The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 1, 1918, Page 6

ACT TO GIVE D AKOT LAW WHICH WILL ENABLE EVERY COUNTY TO BOND UP TO LEGAL DEBT LIMIT TO LOAN FARMERS AND SEVENTEEN MILLIONS IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR AGRICULTURISTS IN PLANTING SOI AND FEEDING STOCK Most Radical Step Taken in History of State to Insure the’ Maximum Production of Cereals, Beef and Pork in 1918—Simple and Workable. The most radical act ever passed by a western state to insure a maximum production of food stuffs, a ‘‘win the war’? crop of cereals and of ‘beef and pork and other by-products of the farm— the North Dakota seed and feed bonding Jaw, as amended by the special session of the Fifteenth assembly, having received the signature of Governor Frazier, now is in full force in effect. All over the state county commissions, in sections where aid is required, will hold their first mecting next Monday to receive petitions from farmers desiring the ‘bonding of their county These petitions necd not be signed by men who are themsely in need. Any of their neighbors who are free-holders may sigu for them, and but 50 signatures are required, as compared with 100 under the old Jaw. And there is no limit as to the amount of individual aid which may be extended for purchase of feed and sced—except the legal debt limit of the county which bonds. It is roughly estimated that this act makes almost immediately available for North Dakota farmers who have not funds or credit avith which to purchase seed and feed the large sum of $17,000,000, which will pay for cight million bushels of seed wheat, sufficient to plant seven million of North Dakota’s 40 million tillable acres. Uncle Sam has decreed that the farmer who was compelled to sell his wheat at $2.04 to $2.17 the bushel Jast fall shall not pay more than 25 cents over the sale price for his seed wheat. Every bushel of seed grain purchased under the bonding act for North Dakota farmers will be thoroughly tested in the state laboratory at Fargo as to germinative and varietalsqualities. This seed will be the best that money ean buy—probably, beyond all question, the best that ever has gone into North Dakota soil. Reports indicate that there is sufficient seed on hand in ele- vators in practically every county in the state to meet the needs of that county. Almost every grain of spring wheat harvested in North Dakota last fall tested 1 dark northern—the very highest grade that Uncle Sam has fixed for the very best wheat that is grown. This wheat went through the worst drouth in the history of North Dakota, and it survived: it was produced in a season remarkably free from sinut or rust or blight or other seed diseases. It is thoroughbred seed, and it is going back into the ground to produce North Dakota’s biggest crop—its *‘ win the war’’ crop of Liberty bread for the world. The New Law Because of the universal interest in the new seed and feed bonding act, and because The Tribune knows that every farmer will want-to become thoroughly familiar with its provisions, there is presented herewith the ,act in full, exactly as it passed both houses of legislature without one dissenting vote, and as it re- ceived the signature of Governor F 0. H. B. No. 1 (Maddock of Mountrail) To Amend and Re-enact Sections 3471-3472-3473-3476-3477-3478-3479-8480- 3481-3482-2485-2484-3486-3487 and 3488 of the Compiled Laws of North Dakota for the year 19 Authorizing Counties to issue Bonds and Warrants to Procure Seed Grain and Feed for Needy Inhabitants Therein and Providing for the Issuance of Bonds and Warrants for Seed Grain by Counties and Aid hy the State in Respect thereto, and making an Appropriation Therefor. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF NORTIL DAKOTA. Section 1—Amendment.) That Section 3471 of the Compiled Laws of North Dakota, 1913, is hereby amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:— Section 3471.—-BONDS AUTHORIZED. PETITION FOR. TIME TO RUN.) In any county of the state where the crops for any preceding year have been a total or partial failure by reason of drouth, hail or other cause, it shall be lawful for, and it shall be the duty of the board of county commissioners of such county to issue the bonds of the county under and pursuant to the provisions of this article, and with the proceeds derived from the sale thereof, to purchase seed grain and feed, for the inhabitants thereof who are in need of seed, grain and feed, and are unable to procure the same, whenever said hoard shall be petitioned in writing so to do by not less than fifty frec-holders resident in the county; and said board at a meeting called as hereine after provided to consider said petition, shall by a majority