Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1909-04-30
Five Hundred Dollars (S5oo) to carry out
the provisions Of this act.
Sec. 8. This act shall take erect ana
i be In force from and after Its passage
Approved April IA, 1909.
cuAprER 1e4-H. F.. NO. 74S.

s be In force from and after It's passage.
Approved April IA, 1909.
CHAPTER 194-H. F. NO. 74S.
AN ACT making 1t a m~isdemeanor &c
manufacture. sell. barter, exchange OF
give away any cigarettes or cigarette
J Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
State of Minnesota:
for any person by himself. clerk: servant
employee, or agent directly or indirectly
upon any pretense or by any oeVlce u
manufacture. sell, exchange, barter. dis
any cigarettes. cigarette "aper or cigar
cite wrappers, or any paper MADE or pre-,
pared for the purpose of being f.ie &c
violating the provisions OF this act shal
be guilty of a misdemeanor;. provided
that the provisions hereof shall not ap-
ply to the sales of jobbers doing an inter.
state business with customers outside OF
the state.
Sec. .. This act shall take effect ama
be in force from and after Aug. l, ASV''
Approved April IA. 1909.
CHAPTER 1911. F. NO. sos.
AN ACT relating to the enforcement ~
by authority of the state. and Tor tne
restitution OF charges made oS SUCH
carriers in excess Of such rates. tho
Be 1t enacted by the Legislature u 'ne
State Of Minnesota:
Section 1. Whenever any common car,
rier doing business in this state sha1 raj,
or refuse to adopt and put into. erect any
rates prescribed by the statute, or any
rates prescribed by an order, OF me
railroad and warehouse COMMISSION af.es
the time for appeal from such order mas
expired. and such rates have by the
terms OF such law or order become enec-
tive. 1t shall be the duty of the attorney
general to forthwith commence appro-
pirate proceedings for and IN the aarhe
Of the state for the enforcement of the
law or the order prescribing s sue; o raIEs;
or in the District Court of any county
in which such common carrier has an
agent or station. or in which Its said
pendency Of such proceedings-or during
fhe tendency of any proceedings instftut-
ed in any court having Jurisdiction by
to to resist the enforcement Of such law or
such order. it shall be the duty Of every
such common carrier to keep a correct
account Of every charge IN maze rst es ~ nnn rIv
in excess Of the rates SO prescribed,
showing in each case the difference be be
tween the AMOUNT actually h cnargea 1n aep
such rates. the date Of the transaction.
the stations between which the bgsiness
was carried. and the names ana aooress-
Every such common carrier shall on
or before the tenth day OF each month.
report such infoTmat dpnod IN 4pi1 m o9tHr'f tee
and said commission shall carefully pre-
seE Eve such N t9 ! s{kt1 in 5a ITS a afnee' such
judicial proceedings, brought to enforce
or to resist the enforcement Of such rates
are ended by the entry OF final n;5eundg m se1d
rates are found to be unlawful-every
such common carrier shall pay to sa1d
railroad and warehouse COMMISSION an1ftiad 4be TOT
to. all sums so charged and collected by
It on the business to which such rates
apply. in excess Of the rates So 50 pre-,
from the date when each item thereof
was received. and It shall thereupon be
the duty of said railroad and warehouse
commission to pay such money with
said interest to the person.: firm or cor
poration by or for WHOM the same was
paid to such common carrier. and for
the purposes Of this act the person hold,
ing the original receipted freight blil
showing the payment thereof to such
common carrier shall be taken to be the
person entitled to so receive such money.
Sec. 3. II any common carrier AFFECTED
by such rates shall fail or refuse to pay
to the railroad and warehouse commits.
so collected by it in excess of the amount
lawfully -collectible under the rates sc
prescribed or to file with the said com
mission within said time the written re-
lease Of his claim signed by the person
entitled to such restitution. 1t shall be
the duty of the railroad and warehousee
commission to report such default OF
such common carrier to the attorney gen
eral who shall thereupon bring an action
in the name of the State Of Minnesota MINI so{a
such overcharges, to recover the same
from such common carrier. and It shall
have the s,,e exclusive 1oansz r rig IT,; u TO ce sue 10r c ano
rier and in such action In addition tic
the aggregate amount OF such excess
charges and interest. the court shall al
penalty.
All persons entitled to any part OF
such money shall file their claims there,
for within one year from the time wher
the litigation involving the validity OF
said rates is ended.
And all amounts paid to or recovered
bv the railroad and warehouse commits
sion, not so claimed. shall be paid into
the state treasury to the credit Of the
general revenue fund.
Sec. 4. Every common carrier and the
officers and agents thereof whose duty
1t is to make collections Of any sucf
wte shah and wi fsan 3 fail or aei neglect t to keel
such accounts as are herein provided
for, or who shall make any intentiona,
cree thereto. or who shall fail to make
the renorts herein provided to be made
to sale. railroad and warehouse commits.
Sec. S. All provisions Of law prescrib.
ing any other procedure for the enforce.
ment OF any rate or schedule of rates
hereafter prescribed either by act Of the
Legislature or by any order of the rail.
road and warehouse commission apply.
ing to the intra-state business of any
common carrier doing business in this
state. or prescribing any penalty for the
failure Of any common carriers to put
any such. rates into effect are hereb,
repealed, but the court in which proceed.
ings for the enforcement of such rates
may be pending may impose penalties fol
disobedience to its orders made in sucf
proceedings as for contempt.
Sec. e. This act shall take effect and
be in force from and after it's passage
and shall apply after ten days from the
date of its passage to all rates hereto
fore prescribed in this state, which hav
not been put into effect.
Approved April IS. 19O9.
CHAPTER 1866. F. NC. 1877.
AN ACT entitled "An act relating to the
expenditure Of the county road anC
bridge fund in counties having a pop,
ulation Of over 100000 and not over
275,OO0 inhabitants. and authorizing the
board of county commissioners in Ger.
tain cases to improve roads through
villages.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
State of Minnesota:
Section 1. Whenever In any county
now having, or which may hereafter a
a population Of over 200 600 and not over
275.OGn inhabitants. the hoard of county
commissioners shall have permanently
improved any county road leading UP tc
the limits Of any village, and shall have
also permanently improved any othe,
public road leading up to the limits OF
such village at another noint, end any
such village constitutes a natural OF
convenient cooneoti0D between S,1ch I'm.