Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-03-08

tdAdDle properly IN Sucn township, not
less than the tax which the county COM
missioners of such county shall deem
and determine proper to levy in accord
ance with the provisions of this section,
no levy by such county commissioners
shall be made on any property in such
township; but in such case the county
; treasurer shall retain for the county
/, road fund from the proceeds of such
levy made by each such township an
amount equal to that which would have
accrued to the county road fund if such
a levy had been made on the taxable
property OF any such township as such
county commissioners should have
deemed and determined proper as afore-
said, proper allowance being made for
any road taxes which shall have been
paid by work as provided in Section II
Of this act; and such county treasurer
shall pay over any balance of such pro-
ceeds to such township. as now pro-
vided by law; and, if any such township
shall already have so levied a road tax
less than the tax SO deemed and deter
mined proper by the county commits
%sioners, then such county commission.
ers shall levy on the taxable property in
any such township an additional tax
sufficient to make the total road tax on
such property equal to the tax they
may deem and determine to be proper
as aforesaid. And in such case the
county treasurer shall not pay over n
of the proceeds of such road taxes to
such township, whether imposed by the
township or by the county commission
ers. Out of the sums which shall ac-
crue to the county road fund of any
county, or which at any time be
to the credit of any such road fund,
shall first be paid all sums made neces.
sary by the provisions of this act, and
thereafter if there be any of said fund
remaining, it may be expended as pro
vided by law for the expenditure of
county road funds.
Ihe county treasurer of each county
shall pay over out of any pro-
Section ll67 of the Compiled Laws is
provided to be paid to any incorporated
city or town in such county, only such
an amount as shall be in excess of an
amount equal to a levy of a tax on ali
the taxable property of such city or
town which the county commissioners
shall deem and determine proper to
levy on the taxable property of the
OocAAoJ " IL Pun PooCo III lllS dCl.
SEC. IS. All moneys which may be
appropriated by the state legislative as
sembly or which may come into the
possession of the state treasurer from
any appropriation or from any source
for the destruction of Russian thistles
and French weed shall form a portion of
the state Russian thistle and French
weed fund.
Sec. 10. After the 31st day Of De-
cember. 1895, after r%eserving a sufficient
fund to pay all outstanding warrants
drawn on the state Russian thistle and
French weed fund under authority of
this act, then, out of any money in such
fund, may be paid into any other fund
as the state auditor may determine,
first: The amount of all expenses which
may have accrued to the state under
the provisions of Section II of this act.
Second: Any amount which may have
been appropriated by the state for the
destruction of Russian thistles and
French weed and which has been
credited to the state thistle fund. And
from such Russian thistle and French
weed fund shall be paid any further
payments or expenditures authorized
by this law.
SEC. 20. All funds which may accrue
ITO the state Russian thistle and French
weed fund shall be kept in the possess
sion or under the control of the state
treasurer until paid out as provided in
Section 4 of this act.
Sec. 81. All warrants legally drawn
on the road fund of any county in ac-
cordance with the provisions of this act,
shall be paid, or, in case of non-payment
for want of funds, shall be registered
and bear interest, and shall be payable
in the order of registration the same as
other warrants drawn on the road fund
of such county, and shall be available
in such county for the payment of any
road taxes, or of any taxes levied on any
lands, OF on any railroad company, or of
any personal tax, levied under the pro-
visions of Section 16 of this act. All
warrants legally drawn on the state
Russian thistle and French weed fund,
if not paid for want Of funds, shall be
registered and bear interest at the rate
of seven per cent per annum and shall
be available in payment of any taxes
due or that may become due to the
state, under the provisions of this act.
SEC. %. It shall be the duty Of the
state auditor to tabulate and report to
the governor on or before the 31st day
Of December'in each year, the several
amounts expended by the state under
the provisions Of this act for the de-
struction OF Russian thistles and French
weed upon lands belonging to the
United States; thereafter it shall be
the duty of the governor and of
the attorney general to take such steps
as they may deem proper to secure the
payment of the same from the United
States.
SEC. %. Justices of the peace shall
have concurrent jurisdiction with the
district court to try and determine all
prosecutions for the violation of any of
the provisions of this act. Any owner
or occupant of any land, or any citizen
of any commissioner district in any
county may make complaint of any vio-
lation of the provisions of this act oc-
curing within such commissioner dis
trict, and thereupon it shall be the duty
of the states attorney for such county,
if such complaint shall be reasonable,
to prosecute the party complained of for
such violation and, upon conviction be-
ing had, one-half of the amount of n
fines imposed shall be paid to the party
bringing such complaint, except as pro-
vided in Sections ID and IA of this act;
and the remaining one-half of such fines
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