vote deter- mine that the prayer “of the petitioners should be granted; provided, that all such petitions shall be filed with the county auditor, on or before the * twenty-fifth day of February; and thereupon it shall be the duty of said officer to forthwith call a meeting of the board of county commissioners of his county to consider said petition; and provided, further, that the total amounts of bonds issued by any county under the provisions of this article shall not, with the then existing indebtedness of the county, exceed the limit of indebtedness fixed by the constitution in such case; that said ‘bonds shall be in denominations of from one hundred to five hundred dollars; shall bear at a rate of interest not exceeding six per cent. per annum, payable semi-annually at such place and time as shall be determined by the board, and that all bonds issued under the pro- visions of this article shall become due and payable in not less than one Nor more than five years from the date thereof, the date of maturity to be fixed by the county board at the time of the issuance thereof with the above limitation. Section 2—AMENDMENT:) That Section 8472 of the Compiled Laws of North Dakota, 1913 is hereby amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows: Section 3472—-BONDS, HOW EXECUTED.) Such bonds shall be signed by the chairman of the board of county commissioners and be vattested by the county auditor, who shall affix the seal of the county thereto and shall have indorsed thereon a certificate signed by the county auditor, stating that said bonds are issued pursuant to law and are within the debt limit. Section 3—AMENDMENT.) That Section 3473 of the Compiled Laws. of North Dakota, 1913 is hereby amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows: \ i Section 3473.—_BONDS, HOW SOLD OR DISPOSED OF.) Immediately after it ‘has been determined to issue bonds or warrants for any county the county auditor shall notify the Commissioner of Agriculture and _ ‘Labor, giving full particulars. Thereupon, the Commissioner of Agricul- ‘ture and Labor shall act for ‘and on behalf of the board of county «commissioners in the.sale or disposition of any bonds to be sold. He shall receive sealed proposals for the purchase of such bonds or any part there- of, after giving at least ten days’ notice in one leading daily newspaper swithin this state, in two leading daily newspapers without this state, at “financial centers, and one newspaper, within the county for which bonds are to be issued, together with such other publicity as in his discretion is deemed advisable. He shall sell the bonds of each county separately to ithe higliést bidder for cavh ‘but he shall not. sell them for less than jpar, and he*may reject any or all bids or postpone the sale from time to ime, not exceeding ten days, or in his discretion he may call for new bids, provided, however, that said commissioner may sell or dispose said bonds or any part thereof to the state of North Dakota or any thereof, without receiving proposals therefor, or giving notice, as here:n- before provided, but he shall not sell them for less than par. Section 4 AMENDMENT.) That section 3476 of the Com of North Dakota, 1913 is hereby amended and re-enacted so read as follows: . Bt Scction 3476.—TAX LEVIED FOR SINKING FUND, BONDS REGIS- TERED.) For the purpose of securing prompt payment of the principal and interest of said bonds, there shall be levied ‘by the board of county commission it the time and in the manper other taxes are levied, such sums as shall be sufficient to pay such intereSt, and in addition thereto a sinking fund tax snall be annually levied sufficient to pay and retire said bonds at their maturity, and it shall be; the duty of the county treasurer to pay promptly the interest upon the said bonds as the same shall fall due. No tax or fund provided for the payment of such bonds, either principal or interest, shall at any time be used for any other purpose; provided, however, that the board of county commissioners may deposit any part.or portion of the sinking fund herein provided for, in any bank furnishing satisfactory security to the state of North Dakota, which shall furnish to the county a bond of indemnity‘to be approved by the board, and receive interest on the same which shall be credited to the sinking fund, It shall’be the duty of the treasurer, when said bond or any coupons attached thereto are paid \to cancel the same by writing upon the face thereof the word “paid” and the date of payment. Before the bonds are delivered to the purchaser, the treasurer of the county ghall register them in a book to be provided for that purpose, known as the bond register, in which register ‘he shall enter