Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-05-06

advantageous. The proceeds from
the sale of such certificates are to
be set up as fund in the State
Auditors office to be known as the
Minnesota State Seed Loan Fund
and any monies hereby appropriated
shall be paid from said fund. The
funds hereby appropriated shall be
diSbursed to the treasurer OF each
county in such amount and at such
times as such county may be en-
titled thereto. Upon the sale OF any
certificates of indebtedness provided
for herein the State Auditor shall
cause to be levied upon all taxable
property in the State in the manner
in which other state taxes are levied
for the taxable year 1887, In addi-
ton to all other taxes levied, tax
sufficient to pay the principal and
interest Of such certificates as they
mature.
Section 3. Any destitute or needy
owner, tenant or occupant OF any
farm which has been affected by
drouth during the years 1885 or 1886,
who is dependent upon farming for
the sustenance of himself and de-
pendents and desires to place the
fields of such farm in crop for the
crop season of 1887 may make ap-
phcation on or before May LIST to
the Township Board of his Town or
if such land is located in an unor-
ganized township or in a village,
borough or city, to the county board
Of the county in which such land is
located, for the advancement Of seed
grain with which to plant such fields
as he may deem advisable and nee
essary and in accordance with any
national plan Of crop control. Such
application shall state whether the
applicant is tenant or an owner
and shall contain the name Of the
applicant, the legal description OF
the land, the number of acres to be
planted, the kind of crops desired
to be grown thereon, the kind OF
seed required, with the number of
acres estimated to be planted to
each such kind of crops and such
facts as will enable the Township or
County Board to determine whether
such applicant, because Of lack of
seed grain, due to drouth or other
causes beyond his control, or due to
financial or economic distress, is
destitute or needy and unable to
provide seed grain for such purpose.
No applicant may receive under this
Act seed grain Of an aggregate
value to exceed $4,000 and not more
than twelve bushels of seed corn
shall be granted to any applicant.
Such application must in each case
be approved by a majority of the
members of the body to which APP
plication is made. Any applicant
whose application has been rejected
by the Township Board shall have
the right to appeal to the County
Board, whose decision shall in each
case be final. If the County Board
finds that such application is reas-
enable and that the facts therein
stated are true and that such ap-
plicant is destitute or needy it shall
furnish the seed grain so applied
for with funds provided in the man.
ner stated in Section 6, or may by
motion request from the State Au-
ditor necessary funds with which to
purchase the seed grain so applied
for as provided in Section 6.
Section 4. The County Board
shall Seasonably furnish to each ap-
plicant whose application has been
approved, the seed grain applied for
and shall take from such applicant
an instrument in writing acknowl-
edging the receipt Thereof and in
case the applicant is the owner of
the land, granting to said County
first lien upon any crop grown
from such seed, and, in case the
applicant is the tenant or occupant
Of the land, granting to said county
first lien upon the tenants or oc-
cupant's share in the crop grown
from such seed. Such lien shall be
prior to all other liens and all such
instruments shall forthwith be filed
in the office of the Register of Deeds
at the expense of the County.
Section S. Each advancement of
seed grain so made including only
purchase price and transportation
charges to the point of delivery to
the applicant. shall be repaid by the
applicant with interest at six per
cent per annum on or before No
vember IS, of the year when the
seed grain was provided, and the
County is authorized to accept in
payment, in lieu of the cash value,
grain of substantially the quality of
the seed received, a pound and a
half for a pound and a bushel and
half for bushel advanced to start
such applicant. The County may
accept either cash or grain payment,
provided, however, that in payment
in kind three bushels of corn shall
be returned for each bushel received,
shelled corn for shelled corn, or ear
corn for ear corn. For good cause
shown, the County Board is hereby
authorized to extend the due date,
but in no event later than February
Is, 1888. If by reason Of drouth or
other conditions beyond the control
of the applicant no grain is pro-
duced from the seed Sown payment
Of the seed grain lien shall not be
required from such applicant. All
such grain so received shall be sold
by the County Board at the then
highest prevailing price and the
proceeds thereof applied as payment
in full of the obligation of such APP
plicant. In case the returns from
the sale of the grain of any APP
plicant exceeds the value of the seed
grain advanced the surplus shall be
refunded to the applicant.
Section 6. Each County is hereby
authorized to borrow upon its war
rants or to sell its bonds for the