Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-12-06
TESTING R|GHTSOF
TAX COMMISSION
SUPREME COURT TO DECIDE THIS
QUESTION OF EXAMINING
CORPORATION BOOKS.
DoINGs At STATE CAPITOL
What is Transpirins In the Different
Departments Where the Affairs Of
State Government Are
Administered.

Administered.
Bismarck.
The right of the tax commission to
pry into the books of private utility
corporation to ascertain the revenues
of the company for purposes of tax
alton will be determined by the state
supreme court. Attorneys for the
Hughes Electric company of Bismarck
have served notice of appeal on AS.
sistant Attorney Beneral Ed Cox from
the order of Judge w. E. Nuessle Of
the district court.
Judge Nuessle had ordered the
Hughes Electric company to appear
before the tax commission and show
their books and other records neces.
sary to disclose the revenues as we'll
the physical value of the plant.
The decision of the supreme court
in this case will be watched with in.
terest all over the state. for under the
direction of the tax commission an ex.
tensfve survey of all public utilities
is now under way.
May Issue Seed Bonds.
With the cooperation of the pure
seed commission, the North Dakota
State Bankers association and Com
missioner of Agriculture and Labor
Hagan, counties which find them.
selves in need of seed grain will be
encouraged to issue seed bonds or
warrants through their county commits.
sions, where this course is found nee.
essary.
"The seed commission stands ready
TO assist in the selection of seed and
in finding where it can be bought"
said Commissioner John N. Hagan.
'The commission finds after making
a careful survey that a shortage Of
barley, oats, flax and CORR seed exists,
and 1t recommends that farmers hav.
Ing any of these grains retain them
for said purposes, and that farmers
having supplies in excess of their own
needs notify the commissioner of az
riculture of the agricultural college,"
With Highway Commission.
George T. Mccoy, formerly with
the Washington and Idaho highway
commissions, has assumed the post of
office engineer with the North Dakota
highway commission.
No Second Tax on Autos.
Through efforts of Secretary Of
State Hall, continued since early last
July, North Dakota automobiles have
been given the privilege of motoring
in Ontario and Manitoba without pay.
Ing an extra fee, so long as their cara
wear North Dakota registration tag.
Advice to this effect was received by
Mr.. Hall in the form of an official
order from the minister of public
works of the executive council of On.
tario.
Must Transport School Children.
School boards must furnish trans.
portation for consolidated schools to
all patrons exce.H those that live less
than two miles and half from the
school, according to an opinion by At
torney General William LANCER. The
attorney general writes on the mat.
ter:
1T is my opinion that school boards
are required to provide for transport
tation and must furnish actual con-
veyance If insisted upon by the school
patrons, with the exception that it
does not apply to pupils living less
than two and one-half miles from
school.
Il note that number of boards in
sist that all they must do in the case
of consolidated schools is to offer to
pay the costs of transportation and
that 1t Is up to the school patrons to
provide conveyance, and l wish to
say that these are clearly in error.
Unquestionably the school board, un.
der said law, must actually furnish
conveyance, except as stated before,
to the children living less than two
and one-half miles from such school, %
Ask Hearings on Wheat Grades.
DR.. G. j. Brand, chief of the Federal
bureau Of markets at Washington.
has been petitioned by Attorney Cen
eral LANCER of North Dakota, asking
that the attorney general be permit
ted to show why the Federal whaet
grades should be revised and that as
he will have great many witnesses
to testify in the matter, the hearing
should be held in this state.
The hearing before the chief of the
Federal bureau Of markets is asked
for on the grounds that the present
Federal grades are unjust and inequi.
table. especially with regard to rye
and barley. allowed in No. 1 dark
northern spring wheat and other
grades. 1t is also asked that higher
percentage of moisture be allowed.