New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1905-05-24

ing the sum of S.... as salary to- the
mayor Gla;y !, and a, each member Of the common
against paying sha t also sum me Of aa
salary to the mayor and each member of
the common council
That said recorder shall place the
amount of money in each of the above
propositions on said ballots, as said COM
MAJ council shall determine by resolu-
ION Ion, as aforesaid, but not to exceed one
OF SAID city. at such annual city election
snall vote for or against the proposition
OF paving the mayor and the respective
airy the amount placed upon said ballot,
as aforesaid, and if majority of the
voters OF said city voting on said propo-
stti on! snaIl vote in favor Of the paying
OF said salary then said proposition shall
pc deemed carried, and said mayor and
each member of said common council
snail be entitled to be paid out of the
Guy treasury the sum so voted for, as an
annual salary for services to be rendered
by them thereafter. That said amount
vo' ed for annual salary of said officers
snail thereafter be paid to each of said
oIllcers as their annual salary until other
wise changed by vote of the legal voters
OF said city as herein provided for fixing
said salaries.
Sec. 2. That the voter wishing to vote
for or against the proposition Of paying
SAD amount for salary to the said officer
s sh place a cross mark (x) opposite for
vote. All the votes cast for or against
said proposition shall be canvassed,
counted and returned to the city recorder,
the same as the votes are for city officers
in said city.
Sec. 8. This act shall apply to all such
cities herein mentioned. whether incor-
porated under a general or special law,
but nothing herein contained shall be
construed to apply to any municipality
now operating under home rule charter
Sec. l. All acts and parts of acts in
consistent with this act are hereby re-
pealed.
Sec. 5. This act shall take effect and be
IN force from and after it's passage.
Approved April 10, 1905.
CHAPTER 3o2-s. F. No. 24e.
AN ACT to regulate the issuance Of
warehouse receipts by public ware
housemen in this state.
Be 1t enacted by the Legislature of the
State of Minnesota:
:, Section l. Whenever any grain is de-
nVered to a public warehouSeman in this
state he shall receive for storage or ship
ment, so far as the capacity of his ware
house or. elevator will permit. all grain
him in the usual course of business,
without discrimination of any kind. A
warehouse receipt in form prescribed by
the railroad and warehouse commission
shall be issued and delivered to the owner
Immediately upon receipt of each lot or
parcel of grain, giving true and correct
grade grade and weight thereof Such ware
numbered and no two receipts bearing the
same number shall be issued from the
same warehouse during any one year,
ceipt, in which case the new receipt shall
bear the same date and number as the
ORIGINAL and shall be plainly marked on
Its face duplicate"
Sec. 2. Any owner of a public ware
mouse, or his agent receiving said grain
for storage In any public warehouse or
elevator, who shall either fail to issue or
deliver a warehouse receipt conforming
to the provisions of section 1 of this act,
or who shall purposely issue a receipt not
stating said matters accurately, or who
any person who does not store the grain
Tor VIII ch 1t calls, or who shall issue any
KIND OF a slip, memoranda or any other
form of receipt which does not conform
TO the provisions of section 1 of this act.
snail be guilty Of a misdemeanor, and
upon conviction thereof shall be punished
for each offense by a fine not exceeding
one hundred (S1OO) dollars or imprison-
ment in the county Jail not exceeding
ninety COO days.
Sec. g. Any person delivering grain for
storage to any such public warehouse or
kind of receipt, slip, memoranda, due
bill or any other instrument which does
not conform to the provisions of section
sion, and upon conviction thereof shall
be punished for each offense by a fine
not exceeding one hundred (S10O) dollars
or by imprisonment in the county Jail not
exceeding ninety 600 days.
Sec. f. No receipt, slip, memoranda,
due bill or any other Instrument than
the one prescribed by section 1 of this
act, shall be admissible in evidence in
Sec. 5. This act shall take effect and
be in force on and after May 1, 1905.
Approved April 10, 1905.
CHAPTER 3OS-S. F. NO. 3S3.
AN ACT to regulate the consolidation
and reinsurance of domestic insurance
companies transactlng the business Of
life, accident or health insurance.
Be it enacted by the Legislature Of the
State Of Minnesota:
Section 1. No company organized under
the laws of this state to do the business
of life, accident or health insurance.
either on the stock, mutual, stipulated
premium, assessment, or fraternal plan,
shall consolidate with any other company,
or relnsure its risks Or any part thereof
with any other company, or assume or
reinsure the whole Of, or any portion of
the risks of any other company except
as hereinafter provided; but nothing here
company, organized on the stock or mu-
tual plan, from reinsurlng a fractional
part of any single risk.
Sec. 2. When any such company shall
propose to consolidate with any other
company, or to enter into any contract
of reinsurance, it shall present its petition
to the insurance commissioner of this
state, setting forth the terms and condi-
lions of such proposed consolidation or
reinsurance, and praying for the approval
or OF any modification thereof, which the
commission hereinafter provided for may
approve
Sec. 8. The insurance commissioner
shall thereupOn issue an order of notice.
requiring notice to be given by mail to
each policy holder Of such company, of
the pending of such petition, and the
time and place at which hearing thereon
will be held, and shall publish the said
order of notice and said petition in five
daily newspapers, for at least two weeks
before the time appointed for the hear
ing upon said petition.
Sec. 4: The governor, or in event Of
his inability to act some competent per-
son resident of the state to be appointed
by him, the attorney general, and the
insurance commissioner of the state, shall
constitute commission to hear and de-
term1ne upon said petition. At the time
and place fixed in said notice, or at such
time and place as shall be fixed by ad-
Journment, the commission shall proceed
with the hearing, and may make or order
such examination into the affairs and
condition OF said company as it may deem
proper. The insurance commissioner shall
have the power to summon and compel
the attendance and testimony of wit
nesses and the production Of books and
papers before said commission. Any pol
ny or companies so petitiOning may an
pear before said commission and be heard
in reference to said consolidation or re-
insurance. Said commission, if satisfied
that the interests of the policy holders of
such company or companies are properly
protected, and that no reasonable objec-
ton exists thereto, may approve and All.