Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1913-03-20


the common schools, university.
school Of mines, reform school, agri-
cultural college, scientific school,
school for the deaf and dumb, indus
trial school, normal schools, blind
asylum, insane asylum. and soldiers
home, is returned without my ap-
proval for the following reasons:
Section 2 Of the act provides for
two appraisements of land where
one makes application to obtain
loan upon his land. do not believe
that the applicant for farm mort!
gage loan from the state should be
put to the expense Of two appraisals
and therefore withhold my ap-.
proval. l,---.
Senate Bill No, $50. 2..,
An act relating to settlement Of
causes Of action or cases for dam
ages sustained through personal iu-
juries and contracts of retainer made
therefor, is returned without my ap-
proval for the following reason:
The proposed act provides that
any settlement for damages on ac-
count Of personal injuries shall be "
voidable if made within 80 days from
the date of such injury. This would
in many cases work a hardship, and
would seem to be against the best
interests of those who may have been
injured. 1t would be impossible for
any person or corporation to settle
any damages for personal injuries
within thirty days, for if they did,
then the party with whom they had
settled could at any time within six
months after the date of such injury
bring action to recover damages and
any settlement or adjustment that
had been made would not be bar
to the prosecution of such action.
Believing that this proposed act
would be against the best interests
of those who may be unfortunate
enough to receive personal injuries,
I withhold my approval. ...
Senate Bill No. 271.
An act to amend and re-enact Sec,
tion 4395 of the Revised Codes of
North Dakota for 1905, as amended
2by chapter 81. session laws of 1907,
relating to the maximum, freight
rate on coal and briquettes, and de-
fining the term, briquettes, is re-
turned without my approval for the
reason that this bill contemplates
providing a combined maximum coal
and briquette rate of freight. At
the present time there is case pend
ing in the supreme court of our state
between the railroad companies and
the state of North Dakota, as to the
maximum coal rate, which applies
especially to Ignite Goals of North
Dakota. Should l approve senate
bill No. 271, the bill providing for a
combined coal and briquette rate,
it might have some influence or bear
ing upon the case which is now be-
fore the supreme court. The state
of North Dakota has been at a large
expense in obtaining testimony and
preparing it's case to maintain that
the present freight rates on Ignite
coal are not unreasonable. At the
present time there is a very large
amount of Ignite coal being shipped
over the state. from the many work.
ing mines, and it is essentially nec-
essary to their development that
they have a reasonable coal rate,
and it would seem the best policy at
this time to let the present coal rate
law upon our statutes stand until
the present suit has been determin-
ed. The briquetting Of coal is yet
in its infancy, and the legislature
two years hence can make rate on
briquetted coal, Independent, il nec-
essary, of the coal rate.
Believing therefore that it is not
lest at t'iis time to pass law that
shall combine the coal and briquette
freight rates together, withhold
my approval. '..z