Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-03-27

month and the balance not later thai
August 18th of each year.
Section 6. Adjusters.) The severa
members of the board Of county com
missioners, each within their respec
tive counties, shall be and are hereb,
constituted adjusters in the case o.
loss or damage caused by hail to any
crop that has been insured, as pro
vided in this act, and it is hereby
made their duty to adjust all losses
and damages within their respective
counties of which they have been no
titled. When any party that Is In
sured as herein provided has sus
tanned a loss by hail, he shall within
three days thereafter notify the near
est county commissioner of the dis
trict wherein the land is situated up
on which said loss is sustained. II
for any reason the said county com
missioner Of said district cannot act.
then the county commissioner Of the
next nearest district within the coun'
ty to the insured, shall be notified,
provided no county commissioner
shall act as such adjuster in the dis
trict from which he was elected. Such
county commissioner shall then
choose a disinterested party. residing
within his district, and the two shall,
as soon as possible, visit the place~of
loss and proceed to estimate and ad-
just said loss. In so doing, 1t shall
be their duty to carefully inquire into
the condition of the crop before the
loss occurred, as to whether It. was
poor, medium or good, and If they
deem it necessary, they shall haye the
power to call witnesses to testify as
to the condition Of the crop before
the same was damaged or destroyed,
and they shall make their estimate
and adjustment after ascertaining the
condition Of the crop before and after
the loss occurred. In estimating the
loss they shall also take into consid-
Grafton the costs of harvesting,
threshing and marketing said crop as
If in case no loss had occurred, and
deduct the same from the amount that
the crop would have brought provided
no loss. had been sustained, and al
low as damages the same proportion
that the crop as damaged bears to
the crop If no loss had occurred;
provided, however, that in no case
shall more than eight dollars per acre
be allowed for wheat, flax, oats, bar
ley, rye and other grain.
Section Z. In Case No Agreement.)
In case that the party that has sus.
tanned the loss Is dissatisfied with and
refuses to accept the adjustment made
by the adjuster, then he shall have the
right to appoint one diinterested per-
son as adjuster, and the county COM
missioner of said district shall appoint
another person as adjuster, and the
two shall elect a third disinterested
person, and the three shall then pro-
coed to adjust the loss in the same
manner as specified in Section 6,
and the judgment of the majority shall
be the judgment of said adjusters and
shall be binding upon both parties,
as the final determination of said loss;
provided, however, that if the insur-
ed does not recover an equal or
greater sum than allowed by the
county commissioner and his adjuster
in the first instances-he shall pay the
expenses of the said three adjusters
and their witnesses in making said
but if he receives larg.
er sum, then the same shall be paid
by the commissioner of hail insurance
out of the hail insurance fund.
Section 8. Report of Adjusters.)
At the final adjustment of each loss
the adjusters shall then and there
fill out and make a report
on an adjustment blank prepared for
them for that purpose, stating the
county, township and range, the num-
Der of the section and the quarter of
the section or subdivision thereof on
which the crop was damaged or de-
stating the amount allowed
for each separately, and that such es-
innate is true and not in excess of
the actual loss sustained, which said
papers must be signed and
sworn to by both the county commits.
sioner acting as adjuster or adjusters,
and the party whose loss has been ad-
justed, with the residence and post
Office address of both. The adjusters
shall than forward by registered mail
said adjustment papers to the COM
missioner of hail insurance at Bis
marck, North Dakota.
Section 10. Compensation of Ad-
justers.) The county commissioner,
when serving as an adjuster, shall re-
ceive fer such services the same pay
per day as he receives when serving
on the board of county commissioners