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

means any person engaged In the
business of transporting property
for hire over the public highways
of this state, other than as a COM
mon carrier.
The terms common carrier and
contract carrier shall not apply to
any person engaged in the business
Of operating motor vehicles in the
transportation of property exclu-
sively within the zone circumscrib-
ed by line running parallel to
the corporate limits Of any city or
village or contiguous cities and/or
villages and IS miles distant there
from when such person resides
within said zone. The terms com
mon carrier and contract carrier
shall not apply to person engaged
in agricultural pursuits who owns
and uses truck either for the pur-
pose Of transporting products Of
his farm or occasionally transport
ing the property of others for hire,
nor shall the terms common car
rier' and contract carrier apply to
a manufacturer, producer, dealer
or distributor who, in the pursuit
OF his business, owns and uses a
truck, or trucks, either for the pur-
pose Of transporting his own prod
ucts or occasionally transporting the
property of others for hire.
Section 2. That Laws 1888, Chap
ter ITO, Section be and the same
hereby is amended so as to read as
follows:
Section S. That applicant at the
time Of filing the petition for said
permit shall pay into the treasury
of the State of Minnesota fee in
the sum of $3.50 where but one
vehicle is to be operated. When
more than one vehicle is to oe
operated under the permit, an addi-
tional fee of $3.50 shall be paid for
each of such vehicles in excess of
one. Truck-tractors used by appli-
cant exclusively in combination
with semi-trailers shall not be
counted as vehicles In the computa-
ton Of fees under this section. pro-
vided applicant obtains permits for
such semi-trailers. Distinguishing
plates shall be prescribed and fur
nished by the Commission and shall
be at all times displayed on each
and the place of residence
of the owner of the vehicle shall
be stenciled in a conspicuous place
on said vehicle. No permit granted
under this Act shall be effective
after the first day Of January Of
the year following the year Of its
issue. Renewals shall be issued up
on application made in accordance
with this Act and upon the pay
ment of the fees prescribed for the
original application; provided that
in the event permit has been sus-
pended or revoked the Commission
may order a hearing upon an ap-
plication for a renewal thereof or
upon an application for a permit
to be issued to the holder of such
suspended or revoked permit and
may grant or deny such renewal
or permit. On or before January /,
1888, and Of each year thereafter
every carrier holding permit I'M
der this Act and every Auto Trans
portation Company subject to Chap
ter 1876 Laws of 1925, shall pay a
fee of $3.50 and an additional fee
of $3.50 for each vehicle operated
in excess OF one"
Section 3. That Laws 1888, Chap
ter ITO, Section Is. be and the same
hereby is amended so as to read as
follows:
Section 10. No person shall
operate as a contract carrier or
common carrier exclusively engaged
in transporting property in inter
state commerce, or property between
any point in the State Of Minnesota
and the Dominion of Canada, with
out a permit from the Commission
so to do, in accordance with the
provisions of this Act. Any person
desiring a permit to operate as such
contract carrier or common carrier
shall file a petition therefor with
the Commission, which petition
shall set forth the names and ad-
dresses of its officers, If any, full
information concerning the finan-
cial condition and physical proper
ties of the applicant; the nature OF
the transportation in which the APP
plicant wishes to engage; the kind
of property which it is proposed to
transport; substantially the terri
tory in which it is proposed to
operate; a description of each
vehicle which the applicant intends
to use, including its size, weight and
cubical contents; and such other
information necessary to the en-
forcement Of this Act as the Com
mission may, by order, require.
At the time Of filing petition the
applicant shall pay into the Treas
ury of this State fee in the sum
of $3.50 for the issuance of such
permit where but one vehicle Is TO
be operated. Where more than one
vehicle is to be operated under this
permit, an additional fee Of $3.50
shall be paid for each Of such
vehicles in excess OF one. Dis
tinguishing plates shall be prescrib-
ed and furnished by the Commits
sion and shall be at all times dis
played on each motor vehicle au-
thorized by the Commission to oper-
ate under this Act.
Before a permit shall be issued,
such applicant shall also secure and
file with the Commission public
liability and indemnity insurance
satisfactory to the Commission and
in such amount as it shall prescribe,
covering injuries and damage to
pprSOns and/Or DrODertY OCCURRING