Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-02-07
Seed Grain.

Oily pass, with slight amendments,
both houses, and will furnish seed
grain for the western section of the
state:
Section 1: The State Board of
Railroad Commissioners shall pur-
chase seed and apportion the same
among the counties Of the Sixth and
Seventh congressional districts of the
state according to population as here
matter provided, excepting the coun-
ties Of Jewell, Mitchell, Mcpherson,
Harvey, SedRwiCk, Sumner, Harper,
Kingman, Reno and Rice, and shall
notify the county commissioners of
the amount to which their several
counties are entitled 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 apportion-
ment which warrants shall have pri-
GRITTY over all outstanding warrants
and shall mature February !, 1896
Section 2: 1t shall be the duty OF
the county commissioners of the sew
ersl counties to make acquisitions
upon the Board Of Railroad Commits
sioners for the quantity and kind Of
seed required, hot exceeding in value
their proportionate amount.
Section 3: The county commits
sioners Of the several counties shall
receive seed and shall give at least
ten 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 A: Every applicant for
seed shall be required to state in
writing, on blanks which shall be
furnished by the State Board of Rail
road Commissioners that he or she is
the head of family, the amount aud
kind OF seed needed, and such appli-
cation shall show the humber Of acres
the applicant has in cultivation, the
amount and kind Of seed, il auy, he
has on hand, a list of his farming
implements, the number aud kind OF
tead owned by him, the length OF
timA he has resided in the county
aud state, aud such other information
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 OK the
Board Of County Commissioners. No
person shall receive seed who has not
bsen resident of the state for the
y9ar last past and who has not lost
his crop of 1894 by reason Of drouth
aud who is otherwise able to procure
,ed, and not more than 500 worth of
,ed 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 obligation to become due and
payable on or before November l,
1896, and to bear interest at the rate
OF 6 per cent. per annum after matur-
ity, TO contain a description OF the
land on which the seed is to be sown
aud statement OF the interest OF the
applicant ia such land, copy of
which shall be filed in the Office of
the register Of deeds and shall there
upon become first lien on the crop
grown from such seed and the cost of
such filing shall be added to obliga-
ton. The form of such obligation
shall be provided by the Railroad
Commissioners. The county commits
soners shall collect such obligation
and Immediately transmit such col
.ections to the State Treasurer who
shall indorse the same upon the pro-
per county warrants.
Section 6: The Board OF County
Commissioners shall receive the sum
Of So per day for the time actually
employed 10 carrying out the provls-
ions OF this act, but such compensa-
tiou shall not exceed 500 for each
commissioner, the same to be paid by
their respective counties.
Section Z: For carrying out the
provisions Of this act there is hereby
appropriated out Of the monies in the
4tate treasury not otherwise appro-
nrIatpd the sum of 100000 or so