The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-03-03
Persons in Beltrami County Wishing
Such Aid Have Only to Request
It of Auditor George.
ALL MUST APPLY IN WRITING
Official Notice Will Appear in Pho.
q neer and Commissioners Will
Then Authorize Distribution.

(By z. 4. WILSON,
Bs1nidji Pioneer Legislative Bureau
St. Paul, March S.-Governor Eb-
erhart has signed the Mattson bill
which authorizes the expenditure of
$4,000 for the benefit of sufferers
from forest fires by the free distri-
button of seeds. = ...
. All that is necessary to secure these
seeds is to make written application
to County Auditor George. He will
file all such applications and on or
before March Is he will insert in the
Pioneer, as the official paper, public
notice of the meeting of the board of
county commissioners, who are to
consider all such applications.
The Mattson bill is as follows:
"Section 1. That the sum of TWEEN
ty-tive thousand dollars or so much
thereof as may be necessary, to be
and the same hereby is appropriated
out of any moneys in the state trea-
.sury not otherwise appropriated to
the Department of Agriculture of the
University of Minnesota, for the pur-
pose of purchasing and distributing
timothy, clover and redtop seed, and
such other seed as may be recon-
mended by the Dean of. said Depart
ment, for the destitute settlers lands
and for experimental purposes of
state lands burned over in part or in
whole by the fires in the year 1910.
Section 2. Any such destitute
person desiring to avail himself of
the benefits of this act, whose land
was burned over in part or in whole
by the forest fires of 1910, shall
make an application in writing, YER
flied by his oath, stating the number
of acres that were burned, and the
number of such acres he plans to SOW
to grass crop in the season of 1911,,
and the number of pounds of timothy,
clover, redtop or other seed necessary
to SOW the same, which application
he shall file with the Auditor of the
county in which he resides. It shall
be the duty of the county auditor to
file all such applications by him re-
ceived, and on or before March Is,
1911, he shall give public notice by
publication in the official paper of
the county for at least one week be-
fore the day of meeting, that the
County Commissioners of said Coun-
ty will meet at his Office at the date
to be named in said notice, for the
purpose of considering the applica-
lions which may be received on or
before the day of such meeting. The
board of county commissioners shall
meet on the date so fixed by the aud
itor and consider all such applica-
lions, and make all necessary in
quiries into the circumstances of
such applicant to ascertain that his
case comes within the intent of this
act, and thereupon shall, by resolu-
ton, fix the amount of timothy, Glow
err, redtop or other seed to be allowed
each applicant, and the total amount
for which said county makes appli-
cation; but no such applicant shall
be allowed seed more Cnan IS neceS-
sary to seed rs acres of land and the
said county auditor shall forthwith
transmit copy of such resolution
to the Dean of the Department of
Agriculture of the University of Min
nesota, who shall file the same in his
Office, and such resolution shall be
deemed and taken to be an applica-
ton by said county for the amount
of timothy, clover, redtop or other
seed specified in said resolution. All
applications shall be fled with the
said Dean on or before April 1, 1911,
and no application received after
that date shall be considered.
Section 8. The Dean of she De-.
.partment of Agriculture of the Uni
versity of Minnesota shall immedi-
ately upon their receipt consider all