Entered, according to act of Congress, in the year A. D., eighteen hundred and

ninety-one,

BY EDGAR W. CAMP,

In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C.

OFFICERS OF THE COURT DURING THE PERIOD

OF THESE REPORTS.

Hon. GUY C. H. CORLISS, of Grand Forks, Chief Justice. Hon. J. M. BARTHOLOMEW, of Bismarck, and

Hon. ALFRED WALLIN, of Fargo, Judges.

R. D. HOSKINS, Bismarck, Clerk.

EDGAR W. CAMP, Jamestown, Reporter.

CONSTITUTION OF NORTH DAKOTA.

SEC. 101. When a judgment or decree is reversed or confirmed by the supreme court, every point fairly arising upon the record of the case shall be considered and decided, and the reasons therefor shall be concisely stated in writing, signed by the judges concurring, filed in the office of the clerk of the supreme court and preserved with a record of the case. Any judge dissenting therefrom, may give the reasons of his dissent in writing over his signature.

SEC. 102. It shall be the duty of the court to prepare a syllabus of the points adjudicated in each case, which shall be concurred in by a majority of the judges thereof, and it shall be prefixed to the published reports of the case.