The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-04-01
INSTRUCTIONS
TO ASSESSORS
ARE PREPARED
Hail Insurance Department
Hopes to Avoid Any Mis-
understanding of Law

Preparations are being made by the
state hail department to avoid, il
possible> some of the misundcrstand-
ings which have arisen, over the ad-
ministration Of the state law in the
past.
Special effort will be made to have
all cropped lands listed in time and
the listing books which will be dis
tributed by the department to asses
sors will contain in large type n
notice to the assessor that listings
must be made by June 1. A notice
is printed in large type on listing
blanks, copies of which arc given to
the farmers owning the land, asking
that they inspect the figures put
down by the assessor and ascertain
that they are correct. The work of
listing land for state hail insurance
will begin within a few weeks but
not until after the various assessors
hold their annual meeting with the
auditors of their respective counties,
according to Martin s. Hagen, man.
agcr Of the state hail insurance de-
partment.
the department for distribution to
assessors. These point out that all
tillable lands must be listed and that
such land is subject to the flat hail
tax of one cent an acre; that all
cropped lands must be listed, but that
anyone may withdraw from the pro-
lection Of the state hail insurance
fund up to June Is.
No Corrections After June 3
Some farmers and assessors, the
statement said, are under the inn
preston that it is not necessary to
list cropped land il the owner does
not wish to have state hail insurance
and points out that this belief is
erroneous, as all cropped lands or
lands intended to be cropped must be
listed BY June 1. No correction Of
listings will be made after June 8
but Withdrawals may be made until
June Is.
The department urges the assessors
and the farmers to see that lands
are listed properly, pointing out that
ION account of the negligence or
oversight of the farmers and asses
sors several parties have been de-
prived Of their hail indemnity" but
that "the department has no right to
pay for losses on lands not listed
according to law"
Homestead lands, Indian lands and
lands leased from the state are not
to be listed but persons farming
them may arrange with the depart
ment to obtain hail indemnity insur-
ancc.
Loss Blanks Sent Out
A complete supply Of notice of loss
blanks have been sent to the asses
sors with instructions that they arc
to be given every person whose land
is listed. Farmers are requested to
send both the original and the du-
plicate Of these notices to the depart
ment at Bismarck in the event they
suffer a hail loss.
The departments effort to make
sure that all lands are properly listed
is the result of case which arose
last year in the western part of the
state. A number of farmers thought
their lands were insured until they
attempted to collect for loss. They
then discovered that the assessor had
failed to list their lands and the state
hail department refused to allow
their claims on the ground that they
had no record showing the land had
ever been listed.
The department also has encounter
ed numerous cases In which persons
do not understand that they must
withdraw their land from the state
insurance if they do not wish it to
be placed in effect by the depart
ment.