The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-03-16
Browns Valley creating county as
SCISSORS were also reported without


drawn his former bill providing for
merchants in large cities filing sworn
statements of amount of insurance on
goods and merchandise for taxation
purposes. The bill was unconstitu-
tional. The bill applies to the entire
State and requires owners of stocks of
merchandise to furnish to assessors
statement of the fire insurance carried
on such stocks during the previous
year. The assessor is to transmit a
copy of such statements to the State
board of equalization for it's inform
alton. False statements are made
perjury, and failure to furnish the
statement required is punishable by
fine of 500 to $4,000 or Imprisonment
for three months to one year, and also
bars the owner from contesting the
valuation arbitrarily fixed by the as
SCISSOR Or State board of equalization.
The bill is excellent introductory ma
terial, but has poor show of ever
being on the statutes.
Representative Fraser has fathered
bill to prohibit the stifling of COM
petition. It is patterned after the law
Kansas has to prod the bucking optopi.
The measure provides that any person,
firm or corporation, foreign or domes-
tic, engaged in the manufacture, pro-
duction or transportation of any COM
modify in general use, which, for the
purpose of Intentionally destroying
competition, sells such commodity at
lower price in one section of the city
or community of the State than in
another, after equalizing the distance
from the point of production and cost
of transportation, is to be guilty of
unfair competition. The railroad and
warehouse commission is directed to
investigate complaints of unfair COM
petition, and if majority of the COM
mission finds the corporation or per-
son complained of guilty of unfair
competi ion as denied by the bill, the
fact shall be recorded in it's Office. If
the offender is domestic corporation,
it's charter shall be revoked, and if
it is a foreign corporation it shall be
barred from doing business in Mime
sofa. If any corporation attempts to
continue doing business in the State
after it is found guilty of unfair COM
petition, the attorney general shall
bring civil suit in the name of the
State to GUST it from all business of
every kind and character in the State.
Persons, firms or corporations violat-
ing the act also to forfeit 81 900 to the
State for each offense, which shall 90
to the permanent school fund.
The senate and house committees
listened to arguments in favor of the
Bjorge bill creating county boards of
education. Superintendent of Public
Instruction Olson and the members of
a committee from the Minnesota Edu-
cational association strongly endorsed
the measure. They dwelt particularly
upon the feature of the bill which they
claim will result in a better grade of
men being chosen county superintend-
ents of schools. It was also urged
that the creation of such county boards
and giving them control over the
schools of the counties would result
in better grade of buildings and en-
courage the needed consolidation of
rural schools.
The house committee has recon-
mended the bill which gives to rural
schools State aid where teachers hav-
ing second grade certificates are en-
ployed. It was shown that in many
instances it is impossible to secure
the necessary teachers with first grade
certificates. The result is that an in
justice is done the schools in many in,
stances. The bill carries an appro-
priation of 500, 900 for such aid.
Bills creating a State inspector of
schools; providing for an appropria-
ton of So, 500 year for the benefit of
the Minnesota Educational associa-
ton, and bill providing for the in
stallation of manual training we're also
Endorsed by the committee.
The senate committee on taxes has
reported without recommendation
Senator Golfers bill providing for re-
placing township assessors with
county assessors, and also the bill of
Senator Schain which places town.
ships assessors under county asses
sOr.
Senator Witherstine has introduced
an anti-rebate bill or drawback bill,
and Senator Thorpe would place the
commission men under the supervision
of the railroad and warehouse COM
mission.
Representative G. 81. Wyman's bill
allowing the recovery of damages for
rnpnto1 o,,r,1ich ooDco1