The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-01-23
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on the part of the farmer is made pun
ishable by a fine of $50 to $1,000 or
so days Imprisonment or both.
County boards shall issue seed and
feed bonds not in excess OF their con-
stitutional debt limit on petition OF 70
or more farmers, on or before Febru-
airy 20 of each year. After taking
such action, it is the duty OF the board
to notify the commissioner Of agrlcul-
ture, who will act on behalf OF the
county boards in the sale of bonds.
Promissory notes given by the farm
err in exchange for seed and feed fall
Que October l and draw six per cent
interest. This note is a lien taking
priority over all other encumbraaces
except threshing and labor. Where
the farmer is a renter, the county
board may require the owner of the
land to sign the application and note
with his tenant.
The agricultural commissioner is
given an additional $4,000 by this bill,
and the seed commissioner another
$4,000, and the measure carries an EN-
Urgency clause.
Depositors' Fund.
House Bill No. g, introduced by Rep.
Anthony Walton of Ward, carries So
900 to finance the depositors' guaran-
ty fund commission, for which no pro-
vision vas made by the Fifteenth as.
sembly in regular session.
House Bill No. 3 is PetersOn's con-.
.,~ro, roeolnt;or -n~ Tho Pod .Cr0cC
and y. NJ. C. A. "Pro-German" activi-
tiles in North Dakota, and No. 4 is a
concurrent resolution introduced by
Peterson of Towner pledging North
Dakota's support and all to the de-
Tense of the lofty ideals promulgated
by President Wilson January 8, 1918"
House Bill No. 5, Olson of Bowman,
r%einstates and revalidates charters Of
corporations forfeited by failure to re-
port to the secretary of state, and
House Bill No. 6 inceases the amount
which the board of control may charge
per capita for care OF insane patients
at the state hospital to s24 and makes
an emergency appropriation of $4,000
to reimburse the hospital for the loss
of crop in 1917.
Grain Grading Change.
House Bill No. :, o. K. Lageson, re-
moves the grain grading work from
the supervision of the railway commits
sion, and provides that the governor
shall name a member OF the faculty
OF the agricultural college to be the
head of this department and with full
powers. The fee system is also
changed to more closely confirm with
the constitution.
Prohibition Amendment.
Rep. Harris of Mercer county as.
sumed responsibility for a concurrent
resolution rarifying for North Dakota
the prohibition amendment to the IA
tional constitution.
Moratorium.
House Bill No. g., by kurtZ. pro.
yides that no foreclosure of mortgage
contract or lien or garnishment or
procee dings for execution levy or at
tachment shall hereafter issue II
North Dakota unless the plaintiff shall
make affidavit that one OF the ne
cessary parties is in the military ser.
vice.
Anyone actively serving outside the
state in the army or navy during the
time that the United States is engaged
in the present var and for twelve
months thereafter is considered in mil.
itary service. No eviction or distress
during the period Of such military ser.
vice where the agreed rent does 0
exceed $50 the month shall lie against
pemises occupied by the wife, chill
dren or other dependents of anyone in
he military service of the United
States.
All taxes of every description no
held in allowance during the per;ol
of the emergency.
Honor Wiiey's Memory.
The house adjourned in resp,c: to
the memory OF the late Il. D. Wiley OF
Morton county after adopting reso.u-
,ions in his honor presented by Reps.
Lang and Schick.
The Senate.
The senate's morning session was
brief. Lieut. Gov. Kraabel an.
nounced that ali standing committees
hold over. and that the rules of
the last regular session would prevail
until new rules were adopted. A mum.
Ter OF bills were sent up to the desk,
but they were not il shape for intro.
and we're returned to their
to be introduced this after.
neon.
W. ]. Prater was reelected secre-
OF the senate. c. II. Olson desk
sIenographer and w. P. Mills sergeant
at arms. The chair announced that
owing TO the death of Senator Thore-
son and the unavoidable absence Of
Senator Ellinsson ranking members
OF their committees would assume the
chairmanships.
On motion of Senator Ployhar. the
chair named a committee consisting
81 senators Ployhar. Gronvold and Nc.
to prepare suitable resolutions
: honor OF the memory Of Senator
Thoceson. deceased, Senators Skies,
and Jacobson were named
3 committee TO nrena~N simi,N~ ~~>N.
or!sis for the late Henry J. inde,
attorney, geners. ...t usn~
aylanG. Enslund and Hamilton To IN.
resolutions OF respect IN hon,
OF the memory OF the late Juage
Of Devils Lake, another former
general.