Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-05-07

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distinguishing number upon the pay
ment of $500 to the Registrar OF
Motor Vehicles. The Registrar shall
also issue to such dealer such addi-
tional pair of such number plates as
said dealer may request upon the pay
ment by such dealer to the Registrar
Of the sum of $500 for each addition
al pair. Motor vehicles. new or used,
bearing such number plates owned by
such dealer, may be driven upon the
streets and highways of this State by
such dealer, or any employee of such
dealer. Motor Vehicles, new or used,
owned by such dealer and bearing
such number plates, may be driven
upon the streets and highways for
demonstration purposes by any pros
rective buyer thereof for a period of
forty-eight hours. Any motor truck,
new or used, owned by such dealer
and bearing said dealers number
plates may be driven upon the streets
and highways of this State, for de-
monstration purposes, by any pros
pective buyer for a period of seven
days. Unon the delivery of such mo-
tor vehicle or motor truck, new or
used, to said prospective buyer for
said demonstration purposes said
dealer shall deliver to said prospective
buyer a card or certificate giving the
name and address of said dealer, the
name and address of such prospective
buyer, and the date and hour of such
delivery. Such card or certificate
shall be in such form as the Regis
trar may provide to the dealer for
Lon Lo cd hry
such prospective buyer while driving
said motor vehicle or motor truck.
"(dD Every licensed dealer in motor
vehicles. as above defined, may make
application upon a blank provided by
the Registrar for that purpose for a
general distinguishing number for
use upon all new motor vehicles be-
ing transported from the dealers
source of supply, or other place OF
storage, to his place of business, or
to another place of storage, or from
one dealer to another. A general dis
tinguishing number shall be assigned
by the Registrar to such dealer for
such purpose, and the Registrar shall
then issue to said dealer such num-
Der of pairs of such plates as the
dealer may request, upon the pay
ment by said dealer to said Registrar
of the sum of $500 per pair. Such
plates shall be known as in transit
plates. The Registrar may issue
such in transit plates, upon the
payment of the sum of $500 to said
Registrar, to dealers duly licensed
in States or Provinces bordering upon
the State of Minnesota upon infor-
nation furnished him in such man.
ner as he may prescribe, and which
satisfies him that persons or compa-
MES applying therefor are duly IL
censed dealers under the laws OF
such States or Provinces.
"(e) Procedure for Revocation.
The Registrar of Motor Vehicles, up
on his own motion or upon the COM
plant of another, shall prepare and
cause to be served upon the dealer
complained of, a written notice or
complaint setting forth, in substance,
the violations charged, and shall re-
quire said dealer to appear at the
time and place fixed therein before
said Registrar or authorized deputy,
and show cause why his license
should not be revoked.
1.-THE Registrar shall at the time and
place fixed in said notice, proceed to
hear and determine the matter on its
merits. If the said Registrar shall
find the existence of any of the caus-
es for revocation as set forth in Sec
ton (b) above, and shall determine
that said dealers license should be
revoked, he shall make written or
der to that effect, and copy CT such
order shall be served upon such
dealer in the manner provided by law
for the service of summons in a civil
action. Upon such revocation, such
dealer shall Immediately return to
the Registrar all number plates, in
GLIDING in transit plates, in his pos
session.
"f) Procedure for Appeal. Any
party or person aggrieved by such
order of revocation may appeal
therefrom to any District Court of
the State within fifteen days after
the service of copy of such order
upon the dealer complained of by
the service of written notice of ap-
peal upon said Registrar. The per-
son serving such notice of appeal
shall, within five days after the
service thereof, file the same. with
proof of service thereof, with the
Clerk of the Court to which such ap-
peal is taken, and thereupon said
District Court shall have jurisdic-
ton ovar said appeal and the same
shall be- entered upon the records of
said Dintrict Court and shall be tried
therein according to the rules relat-
ing to the trial Of civil actions inso-
far as the same are applicable. The
complainant before the Registrar,
if there was one, otherwise the
Registrar of Motor Vehicles. shall be
designated as the Complainant.
and the dealer complained of shall
be designated as the Defendant.
No further pleadings than those filed
before the Registrar shall be neces-
sary. The findings of fact of the
Registrar shall be prima facie evil
dence of the matters therein stated,
and the order shall be prima facie
reasonable, and the burden of proof
upon all issues raised by the appeal
shall be on the appellant. If said
Court shall determine that the order
appealed from is lawful and reason
able, it shall be affirmed and the or
der enforced as provided by law. If
it shall be determined that the order
is unlawful or unreasonable 1t shall
be vacated and set aside. Such ap-
peal shall not stay or supersede the
order appealed from unless the Court.
upon an examination of said order.
and the return made on said appeal,
and after giving the defendant notice
and opportunity to be heard. shall so
direct. When no appeal is taken
from such order, the parties affected
thereby shall be deemed to have
waived the right to have the merits
of such controversy reviewed by a
court. and there shall thereafter be
no trial of the merits or re-examina-
ton of the facts by any district
court to which application may be
made from a writ to enforce the
same.
"(g) Any party to an appeal or
other proceeding in the District Court
under the provisions of this Act may
appeal from the final judgment. or
from any final order therein, to the
Supreme Court in the same cases and
manner IS in civil actions"
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