The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-04-22


insurance department and making the
commissioner OF agriculture and labor
also the commissioner OF hail insur-
ance; prescribing rules. regulations
and duties Of officers and persons con-
nected Herewith; prescribing how
premiums. expense and indemnity
for losses by hail shall be paid.
Be 1t enacted by the Legislative As
sembly of the State of North Dakota:
Section /. A hail insurance de-
partment Of the state of North Dakota
lis hereby established. and the com
missioner OF agriculture and labor shall
also be the commissioner OF hail in
surance, and the management OF said
hail insurance department shall be un-
4 der his supervision.
i He shall have the authority to ap-
i point and engage such additional
4 deputies and clerks as he may fnd
necessary to properly conduct the
i business and salary OF such clerks
and deputies and clerks shall be al
lowed, not to exceed 500 per month
for each deputy. and $50 per month
for each clerk, to be paid out Of the
hail insurance fund. He shall also
prepare and provide the necessary
blank books, stationery and postage
and cause the same to be delivered to
the proper officers and persons This
! hail insurance department shall in
sure growing grain In any county in the
| state against loss by hail upon the
terms and in the manner hereinafter
set forth, and shall draw UP and fur
nish standard form of hail insurance
policy; provided that the employment
of all additional deputies and clerks
shall have the approval of the state
auditing board, and all expenses and
salaries audited and allowed by 1t.
Assessors Duties.
Section Q. Assessors Duties and
bond.) 1t shall be and is hereby made
the duty Of each and every county,
township, city and village assessor in
the state. each within his respective
district, at the same time Of listing the
property for assessment, to inquire of
the party assessed how many acres OF
crop, If any, such party desired to
have insured in said state hail in
surance department for the year In
which said assessment is made, and at
the same time inform said party that
as a premium for said hall insurance
a payment Of twenty (20D cents per
acre for each and every acre So in
sured must be made; and If the party
assessed is willing and consents to
have all or part of his crop insured, IL
shall be the duty of said assessor to
take said application for such hail in
surance on blanks furnished him for
that purpose by the county auditor, the
form of which must have been APP
proved by the commissioner OF hail in
surance, and carefully describe each
piece OF land that he so insures, de-
scribing particularly the section or
quarter section, or any sub division
thereof, and the township and county
wherein the some is situated; also
stating separately the number of acres
OF wheat. oats. barley, fax, rye or
other grain that said party so insures, |
and collect twenty (20) cents for each
acre so insured, and In addition an
application fee. to be paid. to the ass
essor OFFS cents for 100 acres or less, !
and 10 cents additional for each addi-
tional $50 acres or fraction thereof, and |
the assessor shall forward the appli- |
cation promptly, together with the
premiums so collected, to the county |
auditor. The assessor shall execute an
oficial bond, in addition to the regu..
lar assessors bond, to the state or
North Dakota, in the sum Of $1,000,
to be approved by the proper officials
as provided by law.
Auditors Duties.
Section 8. County Auditors Du-
orl1 Sv,& 1. 4
shall file and keep the insurance APP
plications returned to him by the
several assessors and turn all monies II
for such insurance over to the n
county treasurer, taking his receipt II
therefor. and any party who fails to
insure his crop with the assessor, as
above described, may at any time up Il
to and including Aug. IS, apply to the
county auditor of the county where
the land Is situated, to have his crop L
insured, as provided In this act, by /
filling out and fling with the county |
auditor an application, as prescribed /
in section 2 hereof, and upon the pay
ment Of a fee of 90 cents for 100 acres
or less and 10 cents for each additional |
100 acres, or portion thereof, to the |
county auditor for his services, in ad- |
dition to the premium to be paid at
that time to the county for such insur-
ance. which premium shall be turned /
over to the county treasurer as above
provided.
1t Is further provided that said in i
surance shall be in force and effect /
from the time Of filing Of the APP l
plication In the office OF the county 1
auditor, and until the grain is cut. Il
but In no case later than Sept. 15 II
Of each year. He shall also keep
q record Of the time OF filing such APP
plication. The county auditor shall 4
issue and mail to each H
applicant his policy upon the filing OF Il
said application.
Section 4. Duplicates and Alb n
stracts) On or before Sept. / In H
sach year. each and every counts
auditor within the state shall
make out in duplicate a list OF
he han insurance applications filed in
his office and forward the same to the 1
department. Of hail insurance at Bis
narcl, North Dakota.
Section 5. Duty OF County Treas
Irer.) The county treasurer of each
ina every county in the state shall is
'ue his receipt to the county auditor
or such premiums turned over to him
ind shall keep a separate account of
III monies collected from such hail
premiums, and he shall pay
he same over to the state treasurer,
aking his receipt therefor. not less