The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, July 25, 1921, Page 10

made for this service. RIGHT OF WIFE I want to go home to my son vt;here I can get better care. I am not well. My husband said I could not come back if I go and that he would take my baby, eight years old. Can I make my husband sup- fiorfi née and the baby if I go home?—- You have a right to go home for a . visit and if you do this your husband can not take your baby away from you. Married women are not slaves. They have some rights. If you left your husband and remained away permanently, you could not compel him to support you and your baby unless you filed an action for divorce and proved that you were compelled to leave him because of his neglect or cruelty. Should you Le able to prove such a condition, he would be com- -pelled by court to pay alimony to you and your child and also the expenses of the divorce. It is better for you and the child and for your husband to come to an agreement on these mat- ters if possible and avoid divorce pro- ceedings or trouble of any kind. I would suggest that you talk the mat- ter over with him and endeavor to secure his consent to your making a visit to your home for the purpose of receiving care and attention. MORTGAGES—HOMESTEAD 1. If a man changes the security given in a mortgage after it has been signed and delivered, can it be collected? 2. In Au- gust, 1918, I filed a homestead entry on 80 acres government land. In February, 1921, I made an amended filing to include the original entry _and 40 acres adjoining. Can I move my buildings onto the new 40 acres and prove up all together or must I continue my residence on the first 80 acrefi) and prove it up separately 2—H. 1. The mortgage can not be fore- closed for the reason that the agree- ment made by the parties has been destroyed by the change mentioned above. The holder of the mortgage, however, can sue for the debt. 2. You can prove it up as an entirety just as if you had included all the land in your original entry. LABOR LIEN—LARCENY 1. I worked for a farmer in 1918. He never got the money to pay the labor and sold out this spring and moved away. Is the land good for the money? 2. The same man went into my barn in the fall of 1919 and took four tons of hay without my consent. The fall of 1920 the same man broke the doors off and took a ton of hay and 2,000 feet of lumber from my place without my consent and put the lumber in the house he built. Can I put a lien on the house ?7—D. D. 1. No, the time allowed for filing a lien for your labor has expired. You can not hold the land for your money. 2. Your only remedy is to have the party arrested for larceny and prose- cuted by the state for taking your property, or if you can find any prop- erty belonging to him in your nelgh.- . borhood you can sue him in the civil courts and-attach his property as se- curity for the payment of your debt. FORECLOSURE—BANKRUPTCY 1. If a bank forecloses on a man, can they take all his personal property, whether they have a mortgage on it or .not? 2. If .a man goes bankrupt, do h_ls creditors not have to leave him a certain amount of money or property? 3. If the county has a seed lien against the crop and personal property can they take every- thing 7—C. K. 1. No, they can only take the prop- erty mentioned and described in the mortgage. 2. The laws of North Da- kota provide that the following prop- erty is exempt from levy of sale: Family pictures, a pew in any house of worship; a lot or lots in any burial ground, family Bible and all school books used by the family, family li- _brary not exceeding $100, all wearing WHAT IS THE LAW? Under this head legal questions of general interest will be answered. No charge is Questions must be addressed to Vince A. Day, care of Nonpartisan Leader, Box 2072, Minnéapolis, and must reach this office at least three weeks in advance of the date in which the answer is to appear. $1 will be charged. Persons asking questions must sign their full names, but only initials will be used when the answers are printed. If an answer by mail is required a fee of apparel and clothing of the debtor and his family, the provisions for the debtor and his family necessary for one year’s supply, either provided or growing, and fuel necessary for one " year, the homestead, and in addition the debtor % permitted to select from his other. property and his money or personal property not to exceed in the aggregate $500. Or instead of “the $500 he may select and choose the fol- lowing property which shall then be exempt: All books and musical in- struments for the use of the family not exceeding $500 in value; all house- hold and kitchen furniture used by the debtor not exceeding $500; three cows, 10 swine, one yoke of cattle and two horses or mules; or two yokes of cat- FINANCIAL DATA Present Bonded Indebtedness $247,000. Bonded Indebtedness, including this issue, less than 1% of 1 per cent of Assessed Valuation. Value of North Dakota Property, estimated, $3,000,000,000. Coal Deposits, Estimated Sepa- rately, $6,000,000,000.