Oakes weekly Republican. (Oakes, Dickey County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1898, 1890-03-07
SEED WHEAT. LAW

Upon Crops and for the Levy Of Tax to Sc.
cure the Payment Of the Purchase Price Of Seed
Grain"
Be 1t Enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the
State of North Dakota:
Section L. 1t shall be lawful for
amy person desiring to procure, upon
credit, seed grain to be. sown or
planted upon lands within this state,
to enter into contract in manner
and form as hereinafter provided,
with any person, copartnership, as
sociation or corporation, as TIE case
may he, shall have FIRST lieE ,,.,on
the crop OF gram produced FROM
such grain to secure the payment OF
the indebtedness incurred therefor,
and that liz case such Indebtedness
be not paid ut the time it shall be-
come Que and payable according to
the terms Of the contract, that the
amount thereof, with accrued ill.,
terest, may be levied as a tax upon
the real and personal property Of
the person applying for and receiv-
ing such seed grain, as hereafter
provided.
Sec. Q. Any person desiring to
procure seed grain upon credit,
under the provisions of this act,
shall file his application therefor on
or before the fifteenth day of March
III the year in which he desires to
procure such seed grain, with the
auditor or clerk Of the county in
which is situated the land he desires
to seed. Said application shall be
in writing, shall be subscribed and
sworn to before the county auditor
or county clerk, or some other Of
fcer authorized to administer oaths,
and shall contain, among other
things, statement Of the number
of acres the applicant has plowed
and prepared for seeding; how many
acres the applicant intends to have
plowed and ready for seeding; how
many bushels and what kinds of
grain he will require to seed the
ground so prepared Or to be prepar-
ed; true statement of all the real
and personal property owned by the
applicant and Of the incumbrance
thereon; the nature Of his title to
the realty which is to be sown to
crop. That the applicant, by maxi
ing and filing his said application,
intends to agree and does thereby
agree to and with any person, CO.
partnership, association or corpor-
alton that may furnish him seed
grain pursuant to his said applica-
ton, that such party shall have a
first lien upon the crop produced
from said seed gram; that if the IN
debtedness incurred in the purchase
OF said seed grain, together with in
terest there on at seven per cent,
be not paid on or before the first
day Of October next after the fur
of such seed grain, the
Of said indebtedness and ac-
crued interest shall be taxable
against all the real and personal
property Of said applicant; that the
county auditor or county clerk may,
and shall enter and levy the amount
Of said Indebtedness as a tax upon
the tax lists Of said county against
all the property Of the applicant;
that the collection thereof may be
enforced i'll manner and form as the
collection Of state and county taxes
are enforced; that at any time on or
before October 18th the party fur
nishing said seed grain may by him
self or agent, file with the county
auditor or county clerk Of the prop
er county verified statement of the
amount due from any applicant
under the provisions Of this act,
stating the name Of applicant and
the number Of his application, and
thereupon it shall be the duty
of such auditor or clerk to cause the
amount Of such indebtedness to be
entered upon the tax lists of said
county for that year as tax against
the real and personal property Of
said applicant and Of the county
treasurer Of the county to collect
the same in manner and form as
other taxes are collected; provided.
however, that said tax shall be en-
tered in column separate and dis.
tinct from all other taxes, and all
money collected by the county
treasurer under the provisions of
this act shall be kept separate from
all other moneys, and shall be paid
over by him to the party for whose
benefit it is collected or to his order.
Sec. 8. All applications fled
under the provisions Of this act
shall be executed in duplicate and
consecutively numbered by the
county auditor or county clerk, for
which service he shall receive d fee
of 10 cents for each application and
duplicate thereof, to be paid by the
applicant, and when seed grain Il Il
furnished persuant to any appliica-
ton, there shall be endorsed on such
application and the duplicate there,
Of, a statement Of the quantity Io:
seed furnished, by whom furnished
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