Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-07-30

roadsL showing the gross number of
bushefNof grain of the several grades
received during the day, the number Of
bushels Of dockage on same, the price
paid per bushel on same, and if any
cars have been shipped out the number
of bushels in each car and the grade of
grain therein; to whom and to what
point consigned; which report shall he
certified as to being correct and duly
signed by the warehouseman and for
warded by mail to the Commissioner of
Railroads within the grain district as
provided in Rule 20.
RULE 10. Warehouseman shall keep
posted up in conspicuous place i'll the
elevator or warehouse each day prices
of grain at Minneapolis and Duluth,
the freight charges from the elevator
to those points, and to which shall be
added four cents per bushel for costs of
handling the same, which when deduc-
ted from the Minneapolis and Duluth
prices will be the net price the seller is
entitled to for his grain at the elevator
for that day.
RULE 20. For the better accommo-
dation of the public during the fall
months of the year when the bulk of
the grain of the state is being moved,
the Board deem it for the best interest
of the state that there should be one Of
their number be stationed at such con-
venient points as will be most accessi-
BILE to the greatest number and to that
end one Of said commissioners will be
located at Grand Forks, one at Wahpe-
ton, one at Jamestown, and the Secre-
tary of the Board will remain at Bis
marck where monthly meetings will be
held on the first Tuesday in each
month. Reports as provided for in
Rule is and appeals provided in Rule 7
or any other matter for immediate act
ion by the board at all points on G.. N.
r. r. from Grand Forks west to Fort
Buford, points on the &. N. r. r, in
Trail county, and all points north of
the G. N. R. r. running west, as we'll
as upon the N. p. r. r. from G.. Forks
to Pembina shall be forwarded to the
commissioner at Grand Forks, and all
points in Cass, Griggs, Sargent and
Ransom counties to the commissioner
at Wahpeton; all points in Stutsman,
Barnes. Foster, Eddy, Wells, Benson
to Minnewankan, Larimore Dickey and
Kidder counties to the commissioner at
jamestown; Burliegh and all counties
west on N. P. r. r. to the Secretary at
Bismarck.
RULE 81. In determining the grade
of grain offered for sale OF storage at
the several warehouses or elevators in
this state, warehousemen shall be gov
erned by the following North Dakota
Grades:
mo hard spring wheat must be
sound, bright and we'll cleaned and be
composed mostly of Hard Scotch or
Saskatchewan Fife wheat, and weigh
not less than fifty-eight pounds to the
measured bushel.
''No Northern spring wheat must
be sound and we'll cleaned and must be
composed Of the hard and soft varieties
of spring wheat, not less than fifty per
cent Of the hard varieties of spring
wheat, and i'll weight not less than fifty
seven pounds to the measured bushel.
mo 2 Northern spring wheat' must
be sound, reasonably clean and of good
milling quality; and to weigh not less
than tifty-six pounds to the measured
bushel, and to include all wheat not
suitable for the higher grades.
''No spring wheat" shall comprise
all inferior, shrunken or dirty spring
wheat, weighing not less than fifty-four
pounds to the measured bushcl.
Rejected spring wheat'shall include
all spring wheat that is grown, badly
bleached or for any cause unfit for No.
wheat.
RULE %. The foregoing rules shall
be kept posted in a conspicuous place
in all the warehouses.
RULE %. Any person, association,
firm trust or corporation, or any repre-
sentative thereof, who shall knowingly
cheat, or falsely weigh any wheat or
other agricultural products, or who
shall violate any of the foregoing rules
or shall do or perform any act or thing
therein forbidden, or who shall fail to
do and keep the requirements as herein
provided, shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor according to an act of
the Legislature approved March 1881
and shall on conviction thereof, be SUBJ
ject to a fine of not less than 5000 nor
more than 81 900, and be liable in addi-
ton thereto to Imprisonment not more
than one year in the state penitentiary
at the discretion of the court.
NoTE-Thls Rule 10 was subsequent
ly changed by the additional require