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any. other person, and to fix the penalty
for violation thereof.
It enacted by the Legislature OF the

State of Minnesota: ~
Section 1. From and after Jan. !. 1905
it shall be unlawful for any person, Assoc
any representative thereof, to offer, give,
or in any manner furnish to any person.,
either for himself or another, any free
r raiu in M rate ts withheld wit ED from any 9TH
er person for the travelling accommoda-
ton or transportation of any person or
property or the transmission of any mes
sage or Communication except to persons
included within the classes hereinafter
designated and limited. and it shall also
be unlawful for any person or persons,
after excepted and limited to solicit or
receive, either for himself or another
from any person, association, c~opartner-
ship or corporation. or use in n man
ner or for any purpose any free pass or
frank or special privilege withheld from
any person for the travelling accommo-
dalton or transportation Of any person or
sage or communication; provided, how
ever. that nothing contained in this act
shall be construed to prohibit or to make
u mi enda the issuing or giving Of any
portation to any person or persons within
the classes hereinafter excepted or limit
ed or the acceptance or use Of the same
by persons within such classes, that is to
say. officers, bona f1de agents, surgeons:
physicians, attorneys and employees Of
such railroad or other companies or per-
ent members Of their families, the duly
elected representatives Of railroad labor
organizations, children under twelve (12)
years of age. ministers Of religion. secre-
tons. persons exclusively engaged in
charitable and eleemosynary work, indig-
ent. destitute and homeless, persons. and
such persons when transported by charit-
able societies or hospitals or by public
charity, and necessary agents employed
in such transportation, inmates Of ma
tional homes or state homes for disabled
and sailors homes, including those en-
tering n returning from such homes,
and boards of managers of such homes.
and Immigration inspectors; witnesses for
said railroad companies attending any
legal investigation in which said company
is Interested: OFFICIALS and linemen Of
employees retired from service on account
of age or because of disability sustained
while in the service of said railroad COM
their families, or the widows or depend
emit children Of employees killed while in
the service Of such railroad company;
necessary c~are-takers of livestock, poul-
transportation to M from the point Of
delivery, employees on sleeping and ex-
press cars, railway mail service employees.
persons injured in wrecks and physicians
and nurses attending them; provided,
that one trip pass for a discharged m
ploye and his family, may be issued for
charge;
Provided. further, that the provisions of
this act shall not be construed to pro-
htbit and make unlawful the Interchange
for the officers, bona fide agents, sur
geons. physicians, attorneys and en-
ployes and the dependent members of
affected by this act. nor to prohibit any
company affected by this act from doing
any of the things prohibited hereby free.
with the object Of providing relief in
calamitOus visitation:
Provided: further, that the provisions of
this act shall not be construed to pro-
of passenger transportation and message
service between such railroad companies
and telegraph companies; and provided.
shall not be construed to prohibit or
make unlawful the interchange between
railroad, express, telegraph and telephone
companies of the transportation of per-
sons and property and the transmission
of meSSageS;
Provided. further, that no free trans
portation shall be issued or given to any
of, employed by or in any way connect
ed with any political committee or can
dldate for or incumbent of m Office or
p p9s 4h,e st u4der e1 the I constitution n u and laws
NSSP 10 ASAS4
Sec. 2. The railroad and warehouse
commission and their secretary shall have
the right to free transportation in the
performance Of their duties on all rail-
roads and railroad trains, in this state,
and their experts or other agents whose
service they may require shall likewise
be transported free of charge.
company or n officer or agent Of such
corporation or violating anv of
the provisions of this act shall be guilty
exceeding one hundred d0o) dollars or
by imprisonment in the county Jail for a
period not exceeding ninety. (9O) days.
be. in force from and after Dec. 81, 1908.
Approved April 25, 1907.
CHAPTER 450-H. F.. NC. 70.
AN ACT to amend section 4199, Revised
Laws 1905, relating to basis Of motion
for a new trial.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
Section 1. That section 4199, Revised
Laws 1905. be and the same is hereby
amended so as to read as follows:
Section 4199. If the motion be made
subdivision IA. pertinent facts not ap
pearing of record shall be shown by afa-
davit: if for any other cause. a case or
included in the record, unless the moving
party within fifteen days Of the rendition
of verdict or notice Of the filing of the
decision or report, notices the motion to
which case t h judge shall hear the mo-
ton on the minutes Of the judge or Of
the s%tenographer, but it shall not be
necessary for the moving party to furnish
script of the stenographer's minutes, nor
Of any part thereof, as a condition to
have the motion heard. If the motion is
to be heard on the minutes of the court,
it shall be heard within thirty days after
the coming in Of the verdict or notice Of
the filing of the decision or report, unless
the time be extended by written stipula-
cause, such extension to be granted with
out costs to either party. If the motion
be on the minutes, and the order be ap-
pealed from, a case or bill of exceptions
shall be proposed by the appellant, and
to the supreme court. The records and
files of the court pertaining to the case
may be referred to without being men
toned In the notice Of motion.
Approved April 25, 1907.
CHAPTER 451-S. F. NO. 421.
AN ACT to amend section 8, chapter 331.
Of fire insurance premiums, to provide
for the appointment Of a fire marshal
and defining his duties, and to provide
additional revenue for the enforcement
of such act.
| Be it enacted by the Legislature Of the
State Of Minnesota:
Section 1. That section 8, chapter 331,
Laws of 1905, be, the same is hereby,
amended SO as to read as follows:
1.-The fire marshal shall make an annual
report Of his official actions in detail to
the governor. He shall appoint, one dep
$500. and he may incur such c other eS-
penses as lay be necessary to carry out
the provisions Of this act, not to ex-