Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-07-30
GRAIN ELEVATORS.
Every Elevator and Warehouse in the
State Doing Business with the Pub
lie under Supervision Of State
Railroad Commissioners.

Every Elevator anu warehouse III lhC
State Doing Business With the Pub
lie under Supervision Of State
Railroad Commissioners.
Charges Fixed for Storage-North Dakota
Grades-Rules ami Regulations Adopt
cd by the Railroad and Ware
house Commission.
Following are the Rules and Regula-
lions adopted by the State Board of
Railway and Warehouse Commission
ers at their meeting in Grand Forks:
RULE l. By an act of the Legisla-
tive Assembly of the State of North
Dakota, approved March I, 1891. it is
made the duty Of the Railroad Com
miSsioners OF the State of Moth Dako-
ia to supervise the handling, weighing
and storage of grain and seeds; to es-
tablish all necessary rules and regula-
lions for the weighing of grain. and for
the management of public warehouses
OF the State, as far us such rules and
| regulations may be necessary to enforce
the provisions of that act, OF any law
OF this state i'll regard to same;to inves-
tigate all complaints of fraud or oppre-
sion in the grain trade of state and to
correct the same as far as it may be in
their power
RULE >. All buildings, elevators or
| warehouses in this state. erected or OPP
Grated by any person or persons, asso-
citation, co-partnership, corporation or
trust,for the purpose of buying selling,
storing, shipping or handling grain for
profit are hereby declared public ware
houses.
RULE $. Any person or persons, as
ISOLATION. co-partnership, corporation
OF trust, owning OF operating any such
building, elevator or elevators, ware
houses or warehouse, as designated in
rule 2: which are now or may hereafter
be located or doing business within this
state, whether said owners reside with
in this state OF not, are public ware
housemen.
RULE +. Public warehousemen shall
not permit discrimination with regard
to the buying. receiving and handling
OF grain OF standard grades, or in regard
to parties Offering such grain for sale,
storage or handling at such public
warehouse.
RULE 5. The proprietor, lessee OF
manager of any public warehouse or
elevator doing business i'm this state,
shall file with the Commissioners of
Railroads of the State bond running
to the State of North Dakota with good
and sufficient sureties, to be approved
by said Commissioners of Railroads in
the penal sum of five thousand dollars
Tor one elevator OF warehouse, and the
penal sum of fifteen thousand dollars
where one party, firm or corporation,
own and operate more than one ware
house or elevator and not to exceed ten
such elevator or warehouses. and in the
penal sum OF twenty-five thousand dol
lars where one party, firm or corpora
ton own and operate more than ten
such warehouses or elevators, said bond
conditioned for the faithful perform
ance of duty as public warehousemen,
to protect holders of outstanding tick
cts. and a compliance with all the laws
OF the state in relation thereto, said
bond also specifying the location of
each elevator OF warehouse operated bv
said Individual, firm, corporation Oh
trust
RULE 6. reimbursement at each and
every elevator or warehouse owned and
operated by them within the state .shal
duly inspect, grade and properly weigh
all grain received by them, either for
storage Or by purchase, and shall at
once notify the party Offering the same
for storage or sale the grade of grain SO
offered: the gross weight and the dock
age per bushel. if the grain is unclean,
together with tie market price of such
grain for that day In Minneapolis and
Duluth. MINI.
RULE !. After the inspection should
any party interested in said lot of grain
feel himself aggreived at such inspect
ton weight Oh dockage, he shall then
and there object to the same to the
Warehouseman, stating his objections
specifically, and if the disagreement
cannot be amicably settled between the
party aggrieyed and the warehouseman
then and in that event the grain shall
be stored III special bin and be kept
seperate until the question can be
passed upon by the Commissioners of
Railroads Of the state. The party ag-
grieved and ware houseman Jointly
shall thereupon sack and properly seal
one-half bushel of such grain, inserting
slip in the top Of the sack stating the
points OF disagreement, and immedia-
forward the same, prepaid, to the near