Philip weekly review. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1907-1912, 1912-02-01
Seed Grain Law
Leading Features Of the Law Under
Which the Commissioners Of Stanley
County Will Furnish aeed Grain.

year have been a total or partial
failure by reason of dro-uth, hail
or other cause it shall be lawful
for the board of county commits.
sioners of such county to issue
the bonds of the county under ant
pursuant to the provisions of
this act, and with the proceeds
derived from the sale thereof, to
purchase seed grain for the in
habitants thereof who are in
need of seed grain and are m-
able to procure the same, when
ever said board shall be petitioned
in writing so to do, by not less
than so freeholders, resident in
the county, provided, that all
such petitions shall be filed with
the county auditor, on or before
the 18th day Of March each year.
"Not more than 100 bushels OF
wheat or its equivalent in any
grain shall be furnished to any
one person.
CAN persons entitled to and
wishing to avail themselves of the
benefit of this act, shall file with
the county auditor of the county
where said applicant resides, on
or before the list day of April ar
application duly sworn to before
said auditor, or some other Of
ficer authorized to administer
oaths. Said application shall con-
tain a true statement of the num-
Der of acres applicant has plow-
ed or prepared for seeding; how
many acres applicant intends to
have plowed and prepared for
seeding; how many bushels and
what kind of grain he will re-
quire to seed the ground so pre-
pared as aforesaid.
applicant shall sign a con-
tract in duplicate, attested by
the county auditor, to the effect
that said applicant for and in
consideration of. bushels
of seed grain received from
......... county, promises to
pay said county. dollars
the amount of the cost Of said
seed grain with interest thereon
at seven per cent until paid; in
terest payable annually; that
the amount of such Indebtedness
shall become due and payable on
the first day of October in the
year in which seed grain is fur
nished, together with interest on
such amount from the date of sal,
contract. at the rate of seven
per cent per annum, payable an
nually. And if said Indebtedness
be not paid on or before the Goth
day of October of that year, it
shall then be the duty of the
county auditor of said county to
cause the amount of said indeb-
tedness to be entered upon the
tax list of said county for that
year as the tax on the land on
which said seed grain was sown
and upon any other land. of the
applicant, to be collected as 9TH
er taxes are, and the same 30
levied and entered shall be q lien
upon the real estate owned by
said persons until said indebted
ness is paid, when it shall be the
duty Of the proper officer to can
Gel the same. Provided that the
board of county commissioners Of
any county is hereby authorized
to take sdeh other and further se
curity for seed grain 20 furnish
ed upon any real OF. personal pro-
perty of the applicant, and if any
security other than that above
provided is by them taken, then
debt for such seed grain shall not
be taxed against the land by the
county, auditor.
Upon the filing Of the con-
tracts. provided. for in the above
paEagraph,s the county, shall re-