The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1893-05-19

state Of Minnesota and defining the duties
OF inspectors and prescribing penalties and
inspection fees. and the manner OF the
appointment Of inspectors. Approved
April IA, 1893
Provides for the appointment Of a state
Sf d fna s
in his office; for the appointment Of deputies
o. the state for report BY the
Of state; requires q TEST Of 100 degrees for
Kerosene or coal oils; provides a graded
scale Of fees as to the bulk of the oils to
be inspected; the fees to go to the inspector
and deputies; and provides severe penalties
against the sale Of uninspected oils.
CHAPTER 21-H. r. 1913.
AN ACT in relation to the sale OF honey
compounded or adulterated. and to pre-
health. Approved April II, 1888. ~
Makes it unlawful to sell or cause to be
sold honey compounded, manufactured from,
kind, or any substance whatever, not the
legitimate and exclusive product Of the
honey bee, unless the package containing
same is marked and represented as such,
and the name Of the person or firm com.
pounding the mixture and the names of
the substances used in large type. Also
prohibits the sale Of honey from bees when
fed ON glucose or other materials except
natural flowers without having the same
marked in the same prominent manner.
Provides penalty Of not less than fifteen
or Imprisonment for thirty days. Makes 1t
the duty of the state dairy and food COM
missioner and his assistants to enforce the
provisions Of this act.
CHAPTER OBJ. F. 652.
AN ACT to prohibit the manufacture, sale
or use Of adulterated cigarettes, and the
sale Of cigars or tobacco to minors. APP
proved April 8, 1S93
OF any cigarettes containing any substance
foreign to tobacco and deleterious to health,
under penalty Of fine or Imprisonment.
Also prohibits the sale Of tobacco or cigar
cites to minors under sixteen years Of age
under the same penalties.
CHAPTER oh. F. 592
AN ACT to provide text books and regu-
lating the manner Of procuring the same.
Be it enacted by the Legislature Of the
State of Minnesota:
Section 1. The board Of trustees or board
Of education of each and every school
district in the state of Minnesota is hereby
authorized and empowered to select adopl
or contract for the text books needful for
the use of the school, or schools under its
board of education shall have power to
purchase the text books selected or con-
tracted for and provide for the loan, free
OF charge or sale, at cost, OF such text
school or schools.
Provided, that no adoption or contract
shall be for period of less than three
which time the text books so selected,
adopted adopted or contracted for shall not be
c1 see g. Befor. anv nublisber or publish
ers, shall enter or attempt to enter into
any contract for the sale Of text books, as
herein provided, they shall file with the
Superintendent OF public: instruction OF the
and the lowest prices at or for which they
will sell any or all Of such books to any
board Of trustees in the state Of Minnesota
and they, the said publishers, shall deposit
with the superintendent Of public instruc-
ton a sample copy Of each book so listed,
which shall represent in style of binding,
matter, the book or books they offer to sell
to the board Of trustees at or for the prices
raised above said listed prices as fled.
Sec. 3. 1t shall be the duty Of the state
superintendent Of public instruction to fur
nish a certified copy Of the list Of books
and prices filed in accordance with the pro-
visions Of section two Of this act to the
district clerk of each common school dis
trict in the state Of Minnesota.
Sec. T. Whenever five or more legal vOt-
ers OF any common school district in the
state Of Minnesota shall petition the board
of trustees to submit to the legal voters
thereof the question Of providing free text
books to the pupils attending the schools
under Its charge 1t shall be the duty OF
said board Of trustees to call a meeting OF
the legal voters of the district, giving ten
days. notice. which notice shall state that
submitted at such meeting. Such question
may be submitted at any annual meeting,
provided that notice shall have been pre-
viously given in accordance with the. pro
visions Of this section. In case majority
of the legal voters present and voting shall
vote in favor of free text books, it shall be
the duty Of the board Of trustees to provide
Sec. 5. All books purchased in accordance
with the provisions of this act shall be paid
for out of the school funds of the respective
DISTRICTS and it shall be the duty of the
hoir r.
see that sufficient funds are raised and set
aside for the purposes Of this act.
Sec. 6. This act shall take effect and be
In force from and after it's passage.
Approved March "a, 1893.
CHAPTER 24-H. f. 262
AN ACT relating to labels, trade marks and
advertisements. and to provide for their
protection and the punishment for coun-
feits Of the same. Approved April II.
1893.
Provides that trade marks, labels, ETC.,
may m n De regse t by two
who is authorized to issue a certificate of
such record; and provides a penalty for
counterfeiting or initiating the same
CHAPTER 25-H. f. SO.
AN ACT declaring it miSdemeanor on
the part Of employers to require as a con-
ditfOn Of employment the surrender Of any
right Of citizenship. Approved March 3,
ration from requiring or demanding from
any servant or emplOye, on any condition
whatever, the surrender in writing or by
parol, or the abandonment or any agree
ment to abandon any lawful right or priyi-
lege Of citizenship, public or private, po-
litical or social, moral or religious, under
a penalty Of $500 fine.
CHAPTER 26-H. F. 305.
AN ACT to provide for the appointment
OF agents in this state by the authorities
Of other states as stock detectives. Ap-
proved April IA, 1893.
Authorizes agents or detectives appointed
by another state for the purpose Of recov-
ering on behalf of the true owner animals
Strayed or stolen in such other states and
unlawfully shipped or driven into this state,
to act in this state in accordance with the
terms of his appointment by filing his ap-
pointment or commission and entering into
a bond for $1,000, satisfactory to the secre-
tary of state. And upon such compliance
authorizes said agent to seize such strayed
or stolen cattle i'll accordance herewith.
CHAPTER 27-H. F. 776.
AN ACT to protet government lights and
light house stations. Approved April II,
Makes it a misdemeanor to break, injure,
deface or destroy any light house OF prop
erty herewith, and a penalty under con-
viction of Imprisonment or fine, or both. .
CHAPTER 2S-S. f. NO. 81.
AN ACT to regulate the receipt, storage and
shipment of grain at elevators and ware
houses on the right of way OF railroads II
the state or MINNESOTA, at stations ant
sidings other than terminal points.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
State Of Minnesota:
Section l. All elevators and warehouses il
which grain is STORED and handled, anG
which ere situate on the right of way OF
any railroad at any station or siding in this
state, other than at terminal points, are here
declared to be public elevators and shall
be under the supervision and subject to the
inspt elton Of the railroad and warehouse
commission Of the state of Minnesota, ant
shall, for the purposes Of this act, be known
or country warehouses; it shall be unlawful
to receive, store, ship or handle any grair
in any such elevator or warehouse, unless
the owner or owners thereof shall have pro
cured license therefor from the state rail
road and warehouse commission, which Ii
cense shall be issued for the fee of one dol
lar per year, and only upon written applica
ton under oath, specifying the location Of
such elevator or warehouse, and the name
of the person. firm or corporation, and the
names of all the members of the firm or the
names of all the officers of the corporation
owning and operating such elevator or ware