Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1918-01-17
Hopes For Short Session,

Hopes For Short Session.
Governor Frazier expresses the hope
that the coming special session of the
legislature will be confined to four
days, Jan. %, "a, 25 and 26, adjourn
ing the Saturday evening following.
The executive under the constitution
can only express this as his desire or
urge it as a suggestion.
Although the session is called to
act under the seed situation, under the
constitution of North Dakota there is
no limit upon the time which a legis.
lature, gathered in extraordinary as
sembly, nay remain in session, nor
upon the matters which it may con.
slider, and several other subjects, may
be taken up.
Tae governors message follows:
"In view of the extraordinary con-
ditions existing: That our nation
needs all the food products, especially
grains, that can possibly be produced
and that owing to the poor crops of
the past two years, assistance is neces-
sary in about half of the counties of
our state to supply seed grains and
feed; and that all means thus far de-
vised to make provisions for sufficient
seed and feed have seemingly failed;
and that the present laws of our state
are inadequate to meet the situation;
it is deemed necessary that a special
session Of the county seed and feed
can be supplied to assure a good CROP
acreage being planted next spring, and
to provide for any other war measure
that may be deemed advisable.
Therefore, I, Lynn j.. Frazier, gov.
ernor of North Dakota, do hereby call
the fifteenth legislative assembly to
meet in special session at the capitol
at Bismarck OIL Wednesday, Jan. %,
1918, at 9 o'clock a. M"
No Bank Statement.
North Dakota state banks will not
be called upon for a statement of
their condition as of December 81, for
which a call was sent out by the
United States comptroller of cur
rency.
When the state bank examiners
postage expense was budgeted in the
omnibus bill last February, there was
not taken into consideration the DOS
sibility of war and a so per cent in
crease in first class postage rates.
The department was given an allow
ance ample to cover it's postage needs
at the old tWo-cent rate, but with
hall of the biennium still to come,
Uncle Sam has boosted this e
SO per cent.
I'VE are compelled to pass up this
CALL" said Assistant State Bank Ex-
aminer E. A. Thorberg, for fear that
we will entirely exhaust our postage
allowance if we send out notices of
every call to all of the state banks
This explanation through the press
is the only n which state banks will
receive of the omission. IT'S selv-
evident that it would cost the depart
ment as much to advise each indi-
yldual bank that the call would not be
made as if it would to make the CALL.
Elevator Must Pay Difference.
If a farmer is paid for a lower grade
OF wheat than is actually sold, the
and warehouse commission
has the authority to order the eleva-
purchasing the grain to pay the
Inference between the price paid for
the grain and the price it would have
sold for under the correct grade, pro.
viding sufficient evidence can be pro-
ducsd to show that the grain was
actually undergraded, according to an
informal opinion of Attorney General
William LANCER, written at the re.
quest of ]. A. Little, rate expert for
the railroad commission.