Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-01-24
SUMMARY OF BILLS

Senate Bill No. /. introduced by
EnSluhd, provides for the organiza.
o OF home guard units, the quail.
iicatiohs of members thereof and pro.
Nides for cquippins them. 1t pro.
vldes for voluntary units of not les:
than % members organized in towns
OF 500 population or more. and speci.
county of military age shall become
members except l. w. VS. or mem.
hers of auxiliary organizations and
those convicted of sedition or trea.
son.
Senate Bill No. 10, introduced by
Martin; would divide all railroads i'll
the state into sections for the repair
and maintenance OF the roadbed and
tracks and limit tho number Of miles
i'll each section, each section to he
under the direction of a foreman. No
section. the hill provides. should ex-
coed six miles on the main line
and eight miles on branch lines.
Senate Bill No. ., introduced by
car repair shops at division points.
Properly heated and lighted shops,
with sufficient capacity and ample ia
cilities for housing all cars to be re.
paired. are demanded for every d.
vision point. The bill fixes Oct. I,
1918, AS date when all shops should
be completed.
Senate Bill No. s, introduced by Mr..
Wexford, provides for the ratification
OF the federal prohibition amend
ment.
Senate Bill No. ., introduced by
Mr.. Pendray, provides for an amend
lnent OF the COMPLIED laws of 1913. as
amended by. the 1917 session laws. to
increase the maintenance fee Of SIS
to $24 for each inmate of the state
asylum for the insane, and calls upon
the state treasurer to give a. credit ia
the asylum Of $4,000 for a term Of
eight months from the date that the
act goes into effect.
Senate Bill NO. 3, introduced by Mr..
Drown. appropriates money for the
use Of the depositors' guaranty fund
commission between January %,
1918. to June 80. 1919. tt appropri.
ates $4,000 for the putting into op-
Grafton and full force and effect. the
depositors' guaranty law. enacted last
year.
Senate Bill No. 4. also introduced
by Mr.. Drown. amends the state grain
grading and inspecting hill. giving the
governor power to appoint an expert
Of the agricultural college to he state
inspector of grain. seeds aud other
lNhI'iEd PFP0uCts. ms taxes fne
appointment from the hoard of rail-
road and warehouse commissioners
and makes the grain grading and in
snection a separate department. 1t
also provides for clerical help. pub
lication Of grades. the appointment and
fixing of duties Of deputy grain and
warehouse inspectors: the esta hlisl,-
ment by the inspector Of central mar
kets for the display OF grains and
seeds at Duluth. st. Faul and Mime.
anolis. in Minnesota. and Superior.
Wisconsin, and Fargo. Fsirmount
Wshpeton and Grand Forks in North
Dakota: and the licensing OF buyers.
Senate Bill No. 5. introduced by
McCarten. provides for reinstating
and validating charters Of corpora
tons which have been cancelled Or
forfeited by filing with the secretary
of the state annual reports and the
payment Of a. penalty Of SEQ and all
aIrearages in fees.
Senate Bill No. s. introduced by
Senator Mortenson. amends the seed
the amount of seed and feed which
any county may sell it's farmers in
exchange for their notes shall be linn
tied only by the acreage to be plant
ed and the amount Of stock to be fed.
AfHdavits are required from appli-
cants for such assistance, setting
forth the acreage to be seeded and
the amount Of feed required. and
guaranteeing that the seed and feed
provided will not be sold but will be
used for the purposes set forth. Any
misrepresentation or violation of con-
tract on the part of the farmer is
made punishable by a fine of $50, to
$1,000 or 90 days Imprisonment or
both.
County boards shall issue seed and
feed bonds not in excess Of their con-
stitutional debt limit on petition OF
Is or farmers. on or before
February 25 of each year. After
taking such action, it is. the duty of
the board to notify the commissioner
of agriculture. who will act on behalf
OF the county boards in the sale Of
bonds.
Prorissory notes given by the
farmer in exchange for seed and feed
fall due October ! and draw six per
cent interest. This note is a. lien TAX
ing priority over all other en-
cumbrances except t%hreshing and la
Dor. Where the farmer is a renter.
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