Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-01-31
SEED GRAIN
FOR THE CHRISTOPHER SUFFERERS.
A Bill Introduced in the Legislature on the
3Oth--Bow the Seed is to be Distributed
Also How it is to be Paid FORA Tax Lew
led On Each Applicant.

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
ravages.
BE 1t enacted By the Legislature Of the State
of minnesota:
SECTION i. It shall be the duty of the
crops of the year 1877 was partially or who'll
18th day of February, A. D. 1873, to give
notice to the respective town clerks III 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
efts of this act, to meet at the town clerk 8
office in the town or at the county auditors
Office in the county in which the applicant
resides, and file with said town clerk or
county auditor on OF 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 appi-
can't 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 OF 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. 9. The town clerk of each town
shall on OF before the first day of March, A.
d. 1873, 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, OF 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. 3. The Board of County Commits,
sioners of each county so devastated by grass
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. ID. 1878, 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. 1878, forward to the Governor
statement, giving the number of appli-
cants, the number of acres prepared, or to be
prepared, and number of bushels of each
kind of seed grain needed in the county, and
said statement shall contain only such appli=
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.
Sec. 4. The Governor, upon the receip
of the statements as provided in section O
this act, shall purchase seed grain with thu
amount appropriated for such purpose, o.
such sum thereof as may be necessary tt
equal the amount of all said statements anc
if the amount applied for shall exceed tn,
appropriations for such purpose, then thu
said seed grain shall be distributed pro-rata
Said distribution to be based upon the amour
and number of applicants as contained il
each statement
Sec. 5. The Governor shall then inform
the county auditor i'll the different counties
of the amount apportioned to each county
and the number of bushels of the differen
kinds of seed grain said county under sal
appointment will be entitled to, and the cos
of each kind of seed grain per bushel, an
shall transmit the said seed grain to the boar
of county commissioners of each county, o
shall authorize the purchase Of the said see
grain in OF near the counties where the see
grain is required in his discretion.
Sec. 6. Immediately upon receiving motto
from the Governor of the amount appol
toned to each county, the Board of Count
Commissioners shall meet at the Count
Auditors Office and readjust the application
for seed grain, and apportisn the amour
that has been allowed said county, anon
the applicants as provided in section
this act.
Sec. T. The County Auditor of each cou1
ty, shall at the request of the Chairman
the Board of County Commissioners, issr
to each applicant an order for the numb'
of bushels of each kind of seed grain whie
has been allowed to said applicant: Provide
that said order shall not be issued until sa
applicant has signed contract to be attestt
by the County Auditor wherein said app
can't for, and in consideration of bushels
seed grain received from the State. promis
to pay to the State of MINNESOTA, the amou
of the cost of said seed grain, that said su
shall be taxable against the real and pers
hal property Of said applicant and that ga
applicant will refund to the State, in t
form of tax to be levied by the Coun
Auditor Of the proper county, the same
be collected as taxes against real or person
property are collected by virtue of the la
of this State, and that said sum 50 levi
shall be first lien upon the crop of era
raised each year, by the person receivi1
salu Seeu gram, unCl the Salu TAX IS Iul
paid.
Sec 8. It shall be the duty of the cou1l
auditor Of each county, to cause to be levi
against the property Of each person receivil
said seed grain, undtr the provisions of Il
act, the total sum due the State by each pl
son SO receiving said seed grain, one-half
the said sum to be levied in each of the t,
years first following the contract given 1
said seed grain; and all moneys collected
the county treasurer of each county unc
the provisions of this act. shall be kent Sc