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North Dakota has a hail insurance
law, now operative: which will give the
farmer safe insurance: up to IS. 90 per
acre at a cost of 20 cents pei. acre.
The following extracts Of the law
will interest many PRESS readers:
Section. D., 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, al the time Of listing the prop
erty assessment; to- inquire of the party
assessed how many acres Of crop. if any,
such party desi.sd1 to have insured in
said state hail jnaurance department for
the year jig which. said aid assessment l is
made, and at the same time inform said
party that as a premium for said hail
insurance 20 payment Of. twenty (2o}
cents pef acre foe each and every acre
80 insured must be made and If the
party assessed is willing and consents
to have ali or part Of his crop insured, it
shall be the duty Of said assessor to take
said application for such hail insurance
On blanks furnished him for that purpose
by the county auditor. the form Of which
must have been approved by the COM
missioner of hail insurance. and care
fully describe each piece Of land that he
90 insures; also stating separately the
number Of acres of wheat. oats, barley,
flax, rye Or other grain that said party
60 instites, and collect twenty (2o) cents
for each acre SO insured, :.and in addi-
tion an application. fee to be paid to the
assessor Of twenty FIVE cents for one
hundred sixty acres Or less and ten cents
for each additional one hundred sixty
acres Of fraction thereof. and the asses
cor shall forward the. application
promptly, together with the premiums
90 collected. to the county auditor. \;
Section s.: Each county auditor in
the state shall file and keep the in
surance applications returned to him by
the several assessors and turn all money
collected for such insurance over to the
county treasurer, taking his receipt
therefor, and any party who fails to in
sure his crop with the assessor, as above
described, may at any time up to and
including the 18th day of August, apply
I to the county auditor Of the county where
the land is situated. to have his crop
insured, as provided in this act, by fill
ind out and filing with the county audi
tor an application, as described in Sec
/, tion 2 hereof. and upon payment of q
fee ofstwenty-five cents for one hundred
sixty acres OF less and 10 cents for each
additional one hundred sixty acres OF
portion thereof to the county auditor for
his services. in addition to the premium
to be paid at that time to the county
auditor for such insurance. which
1 premium shall be turned over to the
county treasurer as above provided.
II is further provided that said insur.
ance shall be in force and effect from
the time Of the filing Of the application
in the Office Of the county auditor, and
/. until the Grain is cut. but in. no case
/ later than September 18th of each year.
Section s. The several members oi
the board Of county commissioners, eacf
within their respective counties. shal
& be and are hereby constituted ad juster'
4 IN ia case Of loss Or damage caused b,
hail 3 any crop a that has been insured.
3. nrovided Il, this act, and it is hereb,
made .their duty to 8 adjust all losses ant
damades within their respective counties
= fvhicb they have been notified. Whe1
anv 4 narty that il insured as herein pro
vided has sustained loss BY hail. b,
4 ahall within three days threafter motif,
u the nearest county commissioner Of th,
distr,ct wherein the land is situated up