The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-04-27

Jill CIlG SIdIlupOlIlI Ol agriculture.
atty of 10 per cent heretofore added to
delinquent taxes, is RENTED by this
act until October /, 1923, at which
time the penalty is added to all taxes
for 1922 then unpaid Provision is
made that where the penalty has al
ready been paid, it shall be refunded
by the county board or the city coun-
Gil. All 1922 delinquent taxes bear
interest at the rate of 1 per cent per
month from November 80 until paid.
Semi-Annuai Payment of Taxes.
Substitute for Senate Bills and 1917.
Hereafter taxes in Montana are pay
able semi-annually, one-half Oa No
vember 80, and One-half on May 81
following, with the prOviso thai I'M
less the one half payment due on No
vember 30 is paid on time, the whole
amount of taxes becomes Immediately
delinquent, subject to a penalty which
the law fixes at 5 per cent instead of
10 as heretofore. If the first INSTALL
ment is paid but the second one, due
May 81, is not met, then the amount
so due is subject to the 5 per cent
penalty, and an interest rate of 1 per
cent per month until paid.
Redemption from Tax Sales. blouse
Bill 1857. Where real property has
been sold to any county for taxes, and
no assignment of such tax sale GER
tificate has been made by the county
any person having interest in the real
estate may redeem. it by paying the
original tax plus seven per cent in
tereSt from the date of sale.
Grain Storage and Marketing
| Protects Owners Rights to Stored
Grain: blouse Bill 147.) Far-reach-
! ing changes in the legal protection OF
F., owners of grain delivered to public
warehouses in Montana are worked By
House Bill lat which defines the stor.
age of grain as bailment, and not &
sale, and specifically guarantees the
owner of the grain, so stored the right
to receive back at the point of frs
delivery, or at terminal if the owner
so desires, grain of the grade ant
quality delivered.
Heretofore elevator men in Mon
tana contended that the state law con
ferred upon them the right to max
delivery at terminal of their choos
ing, if they so desired, or to max
settlement for a warehouse receipt 70
grain, in cash at the elevators man.
option. This opened the way to stO
competition as applied to grain i
storage in public elevator while tn
) new provisions of the law will FIRE
! competition to operate on grain afte
its storage.
. The law prohibits the sale of store
| grain by an elevator and the use @
tho OrOoaodC Of c11ok cole - Al oJo,r-
: tor or grain business, a practice whic
2 the old laws did not prohibit an
which has caused heavy losses to OWL
ers of grain in connection with elevs
tor failures in Montana. The Nor
: tana department of agriculture
vested with power and it is made il
: duty, to act as agent for the protet
ton of holders of warehouse receipt
5 in the event of conditions arising sue
! as to jeopardize the safety of grain j
: storage.
: Farm grain storage is encourage,
! blouse Bill 1881 The farm storaq
warehouse bill had several objects I
serve by its passage, and it's usefu
ness depends upon what recognition
given by the federal intermediat
credit banks, the federal reserve bank
and other agencies empowered by la,
/ to loan and rediscOunt on paper wit
: agricultural security, to the ware
/ house certificates that will be issue
: under this law upon grain stored O
: the farm.
The law provides for the inspectio
of farm storage warehouses, the graz
ing and measurement of grain
! stored, and the issue of a farm sto,
age certificate setting forth not onl
the grade and test weight of the graf
at the request of the owner it sha
show the conditions of its storage an
state the grade of the wheat, such {
the protein content in case of wheat
Grain thus stored is sealed in I'll
: granary. The warehouse certifcat
is prepared in such form that whe
negotiated, it conveys title to I'll
: grain covered by it, and the law r,
' quires that when such certificate
D sold or used as collateral for an az
2 vance, the grain must be fully insure
t Organization of farmers into rur
r credit associations to put their mutui
: strength back of such warehouse ce
: tifcates, and to handle directly Il
] notes secured by them, without goin
e through local banks is contemplate
t under the law.
4 Two main objects are to relieve ell,
= vator and transportation congestion
e the fall, and to make the garin owner
better bargainers in the sale of the
grain by having its factors of walt
e completely known to them by Ofici
t test, before they offer it for sale
5 deliver it to a public elevator.
!, Irrigation Law Changes
t In 1923 amendments were passc
e House Bill 176 and senate bill IL:
: requiring favorable report by Il
: irrigation district bond commissiC