St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1907-05-10
CHAPTER 2e9-s. F. NO. 45s

CHAPTER 2G9-S. F. NO.. 45S.
AN z to prohibit unfair discrimination
between different sections, communities.
OF localities, unfair competition, and
providing penalties therefor.
BE it enacted by the Legislature Of the
State OF Minnesota:
Section J.. Any person., firm. cOmpanv-
association, or corporation, foreign or do
mestlc, doing business in the State of
minnesota and engaged in the produce
zion, manufacture, or distribution of pc
troleum or any of it's products that shall
pose of destroying the business OF a com
petltor or creating a monopoly in any
locality, discriminate between different
sectlons, communities, or cities OF this
state. by selling such commodity at a low
er rate in one section, community, or city
than is charged for such commodity by
said party in another section, community,
the difference, it any, in the test or
quality and in the actual. cost of trans
portation from the point OF production,
IT a raw product, or from the point OF
shall be deemed guilty of unfair discrim-
%ination,. which is hereby prohibited and
declared to be unlawful.
Sec. >. Any person, firm, mpan as
ISOLATION, or corporation, violating any of
the provisions Of the preceding section,
and any officer, agent or receiver Of any
ton, or any of the same, or any
Individual found guilty OF violation there
of, shall be guilty Of a gross INSIDE
meanor and shall be lined not more than
$1,000, or be imprisoned in the county
Jail not to exceed one year, or both.
Sec. 3. All contracts or agreements
two preceding sections shall be void and
Pny money or property paid or trans
.ierred for any such commodity under any
such agreement shall be paid back within
failure to so repay, then the purchaser
!nay recover back in a civil action any
auch money or property, together with
twenty-five dollars $3.50.
Sec. 4. 1t shall be the duty Of the coun-
~ attorneys in their counties and the at
iorney general. to enforce the provisions
If the preceding sections of this act by
appropriate actions in. courts Of compe-
tent jurisdictions.
Sec. 5. If complaint shall be made to
the secretary of state that any corpora
ton authorized to do business in this state
Is guilty of unfair discrimination, within
The terms Of this act, it shall be the
uuty of the secretary of state to refer
may, If the facts justify it in his judg,
ment, institute proceedings in the courts
against such corporation. .
domestic, authorized to do business il
this state. is found guilty of unfair dis
elimination. within the terms of his act
state to Immediately revoke the permt1
of such corporation to do business in thi:
Sec: Z. If after the revocation of it.
permit, such corporation or any othel
corporation (not having a permit ane
found guilty of having violated any Of
the provisions Of this act), shall con.
tinue or attempt to do business in thi:
state, it shall be the duty of the %attorne,
general, by u proper suit in the name
of the State of Minnesota. to outset suct
corporation from all business of ever,
kind and character in said State of Min
nesota.
construed as repeating any other act
pr part Of an act, but the remedies here