The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1895-03-21

amounts applied for shall exceed in Sne
aggregate tie amount herein appropria-
ted for stssh purp sc, then the governor
shall apportion and distribute the sum to
the counties applying pro rata In proper,
ton to the amounts called for by SAID
counties respectively, as shown by said
statement Of che county auditor thereof,
and thereupon the governor shall inform
BACH county auditor of the amount SO APP
portioned to his county, and shall author
lie the board of county commissioners to
purchase grass seeds of the kinds neces-
sary to the amount so appOrtloned ana
canse the same to be distributed to the
applicants in said county, who are emil
tied to receive the same under the PROV
sions of this act.
1t shall be q misdemeanor for any
county commissioner or other ofncer
charged with any duty under this act, TO
make any gain or profit from any transac-
ton growing out of or connected with the
operation of thisact.
Sec. 7. Immediately upon receiving no.
tice from the governor, of the amount ap.
portioned to their county, the board OF
county commissioners shall meet at the
county auditors office and re-adjust the
application in their county, ii necessary,
for the grass seed, and apportlOn the
amount that has been allowed to the county,
among the applicants approved by the said
board pro rata i'm proportion to the amount
required by each, if there shall not be SUI
ficient grass seed to supply all in full, pro-
vided that after all approved applications
for said grass seed in any county are sup
piled. If there be a surplus the same shall
be sold by direction of the board OF county
commissioners and the sum received
therefor shall he turned over the county
treasurer who shall give his receipt there
for and the same shall be placed on file in
the office of the county auditor and the
said sum so received by said treasurer,
shall be by him paid over to the state
treasurer who shall receipt for the same
to the said county treasurer, and said sum
so received by the said state treasurer shall
be placed to the credit of the general fund
of this state.
Sec. 8. The county auditor of each county
shall, as soon as the Board of County
Commissioners shall have performed the
duty prescribed in the preceding section,
to the person who shall be designated by
the Board of County Commissioners, to
distribute such grass seed for the number
of bushels and kind of grass seed to which
each applicant shall be entitled, and upon
presentation of the same to the person so
designated to distribute such grass seed,
he snail deliver to said applicant the
amount and kind of grass seed named in
such orders. And such county auditor
shall keep record in a book kept for that
purpose to be provided at the expense of
the county, of the names of the persons to
whom such orders have been issued, and
the amount and kind of grass seed speci-
fled in such order.
Sec. 9. Any person or persons who shall.
contrary to the provisions of this act, sell,
transfer, take or carry away, or in any
manner dispose of the grass seed or any
part thereof, furnished by the state as pro-
vided in this act or who shall use any of
said grass seed for any other purpose than
of seeding his meadow, shall be guilty of
a misdemeanor and upon conviction
thereof, before any justice of the peace,
having jurisdiction, shall pay fine of not
less than ten dollars nor more than one
hundred dollars, or be imprisoned in the
county Jail for term of not exceeding
MI ETY. days.
Sec. TO- The provisions of this act shall
apply only to actual bona fide residents of
the county affected thereby.
Sec. IL. This act shall take effect and
be in force from and after its passage