The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-08-10
MORTGAGE REPEAL
MEASURE IS FILED
TO GO ON BALLOT
10000 Sign Petition Asking
Reversal of Action Taken
BY Voters in June
BULLETIN

Tobias D. Casey Of Dickinson, one
of the committee of petitioners to ini-
tiate two laws requiring the publica-
ton of personal property assessments
today announced that these petitions
will not be filed.
while obtaining the required num-
Der of signatures" Mr.. Casey said,
"the committee found a growing dis
satisfaction with the use of the ballot
for purely administrative law-,naking.
After consideration 1t was decided
that these petitions should not be
filed. but the principles involved will
be presented to the legislature for
action"
Petitions for the initiation of a
law permitting the mortgaging OF
crops and providing certain restric-
tions were filed with Secretary of
State Robert Byrne Wednesday.
Byrne said the petitions have ap-
proximately $4,000 signatures. 1000
more than necessary, and have been
tentatively accepted, subject to fur
Their check. Petitions bearing addi-
tional signatures were coming in, he
said.
The measure, if passed in the Nov
ember election, he said, would have
the effect of superseding an initiated
law adopted at the June primary
which outlaws crop mortgages.
A committee for the petitioners
composed of five northwestern North
Dakota farmers, E. H. Kendall OF
Minot; T. N. Jorgenson, Crosby
Archie Snider, Emmett; j. B. Mertes
Bowbells, and j. w. Mcnamara, Ep-
worth, sponsored the proposed law
which would permit the mortgaging
of farm crops"
Text Of the petition provides that
"such mortgage shall attach only to
the crop next maturing except in the
case of mortgages given to secure the
purchase or rental of the land or
which such crops are grown. All acts
in conflict herewith are repealed"
Eight Measures Filed
At noon Wednesday, the last day In
which petitions for initiation of laws
at the November election can be filed
eight measures had been presented
to the secretary Of state while petit.
lions for two other measures were
expected sometime this afternoon.
Besides that permitting crop mort.
cages. constitutional amendment te
repeal the state prohibition laws 1:
on file.
Petitions proposing six laws spon.
sored ty the North Dakota Taxpay.
ers association also are on file. They
call for approximately 20 per cent
reduction Of salaries of state official.
and state employees: reduction Of sal.
aries Of district judges; reduction o.
salaries of judges of the supreme
court: reduction Of fees paid to news.
papers for publication Of legal notices
and proceedings, elimination OF dis
trict tax supervisors, and shortening
notices Of sale Of real estate for de-
ltnquent taxes and for filing ane
posting lists Of such taxes with TIL
names Of owners and descriptions o.
the land upon which taxes are delin'
quent.
Seventh Lacked Names
A seventh taxpayers association
measure on file intended as a clari
fication Of the salary reducing meas
ure but lacking sufficient signatures
probably would have been substitut
ed for the state officials salary re
ducing proposal which was filed. Cir
chlation Of 1t was started more re
Gently than the other six measures.
Two measures expected to reacl
the secretary Of states office some
time before the close Of business, ar
those for q three-year moratorium
ON crop mortgages and one provid
ing that notices Of unpaid delinquen
personal, property taxes be publishe
with the names Of delinquents an
amounts Of unpaid taxes. Petition
for the moratorium measure were
Be circulated by the North Dakct
| Farmers Union.