the number of each bond, its date, date of maturity, amount, rate of interest, to whom and i rable; provided that said treasurer shall receive a per centum at the di etion of the county commissioners, not to exceed one ‘ptr cent for the receiving and disbursing of the amount received from ‘the sale of said bonds, said per centum to be covered into the treasury ’as.a part of the salary fund. The board of county commissioners may issue jwarrants instead of bonds, as now provided by Jaw for the, issuance of Warrants before this act became effective, if in their judgment the best interests of the county are there! ved; provided, that such’warrants shall not be issued in ay amount to cxcce! five per cent of the assessed valuation of such county, provided, further, that such warrants shall not be sold below par; and provided, further, that such warrants shall not be term warrants. NT.) That Section 3477 of the Compiled Laws so as to Section 5.—A M of North Dakota, 1913 is hereby amended and’ re-enacted read as follo Section 3477.—PROCEEDS USED EXCLUSIVELY.TO PURCHASE SEED GRAIN AND FEED.) ‘The fund arising trom the sale of said bonds shall be applied exclusively by the said board for the purchase of seed grain and feed, for res s of th te who farm land within the county who are unable to procure seme; provided that the county commissioners shall determine the amourt of seed and feed or either, which each applicant shall reseive, and provided further, that the county auditor shall ue to e applicant an order for the number of bushels of cach kind of secd grain, together with tae amount of feed, that has been allowed by the board, to be furnished to any one applicant. Section 6.—AMEND: T.) That mn 8478 of the Compiled Laws of North Dakota, 1915 is here’ amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows: } Section 2478.—COMMISSIONERS MAY ISSUE WARRANTS FOR PURCHASE.) In pri g for the purchase of seed grain and feed or either, the commissioners may in lieu of issuing bonds, order warrants drawn upon the general fund of the county to pay for the seed grain pur- chased under the general provisions of this article; provided, that such warrants shall net be sold ‘below par, and provided, further, that such warrants shall not be term warrants. Section 7.—AMENDMENT.) That Section 3479 of the Compiled Laws of North Dakota, 1913 is hereby amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows: Section 3479.—APPLICATION FOR AID, HOW MADE.) All persons dhtitled to, and wishing to avail themselves of the benefit of this article, shall file with the county auditor, on or before the twentioth day of March, an application duly sworn to before said county auditor ,or some other officer authorized to administer oaths. Said application shall contain a truc tement of the number of acres the applicant has plowed or pre- pared for seceding; how many acres the applicant intends to have plowed or prepared for seeding; how many bushels and what kind of grain he will require to seed the ground so prepared as aforesaid; how many bushels of grain the applicant harvested in the preceding year, and the amount, and kind of grain ‘and feed that he-has in his possession; that the applicant has not procured and is not able to procure the necessary seed grain for the current year; that he desires the same for seed and feed and no other purpose, and that he will not sell or dispose of the same or eny part thereof, but will usc the same and the whole thereof in’ seeding the land prepared or to be-prepared:for crop; that the applicant will seed the wheat and rye before May twentieth, and all other grain before June tenth, except grain sown for fodder purposes may be sown up to June twenticth. Said application shall also contain a true and full description of all the real and ‘personal property owned’ by the applicant, and the encumbrances thereon; and a true description by government subdivisions of the land upon which the applicant intends to sow said seed grain. All applica- tions filed under the provisions of this article shall he consecutively num- bered and shall be open to public inspection, and no application shall be considered by the board of county commissioners except such as have been made and filed in the manner prescribed in this section; provided, that the board of county commissioners may in their discretion consider any application although made after the time so specified. If the appli- cant is a renter the owner of the land shall sign the application with him, unlessan exception is made by the county commissioners in such instance. Section ‘8.—Amendment.) That Scction 3480 of the Compiled Laws of North Dakota, 1913-is-hereby amended and re-enacted so as to Tead as follows: # Section 3480.