The Bowbells tribune., 1921-02-11

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GRADING LAW
Following is Rule No. Z sent out
last fall to all grain buyers in the
state: -. -
AMENDED RULE NO. Z ~
Dockago
The uniform state grade fol
products. enacted by the Legisla'
tive Assem- bly, Of the Stats Of North
Dakota for the year 1913, known
as Senate Bill No. IA, authorized
the State Inspector of Grades,
Weights and Measures to establish
classes for dockage; r1rst, that hav'
ing value, and second, that having
no value. I, E. F.. Ladd, State III.
spector of Grades, Weights and
Measures, do make, prescribe, pub:
lish and give public notice of the
following regulations Rule No. Z
applying to- dockage having value
and dockage having no value.
The law provides in Sec. that
"dockage shall be considered as
being of two classes; first, that
having value, and second that
having no value, the former to be
considered and paid for at it's mar
ket value" The law provides also
for establishing rules and regula-
tions for the proper enforcement Of
the act. Gzz@*
CLASS NO. . !.
Section No. 1. Valuable dock
age. shall include dockage having )
per cent or more of wheat, rye,
flax seed, oats, wild oats, pigeon
grass, water grass, mustard, buck
wheat, speltz,. emmer, millet seed
alfalfa seed, varley, corn, wild peas,
timothy seed, clover seed Or any
grain or seeds having feed value,
either singly or combined. ~
Section No. 2. When grain is
delivered at the elevator the man
ager or licensed inspector of grades,
weights and measures may clean,
the grain and return the dockage
to the farmer and charge two
cents per bushel for cleaning wheat
and four cents per bushel for flax.
The licensed inspector of Grades,
Weights and Measures shall; after
determining the total dockage and
that which is of value, state the
price he will pay Tor the dockage.
The owner of the dockage on the
other hand may decline the price
and demand the return of the
same amount of dockage of like
quality and on payment for the
cleaning Of the wheat, rye or fax
shall have the dockage returned t.
him. s
Section No. g., A shrinkage of 2
per cent shall be allowed on wheat
weighing more than SO pounds per
bushel. Wheat testing So pounds
Or less per bushel shall be allowed
a. shrinkage of 3 per cent. On all
flax there shall be allowed shrink
age of per cent, the shrinkage to
be computed on basis of gross
pounds of the grain or seed re-
,eiyed, -.
Example: In Section 8 if the
lockage of value, is 8 per cent, 6
per cent would either be returned
or paid for. If the wheat weighed
more than So pounds to the bushel,
md per cent would be returned
or paid for if the wheat weighed
ess than So pounds per bushel.
- CLASS NO. 2
Section No. 4. .1ocKage OF no
yalue in wheat, rye of fax seed in
,ludes sand, dirt, weed stems,
straw stems, wild onion. wild rose,
'ockle, kingsheads or any other
that has no feed value.
Section No. 5. How to arrive at
lockage in grain or seeds. After
the dockage from grain
,r seeds, the ydockage shall be
weighed and inspected and the re-,
ult written on the scale ticket and
m the storage ticket.
On the scale ticket the amount
hould be given in percentum; on
he storage ticket, in pounds.
Dockage taken in any other
manner shall be unlawful. Dock
lge shall be stated in whole. per-
entum. A fraction Of a percen-
um shall be disregarded.
Section No. 6. All dockage of
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accordance with the regulations in
section 2. shall be paid for at : its |
market value unless it's equivalent i
s. returned. to tho owner.
Section No. z. No Deputy In-
pector. of Grades, Weights and
Ieasures or warehouseman shall
inttmidate, or dis
ourage- the owner regarding the
eedfng or market value Of dock
.ge, and any official misrepre resent-
ting the facts with regard to the
aw or the regulations may have
lis licepse revoked. When a. dis
ute arises about the value of
Lockage, the Deputy Inspector of
trades, Weights and Measures
must call the owners attention to-
he law, and how to settle disputes
S provided for in Section 10
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;:t5ys ;;:ts5t RULE NO. 18
Ali public warehousemen shall
,repare and submit to the State
Inspector Of Grades, Weights and
deasuress the facts and Information
allied for in the form Of report
by the Chief Elevator. SAc-I
such reports of facts and
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