Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-05-06
CHAPTER 431-S. F. No. 5l2
A BILL

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ABILL
FOR AN ACT making 1t . INSIDE
rneanor for any person, co-part-
nership, association or corporation
10 operate or to permit the
operation of certain commercial
motor vehicles upon the highways
of this State within a certain dis
tance from municipalities within
certain hours on all Sundays and
HOLIDAYS between certain days of
each year during the tourist sea-
son, subjecting the use of the
public highways to the jurisdiction
and control of the Railroad and
Warehouse Commission and con-
serring certain powers upon the
Railroad and Warehouse Commits
sion in connection Herewith,
proyiding certain exemptions and
executions, prescribing penalties
for violation thereof and repeating
all other inconsistent acts and
PARTS of acts.
Be it enacted by the Legislature OF
the state OF NlIliltSOtd.
Section |. 1t is hereby declared to
be the purpose and policy of the
legislature to confer upon the Rail-
road and Warehouse Commission.
the power and authority to make II
its duty to supervise and regulate
the transportation OF property py
commercial motor vehicles upon or
over the public highways OF this
state in all matters whether
specifically mentioned herein or not
so as to:
l. Relieve the existing and all un-
due burdens on the highways arising
bv reason of the use thereof by
commercial motor vehicles.
.. Protect the safety and welfare
of the travelling and shipping puolic
in their use of the highways; and
3. Carefully preserve, foster and
regulate transportation and permit
the coordination and re-routlng OF
TRANSFORMATION facilities.
Section 2. Interstate commercial
motor vehicles used in the trans
portation of property shall be sub
iect to all of the provisions OF thls
act to the extent that the same
is an exercise of the police powers
of the state so as to prevent con-
gestion on the highways which snail
affect the safety Of persons or
property upon the public highways.
None of the provisions OF this act
shall be deemed to deprive the State
Highway Commissioner or any city
or village of any jurisdiction they
now have or which may hereafter
be conferred upon them over the
public highways of this state, nor
prevent said Highway Commissioner
or any city or village from suspend
inc at any time the right to
operate commercial motor vehicles
over any public highway when
necessary for the proper preserVa-
ton or policing Of the same.
Section 3. The term person" as
used in this act means and includes
anv individual, firm, o-partnershlp,
company, association or joint STOCK
association and their lessees, trus-
tees and receivers. The word Com
mission" means the Railroad and
Warehouse Commission Of the state
of Minnesota. The term com
noercial motor vehicle" for the pur-
pose of this act shall mean any
commercial truck, tractor, truck
tractor. semi-trailer or trailer
operated upon the public highway
The term public highway" means
and includes all highways, ROADS
streets and alleys in the state OF
Minnesota.
Section 4. It shall be unlawful
without specific permission as here
matter provided for, for any person
to operate q, commercial truck, trac-
tor. truck tractor, trailer or semi
trailer on the highways OF this state
within 80 miles, measured by the
most direct highway route, from any
CITY of the first class between the
hours of 9 q. m. and II midnight or
Sundays and legal holidays, from
Decoration Day, May 30, to the
second Sunday in September, both
inclusive, of each year; provided
however, that there shall be ex'
cepted and exempted from the pro-
visions of this act the following:
/. Glass T motor vehicles as de-
fined by Chapter 3z4, Session Laws
of 1898.
2. Commercial motor vehicles OF q
manufacturers rated capacity OF
ton or less.
3. Motor vehicles when used FOL
the transportation of livestock or
Sunday and holidays, whether
operating with or without loads.
4. Motor vehicles when used fol
the transportation Of newspapers
on-intoxicating beverages, Ice
cream and ice cream flavors anC
cones and all dairy products, poultry
and poultry products and which
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