Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1918-01-31
SPECIAL SESSION
HAS ADJOURNED;
LAWS ENACTED
! extraordinary 1: Session Of the
North Dakota Legislature
Ended Tuesday, Passing
New Seed : and I !. Feed Bonding
Law.
(By the Associated Press)

Legislative program OuCuneQ Dy Gov
ernor Frazier in his message to the
Legislature when opened last We'd
nesday, was accomplished when the
extra session of. the legislature ad-
journed last night, and legislation,
made necessary largely by conditions
growing out Of the war, was enacted,
with q total cost to the state of $14,-
900.
Thirteen measures were passed
during the session and today IL
measures are awaiting signatures of
the governor, who SO far has signed
but one measure, that ratifying the
national prohibition amendment.
The amendments to the county
seed and feed bonding act, for which
the special session was called, was
adopted by the house late yesterday
after stubborn three-day fight with
the senate.
hi IS MEASURES PASSED.
Thirteen measures were passed by
the special session of the N. D. leg
islature as follows:
Amending county seed and
feed bonding law. /.
2Extending the authority of
the state grain inspection with the
authority to revoke licenses.
3-Appropriating $4,000 to make
|depositors' guarantee law operative.
Defining the crime of sabotage
and describing the penalty.
5Reinstating and revalidating
delinquent corporations under $40
penalty.
Ratification Of national prohi-
bitiOn amendment.
7Appropriating $14, 500 to Cow
er expenses of special session.
8-Increasing maintenance cost
for state insane hospital patients.
9Perpetuating charters of coun-
[.ty mutual insurance companies.
1O-Extending $4,000 credit for
eight months to state insane hospital
for eight months.
11-Soldiers and sailors morator-
ium.
,.12-Extending vote to soldiers
and sailors on foreign soil, by mail.
13-Creating state council of de-
fense and making appropriation of
SIS, 900 to carry .on its work.
The Seed Grain Measure.
AS enacted, the measure provides
that the board of county commission
ers Of any county may issue bonds
for the purchase of seed and feed on
petition of 100 freeholders in any
county whose farmers are in need.
The petitions must be filed with the
county auditor before April i. The
bonds are to be from 500 to $500
in denomination and are to bear not
more than six per cent interest. They
are to run not more than five years.
Seed at Actual Cost.
The county commissioners are to
buy seed and feed and furnish them
to farmers at actual cost. The farm
ers are to sign contract notes pay
able October i, following. The debt
lis to act as a first lien on the crop,
and IL not paid by October 15, is to
be entered as tax against the land
for which seed and feed, were furn-
ished. II the debt is not paid by
November /, or IL the sherin has rea-
son to believe that the farmer re-
ceiving aid is about to remove from
the county or to sell or dispose OF his
grain without settling shall seize and
sell enough Of the grain to- satisfy
the debt, with costs Of seizure.
The lien is to have priority over
all other liens, except those for
.threshing and labor q.
The law as amended also provides
for. the prosecution Of any one yio-
.lating any of its provisions.
Il The county commissio are to
advertise the distribution Of seed and
feed for such length Of time as pos
sible before March 20, and there is to
be no distribution before March To-.
The amended law carries an ap-
spropriation OF So 900 for Its admin
BY the commissi sioner OF sag-
riculture' and labor and 81 900 for
the service OF Prof. H u. Bolley, Of
the agricultural college 40 pure seed
expert.
GRAIN GRADING LAW AMEND
rho BILL amending the state grain
grading law as passed after much
debate creates the Office Of chief dep-
:uty grain inspe ector who tsS empbw-: !
cred sto suspend licenses subject 70
.an appeal "a the state ailwayS COM g ].
mtssiO Control Of $waretl lolse 10
'left III the hands Of that body The
grain tnspecti ION depar artmsntlis iss en-
tos senplo its "a mi Clerical
force, and It'll expensesSs areS not to
exceed 116, 90 00S annual ssS
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