The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1919-04-30
HAIL INSURANCE.
MACHINERY FAST
BEING LINED UP
Three District Inspectors Al
ready Appointed by Com
siOner Olsness
NO WITHDRAWALS TO DATE
Farmers Who Do Not Wish to
BE Covered Have to June Is
to Get From Under

day named c. NJ Holbert of LaMoure
deputy hail inspector for the south
eastern section of North Dakota. A.
Hoff of Deering has been named for
the northwestern district, and c. NJ.
Halstrom of jamestown, an old-time
adjuster for tle Hail Alliance OF
jamestown covering the territory west
OF the river, has been named inspect
or for the southwestern section. The
appointment in the northeastern dis
trict is yet to be made
These district inspectors will super
wise the work of local adjusters ana
will adjust dsagreements between
these officials ana claimants. they
will not, however. receive loss reports,
which will be made direct to the Of
flee OF the commissioner at the cap
itol. r|..
NO withdrawals under the provis-
ion Of the new hail insurance act per-
hitting farmers who do not wish TO
be amenable to the assessment fea-
ture OF the law to Withdraw at any
time prior to June Is by filing writ
ten notice with the insurance cQm.
missioner and the county auditor have
yet been received Mr.. OlSness is OF
the opinion that these notices will be
filed first with the county auditors.
He anticipates certain percentage
Of Withdrawals, but is not prepared to
say what it will be. e.
There is three-cent-an-acre flat
hail insurance tax on all IillaDle land
from which there is no withdrawal.
How far North Dakota has progress
ed on the road toward applied social
ism may be deduced from the fact
that the passage OF this act and the
preparation OF plans for making it i'm.
mediately effective have caused hard
Iy a ripple. For the last five sessions.
compulsory hail insurance furnisheldl,
the Legislators liveliest scraps IT.
was viewed with alarmtby many OF,
the states ablest statesmen, and they
succeeded in delaying TOR years the
submission to the people of @ Sonsti-
I tationxis amensim Ii paving the way
fGf HAiyersai and dsemi.eo compulsory
4 stata 4 hair insurarcG A concurrent
6 resoiutions embed ying this amendment
finally was approved by both houses
cf the l5th assembly In nv and was
SUNNI fsd f6 tAe fpeonlef at the gen:
ferxi eascti0a "a l9l9. when it was rat
dsby saAs overwhelming majority.
4 ri HtaM Ofs the general trend of leg
AttoE III the 18th assembly the pres
4 mi wv enacted under itais am nd-
Mtenty n rega rded AZ rather G0nservas
tfYesssssit is tr,ses that there Is imposed
q flat hail tax Of three cents per
Sncre OF $3.50 per quarter from which
there is no escape, and that this tax
4 Is imposed not on cultivated lands but
@np0n tillable lands, thus embracing
all territory which is subjected to cul-
tiyatiOn, whether it Is under the pillow
q or not. There are in Burleigh county
q under single ownerships tracts OF 49,
600 acres or more, all tillable lands.
which viii subject their owners to All
annual hail insurance tax OF $500
through which they cannot hope to
benefit, for they will have no crops
liable to lose through hail. But, the
that in this instance the league did
not 60 so far as it might-not even
so far as legislatures went in other
states not under league influence
Owners OF lands in crop WHO desire
to avail themselves of the assessment
feature Of the hail insurance act which
insures indemnity for hail losses mus,
on or before June file with the
county auditor an affidavit describ
ing the land which they have in crop
giving the nature Of such crop anG
the number of acres sown. The max
ii I'M IN no, Il
act is 81 per acre. No indemnity
shall be paid for any loss of less thar
ten per cent, and a loss of So per cen
or more shall be deemed total. -
On or before October 10 it is made
the duty of the commissioner to as
certain from losses reported to him
the amount which he will require il
addition to the sum secured through
the flat acre tax. which is expected
to reach about 100000 to adjust al
losses on this basis. The deficit tau
determined shall be pro-rated amonl
the various counties. certifies to tn
county auditors, and they are required
to spread both the indemnity and tn
flat tax on the tax rolls to be collect
ed in the same manner as other tax
es. It is provided, however, that il
no case shall the indemnify tax il
any year exceed so cents per acre
The legislature in debating the bill
was of the opinion that it would neve
be necessary to assess the full maxi
mum of so cents, but this is a matte
which experience alone can determ
inc.
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