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SEC. 11. For the purpose of paying the annual Tax to pay interest and principal of the bonds when the same become due, there shall be levied and collected a tax of one-eighth (f) of one mill on the dollar valuation of the grand assessment roll of the state, for the purpose of creating a fund known as the state relief fund, which shall be levied annually by the state board of equalization, in addition to all other taxes levied for state general purposes.

SEC. 12. That only so much of the money above ampende provided for shall be expended as may be found actually necessary to accomplish the purposes of this act.

SEC. 13. When a sworn complaint shall be improper dismade to the state relief board that the supplies are improperly distributed, it shall be the duty of said board to investigate the complaint, and if sustained, they are hereby empowered to place the distribution of relief in the hands of such county officers or other persons as they may deem best.

SEC. 14. Whereas an emergency exists, this act Emergency: shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved March 5, 1891.

supplies.

CHAPTER 40.

Senato File No. 210.1

AN ACT to authorize the county board of tho several counties

of this state to use the surplus general funds of tho respectivo counties in purchasing food, fuel, and seed grain and feed for teams, and to distribute the same among the destitute and needy farmers of said counties, and providing the manner in which the same shall be distributed.

Use of general county fund to

food, for needy farmers.

Sale of food, etc.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of

Nebraska:

SECTION 1. That the county board of any county Muel, grain, etc., of this state shall have power, and are hereby author

ized, to draw their warrants on the surplus general fund of the county that may be on hand and not otherwise disposed of and use the money in the purchase of food, fuel, seed grain, and feed for teams for the benefit of the destitute farmers of such county caused by crop failure in 1890.

SEC. 2. That the county board shall sell the food, fuel, seed grain, and feed for teams, or any of the same, to such persons only as are engaged in agriculture, at a price not exceeding the actual cost thereof, and shall take the promissory note of the purchaser, payable to the county and due in three years from date, with interest at the rate of seven per cent per annum, payable annually, and which notes shall be held and collected by the county when due, and when collected the money shall be paid in to the county treasurer.

Sec. 3. No farmer shall be permitted to purchase any of said food, fuel, seed grain, feed for teams until he shall first make an affidavit that he

Applicants for relief.

is actually engaged in farming; that he is in destitute circumstances; that he has no food, fuel, or seed grain, as the case may be, and that he is in need of the same; or, if he have any or a part of the above substance, to state the kind and quantity thereof; and shall also furnish the affidavit of two creditable witnesses of the township wherein such purchaser may reside, stating that he is a reputable citizen of said county, and that verily they believe the statements contained in his affidavit are true.

Sec. 4. That no farmer, under the provisions Amount sold. of this act, shall be allowed to purchase more food, provision, or fuel than in the judgment of the county board is needful and proper. And no farmer shall be allowed more than the value of twenty-five dollars in seed grain, to be selected by the purchaser. And no farmer shall be allowed more than fifty bushels of grain for feed for teams.

Sec. 5. Whereas an emergency exists, this act Emergency. shall take effect and be in force immediately after its passage.

Approved March 24, 1891.

CHAPTER 41.

(House Roll No. 284.]

County bonds for grain.

AN ACT to authorize county boards to issue the bonds of their

respective counties for the purpose of purchasing grain for seed, and feed for teams usod in cultivating the land upon which the seed is planted, and to provide for the sale of the same, and to

punish tho violation of the provisions of this act. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of

Nebraska :

SECTION 1. That the board of any county of this state shall have the authority to issue the bonds of their respective counties to an amount not to exceed three per cent (3%) of the assessed valuation of the county for the year 1890, and not exceeding the sum of twenty thousand ($20,000) dollars, for the purpose of raising money to purchase grain to be planted and sown, for the purpose of raising crops for the year 1891, and for feeding teams used in raising said crops; Provided, A special election shall be called, at which the question of bonding the counties shall be submitted to the people as provided for in section twenty-seven (27), chapter eighteen (18), Compiled Statutes of Nebraska, Revision of 1889.

SEC. 2. Upon a vote of the majority of the legal voters voting at said elections, as provided for in section one of this act, the county board shall issue the bonds of the county, payable in ten years, with the option of the county to pay the whole or any part thereof after the expiration of five (5) years from the date thereof, with interest at a rate not to exceed seven per cent (7%) per annum.

Sec. 3. The county board shall sell said bonds sale of grain. for the highest obtainable price, not less than their

Issuance of bonds.

Sale of bonds; purchase and

Applicants for

face value, and shall invest the proceeds thereof, or so much as may be necessary, in the purchase of grain suitable for seed for planting and sowing, and for the necessary feed for teams used in raising said crops, and shall sell the same to such persons only as are engaged in agriculture, at a price not exceeding the actual cost thereof to the county, with ten per cent (10%) added to defray the expenses of sale, and shall take the promissory notes of the purchaser, payable to the county, and due in five (5) years thereafter, with interest from date at the rate of seven per cent (7%) per annum, payable annually, and which notes shall be held and collected by the county when due, and when collected the money shall be paid into the county treasury.

Sec. 4. No farmer shall be permitted to pur-Appello chase any of said grain until he shall first have made an affidavit that he is actually engaged in farming, that he has no grain for seed or feed for his team, or if he have any, stating the quantity thereof, and that he desires to use said grain for no other purpose than is provided by this act, and shall also furnish the affidavits of two creditable residents of said county and of his neighborhood, to the effect that he is a reputable citizen of said county, and that they verily believe the statements contained in his affidavit are true. And upon such affidavits being made and filed, to be preserved in the office of the county clerk, and the execution of the note to the county as herein provided for, the said county board may deliver to him grain for seeding purposes not to exceed fifty bushels, and grain for feeding purposes not to exceed fifty bushels, to any one person.