The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-12-29
GIVES AN OUTLINE
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

Pierrc-The board of railroad COM
missioncrs has made a report to Gov
eruor Eessey recommending l~sgisla-
ton which they believe should be
passed Dy the coming legislature.
In regard to telephone companies.
the commission recommends that the
law De amended to Ia the provision
for fling ,Crtain information with the
commissioners apply 10 all CompanieS
instead Of to those only which have
been organized since the act went
into effect. Tie same recommendation
Is made concerning the provision re-
quiilnE all telephone ompaniGS t. file
schedules Of all rents and charges and
all rules and regulations and p oy d.
ing thaj a proposal schedule OF rates
shall be fled ten days before taking
effect. The commission also rec m
mehds that the penalties Tor nOn-com-
plianco with the laws be made to p
crate against ~culpaLfe off ers aid
agents. Of the companies as Well as
against the corporation itself. The
board desires authority to prescribe
the Gorlr and method OF bookkeeping
to be adopted by the telephone en-
panies so that it may be able 10 deter
mine the volume OF business dOne and
the value Of telephone property.
The board also desires an appropria-
tioa 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
th. N,,..4 ~E fhA z-Y,, nnicriNnAr NC
"ghe efforts Of the boa;d of Ia l.
road commissioners to make a COM
plete schedule OF rates for the trans
portation Of express freight by the
different 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 held that the board
of railroad commissions s OF this state
had no authority under the stature
to make a complete schedule Of eX-
press rates, and that the statute did
not apply to the Wells Fargo Express
It is desirable that a fill
and complete jurisdiction be onforcet
upon the board of railroad commis-
sioners 10 regulate express Compan es
and make schedules OF rates for them,
and in order that this may be accom-
plished. this hoard recommends th"t
the genera act regulating COmmCn
carriers sections 431 479 Of the POI t
cal Code. be amended so as to in lIde
express companies within its Prov
stems"
Other recommendations of the board
are as follows:
PUBLIC WAREHOUSES;.
In its annual report for the year
1908, this board recommended that
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 AMI
efficient system OF warehouse anc
scale inspection. In that report 1t
was recommended that the fees for
public warehouses be fixed as follows:
For each elevator or warehouse with
a capacity OF 10000 bushels o under
license fee OF $500; from 10000 to 10
600 bushels a license fee of s. 60;
from 5000 to 20 O00 bushels a license
fee Of $500; for 10000 bushels or over
a license fee Of $1,000. The board IS
still Of the opinion that this re ON
m]endation should be adopted AMI N
act passed by the Legislature fix ng
license fees at the above mo nts.
The experience of the board also
leads it to believe that all public ware
houses doing business in this S'a g
which regularly engage in the storag'
Of grain should be compelled to Fl e
a bond. At the present time on y
those elevators which store & ain for
a compensation are competed to put
up n bond. II is within the knowledge
of the board that a number Of elevat-
ors doing business in this state a tual-
ly store grain although they do not
charge a compensation for storage.
GRAIN. WEIGHING AND INSPEC-
TION OF.
There is a large amount Of grain
shipped from South Dakota points into
North Dakota and other states west,
and to the coast. At the pre- en-.
time there is no method provided un-
der our statute for the Weighing in
spection and grading of such gra n.
In the opinion OF the board. great
benefit will accrue to the citizens O.
this state by the establishment Of
weighing and inspection station IN
order that grain shipped into Moth
Dakota and states west of the Dakotas
may he properly weighed, inspe tie !
and graded before il leaves the sac
JOINT RATES.
At the present time the board OF
railroad commissioners has no author
ity to make joint rates except upon
complaint of some person in,eres &C
in the joint rates, and then only i
the board authorized to make individ-
ia, Joint rates and not a general or.
der or schedule fixing Joint rates
PiCrre-Articles Of i%nc5rporat on
have been filed and a charte is
sued to the United States WlaI-
ing company of Huron. with a capt
tai sfop,c. Df 81 OOO 0O0 Ono pf tho