New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-02-06
SEED GRAIN.

SEED CHAIN.
A Bill introduced in the Legislature on the
3Oth--How the Seed is to be Distributed
Also How it is to be Paid FORA Tax Lev
led on Each Applicant.
A bill for an act to furnish and distribute
seed grain to sufferers from grasshopper
favages.
Be at enacted 6y tie Legislature of the State
Of Minnesota:
SECTION l. It shall be the duty of the
county auditor of each county wherein the
crops Of the year 1877 was partially or who'll
ly destroyed by grasshoppers and before the
18th day of February, A. D. 1873, to give
notice to the respective town clerks in the
different towns of said county, to post no
tees Immediately, in at least three Of the
most public places in each town, to all per-
sons wishing to avail themselves of the ben
ehts of this act, to meet at the town clerk
Office in the town Or at the county auditor S
office IN the county in which the applicant
resides, and file with said town clerk or
county auditor on or before the the first day
of March, A. D. 1878, an application duly
subscribed and sworn to before the said
town clerk or county auditor, which appli-
cation shall be attested by at least two wit
nesses; said application shall contain {, true
statement of the number of acres the appli-
cant has plowed and prepared for seeding;
how many acres the applicant intends to
have plowed and prepared for seeding,
before seeding time; how many
bushels are necessary, and
of what kind of grain, to seed the ground so
prepared, or to be prepared as aforesaid that
said applicants crop was in the year 1877,
entirely destroyed by grasshoppers, or if
only partially destroyed, how many bushels
the applicant harvested in the year 1877 Of
each kind of grain; Or that the applicant
was deferred from planting his other ground
In the year 1877, on account of the deposit
of grasshopper eggs; also what amount of
seed grain and of what kind the applicant
desires to borrow from the State; that the
applicant has not and is unable to procure
the necessary seed grain; also that the ap-
plicant desires the same for seed grain, and
for no other purpose, and that the applicant
will not sell or dispose of the same nor any
part thereof. Said applications shall also
contain true and full description of all real
and personal property owned by the appli-
cant and whether incumbent or otherwise,
and also the government subdivisions or
subdivisions upon which the party intends to
SOW said seed grain.
SEC. 2. The town clerk of each town
shall on OF before the first day of March, A.
d. 1878, forward said applications to the
county auditor Of the proper county, and
said applications shall be filed in the said
county auditors office, and be open to pub
lie inspection, and no applicant shall be en-
titled to, or receive any of the benefits of
this act unless on or before the first day of
March, A. D., 1873, the applicant shall have
made and filed with the town clerk of the
town, or county auditor of the county in
which the applicant resides, the application
as required and in the manner and form
mentioned in section of the act.
Sec. 8. The. Board of County Commits
sioners of each county so devastated by glass
hoppers, shall be and are hereby constituted
and appointed board of examination and
adjustment of the applications for seed
grain, and it shall be the duty of said board
to meet at the County Auditors Office on the
fifth day of March A. D. 1873, to examine
and consider separately each application as
provided in section of this act, and to de-
decide who are entitled to the benefits herein
mentioned and the amount thereof, and said
board shall, on Or before the seventh day of
March A. D. 1873, forward to the. Governor
statement, giving the number of appli-
prepared, and number of bushels of each
kind of seed grain needed in the county, and
said statement shall contain only such apph-
cations as have been approved by said board,
and shall be signed by the chairman of said
board, and certified to by the County Au-
ditor.
SEQ. 4. The Governor upon the receipt
of the statements as provided in section of
this act, shall purchase seed grain with the
amount appropriated for such purpose, or
such sum thereof as may be necessary to
equal the amount of all said statements, and
if the amount applied for shall exceed the
appropriations for such purpose, then the
said seed grain shall be distributed pro-rata.
Said distribution to be based upon the amount
and number of applicants as contained in
each statement.
SEQ. 5. The Governor shall then inform
the county auditor in the different counties,
of the amount apportioned to each county,
and the number of bushels of the different
kinds Of seed grain said county under said
appointment will be entitled to, and the cost
Of each kind of seed grain per bushel, and
shall transmit the said seed grain to the board
Of county commissioners of each county, or
shall authorize the purchase of the said seed
grain in or near the counties where the seed
grain is required, in his discretion.
SEQ. s. Immediately upon receiving notice
from the Governor of the amount appor-
toned to each county, tHe Board of County
Commissioners shall meet at the County
Auditors Office and readjust the applications
for seed grain, and apportisn the amount
that has been allowed said county, among
the applicants as provided in section Of
this act.
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