusted with the disposition of the income of such proceeds. be preserved. SEC. 10. No sale made as aforesaid, of the real estate or interest therein of any lunatic, shall give to How proceeds to such lunatic any other or greater interest or estate in the proceeds of such sale than such lunatic had in the estate so sold; but the said proceeds shall be deemed real estate of the same nature as the property sold, or the interest therein of the said lunatic, and the court shall make order for the preservation of the same. life estate how to SEC. 11. If the real estate of any lunatic, or any part of it, shall be subject to dower or other life estate, and the person entitled thereto shall consent in writing If subject to other to accept a gross sum in lieu of such dower or other proceed. life estate, or the permanent investment of a reasonable sum, in such manner as that the interest thereof be made payable to the person entitled to such dower or life estate during life, the court may direct the payment of such sum in gross, or the investment of such sum as shall be deemed reasonable and shall be acceptable to the person entitled to said dower or other life estate, or right therein actual or contingent in manner aforesaid. SEC. 12. Before any such sum shall be paid or Court to be satisfied such investment made, the court shall be satisfied that that an effectual an effectual release of such right of dower or other life release has been estate actual or contingent, has been executed. SEC. 13. This act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 2, 1865. executed. CHAPTER LV. March 2, 1865. An Act to prohibit the sale of intoxicating liquors on certain days. Prohibited from selling intoxicating liquors on days of general election etc. tion of provisions of this act. SECTION 1. Prohibited from selling or giving away intoxicating liquors on the day of general elections in this State, or on the day in which any town meeting may be held. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Minnesota: SECTION 1. That no person or persons, under the provisions of any license to sell intoxicating liquors that may be hereafter granted in this State, shall be allowed to sell, barter, or give away, except for medical purposes, any spirituous, vinous, fermented, or malt liquors, on the day of any general election, or the day on which any town meeting may be held for the transaction of town business, in the town in which such meeting may be held. SEC. 2. Any person or persons who shall sell, barter, or in any way furnish any spirituou, vinous, ferPenalty for viola- mented, or malt liquors, under any pretext whatever, or in any manner from which an intention to evade the provisions of this act may appear, he or they shall upon conviction thereof, by any court having jurisdiction of the same, be fined for each and every such offense in a sum not exceeding one hundred, nor less than fifty dollars, for the use of the common schools in the county in which the offense shall have been committed. SEC. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved March 2, 1865. CHAPTER LVI. An Act to amend chapter seventeen of the Compiled SECTION 1. To be lawful to dispose of any real estate belonging to any religious incorporation. 2. Repeal of former act. 2. When act to take effect. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Minnesota : SECTION 1. That section thirty-two of chapter seventeen of the compiled statutes be amended so as to read as follows: March 1, 1865. belonging to said Section 32. It shall be lawful for any religious incorporation organized under the provisions of this chapter, by and through their trustees, to sell and convey, encumber or otherwise dispose of any real estate be- Religious incorpolonging to such corporation. Provided, however, That rations may disno such conveyance or encumbrance shall be made by pose of real estate the trustees except when first authorized to make the corporation. same by a resolution of such society passed at a meeting thereof called for that purpose, notice of the time, place and object of which meeting shall be given for at least four successive Sabbaths on which such society shall statedly meet for public worship, immediately preceding the time specified for such meeting. SEC. 2. That section thirty-three, of chapter sev- Repeal of former enteen, of the compiled statutes, is hereby repealed. SEC. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved March 1, 1865. act. CHAPTER LVII. · February 24, 1865. An Act proposing an amendment to section one, article seven, of the Constitution of the State of Minnesota. Who may be enti tled to vote in this State. SECTION 1. Who may be entitled to vote in this State. 2. To be submitted to a vote of the people at the next general election. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Minnesota: SECTION 1. The following amendment to the Constitution of this State is hereby proposed for publication, and approval or rejection by the people, in accordance with section one, of article fourteen of the Constitution; that is to say, that section one of article seven of the Constitution shall be amended so as to read as follows: Section 1. Every male person of the age of twentyone years or upwards, belonging to either of the following classes, who shall have resided in the United States one year, and in this State for four months next preceding any election, shall be entitled to vote at such election, in the election district of which he shall at the time have been for ten days a resident, for all officers that now are or hereafter may be elective by the people. First-Citizens of the United States. Second-Persons of foreign birth who shall have declared their intentions to become citizens conformably to the laws of the United States upon the subject of naturalization. Third-Persons of mixed white and Indian blood who have adopted the customs and habits of civilization. Fourth-Persons of Indian blood residing in this State, who have adopted the language, customs and habits of civilization, after an examination before any district court of this State, in such a manner as may |