RAILROAD AND WAREHOUSE COMMISSION:

An Inventory of Its Livestock Dealers Proceedings at the Minnesota Historical Society

Government Records

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Creator: Railroad and Warehouse Commission of the State of Minnesota.
Title:Livestock Dealers Proceedings.
Dates:1938-1968.
Language:Materials in English.
Abstract:Hearing transcripts, legal documents, commission orders, and correspondence documenting complaints against livestock dealers and the commission's resolution of the complaints.
Quantity:1.7 cubic feet (2 boxes).
Location: See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

Expand/CollapseHISTORICAL NOTE

The Railroad and Warehouse Commission (and its successor after 1967, the Public Service Commission) were responsible for licensing and regulating livestock dealers and buyers for resale (Minn. Stat. 239). In 1974, jurisdiction over livestock weighing and marketing practices, including licensing and bonding of marketing agencies, stockyards, and dealers, was transferred to the state Agriculture Department (Laws 1974 c347 s2).


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Most complaints concern dealers’ non-payment or default on payment for livestock consigned or sold to them, a few alleging deliberate fraud. Others concern such matters as failure to deliver livestock, misrepresentation of livestock, importation without a health certificate, refusal to show books, and dealing without a license. Most, but not all, of the proceedings resulted in cancellation of the dealer’s license.

The major portion of this file series (L-1 through L-43) covers the years 1938-1964, before the name change to Public Service Commission. Subsequent files are found with the PSC’s “A” files. One file included here (A-8208) is an estray from that series. Also included here is a group of correspondence and legal documents, 1958-1962, relating to arrests of livestock dealers; it concerns dealers not represented in the numbered files, and its relation to this file series is unknown.


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Expand/CollapseARRANGEMENT

Arranged by chronologically assigned case file numbers.


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Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Railroad and Warehouse Commission of the State of Minnesota. Livestock Dealers Proceedings. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession numbers: 977-1; 981-156

Processing Information:

Catalog ID number: 990017376620104294


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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

LocationBox
104.F.9.10F1Unnumbered. Archie O. Tetrich vs. Livestock Marketing Association, 1938.
L-1. Albert Thorson, Grand Meadow, 1938.
L-2. Albert Thorson, Grand Meadow, 1939.
L-3. Charles Haugh and Ralph Thomas, dba Truman Livestock Company, Truman, 1939.
L-4. Thomas J. Rielly, St. Vincent, 1941.
L-5. Otto Barthel, Pierz, 1941.
L-6. Peder D. Magnuson, Gully, 1942.
L-7. Mike Allen, Claremont, 1946.
L-8. Roger Gilchrist, Monticello, 1949.
L-9. Roger Gilchrist, Monticello, 1949.
L-10. Ray G. Moore, Sauk Centre, 1949.
L-11. Hugo Hanson, Buffalo, 1949.
L-12. Arnold Kaus, Browns Valley, 1950.
L-13. Otto A. Volkmann, Janesville, 1950.
L-14. O. G. Hoffman, Bemidji, 1950.
L-15. Karl Malm, Bagley (principal) and Charles W. Hans, Park Rapids (agent), 1950.
L-16. Hyme Silver, Minneapolis, 1951.
L-17. Syl est (Sylvester?) Stennes, Hendrum, 1951.
L-18. American Hog Raisers, 1951-1955.
L-19. Everett J. Paulson, Hayfield, 1952.
L-20. Maurice F. Gessner, Forest Lake, 1952.
L-21. Wallace Peterson, Anoka, 1952.
L-22. Ward Bright, Triumph, and Walter B. Kari, St. James, 1952.
L-23. G. E. Mathias, Kasson, 1953.
L-24. George R. Jaeckels, Foley, 1953.
L-25. Sam Goldberg, St. Paul, 1953-1954.
L-26. Mike Serich, Calumet, 1953.
L-27. Jackson Sales Company, Jackson, 1953.
L-28. Robert E. Gangelhoff, Hamel, 1953-1954.
L-29. F. V. Bud Harberts, Worthington, and George Harberts, Reading, 1955.
L-30. Alvin Lerum, Oakland, 1956.
LocationBox
104.F.9.11B2L-31. Coffin and Baumetz, Hutchinson, 1956.
L-32. Vernon D. Wakeman, Brewster, 1958.
L-33. Ronald H. Spencer, Cambridge, 1958.
L-34. Paul Glimcher, Oklee, 1960.
L-35. A. A. Paulson, Hayfield, 1960.
L-36. Mulso Livestock Company, Sherburn, 1960.
L-37. Denzil L. Cottew, Royalton, 1960-1961.
L-38. Carl Bellah, Floodwood, 1961-1962.
L-39. Harlan B. Yule, 1961-1962, and in Steele County District Court, 1962-1965.
L-40. Harold B. Nelson, Rush City, 1962.
L-41. Helmer and Jim Nielsen, Emmons, and agent Elmo Iverson, Kiester, 1962.
L-42. Richard Butler, Delavan, 1964.
L-43. Joseph P. Serich, Calumet, 1964.
A-8208. Francis Fielder, Aitkin, 1967-1968.
Arrests, 1958-1962. 1 envelope.

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Files for 1964-1974 are part of the Public Service Commission’s “A” Files; they include numbers A-8210, A-8216, A-8221, A-8228, and A-8229, and probably others. Files after 1974 are, in part, continued by Agriculture Department: Contested Hearings Files.

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Expand/CollapseCATALOG HEADINGS

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics:
Animal industry -- Minnesota.
Livestock -- Marketing -- Minnesota.
Livestock dealers -- Minnesota.
Organizations:
Minnesota. Livestock Buyers Division.
Minnesota. Public Service Commission.
Document Types:
Transcripts.
Functions:
Licensing.
Regulating.

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