Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1915-04-29

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See. 5. No IRE insurance compan.
or any other insurer and no rating
bureau. or any representative Of an,
fire insurance company or other In
surer or rating bureau, shall enter In
to or act upon any agreement wit,
regard to the making. fixing or col
lecting OF any rate for Are insurance
upon property within this state. nm
less in compliance with this act.
Any such agreement may be mad,
and enforced, provided the same b
In writing. and, prior to Its taking eff,
feet q copy thereof be filed with
commissioner OF insurance and with
each rating bureau or which any o.
the parties thereto shall be a member
or subscriber.
The commissioner or insurance may
after due notice and hearing. upor
complaint or uncn his own motion
make an order disappearing any such
agreement. No such agreement shall
be In force. nor shall any act or rights
be based thereon, after service ~ 4
copy OF such order upon each or tho
parties to such agreement and upon
each bureau with when such agree
ment Is required to be nled. Service
may be made by mail and shall bt
completed upon the expiration OF a
reasonable time for transmission flxed
In such order. The action Of the COM
missioner of insurance In making OIL
refusing to make any such order shall
be subject to review by the District
Court. as hereinafter provided,
Sec. s. The commissioner Of insur-
ance shall have power, on written
COMPLAINT or upon his own motion, A.
review any rate fixed by any bureun
for fire insurance upon property with
In this state. for the purpose of de-
teTmining whether the same is dis
criminatory or unjust. He shall have
rover to o~der the discrimination Oh
unjust rate removed and AK and or
der rate In lieu OF the bureau rate
found to be discriminatory or unjust
and the rate so ordered and flxed shall
become the bureau rate.
No action shall be taken by said
commissioner of insurance unless upor
written complaint under the oath on
information and belief. OF the person
or persons interested, showing In sub
stantial detail the ground for com
plant with such data as will reason
ably enable the commissioner OF I'm
surance to determine whether there Is
probable cause therefor. and no such
action shall be taken nor shall there
be any hearing thereon until a copy
of said complaint and data shall have
been sent by registered mail or spe-
cial delivery to the insurance company
or bureau concerned and such insur-
ance company or bureau shall have
at least ten days notice OF any hear
ing thereon.
Any person aggrieved by any such
order or decision made by the COM
missioner Of Insurance may appeal
therefrom to the District Court OF the
county where the aggrieved party may
reside within thirty (3o) DAYS from the
making and fling OF such order or
decision by filing In the ONCE OF said
commissioner notice OF such appeal
in writing, and In such case the said
commissioner shall within ten ft0) DAYS
after the filing of such notice make
and return to said District Court q
full and complete certified transcript
of the findings and order appealed
from, and OF all papers relating there
to on Ale in his ONCE, including such
notice OF appeal, and upon the fling
of such certified transcript such an
peal and all matters involved therein
shall be brought on for trial upon the
merits at the next term OF said Court
after the fling OF such transcript, un-
less otherwise ordered by the Court
and upon such trial the findings oi
fact on which such order Is based
shall be prima facie evidence OF tbs
nnaUteTS IheTeln stated.
During the tendency OF such pro.
ceedings upon review the order OF the
commissioner OF insurance shall bs
suspended hut in event OF Anal de.
termination against any insurer an,
overcharge BY such insurer during
such review shall be refunded to the
persons entitled thereto
Sec. Z. AIRY fire insurance company
or other insurer. or rating bureau oil
representative OF any insurance com.
pany or other insurer or rating bu-
reau guilty Of violation OF any oil
the provisions Of this act or orders
surance made hereunder, shall be pun
ished by a fine Of not less than 500
nor more than 5000. In addition
thereto the license OF any fre insur-
ance company. agent or broker guilty
of such violation may be revoked or
by the commissioner Of In
surance. Any rating bureau examined
by the commissioner of Insurance I'M
der the provisions Of this act shall
pay to the commissioner OF insurance
for such examination the same fees
required for examinations OF foreign
fire insurance companies.
Sec. s. The provisions OF this act
shall not arpiy to county or township.
mutual insurance companies.
Sec. g. This act shall take effect
and be In force sixty days after Its
passage.
Approved April 10. 1918.
CHAPTER 102-s. r. No, 500.
AN ACT to amend Section 327 Of the
General Statutes, 1918. relating to
Elections. d
Be it enacted by the legislature OF the
State of Minnesota:
Section 1. That Section 32T, General
Statutes for 1913, be. and the same Is
hereby. amended so as to read as fol-
ows:
3.7. Like squares shall be placed at
he right OF the blank lines. and on
,uch lines the voter may write the
names OF persons for whom he desires
20 vote whose names are not printed,
md in the squares opposite the same
le may make marks as In the case Of
printed names. The first name printed
more than one is to be voted for for
he same office. shall be that OF the
candidate Of the political party which
It the last preceding general election
,olled the largest number of votes. the
anne to be determined by the average
Tote received by such Of ITS candidates
Is were not endorsed by any other
,arty: and, In case all OF the state
andidates Of any political party were
ndorsed or renominated by another
,arty, the position OF the candidates Of
fther such nominating or indorsing
,arty shall be determined by taking
he average vote Of it's candidates at
he last preceding election wherein they
we're not SO Endorsed. In like manner
he second and succeeding lines shall
" filled with the names Of candidates