Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-05-06


vehicles, that such person so engap.
ed in such manufacture or distribu-
ton shall terminate his contract
with or cease to sell motor vehicles
to such person engaged in the sale
OF motor vehicles at retail in this
State unless such person finances
the purchase or sale Of any one or
number Of motor vehicles only with
or through a designated person or
class OF persons or sells and assigns
the conditional sales contracts, chat
tel mortgages or leases arising from
his retail sale Of motor vehicles or
any one or any number thereof only
to such person SO engaged in f.
nancing the purchase or sale OF
motor vehicles or in buying condi-
tional sales contracts, chattel mort
cages or leases on motor vehicles,
shall be presumed to be made al
the direction of and with the au-
thority Of such person so engaged
in such manufacture or distribution
Of motor vehicles, and shall be
prima facie evidence of the fact
that such person SO engaged in the
manufacture or distribution of mo-
tor vehicles has sold or intends to
sell the same on the condition or
with the agreement or understand
ing prohibited in Section / of this
Act.
Section 4. It shall be unlawful
for any person who is engaged di-
rectly or indirectly IN the manu-
facture or wholesale distribution of
motor vehicles to pay or give or to
contract to pay or give any thing
of value or subsidy to any person
other than an automobile dealer Or
automobile distributor, who Is en-
gagged in the business Of financing
the purchase or sale Of motor
vehicles or Of buying conditional
sales contracts, chattel mortgages
or leases on motor vehicles sold at
retail within this State or to dis
criminate in favor of or against
any person, other than an automo-
bile dealer or automobile distribu-
tor, engaged in the business OF
financing the purchase or sale of
motor vehicles or Of buying condi-
tional sales contracts, chattel mort
cages or leases on motor vehicles
sold at retail within the State, if
the effect of such payment or con-
tract to pay or give any thing Of
value or subsidy or discrimination
may be to lessen or eliminate COM
petition or to create or tend to
create monopoly in the person or
class OF persons who receive such
thing OF value or subsidy or who
are benefited by such discrimina-
ton.
Section 5. 1t shall be unlawful
for any person, other than an auto
mobile dealer or automobile dis
tributor, who is engaged in the
business Of financing the purchase
or sale of motor vehicles or of buy
ing conditional sales contracts,
chattel mortgages or leases on mo-
tor vehicles sold at retail within this
State to accept or receive or con-
tract or agree to accept or receive
either directly or indirectly any
thing Of value or subsidy or the
benefit resulting from any discrim-
ination as set forth in Section 4 Of
this Act from any person engaged
directly or indirectly in the manu-
facture or wholesale distribution of
motor vehicles If the effect of the
acceptance or receipt of any such
thing of value or subsidy or benefit
may be to lessen or eliminate COM
petition or to create or tend to
create monopoly in the person or
class Of persons who receives such
thing Of value or subsidy or who
are thus benefited by such discrim-
ination.
Section 6. 1t shall be unlawful
for any person other than an auto
mobile dealer or automobile dis
tributor who hereinafter so accepts
or receives either directly or in
directly any thing of value or sub
sidy or the benefit resulting from
any discrimination as set forth in
Section 5 of this Act or hereafter
so contracts either directly or in
directly to receive any such thing
OF value or subsidy or benefit to
thereafter finance or attempt to
finance the purchase or sale Of any
motor vehicle or buy or attempt to
buy any conditional sales contracts,
chattel mortgages or leases on mo-
tor vehicles sold at retail in this
State.
Section T. For violation OF any
of the provisions Of this Act by any
corporation or association mention
ed herein, 1t shall be the duty of
the Attorney General or the Dis
trict Attorney Of the proper county,
to institute proper suits or quo
warranto proceedings in any court
of competent Jurisdiction for the
forfeiture of it's charter rights,
franchises or privileges and powers
exercised by such corporation or
association, and for the dissolution
OF the same under the general
statutes OF the state.
Section 8. Every foreign corpora
ton, as well as every foreign asso-
citation, exercising any of the pow
ers, franchises or functions of a
corporation in this State, violating
any Of the provisions of this Act,
is hereby denied the right and pro-
hibited from doing any business in
this State, and it shall be the duty
of the Attorney General to enforce
this provision by bringing proper
proceedings by injunction or other
wise. The Secretary Of State shall
be authorized to revoke the license
Of any such corporation or associa-
ton heretofore authorized by him
to do business in this State.
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