The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-03-29
ESTABLISH A GRAIN
COMMISSION
BOARD
By Act Of Legislature in Last
Session Governor Makes
Appointments.

The establishment of grain COM
mission board In North Dakota, by the
legislature in it's last session, it is
said, will do something toward rem
edying conditions at the terminals.
For the last year, the fight for better
shipping facilities and better market
conditions has been on. The North
Dakota Bankers association has been
one of the active fighters for the
farmers.
In the session just closed, the legis-
lature passed a bill, later made law
by the signature of Governor Burke,
which establishes grain commission
board. The law establishing the board
is as follows:
An Act Providing for the Naming by
the Governor of the State of a
Board Of Grain Commission, pre-
scribing Their Duties and Providing
an Appropriation Therefor.
Whereas, the people of the state of
North Dakota generally recognize the
fact that the inspection of grain in
the terminal cities of Minnesota and
Wisconsin has not been satisfactory
to them, and that there has been more
or less conflict as to the grades of the
grain and the dockage on same; and
Whereas from the investigation made
by the committee from the North Da-
kota state bankers association during
the past summer, it was shown that
there were abuses and that conditions
existed which ought not to exist and
which should be remedied; now, there
fore, the following law Is proposed for
enactment by the legislatures:
Be it enacted by the legislative as
sembly of the state of North Dakota:
Section 1. Board Appointed. Duties.
Appropriation. There shall be APP
pointed by the governor of this state,
within sixty days after the passage
and approved of this act, a non-parti-
san board, consisting of three men,
beers, who shall be citizens and free
holders of the state and not directly
or indirectly interested in any eleva-
tor company, to be known as the
grain commission board" The duties
of this board shall be to go to the
cities of Duluth, Minneapolis and Su-
perior and to carefully investigate the
feasibility and practicability of the
state of North Dakota buying or leas-
ing or building an elevator to be used
as a terminal elevator for the use and
benefit of the people of the state of
North Dakota, and making report
thereof. The said board in their in
vestigation shall make full inquiry in
to the present grain inspection, the
methods of handling of grain, the
dockage Of grain and the expense of
cleaning grain and the disposition of
the screenings and their approximate
value. They are to report as to the
probable cost of buying, leasing or
building of terminal elevttor of
certain capacity and the probable ex-
pense of operating the same, includ-
ing taxes and insurance. Also to re-
port any further matters that may
come to their knowledge during their
investigation and that would be of
help in throwing further light and in
formation on the subject. The board
shall make detailed report of their
findings to the governor of the state
which shall be sumbitted to him at
the next session of the legislature for
such action as they shall deem proper.
Each member of the board shall re-
ceive for the time actually spent by
him in the performance of his duties
the sum of seven dollars per day and
his actual and necessary travelling and
other expenses, but In no event shall
each member of the commission spend
more than sixty days in the perform
ance Of their duties. Not more than
fifty days shall be spent in this work
in the year A. D. 1907, and not more
than ten days in the year A. D. 1908,
to supplement their findings of 1907,
and to bring down their report as to
conditions as near to the time of the
meeting of the next state legislature
as possible. The board is hereby
authorized to employ and pay for a
stenographer to assist in preparing
their report. For the purpose of carry
ing out the provisions of this act
there is hereby appropriated out of
the state treasury of moneys not 9TH
erwise appropriated the sum of two
thousand dollars, or SO much thereof
as may be necessary, to pay the per
diem and expenses of the commits
sion and their stenographer.
Section 2. Emergency. Whereas, an
emergency Is said to exist in that this
board should be appointed prior to
July LIST next, therefore this act shall
be in force from and after its passage
and approval.
Approved March 4, 1907.
Bethlehem, Pa, March 29.-The Lee
high Valley society of the Epworth
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