The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-03-28

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WARDWELLr 4 THOMPSON.
TERMS. ;. 1900 PER YEAR
FRIDAY, MARCH %. 1880.
SYNOPSIS OF SEED GRAIN LAW
SEC. i. Empowers the commits.
sioners Of amy county to issue bonds
to purchase seed wheat for the in.
habitants who are in need of seed
grain, whenever petitioned in
writing, by 100 freeholders.. Petit.
lions must be filed by 18th of
April Gas amended.) Amount of
bonds must not exceed constitu.
tional limit. Interest at seven
per cent, payable in five to ten
years.
SECS. 2. 8, 4, and s, relate to the
manner of signing, advertising,
selling, etc.
SEC. 8. Provides for levying a
tax for sinking fund; sinking
fund may be deposited and earn
interest. The board may issue
warrants instead of bonds, if in
their judgment, the best interests
Of the county IRE thereby served,
provided that such warrants shall
not be issued in any amount to ex.
coed three thousand dollars.
SEC. Z. Funds applied exclu.
siyely by said board for the pur.
chase Of seed grain for residents
of the county who are poor and
unable to purchase the same; pro-
vided, no more than $50 bushels of
wheat or its equivalent in grain
shall be furnished to any one per.
son. That the commissioners
may, i'll their discretion, furnish
to parties getting seed, an amount
of feed necessary for the stock for
the putting in such seed, at actual
cost; the price of feed furnished to
be also a lien on the crop.
Sec. 8. Qn full.) All persons
entitled to, and wishing to avail
themselves Of the benefit of this act
shall file with the county auditor
or county clerk of the county
where said applicant resides, OIL or
before the LIST day of March, an
application duly sworn to before
said county auditor, or county
clerk or some other officers author.
lied to administer oaths. Said ap.
plication shall contain true state.
ment of the number of acres the
applicant has ploughed or prepar.
ed for seeding; how many acres
the applicant intends to have
plonghed and prepared for seeding;
how many bushels and what kind
of grain he will require to seed the
ground so prepared as aforesaid;
how many bushels of grain the APP
plicant harvested in the proceed.
ing year; that the applicant has
not procured and IS not able to
procure the necessary seed grain
for the current year; that he de.
sires the same for seed and no
other purpose. and that he will not
sell or dispose of the same or any
part thereof, but will use the same
and the whole thereof in seeding
the land so prepared or to be pre-.
pared for crop. Said application
shall also contain true and full
description of all the real and per-
sonal property owned by the APP
plicant, and the membranes
thereon; and q true description by
government subdivisions of the
land upon which the applicant
intends to sow said seed grain.
All applications filed under the
provisions of this act shall be con.
secutively numbered and shall be
open to the public inspection, and
no application shall be considered
by the board of county commits.
sioner except such as have been
made and fled in the manner pre-.
scribed in this section; provided.
that the board of commissioners
may, in their discretion, consider
any application although made
after the time so specified.
Sec. 8. In full.) The board
of county commissioners of each
county issuing bonds uuder the
provisions of this act are hereby
appointed and constituted board
of examination and adjustment of
the applications for seed grain fiji.
I'D 3D. under the preceding section,
~. shall be the duty of said
Isra, .. at tbs1annnky audit.
zee on the first
or as soon
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