The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-12-30
THE REPORT OF THE RAILROAD
COMMISSIONERS POINTS
TO LAWS WANTED
THE INSPECTION OF GRAIN
Recommend Statutes Providing For
Method of Weighing, Grading
and Inspecting Grain
For Shipment

has made a report to Gov
ernor Wesley recommending legisla-
ton which they believe should be
passed by the coming legislature.
In regard to telephone companies.
the commission recommends that the
law be amended to make the provision
for fling certain information with the
commissioners apply to all companies
instead of to those only which have
been organized since the act went
into effect. The same recommendation
is made concerning the provision re-
quiring all telephone companies to file
schedules OF all rents and charges and
all rules and regulations and prov d.
ing that a proposal schedule of rates
shall be filed ten days before taking
effect. The commission also recJm-
mends that the penalties for non-com-
pliance with the laws be made to Cp-
crate against ~culpable others and
agents Of the companies as Well as
against the corporation itself. The
board desires authority to prescribe
the form and method Of bookkeeping
to be adopted by the telephone en-
panies SO that it may be able to deter
mine the volume Of business done and
the value OF telephone property.
The board also desires AZ a%ppropria-
ton to enable it. to collect informa-
ton with a view to making rates for
the companies in this state.
EXPRESS COMPANIES.
Concerning the express companies
the report of the commissioners says:
THE efforts of the board of rail
road commissioners to make a COM
piete schedule of rates for the trans
p~ortation of express freight by the
diffel ent express compan es doing
business in this state were futile for
the reason that in the actions institut-
ed against the board by the several
express companies in the United states
circuit court for the district of South
Dakota. it was he' that the board
of railroad commiss:one S of this state
had no authority under the stature
to make a complete schedule OF eX-
press rates, and that the statute dld
not apply to the Wells Fargo Express
1t is desirable that a FIJI
and complete jurisdiction be enforced
upon the board of railroad conmls-
sioners to regulate express compan es
and make schedules of rates for them,
and in order that this may be accom-
plished, this board recommends that
the general act regulating common
carriers sections 431.479 of the POI t
cal Code, be amended SO as to in"lude
express companies within its provi-
sions."
Other recommendations of the board
are as follows:
PUBLIC WAREHOUSES;.
In it's annual report for tie year
1908. this board recommended tfat
section 4S5 of the Political Code be
SO amended as to provide for a ! cense
fee to produce a revenue sufficient to
defray the expenses of a thorough and
efficient system OF warehouse ana
sale inspection. In that report II
was recommended that the fees f>r
public warehouses be fixed as follows:
For each elevator or warehouse with
a capacity of 10 900 bushels o under
license fee of S 800; from 10000 to 10
600 bushels a license fee of IS 90;
from $4,000 to 20 600 bushels a license
fee of $500; for 2 5000 bushels or over
a license fee of $1,000. The board is
still of the opinion that this re ON
mendation should be adopted and fn
act, passed by the legislature fin ne
license fees at the above amo" nts.
The experience of the board also
leads it to believe that all public ware.
houses doing business in this STA G
which regularly engage in the storag
At grain should be compelled to fl c
a bena. At the present time on y
-xn1~c ~,hinh efprn o ain fn1
a COMPENSATION are compelled to pu'
no a bond. 1t is within the knowledgS
OF the board that a number or elevat
ora doing business in this state aStual
II store grain although they DO no.
charges compensation for storage.
GRAIN, WEIGHING AND INSPEC'
TON OF.
u,are ss q large amount Of grair
zhtpned from South Dakota points int
North Dakota asd other states west
ana tn the coast. At the pre- en-
time there is no method provided I'm
der our statute for the Weighing IN
svectioa and grading OF such era n
In the opinion Of the board. grea
AeucNt will accrue to the citizens 0
this state by the establishment Q
weighing and inspection stations 7
order that grain shipped into NOT
Dairofa md states west OF the Dakota
mar he properly weighed. inspe tie
and graded before it leaves the stare
JOINT RATES.
At the present time The board o
railroad commissioners has no author
liz to- make joint rates except upol
complaint of some person interes,e'
in the Joint rates, and then only !
the board authorized to make incivid
aal Joint rates and not a genera. Q.
der or schedule fixing joint ate
Pterre-Articles of incorporat o.
nave been filed and a charter Is
sued to the United States Whal
ing company Of Huron, with a capl
tai stock of 100000. One OF tn
in the company is r.. {
ns.s~.a. NJ Hnr0n who enters int