—ADJUSTMENT OF APPLICATION, COUNTY COM- MISSIONERS MAKE.) ‘@#he board of county commissioners of each county issuing bonds of warrants under the proVisions of this article are hereby appointed’ and constitute a board of examination and adjust- ment of the applications for seed grain and feed filed under the preceding section, and it shall be the duty of said board to meet at the county auditor's office within ten days after the filing of said petition, or as soon thereafter as possible, to examine and considef separately each applica- tion filed under the provisions of this article, and to determine who are entitled to the benefits thereof, and thedmount to which each applicant is entitled, and said board shall on or before the twenty-fifth day of March, deliver and file with the county auditor, its-adjustment of the said applications, which shall be signed by the chairman of the board, Section 9—AMENDMENT.) That Section 3481 of the . Compiled Laws of North Dakota, 1913, is hereby amended and’ re-enacted so as to read as follows: Section 3481—CONTRACT FOR REPAYMENT. DELINQUENT PAYMENTS EXTENDED ON TAX LIST. PLACED IN JUDGMENT.) The county duditor of each county shall as:soon as the county commissioners shall have performed the duty prescribed in the preceding sections iesuesto each-applicant demanding it an order for the number of bushels of each Kind of seed grain and amount of feed which has been allowed to said applicant, unless otherwise directed by the Board or the Chair- man théreof; provided, however, that said order sliN. not be delivered until said applicant shall have signed a contract in duplicate, which contract shall have the same force and effect as a promissory note, ‘attested by the county aiiditor to the effect that said applicant for and in consideration of the .. tesscseeeeese bushels of seed grain and | STOCKMEN MONEY TO PRODUCE FOOD FOR NATION WIN THE WA ef Tard) eceived owt County, pr kD PRY To HA woanty cram OF WORE OF KARA gee geaie and feeds Mat d Hees SHAW DECOR Ga HAA Payable ow the first day of rch yeah, iw Wich ae feed furnished, b OR Beh ¥ e Gate ef the bonds pro- cent per anntun, and if » YRe MReenth day af October yey anditor of said county gpon the ti is a ion against i and feed were entered and son, for which s is full paid, me; provid- y provided nes Ne} X per cent der the dwner of the re WISSLONETS, addition have a lien upo grain was sown, If such such year, who shall have received sufficie including th collection 0 for 1913. It shall t they fall due and upon paymen office.of the register of deeds and re ther be the duty of the coun) state’s attorney a first day of Janua: the state's attorney said county to commence an actien for the p) judgment, or for the foreclosure of the lien securing any of said notes in accordance with the laws providing for the foreclosure of liens or mort- gages. Section 10—AMENDMENT.) That Section of the Compiled Laws of North Dakota, 1913, is hereby amended and re-enacted so as to read as follo Section 3482 ONTRACT MADE FIRST LIEN.) of the contracts provided for in Section 548i the county 1 acquire of grain and feed raised each year by the person receiving 1 grain and feed to the amount of the sum then due to the county upon said contract, which shall as to the crops covered thereby have priority over all other liens and encumbrances thereon, ex- cept threshers and labor liens. The county shall in addition have a lien, if the owner of the real estate has signed the application and note, upon all real estate described in the-application upon which said grain is to be sown, which shall have priority over all encumbrances except those existing at the time this act goes into effect. And the filing and recording of said contract shall be held and gonsidered to be full and sufficient notice to all parties of the existence and extent of said lien upon said crops of grain and feed raised, and upon seid land, which shall continue in force until the amount covered by said contract shall be fully paid. Section 11—AMENDMENT.) That Section 3483 of the Compiled Laws of North Dakota, 1913, i$ hereby amended and re-enacted so as to read as follow Section 3483.