Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1912-06-20
OFFICE OF IDAHO STATE GRAIN
COMMISSION.
Lewiston, Idaho, June 10, l!

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Lewiston, Idaho, June 10, 1912.
Affective this date the following are
the rules and regulations established
under the State Hay and Grain Com
mission and Inspection law, entitled,
fixing additional powers and duties of
State Hay and Grain Commission, fix
ing grades, charges, rules and regula-
tions, approved March 5, 1909 by the
Idaho State Legislature.
That the standard Of hay and grain
in Idaho as regularly established Sep
TENDER Is, 1911, shall remain in force
and effect until such ime as the State
Grain Commission shall deem it nee
essary to establish changes in grades
to conform to the 1912 crop.
Rules and Regulations
NOTE:-The State Grain Commits.
sion holds that the word grain signifies
the following products: wheat, barley,
oats, corn, rye, flax and timothy; that
public warehouse, so termed, includes
any elevator, mill, warehouse or struc-
ture in which hay, grain, wool or other
products are received through purchase
for storage, shipment, handling or
where such hay, grain, wool, or other
products are received through purchase
and intended for milling or for ship
men by common carrier.
Resolution adopted May 4th, 1911,
by the Idaho State Grain Commission:
''It is the sense of this board that
the City of Lewiston, Idaho, be desig-
mated as an official point where Idaho
grain may be inspected and said point
may be known as the Lewiston Ter
minal for such inspection
Rule 1.-The Inspector or his deputies
shall in no case make the grade of any
lot of bulk grain above that of the
poorest quality found in the lot of bulk
grain, when it clearly bears evidence of
having been '.doctored or plugged
for the purpose of deception.
Rule 2-The State Inspection of
Grain will commence on or before Sep.
TENDER LIST annually At said date small
sample sacks of standard grades, as de-
termined by the State Grain Commits
sion, will be received at the express of.
flee at Lewiston, Idaho, to be shipped
to all persons applying for same when
the Chairman of the commission or the
Inspector shall receive request &C.
companied by the sum of Is cents for
each sample desired.
Rule 3-Three or more persons NAV
make complaint of fraud to the Inspec-
tor, by making q sworn statement set
ting forth the nature Of the fraud, and
it shall be the duty of the Inspector or
his deputy to proceed as soon as the
regular order of business will permit
and make q careful, thorough and i'm
partial investigation.
Rule 4EThe weighmaster Of all pub
lie warehouse scales shall record the ex-
act number Of pounds Of each load or
draft.
Rule 5-The receipt for graded grain
must show the condition of the grain,
and be conclusive evidence of what il
contains, if dirty it must show the per
cent of dirt or foul matter; il smut the
or number Of cents off Der
bushel. W
Rule 6-The handling charges for
grain shall not exceed IS cents per ton,
free storage for 90 days from date of
delivery, storage charges thereafter not
to exceed 10 cents per ton per month
or fraction thereof; for hay the hand
ling charges shall not exceed d per ton
and 10 cents per month or fraction of
month after the first Of the month fol.
lowing date Of delivery. W
Rule 7-The State Grain and Hav
Inspector or deputies shall have the
right to examine at all times during
business hours any hay, grain, wool or
other products stored in q public ware
house and he may il he deem it adyis-
able grade such hay, grain, wool or 9th
er products, and mark the grades there
Of upon the hay, grain, wool or other
products thus examined and stored. and
every such warehouseman, his agents
or servants shall furnish proper facili.
ties for such examination, grading and