Laws of Minnesota, 1887, Chapter 182. An act to furnish seed grain for distribution in certain counties in this state afflicted by hail during the season of one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six (1886), and to authorize the board of county commissioners of such counties to issue bonds for the payment thereof

              CHAPTER 182 [H. F. No. 191] AN ACT TO FURNISH SEED GRAIN FOR DISTRIBUTION IN CERTAIN COUNTIES IN THIS STATE AFFLICTED BY HAIL DURING THE SEASON OF ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-SIX (1886), AND TO AUTHORIZE THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF SUCH COUNTIES TO ISSUE BONDS FOR THE PAYMENT THERE- OF.  Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Minnesota:       SECTION 1. It shall be the duty of the county auditor of each of the counties of Marshall, Polk, Big-Stone, Lac  qui Parle, Swift, Norman, Chippewa, Becker and Wilkin,  or any other county in the state of Minnesota, wherein the crop of the year eighteen hundred and eighty-six (1886), was partially or wholly destroyed by hail, before the fifth (5th) day of March, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven (1887), to give notice to the respective town clerks in the different towns of said counties, to post notices immediately in at least three (3) of the most pub- lic places in each town, to all persons wishing to avail themselves of the benefits of this act, to meet at the town clerk's office in the town, or at the county auditor's office in the county in which the applicant resides, and file with said town clerk or county auditor, on or before the fif- teenth (15th) day of March, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and eight-seven (1887), an application duly sub- scribed and sworn to before the said town clerk or county auditor, which application shall be attested by at least two (2) witnesses. Said application shall contain a true state- ment of the number of acres the applicant has plowed and prepared for seeding; how many acres the applicant in- tends to have plowed and prepared for seeding before seed- ing time; how many bushels are necessary, and of what kind of grain, to see the ground so prepared, or to be pre- pared as aforesaid; that said applicant's crop was in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six (1886), entirely destroyed by hail or if only partially destroyed, how many bushels the applicant harvested in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six (1886) of each kind of grain; also what amount of seed grain and of what kind the applicant desires to borrow from the State; that the ap- plicant has not procured and is unable to procure the neces- sary seed grain; also that the applicant desires the same for seed grain and for no other purpose, and that the ap- plicant will not sell or dispose of the same, nor any part