- Assessed Valuation of Property, 1920, $1,500,000,000. Total Value of Property Owned Ly the State, $80,000,000. tle or two spans of horses or mules, 100 sheep and their lambs, the neces- sary food for the animals mentioned for one year, either provided or grow- ing, or both, as the debtor may choose. Also one wagon, one sleigh, two plows, one harrow and farming utensils not exceeding $300 in value. 3. Yes. DOCTOR’S BILL - 1. Can a doctor in a hospital collect and mr«e me pay for an operation which n.ver did any good? The operation has to be performed again. 2. How can I prevent the doctor from suing me? 8. Would you advise me to turn or assign’ ;verything over in my wife'’s name?—G. 1. They can compel you to pay for the operation unless you can prove that the doctor performing the opera- tion was careless, negligent or incom- petent. It is hard to prove such a con- dition of facts, for the reason that doctors do not like to testify against one another. 2. You can not prevent suit unless you pay the doctor. 3. No. BUILDINGS A is a homesteader on a ranch in Mon- tana. That is, A bought the improvements of a retired rancher. B is a homesteader adjoining A. Most of the buildings of A’'s place are on B’s land. In October, 1920, B sells his relinquishment to _C who claims the improvements that A bought ADVERTISEMENTS and paid for, although B mever notifiel A to remove these buildings. Can C hold these improvements without paying for them? C has not yet made final proof and A has been paying taxes on the improve- ments for some 15 years.—C. C. S. C has a right to assume that when he bought the land from B, the build- ings were a part of the land and he is entitled to the possession thereof. The matter should not have been permitted to remain unsettled for so long a period of time. An adjustment should have been made with B before he sold the land. You can not collect for erecting buildings on the land of another unless you do so at his re- quest. MORTGAGES 1. If a person forecloses a mortgage in Nebraska on a piece of land, how long be- fore he could get possession? 2. When can it be redeemed? 3. Who would get the rent share?—L. A. D. 1-3. The maker of the mortgage, unless the mgrtgage contains con- trary provision, is entitled to the pos- session of the land and the rent and issues thereof until the mortgage has been foreclosed by a competent court. ., 2. It may be redeemed at any time before the foreclosure sale is confirm- ed by the court. v F AGRICULTURAL ~ STATISTICS Population, 1920 Census, 645,730. Area, 70,000 square miles. . Farm Acreage (in actual culti- vation), 17,033,885 Acres. Value of 1920 Farm Products, $225,000,000. Produces More Hard Wheat than any other State in the Union. Value of Live Stock Production, 1920, $33,000,000. Value of Dairy Products, 1920, $23,000,000. The State of North Dakota Offers at Par for Public Subsecription $1,000,000 State Bonds MILL AND ELEVATOR SERIES Interest payable semi-annually. Exempt From Federal Income Tax Including Surtax Payable in Gold, January 1st and July 1st of each year, at the office of the State Treasurer at Bismarck, N. D. DENOMINATIONS: $100—$500—$1,000 MATURITIES: These Bonds are a full faith and credit obligation of the State of North Dakota. 1941—1946 They have back of them the entire taxing power of the State, which has a population of 645,730. Its bonded indebtedness, includ- ing this issue, is less than % of 1 per cent of the state’s assessed valuation. North Dakota amount to but little more than 10 cents per acre. For each dollar there is The total bond issues of roperty to the value of $500.00. The total indebtedness of the state after the present issues are sold wilY be about 1-40 of one year’s production; The payment of both principal and interest of these bonds is guaranteed and protected by the taxing power of the state of North Dakota and may be enforced by a direct tax levied on both real estate and personal property. This constitutes one of the best protected and highest grade obligations ever offered to the public in the form of State Bonds. BANK OF NORTH DAKOTA, Bismarck, N. D. Make all checks payable to the Bank of North Dakota THE BANK OF NORTH DAKOTA, Bismarck, North Dakota. for which please send me 6 per cent bonds of the State of North Dakota as follows: The right is reserved to reject any applications for the above bonds and also to award a smaller amount than applied for. NOTE: All payments must be made by check, draft or money order to the Bank of North Dakota. No representativé of the Bank of North Dakota is authorized to accept payment for bonds in any other form than checks, drafts or money orders payable to the Bank of North Dakota, at Bismarck, North Dakota. (Write legibly). PAGE ELEVEN . S T S A N TR B B S T T s Ay e s s o, e If for any reason you do not wish to order now, mail the coupon anyway and ask for more information. ‘We advise early action. '!f".:ntion the Leader When Writing Advertisers