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dollars; and annually thereafter, by the

| to be approved by the governor, for the
| faithful discharge of the duties of public
| warehouseman.
| Sec. 3. When any one licensed to do
| business as Il storage company or as
public warehouseman fails to perform his
| t"fy, o" violates any of the PROVISIONS or
| this chapter, any person, persons or cor
| poratlOn injured Dy such failure or vioia-
| tion may, with the consent of the attorney
| general, bring an action in the name of the
! state but to his or their own use, in any
| court of competent jurisdiction, on the
| bond OF such storage company or ware
| houSeman. In such action the person, per-
| sons or corporation in whose behalf the
| action is brought shall fiie with the court
| a satisfactory bond for costs, and the
state shall not be liable for any costs.
| See 4. Every such storage company or
| warehouseman shall, when requested there
! 10 i'll writing by any party placing prop
! erty with him in storage, cause such prop
! erty to be insured for whom 1t may con-
Germ; and no such storage company or
warehOuSeman shall be held liable for the
loss or damage by fire to the owner or
| oMuerS OF an! properly stored with him.
| unless such request to insure Is made as
| aforesaid, and he or they fail to comply
| herewith: provided, that such loss or dam
! age Is not occ1Sloned through the negll-
| gence Of himself, his agents, servants or
| employees; provided, that such storage com
| pany or warehouSeman may, in case they
| deem it necessary and proper, insure such
| property without such request in writing,
| in which event the cost of such insurance
| shall be and become valid lien and charge
| thereon as provided in section of this act.
| Sec. 5. The title to goods and chattels
| stored with a storage company or in pub
! lie warehouse shall pass to a purchaser,
| or pledgee, by the Endorsement and deliv-
| cry to him of the storage company's or
| warehouseman's negotiable receipt therefor,
| signed by the party to whom such receipt
was originally given, or by an indorsee Of
! such receipt, subject to all liens and
| charges thereon tor warehousing, advanced
| charges and insurance.
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| warehouseman shall receive, forward and
| store all property offered for such purposes
| by any person, persons or corporation, i'm
| partially and at as low rate of charge,
| and in manner and On terms and in guam
| titles as favorable to the party offering
| such property as 1t or he at the same
| place receives, forwards and stores in the
| ordinary course of business, property of
| like description and in similar quantities
| offered by any other person, persons or cor
| pOratiOn. And no such storage company or
| warehouseman shall discriminate against
| any particular person, persons or corpora
| tion, or subject them or him to any undue
| or unreasonable prejudice or disadvantage.
| And any court having jurisdiction shall
| have power to enforce the provisions of
| this act by injunction, or other suitable
| process.
Sec. 7. Every such storage company or
| warehouseman who neglects, or refuses
| to comply with the provisions of the pre-
| ceding section shall forfeit for every such
| offense, not less than fifty nor more than
| five hundred dollars, to De recovered in an
action by the party offering the property
| for storage.
Sec. s. Every such storage company or
warehouSeman who stores. keeps, cares for.
| or advances money on, or insures personal
| property shall nave lien thereon for his
| reasonable charges for storing, keeping,
| caring for and inSuring the same and for
| the charges he may have advanced on the
| same ana legal interest thereon, and may
| retain possession of the same, and have
| tlp Of sale a
| of his reasonable charges for storage, adj
| vance charges and interest and insurance,
| upon the same conditions and restrictions
| as provided in sections and of chapter
| 202 of the General Laws of Minnesota for
| 1885; and such lien shall take precedence
| over any other lien on said property.
| Sec. g. 1t shall be unlawful for any per-
| son, persons or corporation, not duly
| licensed as herein provided, to conduct or
| carry on the business of a storage COM
| pany or warehouseman in this state.
Sec. 10. Any person, persons corpora
tion who shall violate the provisions of sec
! tiOn nine or eleven of this act shall be
| deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall
| be punishable by a fine not exceeding
| one thousand dollars.
Sec. II. This act shall not be construed
to apply to any railroad transportation
company who hold goods, wares, or mer-
| cnaliuisr in cars irc.gnt houses or ware
| houses for a period not exceeding twenty
! Gays after receipt. Provided such railroad
| or transportation company shall, within
| forty-eight hours after the receipt of such
| goods, wares and merchandise, notify the
| cOnsignee of the arrival thereof in writ
Ing, and in case such consignee, or his as
| signs fails and neglects to call for or re-
ceiye said goods, wares or merchandise
| within twenty days after such receipt of
| same by any railroad or transportation
company as aforesaid, said ralIroad
| transportation company must then turn
| over said goods wares or merchandise to
storage company or public warehouseman,
! licensed this act provided, upon the
! payment of the charges of said carrier
! thereon, which charges thus paid by said
storage company or warehouseman to said
! carrier shall be a lien said goods wares
or merchandise. and enforcible in accord
ance with sections l, 2, 3 and A, chapter
~ of tHr General of 1855.
! Sec. - That all acts and parts of acts
| inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.
! Sec. 13. This act shall take effect and be
in force from and after July 1, A. D. 1895.
| approved Aprll 2o lSOJ.
| NO. 51.-H. T.. NO. 61
| AN ACT to amend chapter thirteen OBJ
| of the General Statutes of Minnesota OF
| one Thousand eight hundred and seventy
| eight tlSIS), relating to public highways
In townships, and authorizing the inhab-
| itantS of towns to place all roads and
bridges within the town under the man
| agement of the board of supervisors.
| Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
State of Minnesota:
Section l. That whenever a petition OF
| at ledSJ twenty t-OJ per cent OF the resi-
dent taxpayers of any township shall
have been filed with the town clerk
| of such town at least twenty (2Q
days prior to any town meeting
! setting forth that 1t is deemed eX-
pedient to abolish the election of overseers
of highways in any township, and TO
| abolish the collection of poll tax, the legal
voters of such township, at any annual
| town meeting, may, by majority of the
votes cast, pass resolution directing that
! all roads in such township, and the re-
pairing of the same, and the smaking of
! new roads already laid out, or that may
! hereafter be laid out, and the building and
, repairing of bridges, and the general man
! agement and care of the same, shall be
| supervisors of such township, which reso-
! luton shall be printed or written, or partly
printed or parrly written on ballots as fol
! lows:
Resolved that the election of overSeers
of highways and collection of poll tax be
| abolished and all roads in this township
and the repairing of the same and the
| making of new roads already laid out or
| that may hereafter be laid out, and the
| building and repairing of bridges and the
| general management and care of the same,
| shall be under the control and direction
| OF the supervisors of this toWnshIp-'yes !.
and each elector voting on such resolu-
! tion shall make Il cross opposite the yes
| or no
Provided, that whenever such a resolu-
| tion is 10 be voted upon, the town clerk
! shall give notice thereof in his notice OF
! annual town meeting.
See . That upon the passage of such
! a resolution the election of road overseers
and the collection of poll tax in such
township shall thereby be deemed abol-
ished, and the control of the roads and
bridges of such township shall be trans
| fecred to the supervisors, and all the duties
| now imposed and powers conferred by
| law on the overseers of highways hereto
| fore elected in such township shall devolve
| upon the supervisors thereof.
Soc 2 That thereafter all taxes as
| sessed for making and repairing roads
| shall be paid in money and collected as
| other taxes are collected for other town
/ shin purposes, and shall be paid out by the
township treasurer on warrants or orders