The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-08-29
PUBLIC INFORMATION

The attention OF the public and par
ticularly of retail coal dealers is d.
rected to the attached copy of Order
No. IA of the Federal Fuel Admins
traitor for North Dakota, being a regu-
iation requiring retail coal dealers to
register with the Federal Fuel Admin
istrator for North Dakota on or be-
fore the first day Of September, 1918,
or, if they begin business after that
date, before beginning business. Un-
der the provisions of the order retail
dealers who register as required by
the regulations will receive a certifi-
cate or certificates signed by or on be-
half of the Federal Fuel Administra-
tor for North Dakota, which certifi
cate or certificates must at all times
be posted conspicuously at each Office
or place of business of the registrant
Retail coal dealers doing business un-
der more than one name or through
subsidiary companies or agencies
bearing different names must register
under and obtain certificates for each
separate name, subsidiary or agency.
Any retail coal dealer who fails to
register under the regulations will be
subject to the penalties prescribed by
the Lever Act and no producer will be
permitted to sell or ship any coal or
coke to such retail coal dealers. No
fees are charged for registration.
The United States Fuel Admins
TRAITOR, acting under authority of an
executive order of the president OF
the United States, dated August %,
1917, appointing said Fuel Admins
traitor, and of subsequent executive
orders, and in furtherance Of the pur-
pose of said orders and of the Act of
Congress therein referred to and ap-
proved August 10, 1917, having here
tofore appointed the undersigned Fed
erals Fuel elIAdministrato for the State
! Of North Dakota, with power and au-
(thority to said Fuel Administrator in
respect to coal and coke within said
State; to prescribe and administer
reasonable rules for the regulation of
the sale, shipment, distribution, ap-
portionment and storage of coal and
coax within said State.
And it appearing to said Federal
Fuel Administrator that in order to
assure an equitable distribution of
coal and coke in said state to aid in
the efficient prosecution of the war,
and more effectively to regulate the
sale, shipment, distribution, appor.
tionment and storage of coal and
coke among dealers and consumers in
said State, it is necessary that retail
dealers engaged in the business Of
selling coal and coke in said state be
registered as hereinafter provided.
Said Federal Administrator hereby
makes and establishes the following
regulation to be effective until further
or other order and subject to modifica-
ton hereafter from time to time and
at any time:
Regulation Requiring Retail Dealers
to Register
Section /. All persons, firms, asso-
Citations and corporations engaged in
the distribution of coal or coke in the
State of North Dakota as retail deal
ers, j. e., who physically receive,
handle and deliver coal or coke to con-
sumers from docks, yards, trestles,
vehicles, barges or vessels, owned,
hired, or chartered by them, or from
cars consigned to them, including en-
plowers who sell and distribute coal
or coke to employees, shall on or be-
fore the first day of September, 1918,
or if they begin business after that