-TREASURER TO GIVE NOTICE. On the first day of October following the furnishing of any seed or feed under the provisions of this act the county treasurer shall mail to each person having obtained aid under the provisions of this act a statement of the amount which will be due upon his pote on the date it becomes due. Section 12—AMENDMENT.) That Section 3484 of the Compiled Laws of North Dakota, 1913, is hereby amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows: Section 3484—-PENALTY FOR MISUSE OF SEED FURNISHED.) Any person or persons, who contrary to the provision of this article, sell, transfer, take or carry away, or in any manner dispose of the seed grain and feed or any part thereof, furnished by the county under this act, or shall use-or dispose of said grain and feed or any part thereof, for any other purpose than that of planting or sowing and feeding the same ated in this application, or shall sell, transfer, take or carry away, or in any manner dispose of the crop, or any part thereof, produced from the sowing or planting of said secd grain, shail be guilty of.a misde- meanor, and upon conviction thereof shall pay a-fine of not less than fifty dollars, nor more than one thousand dollars, or may be imprisoned in the county jail for a term of not less than ninety days, and shall pay all the costs of prosecu#ion, and whoever under any of the provisions herein shall be found guilty of false swearing shall be deemed to have committed perjury and shall upon conyiction suffer the pains and penalties of that crime, and upon the filing of said application in the office of the regis- ter of deeds, and the sowing of the seed obtained thereunder, any seizure thereof or interference therewith, except by the applicant and those in his employ, for the purpose of harvesting, threshing and marketing the same to pay the debt as aforesaid, shall be deemed a conversion thereof. Section 13.-—-AMENDMENT.) ‘That Section 3486 of the Compiled Laws of North Dakota, 1913, is hereby amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows: Section 3486.—COUNTY AUDITOR TO NOTIFY FARMERS.) When- ever a bond or warrant issue has been determined upon by the board of county ‘commissioners, it shall be the duty of the county auditor, forth- with, to give notice by mail of that fact to all farmers whose names ap- pear on the assessment and tax lists, whether owners or renters, in- forming them that application blanks may be had from the county auditor, and that assistance will be given by him in filling out said blanks. If more seed grain is applied for than can be‘supplicd by the com- missioners under the provisions of this article, a pro rata distribution shall be made by them among those who shall have been found entitled to the benefits of this article. The commissioners shall have the right to refuse any application which they may deem improper to grant, and they may revise their adjustment ‘of applications at any time before final distribution. Section 14—AMENDMENT.) That Section 2487 of the Compiled Laws of North Dakota for 1913, is hereby amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows: Section 3487.—GRAIN FURNISHED AT COST.) It shall be the duty of the commissioners providing sced grain and feed under pro- visions of this article, to:purchase the same at the lowest price at which suitable grain can be obtained, and to furnish the same to applicants at the actual cost thereof to the commissioners, with transportation and handling charges added, if any. there be, and any person requiring or ex- torting from any applicant a greater price shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by fine or imprisonment, or both, as the court may determine. Any official or any agent of any official, who conspires with others to make any profit directly or indirectly out of the transaction for himself or for them, or accepts or extorts from any applicant a greater price than that authore ized therein, shall be guilty of a felony, and upon conviction shall be sen- tenced to the penitentiary for a term of not less than one nor more than five years. Section 15:-AMENDMENT.) That Section 3488 of the Compiled Laws of North Dakota, 1913, is hereby amended and re-enacted so as to read as Section 3488.—SINKING FUND.) All money received by the county treasurer in payment of debts incurred under the provisions of this article shall be paid into, and become a part of the sinking fund herein provided for, and be used exclusively in the payment of bonds or warrants issued hereunder. A he duty of the County Treasurer to collect said notes as @ same to satisfy the lien in the io deliver to the in unpaid on the 21} be the duty of to immediately in behalf of and in the name of g of such indebtedness in Under the filing a just and valid lien upon the cr ed (Continued on “page seven.) R” FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1918 ROP RR Ree CONFERENCE FOR SUPARATE PEACE AGAIN GONVENES | Turkizh Grand Vizier Presides at the Renewed Session at Brest-Litovsk UKRANIANS REPRESENTED Drest-Litovsk, Wednesday, Jan. 20. ‘via Amstetdab to London, Jan. 39. ——Talaat Pasha, tho ‘Turkish grand vizier, presided today at the opening of the plenary sitting of the peace conference. Dr, Richard Von Kuehl- mann, the