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

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t Sec. 5, No fire insurance cempan,
} or any other insurer and no ratin.
bureau, or any representative Of an.
ire insurance company or other IN
surer or rating bureau, shall enter In
to or act Upon any agreement with
regard to the making, fixing or col
lecting OF any rate for fire insurance
upon property within this state, un,
less in compliance with this act.
1 Any such agreement may be made
and enforced. provided the same b<
In writing, and. prior to its taking eff.
feet, a copy thereof be filed with
J" commissioner of insurance and with
each rating bureau of which any Of
the parties thereto shall be a member
or subscriber.
i The commissioner OF insurance may
after due notice and hearing, upor
complaint or upon 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 W a
copy, OF such order upon each OF the
I parties to such agreement and upon
each bureau with when such agree
ment Is required to be filed. Service
/, may be made by mail and shall be
/ completed upon the expiration OF a
reasonable time for transmission fixed
missioner of insurance In making OF
refusing to make any such order shall
be subject to review by the District
Court. as hereinafter provided,
4 Sec. s. The commissioner of insur-
ance shall have power. on written
COMPLAINT or upon his own motion, H.
review any rate fixed by any bureun
, In this state. for the purpose of de-
termining whether the same Is dis
criminatory or unjust. He shall have
power to order the discrimination o,
unjust rate removed and AK and or
der a rate in lieu of the bureau rate
found to be discriminatory or unjust
and the rate so ordered and fixed shall
become the bureau rate.
! No action shall he taken by SAID
commissioner of insurance unless upor
a written complaint under the oath or
Information and belief of the person
or persons interested. showing In sub.
stantial detail the ground for com,
plant with such data az will reason.
ably enable the commissioner OF in.
surance to determine whether there Il
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
Itherefrom to the District Court of the
county where the asgrieved party may
reside within thirty 600 days from the
making and filing OF such order OF
decision by filing In the office of said
commissioner a notice OF such appeal
in writing, and in such case the said
commissioner shall within ten t1aD 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 file In his ONCE, including such
notice OF appeal, and upon the films
OF such certified transcript such ap-
peal and all matters involved therein
shall be brought on for trial upon the
merits at the next term of said Court
after the filing OF such transcript. un.
less otherwise ordered by the Court
and upon such trial the findings Of
fact on which such order Is based
shall be prima facie evidence of ths
matters therein stated.
During the tendency Of such pro
Iceedings upon review the order of the
commissioner OF insurance shall bt
suspended hut IN event OF final de
! termination against any insurer any
overcharge BY such insurer during
such review shall be refunded to the
persons entitled thereto.
| Sec. 7. 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 a 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 s1ot
nor more than 5000. In addition
thereto the license OF any fire insur-
ance company. agent or broker guilty
! of such violation may be revoked OF
suspended by the commissioner of in
surance. Any rating bureau examined
| by the commissioner Of insurance un-
| 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 8. The provisions OF this act
shall not apply to county or township
mutual insurance companies.
Sec. 9. This act shall take effect
and he in force sixty days after It's
passage.
Approved April TO- 1918.
CHAPTER 102-S. F. No. 800.
! AN ACT to amend Section 1927 Of the
| General Statutes, 1913 relating to
Elections.
Be It enacted by the LEGISLATURE of the
State OF Minnesota:
Section I. That Section 327, General
Statutes for 1913 be, and the same liz
hereby. amended so as to read as fol-
lows:
3cT. Like squares shall be placed at
the right OF the blank lines, and on
such lines the voter may write the
names OF persons for whom he desires
to vote whose names are not printed,
and in the squares opposite the same
he may make marks as In the case Of
printed names. The first name printed
FOR each Office, or group Of names II
more than one is TO be voted for for
the same office. shall he that of the
candidate OF the political party which
at the last preceding general election
polled the largest number OF votes. the
same to be determined by the average
vote received by such Of ITS candidates
as were not endorsed by any other
party; and. In case all Of the state
candidates Of any political party were
Endorsed or renominated by another
party, the position Of the candidates OF
either such nominating or indorsing
party shall be determined by taking
the average vote Of It's candidates at
the last preceding election wherein they
were not so Endorsed In like manner
the second and succeeding lines shall
be filed with the names Of candidates
of the other political parties receiving