Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-05-06
CHAPTER 235-H. F. No. 1874
A BILL

competition and unfair trade
practice in service trades under
certain conditions.
Be it enacted by the Legislature Of
the State of Minnesota:
Section l. That upon application
to the Governor of the State Of
Minnesota for relief from unfair
competition and unfair trade prac-
tees arising from competition es-
sentially and preponderantly intra-
state, resulting in unemployment,
economic distress and disorganiza-
ton of service trades engaged in
rendering and performing personal
services upon a person or persons
and licensed and regulated as such
by the state, for the safeguard and
protection of the public health from
infection or contagion of COM
municable diseases, the Governor,
upon approval thereof, is hereby
authorized, empowered and directed
to investigate, ascertain, declare and
prescribe reasonable rules, regula-
tons, or standards, to prevent such
unfair competition and unfair trade
practices, to establish standards of
maximum hours of labor, minimum
rates of pay and working conditions,
whenever variance therefrom
would constitute unfair competition
and unfair trade practices, to create
trade areas with due regard to the
proximity to state lines and diff
Iofr mathematician
and rural areas, and to make such
provisions in relation to the en-
forcement thereof as he may from
time to time determine, provided
however, the term personal serv-
ices" as used in this act shall not
include the services of person duly
licensed or registered by the State
of Minnesota to practice any of the
healing arts.
Section 2. Such application shall
be made by not less than sixty
five percent Of all persons, firms
and corporations engaged in such
service trades in any municipality
or subdivision of the state, or in
any trade area created under the
provisions of this act. Such rules,
regulations or standards to prevent
unfair competition and unfair trade
practices shall be prescribed and
approved by the Governor after
such reasonable public notice and
hearing as he shall specify and If
he finds: Cd that such rules, regu-
lations or standards are not de-
signed to promote monopolies or
to eliminate or Cypress such service
trades and will not operate to dis
eliminate against them and will
tend to effectuate the policy OF this
act, CD that such rules, regula-
lions or standards are not inequit-
able and the interests of the con-
sumers and the general public will
be protected, and CD that such
rules, regulations or standards are
necessary for the sterilization OF
the business Of such service trades,
the Governor may, as a condition
of approval of any such rules, regu-
lations or standards, impose such
conditions for the protection OF
consumers, competitors, employees
and others, and in the furtherance
Of the public interest, and may
provide such exceptions to and ex-
emptions from the provisions of
such rules, regulations or standards
as in his discretion is deemed neces-
sary to effectuate the policy de-
clared in this act.
Section 3. Upon the approval OF
any such rules, regulations or
standards covering such service
trades, all persons, firms or cor
porations engaged in such trade
or business shall, as to the trade
or business carried on by them, be
bound by such rules, regulations
or standards adopted or approved
by the Governor, subject, however,
to modification, amendment or
termination thereof as the Cover
nor may deem necessary to eff
fectuate the purpose Of this act.
Section 4. Every rule, regulation
or standard prescribed or approved
by the Governor shall contain pro-
visions for assessing against and
collecting from all persons, firms
and corporations, subject to the
rules, regulations or standards as
employer or employe, on a fair
and equitable basis therein set
forth, assessments sufficient for ex-
pense incurred in connection with
the PRONUNCIATION Of the rules, regu-
lations or standards, and admins
tration, to DO paid to the State
Treasureg - may b prescribed.