German foreign secretary, announced ‘that Dr. ‘Count Podewils- Durnitz, former premier of Bavaria, would, by virtue of treaty rights of Bavaria and in agreement with Em- peror William and Count von Hertling represent Bavaria. Leon, Trotzky, the Bolsheviki for- eign minister, saidethat two represen- jlatives of the Ukrainen people's re- public had ‘been incorporated in tae Russian delegation ,to which also had been added M. Karelin, the people's. commissioner for state property. SECURITY PEACE Meaning in Bavarian Representative’s Station, Says Newspaper. Amsterdam, Wednesday, Ja! Discussing the report that the king of Bavaria attempted to influence E1m- peror Willian in favor of a “security peace,” the Leipsic Neueste Nachrich- ten -says: “We have reason to assume that | the report is correct. We would even go a step further and add that the | appeal which the Deutsche Tages Zel- tung of Berlin addresses to the other federal princes to follow the king's example already has been forestalled. “According to our information the king of Bavaria is not the onl who has followed with serious a the course of the peace negotiations Hrest-Litovsk, and it may perhaps be assumed that the object of sending Dr. Count Von Polewils-Durnitz, f mer premier of Bavaria, to Brest-L ovsk, was not purely in order to ¢x- ervise long-forgotten treat rignts.” SOCIALISTIC ARMY Moscow Council Declares German Peace Terms Unacceptable. Petrograd, Wednesday, Jan. 30.—_ The Moscow council of workmens and soldiers deputies has declared the | German peace proposals unacceptable and has suggested that the council of 39 national commissioners organize a socialistic army to fight against Ger- man impeialism. ’ | Representatives of forty-six _regi- | ments of Don Cossacks addressed the congress of Soyiets, promising unlim- ited grain in @xchanbe for clothes, nails, implementsand other manufac- tured products. gThey said the ene- \mies of General Kaledines now were jin control of the Don basin and that a-great coal supply was ready to be moved toward Petrograd. The Petrograd Soviet hel da meet ling. to discuss the food supply, at _which Madame Smith-Falkner, a mem- ‘ber of the food control committee, ; said that preparations were being ;made to prevent the fight for food | from becoming beastial. Locomotives are being dispatched to gather food trains, wherever available, the commissioner continued, and an penergetic figut will be made against | food speculators . i — | LANSDOWNE CONCURS War Aims of ‘Lloyd George and the | President His Aims. | Londen, Feb, 1.—The Marquis of | Lansdowne, in an address here, said that he concurred entirely with the 'récent speeches of David Lloyd |George, the British prime minister, and President Wilson on peaco terms. | “I believe all of us aré ready to | prolong this war, terrible as it is, un- til we can get a clean peace.” said | the leader of the opposition in the | house of lords. ft | Lord Lansdown added that the time for obtaining such a peace should not be too Jong delayed, and that no op- | portunity should be neglected ‘to bring | it nearer. | Lord ‘Lansdowne was replying to an |address presented by Earl Loreburn, | former lord high chancellor, and oth- ers of his supporters, including auth- jors and journalists. “Put it is our desire,” the speaker ‘that the time for obtaining that ean peace should, if possible, be not too long delayed, and that no oppor- | tunity should be neglected of bringing it nearer, “By a clean peace I mean a peace which will be hanorable,and durable,” Continuing, Lord Landowne, said , | there was only one way of getting this } | peace, and that was by forming a combination. of great powers under } | which the powers would hold them- 4 | Selves bound to refer international dis- | Dutes to some kind of international + tribunal. |. Lord Lansdowne asked if it would’ not be true to ad dthat if the cohes- jion of Germany could be obtained to |such a pact it would mean the negi- |gence of Prussian. militarism. Prussian Militarism, i He.said there would be no room for; Tussian militarism insi i | Combination. Se neachate | he speaker said he accepted wholes | heartedly the suggestion of Mr. Lloyd | George that teritorial questions should. be settled on the basis of national self | determination. The speech of Count | Von Hertling, the imperial German chancellor, was a disappointment to him, Lord Landowne added. | “I think nobady would “be more sur- | Prised than .von Hertling,” the speak- jer said, “ifhe thought we were go- ing to-hand over Gibraltar, Hong Kong om rare other little. ouarters of the poe tiens mae Don’t miss the dance after “T ‘h Thirteenth Chair” at:the McKenzie to. night, Jazz Orchestra. | \ a a ae 4 fl y Ye q a , be “*