The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1893-05-11
fixtures and appliances used therein.

fixtures and appliances used therein.
In case the said commission find the COM
plant and charge therein contained, or any
part thereof, true, they shall adjudge the
same in writing and shall at once serve a
copy of such decision, with a notice to de-
sist and abstain from the error and NAL
practice found, upon the party offending and
against whom the complaint was made, and
to afford prompt redress to the party in
abstain and does not give the proper redress
and relief to the party injured, 1t shall BE-
the duty of the said commission to institute
and carry on, in the name of the complain
ant, such actions, civil and criminal as
may be necessary and appropriate to redress
the wrongs complained of and to prevent
their recurrence in the future.
Sec. Z. On the presentation of the order
or orders referred to in section four of this
act, by the lawful owner thereof, properly
endorsed, at the terminal elevator or ware
house where the. grain represented therein
is made deliverable, the owner or operator of
such terminal elevator shall accept the same.
if the party issuing the same shall have in
store in such terminal elevator grain in
quantity and quality as represented in such
order or orders, and deliverable therein, and
issue in exchange for such order or orders to
the lawful holder of the same or his order.
a terminal receipt bearing date when issued,
and which-sh state upon its face the net
quantity and grade of the. grain, and that
the grain mentioned therein has been re-
ceiyed and is held in store, and shall also
state separately the transportation and other
charges against said grain existing at the
date the receipt is issued, and that upon the
return of such receipt properly endorsed by
the person to whose order it was issued and
the payment Of all proper and lawful charges
hvered to the lawful owner Of such receipt;
provided, that the charges Of the terminal
warehouse shall be computed for a period
beginning at the date OF the maturity of the
order issued by the local warehouseman for
such grain, and the same may include inter
est at the lawful rate. upon moneys ad-
vanced for payment Of transportation
Such terminal receipts shall be consecu-
lively numbered. No two receipts bearing
same warehouse during any one year, except
m case of a lost or destroyed receipt. in
which case the new receipt shall bear the
same date and number as the original and
shall be plainly marked upon its face
If such local orders when presented at
the owner or operator. OF such elevator. the
party issuing such order or orders shall he
liable for such default to the owner of such
order or orders for all damages that shall
arise from such default, not less however.
than the sum of one cent per bushel for
all the grain represented in such order or
bushel for each and every day of such neg
lect and refusal. Upon the delivery of the
grain under such receipts. the same shall be
The grain represented by such receipts
may be delivered in part Receipts so issued
may be surrendered and new ones issued.
vided in an act entitled IAN act to regulate
warehouses, inspection, weighing and hand
ling of grain" approved March ), 1885, and
upon presentation of such terminal receipt
to such terminal elevator, and upon the pay
ment or legal tender of payment Of all law
full charges as hereinbefOre provided, the
aateIy delivered to the holder Of such receipt,
and it shall not be subject to any further
charge for storage after demand for delivery
shall have been made. The grain repre-
sented by such terminal receipt shall be de-
livered within twenty-four hours after such
demand shall have been made and cars or
vessels to receive the same from such termi-
furnished If not delivered upon such de-
mand within twenty-four hours after such
cars or vessels for receiving the same shall
of the elevator in default shall be liable to
the owner Of such receipt for all damages
sustained by reason Of such default. not less
than the sum Of one cent per bushel, and
in addition thereto one cent per bushel for
each and every day OF such neglect and re-
fusal to deliver.
to be in default in delivering if grain is de-
livered in the order demanded by holders of
different mt, receipts as rapidly as reasonable
Sec s. Any person. firm or ' corporation
operating any country warehouse or country
elevator under this act shall, on or before
and oftener if necessary, render and furnish
in writing and under oath to the railroad
and warehouse commission a report and
itemized statement of all grain received and
elevator or warehouse, during the year then
last passed. Such statement shall specify
the kind, grade, gross, and net weight Of
stored and all grain delivered or shipped,
and shall particularly specify and account
for all so.called average that may have &C
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report shall be made upon blanks and forms
furnished and prescribed by the railroad and
warehouse commission.
Sec. 9. 1t shall be unlawful for any per-
son, firm or corporation who shall operate
any country grain elevator or country grain
warehouse, under this act, to enter into any
contract, agreement, understanding or COM
bnation with any other person, firm or cor
pOratiOn, who shall operate any other coun-
try grain elevator or country grain ware
house, under this act, for pooling of the
earnings or business of other different and
competing grain elevators or warehouses, so
as to divide between them the aggregate or
net proceeds of the earnings or business Of
such grain elevators or warehouses, or any
portion thereof and in case of any agree
ment for the pooling of the earnings or
business aforesaid, each day of its continu-
Sec. 10. Any person, firm or corporation
who Is guilty of any of the misdemeanors
specified in this act, or who is guilty of vio-
shall on conviction, be punished by a fine of
not less than fifty dollars and not more than
five hundred dollars, and in case natural
until the fine is paid or discharged by due
course Of law; and in case o corporation is
so convicted, the fine may be collected by
execution as judgments are collected in civil
may be sequestered and charged with the
same, In appropriate legal proceedings.
IN srce from and ae a s Se erect ana be
Approved April Z, 1893.
CHAPTER 29-S. II. 49,
AN ACT to provide for the care and pro-
lection Of grain in cars at the several
points within the state of Minnesota. APP
proved April 6, 1893.
Provides that the grain inspector or deputy
dition of the cars and record the same;
and after inspection Is made to reseal the
cars and record the same. Railroad COM
panies must furnish police protection to
protect all cars containing grain, and to pro-
hibit all unauthorized persons from loiter-
ing in or about their respective yards and
from entering any cars of grain or removing
ing and controlling grain elevators and
warehouses, and all millers receiving grain
from consignors must protect the same until
pers must attach cards on the doors of all
cars shipped by them giving the number
and initials of each car, date of shipment
and exact weight of grain In such car.
CHAPTER 3O-S. f. 300
AN ACT to provide for the purchase Of
a site and for the erection of a state
elevator or warehouse at Duluth in this
state for public storage Of grain, and the
report, and to appropriate money for that
purpose.
Be 1t enacted by the Legislature of the
state of Minnesota
Section 1. That there is hereby ordered
to be established warehouse and elevator
Of the total capacity of 1,500, 900 bushels of
grain; said institution to be located In the
Duluth harbor. or st. Louis bay, where
there Is navigable water, or where docks
can be established for the largest vessels
in the carrying trade on Lake Superior;
facilities with the various railroads CEN