The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-05-02


appeal shall Be mailed gto the state Fire Mar
mail at the usual postoifice of the person
appealing or his attorney. Provided, q cop,
ss,d netfe q q. aa
situated ssal aI be deemed q
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State Fire Marshal, registered as aforesaid
shall be filed in the Office OF the clerk O
days after the fling OF said order, and such
appeal shall suspend + the operation of thu
order appealed from until the appeal is fnall,
determined. The trial of all issues on suef
appeal shall be de snovo and such appeal shall
be heard and tried in the same manner al
tried in such court. and the order appealed
| from shall have no i. force or effect
| in the determination Of such appeal
| the appeal within ten days or as soon there
after as possible from the date Of the fling
OF Of the same, at any PLACE in the judicial dis dis;
appellant or for any cause the appeal is
! dismissed judgment for costs shall be en-
tered against the appellant
Sec. 49, If any person fails to comply with
preceding sections and within the time fixed.
then such officer is empowered and authorized
to cause such building or premises to be re-
moved and all dangerous conditions remedied.
as IT the case may be and at the expense OF
in thirty days thereafter taA f fsii, neglect
or refuse to repay said officer the ex-
pense thereby incurred by him. such
officer shall certify said expenses, together
with twenty-five per centum penalty thereon
to the county auditor of tile county in wnicn
said property is situate and said county audi
tor shall ENTER said expense the tax lists
OF said county as a. special charge against
the real estate on which said building is or
as other taxes and when collected. shall to-
gather with the penalty thereon be paid into
the state treasury and credited to the fund
Sec. IT. Any person or persons being the
owner, occupant, lessee or agent Of buildings
Ge It's eo whS wuy nsgests
icer named in the last four preceding sec
tons, shall be guilty Of a misdemeanor and
less thar, ten dollars for each days neglect
This section shall not apply where an appeal
Is taken as Aforesaid.
Sec. 1s.-1n all cases where any order of the
State Fire Marshal or Chief Assistant Fire
Marshal or any deputy fire marshal, shall
destruction Of any building or structure the
same shall be served upon the owner of such
eepe S S tenans a2 the M
dltion to the service upon such owner. said
order shall also be served upon such lessee
or tenant as the case may be. .
Sec. 10. Every fire insurance company au-
thorized to transact business in this state
Is hereby required to report to the state fire
fcer of the company designated by the board
OF directors for that purpose. ali fire losses
ag }6e dae nf r an any such
able loss, the characterize property destroyed
or damaged, and the supposed cause of the fire
rled by such company. Such report shall be
mailed to the state fire marshal within three
days after notice Of loss is received by such
company. Each company Is hereby also re-
CURED to report the amount of loss as ad-
1usted on each fire after adjustment is made.
>; Such H. report shall be In addition to and not
MES may be required to make by any law
Of this state to the commissioner of lnsur-
ance.
Sec. 90 Any officer referred to in Section
o OF this act. who neglects to- comply with
any OF the requirements Of this act shall upon
conviction be punished by fine Of not less
s1o dollars for n0 each or neg ghaa
or violation.
Sec. 21 The state fire marshal shall receive
an annual salary of three thousand (S3, OOW
pHars the chief assistant fire marshal shall
five hundred ls25oo1 dollars, the first
deputy deputy fire marshal shall receive ''i an
dollars and the 2eaan de sght
hre marshal shall receive an annual salary oi
one one thousand five hundred (sl,5Oo) dollars pay
aDle monthly. All officers who shall perform
any service at the request Of any such state
nre marshal chief assistant fire marshal or
Deputy qed flTe marshal, shall receive the same
shall be paid out of the fire marshal fund in
me same manner as witnesses testifying under
this act.
Sec. O. Said state fire marshal shall EN-.
pley clerks and assistants, and incur such
Torrance of the duties Of the office, including
necessary travelling expenses, not to exceed
in ntlod I'M salaries, such sum as may be paid
ina fter provided. Provided that no clerks or or
assistants shall be appointed, except as ex-
cessity for such appointment shall first be
passed upon by the governor and approved by
49, Sec e. For the purpose of maintaining
the department Of state fire marshal and pay.
ing all the expenses incident thereto every
fire insurance company doing business in the
state of Minnesota, shall hereafter pay to the
state treasurer on or before March first 191
ana annually thereafter. a tax upon its fire
premiums or assessments both, as follows:
sum equal to- three-eights of one per cent of
the gross premiums and assessments, less re-
turn premiums on all direct business received
by it in this state, or by it's agents for it, In
cash or otherwise, during the preceding ca1en-
Oar Oar year, including premiums on policies cover
written under 1oater form or otherwise. pro-
vided. however, that this act shall In no way
affect the tax due March LIST. 1913 and the
payment thereof. In the of a mutual
company the dividends paid or credited to
members in this state shall be construed to be
the nate ss be- set So gsd into
special fund and is hereby appropriated for
the maintenance of such Office Of state fire
The state shall not be liable in any ma nner
for the salary Of said fire marshal his chief
assistant. deputies. clerks and other employees
or for the maintenance of the office of fire
marshal or any expenses incident thereto and
the same shall be payable only from the spe-
cial fund provided for in this section.
Sec "a. The state fire marshal shall keen
on file in his office an itemized statement, Of
an expenses incurred by his department and
fore the same submitted TO the state. x.u-
ditor for payment, which said voucher shall be
allowed and paid in the same manner as other
claims against the state.
Sec 25 The state fire marshal or one of
his chief subordinates shall at all times be In
the office Of the fire marshal at the state cant
tol ready for such duties as are required bv
this act.
Sec. 26. All records on file in the fire mar
shall department shall be public except anv
testimony, correspondence or other matter
taken In an investigation under the provisions
Of this act which the state fire marshal in his
discretion may withhold from the public.
Sec. 81 The county attorney of any county,
upon request of the state fire marshal his
deputies or assistants. shall assist such Of
hcers upon an investigation Of any fire which.
in their opinion, is of suspicious origin
Sec. %. It shall be the duty Of the state
fire marshal, his deputies and assistants to
require teachers Of public and private schools
drill nd to Ill - .