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state highway commission was created also, and in- 

 creased appropriations for good roads were provided. 

 An appropriation also was authorized for the erec- 

 tion of a terminal elevator, but, due to differences in 

 some of the details with reference to this bill be- 

 tween the House and Senate, Governor Frazier 

 vetoed it. Thus the legislature ended without the 

 agrarian program of the Nonpartisan League hav- 

 ing accomplished the paramount aims of the or- 

 ganization. 



The Nonpartisan League was completely success- 

 ful in North Dakota in the campaign of 1918. Gov- 

 ernor Frazier was reflected, and the organization 

 had a controlling majority in both houses of the 

 legislature. The entire congressional delegation 

 were members of the League and in complete sym- 

 pathy with its purposes. The agrarian legislation 

 passed in 1919 in North Dakota under the auspices 

 of the League is as follows : 



1. Provision was made for state-owned grain 

 warehouses and elevators, and flour mills. Working 

 capital was provided by a bond issue of five million 

 dollars. 



2. The Bank of North Dakota was created with 

 initial capital of two million dollars, to be supplied 

 by a bond issue. 



3. Exemption of all farm improvements from 

 taxation. 



4. Creation of a hail insurance fund, which was 

 provided from an acreage tax on all tillable land. 



5. Establishment of the Home Building Associa- 



