The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-03-14

missioner may arrest and return
prisoners for violations of the term:
of parole.
Senate Bill No. 43-By Croft.
This prohibits the killing of more
than one elk, Rocky Mountain goat Of
Rocky Mountain sheep between the
first of December of any year anG
the first of October of the next year
Blu no person may kill a female Of
either species at any time. A penalty
of not less than 800 nor more thar
$1,000 is provided for violations of the
act. The act applies to the counties
of Sweet Grass, Park, Gallatin, Madi-
son, Teton, Flathead and those por-
tons of Powell and Missoula
ties drained by the Flathead ant
Beaverhead county lying east of his
oregon Short Line railroad.
Senate Bill No. 5o-By Stevens.
This act establishes a department OF
record for inspection and weighing OF
grain, known as the state grain in
spection department. As head of the
department the governor is to appoint
a chief grain inspector to serve not
more than two years, n his services
may be limited to parts of years. The
chief grain inspector must not be in
terested in the purchase or handling
Of grain during his continuance in of
flee.
The chief grain inspector shall make
rules and regulations for the handling,
inspection, weighing n storing of
grain and for the management of all
public grain warehouses. He shall III
vestigate all complaints of fraud or
, oppression and rectify the same so
far as is in his power; he shall give
a bond Of $4,000; shall recommend
to the governor supervising inspectors
and assistants in all places in the
state where one or more public ware
houses may be located, and these Of
ficials shall inspect all scales and the
loading and unloading Ct all grain and
shall grade the same.
, The chief inspector shall furnish,
when requested to do so by any pub
lie elevator, samples of the different
grades of grain at cost; in all cases
where extra samples are required at
rs cents each; all grain shipped shall
be inspected and weighed at the first
track scales Where there is a deputy
grain inspector, and the fees shall be
81 for each car inspected, to be col
lected in such instances from the
common carrier in whose cars the
grain may be. The weights certified
to shall be prima facie evidence in
all courts in the state.
The chief inspector shall file month
ly reports under oath with the state
auditor; he shall keep his office at
the capitol in Helena, and shall re-
ceive a monthly salary of $3.50 and
necessary expenses while actually en-
ployed.
Bribery or attempted bribery of n
inspector shall be treated as a felony.
Appeals from the findings of any
inspector are provided for to a board
Of three persons to be named by the
chief inspector, and the decision of
this board shall be final. Persons
taking an appeal shall pay 50 each to
the members of the board for their
compensation, to be returned by the
state if the appeal shall be sustained.
Nothing contained in the act shall
be construed to prevent any per-
son from selling grain by sample re-
CARELESS of grade.
All elevators doing business for
compensation are declared to be pub
lie warehouses, n the owners there
Of public Warchousemen; every eleva-
tor must procure a license within &C
days from the approval of the act;
the application shall give the names
of all persons owning any part OF
shares in such elevators; license may
be revoked by the chief inspector, or
approval of the encouragement anC
after due notice and hearing; eacl
elevator owner shall make a bond il
the sum of not less than so, 900 no
more than 500, 900 running to tn,
state, the mount of the bond to BIZ
fixed by the chief inspector. But on,
bond shall be required if more har
one elevator shall be owned by thu
same person or company.
Elevators and warehouses are re
CURED to receive grain for storage
without discrimination, and all sucl
grain is to be inspected, weighed ant
graded; all grain delivered by eleva
y . ilib tilooe pI iIiSl'ItlSd, "SiSlS'
and graded; all charges for such in
spectiOn, etc, are to be paid by tn
elevator or warehouse. WarehOuseme1
are required to give to the person
for whom grain is stored a Warehous
receipt. Detailed provisions are mad
to guard these receipts from frau o
any kind, INC warehousemen are for
hidden to insert i'll such certificat'
any release from liability Of any kin
as provided by law.
Elevators and warehouses shall a
all times be open to the inspection o
persons having grain stored therein.
Inspectors are required to test al
scales and are empowered to rcquir
the installation of correct ones Wher
any are found to be defective.
Elevators must publish rates fo
storage the first week in July in
local paper, and must not raise tn
rates for the ensuing year. Charge
for storage, including insuring, han
ding and delivery, must not excee
for the first Is days or part thereo
two cents per bushel; for each IS day