Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-02-19
GRADING GRAIN.

GRADING GRAIN.
The Bill Agreed Upon BY the Specia
House Communicable Swim ding Brass
Kettle Fully Abolished.
Following is the bill agreed upon by the
House committee on grading grain, which was
offered by W. M. Campbell yesterday after
noon and ordered to be printed:
An act to regulate the grading of wheat in
all the elevators, grain houses and warehouses
in this State.
Be it enacted By the legislature Of the State of
Section 1. There is hereby created system
for the grading of wheat to he known as "the
Minnesota standard grade" which shall be
classified and designated in the order follow
ing, to-wit:
i. Sound, bright and cleaned wheat weigh
ing ffty-nine pounds or more to the bushel
shall be graded and designated as No. l
extra.
2. Bright and cleaned wheat weighing fifty
eight pounds or a fraction Of pound more to
the bushel, shall be graded and designated as
No. standard.
ing ffty-seyen pounds or a fraction of a pound
more to the bushel shall be graded as No. 2
extra.
4. Sound, bright and cleaned wheat weigh
ing ffty-six pounds or a fraction of pound
more to the bushel, shall be graded as No. 2
standard.
5. Sound and cleaned wheat weighing less
than ffty-six pounds, but not less than fifty
four pounds to the bushel shall be graded and
designated as No. standard.
6. Sound and cleaned wheat weighing less
than ffty-f pounds, but not less than fifty
two pounds to the bushel, shall be graded and
designated as No. 4 standard.
z. All unsound wheat, and all cleaned
wheat weighing less than ffty-two pounds to
the bushcl, shall be graded and designated as
rejected standard.
Sec. 2. Wheat more or less shrunken, but
otherwise sound, shall not be deemed unsound,
nor shall wheat cleaned in general manner
on ordinary tanning mill be deemed un-
cleaned.
Sec. 3. That no measure containing less
than legal half bushel shall be used in this
State in the grading of wheat to ascertain the
number of pounds weight in measured bushel
of the same in order to fix the grade of said
wheat, but in every case where wheat is bought
or sold in this State. the number of pounds in
bushel shall be ascertained in filling said half
bushel measure and weighing the same, and in
filling said half bushel measure the wheat shall
be poured into the same from a hopper from a
height of not less than six inches from the top
of the top of the sides of said half bushel meas
ure and into the center of the same, and the
wheat then struck off to water level with the
sides of the said half bushel measure.
Sec. 4. Any person who is engaged in the
general business of the purchase, storing or
shipping of wheat in this State for himself or
as agent for another, who shall weigh wheat to
ascertain the weight of a measured bushel of
the same for the purpose of grading the same
in any other measure than is provided for in
the foregoing section of this act, or who, on de-
mand of the person selling or storing the same
shall refuse to so weigh and grade said wheat as
I1l ,l,o1l
a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof be-
fore any court of competent jurisdiction, shall
be punished by fine not less than $50 nor
more than 300 for the first offense and the cost
OF prosecution, and not less than 800 or more
than 5000 and the cost of prosecution for every
subsequent offense, one half of said fine to be
paid into the county treasury for the use of
the schools In the county where said prosecu-
ton is had, and the other half of said fine to be
paid to the person giving information as to said
offense.
Sec. 5. Any person who is engaged in the
purchase, storing and shipping of grain in this
State, either for himself agent fer anoth-
er, who shall knowingly cheat in the weight of
the grade received or purchase of wheat, or the
grading of the same provided for in the fore
going sections of this act, or any half bushel
measure containing less cubic inches of space
than is contained in the lawful half busheI
measure of this State, shall be deemed guilty
of misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof
before any court of competent jurisdiction,
shall be sentenced to imprisonment in the
| county jail of the county wherein the offense
is committed for period of not less than six
months nor more than one year.
Sec g. Any person who is engaged in the
general business Of handling, purchasing or re-
ceiving wheat either for himself or as agent for
| another, or who has charge as owner or agent
of any mill public warehouse or elevator
who shall refuse to grade wheat upon demand
of the owner of the same in accordance with
the provisions of this act without the consent
Of the person selling or delivering the same,
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and
upon conviction thereof before any court of
competent jurisdiction, shall be punished by a
fine of not less than $50 nor more than 800
for each and every offepse, or by imprisonment
for not less than thirty days nor more than
sixty days; one-half the fine SO imposed shall
be paid to the county treasurer for the use of
the public schools in said county, and the other
half to the person upon whose complaint said
prosecution is instituted.
Sec. Z. 1t is hereby made the duty of the
county attorney in each and every county in
this State, whenever it shall come to his
knowledge by the affidavit of the party COM
planning or otherwise that any person in said
county has violated the provisions of this act,
to commence proceedings within ten DAYS after
receiving such affidavit other information
against the party so offending, in the name of
the State of Minnesota, and all the cost of such
prosecution shall be paid out of the funds of
said county by the board of county commits
sloners of the same. and in case any fine i'm
posed is not paid, the defendant shall stand
committed to the county Jail until the same is
paid.
Sec. 8. This act shall take effect and be in
force from and after its mascara