The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1895-02-08
The SEED GRhIH APpROoEPRIsF IOH
The Bill Passed BY the Lower House
Appropristes 500 900.
THE SENATE ADDS AN AMENDMENT
The Senate Gives $4,000 to Be Used to
Purchase Supplies for the Needy
and 500, OOO for Seed.


Purchase Supplies for the Needy
and e5O,OOO for Seed.
The seed grain bill passed the house
last Friday. The senate, however add
ed an amendment giving one-hslf the
appropriation Of 100000 for the pur-
chase of supplies for the needy and the
other one-half for the purchase Of seed
grain. The house bill is as follows:
Section 1. The state board of rail
road commissioners shall purchase seed
and apportion the same among the
counties of the Sixth and Seventh con-
gressional districts of the state accord
ing to population as hereinafter pro-
vided, excepting the counties Of Jewell, |
Mitchell, Mcpherson, Harvey, Sedg-
wick, Sumner, Harper, Kingman, Reno,
and Rice, and shall notify the county
commissioners of the amount to which |
their several counties are entitled to /
under this act. The commissioners
shall thereupOn forthwith transmit to /
the board of railroad commissioners /
the county warrant of their respective |
counties payable to the treasurer of the |
state for the amount Of such appropria- |
ton which warrants shall have priority |
over all outstanding warrants and shall
mature FEB. !, 1896.
Section 2. 1t shall be the duty Of the !
county commissioners Of the several
counties to make acquisitions upon the
board of railroad commissioners for
the quantity and kind of seed required
not exceeding in value their proper
tionate amount
Section 3. The county commission
ers Of the several counties shall receive
seed and shall give at least 10 days
notice in the official paper Of their
respective counties setting forth the
time when and the place where they
shall distribute such seed.
Section f. Every applicant for seed
shall be required to state in writing, on
blanks which shall be furnished by the
state board of railroad commissioners
that he or she is the head of family,
the amount and kind of seed needed,
and such application shall show the
number Of acres the applicant has in
cultivation, the amount and kind of
seed, if any, he has on hand, list of
his farming implements, the number
and kind Of teams owned by him, the
length of time he has resided in the
county and state and such other in
formation as may be required by the
state board of railroad commissioners,
all to be verified by the applicant and
two disinterested witnesses who shall
| be known to some member of the board
of county commissioners. No person
shall receive seed who has not been a
resident of the state for the year last
past and who has not lost his crop of
1894 by reason Of droUth and who is
otherwise able to procure sead, and not
more than $40 worth of seed shall be
furnished to any one applicant.
Section 5. The county commission
ers shall take from each applicant for
seed an obligation for the cost of seed
furnished to such applicant; said obi
cation to become due and payable on
or before Nov. l, 1895, and to bear in
terest at the rate of 6 per cent per an
mum after maturity, to contain a de-
scriptiOn of the land on which the seed
is to be sOwn and statement of the
interest Of the applicant III such land,
a copy of which shall be fled in the Of
flee of the register of deeds and shall
thereUpOn become a first lein on the
crop grown from such seed and the
cost of such filing shall be added to
the obligation. The form of such obi
cation shall be provided by the rail
road commissioners. The county com
missioners shall collect such obligation
and Immediately transmit such cOllec-
tiOns to the state treasurer who shall
indorse the same upon the proper
county warrants.
Section 6. The board of county com
missiOners shall receive the sum of 81
per day for the time actually employed
in carrying out the provisions of this
act, but such compensation shall not
exceed $40 for each commissioner, the
same to be paid by their respective
counties.
Section Z. For carrying out the pro-
visions Of this act there is hereby ap-
propriated out of the monies in the
state treasury not otherwise appropri-
ted the sum of 100000 or so much
thereof as may be necessary.
Section 8. The state auditor is here.
by directed to draw in favor OF the
railroad commissioners his warrants
upon the treasurer of the state from
time to time for the amount of pur-
chases of seed made by the railroad
commissioners, in all not exceeding
the amount herein appropriated. All
acquisitions by the said railroad com
missiOners for warrants of the auditor
shall be in writing and shall be accom-
panied by a detailed statement of the
kind, quantity and cost of the said pUr-
chase and shall be verified by the oath
of one of the railroad commissioners.
Section 9. This act shall take effect
and be in force from and its passage
and publication in the official state
paper.