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STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Appointment of 

 agents. 



Proviso. 



To furnish 

 plate, descrip- 

 tions, etc., to 

 agents. 



Reports of 

 agents when 

 lands have 

 been tres- 

 passed upon. 



Board of con- 

 trol to carry 

 out provlslouB 

 of this act, and 

 Its powers and 

 duties. 



Proviso. 



Compensation 

 of agents. 



CommlsBioner 

 may require 

 bonds. 



Penalty for 

 giving infor- 

 mation before 

 reporting. 



§ 5^56. Sec. 3. Said commissioner is hereby anthorized to 

 appoint and designate the supervisors of each of the organized 

 townships within which any of the lands to be examined may be 

 located, as examining agents, whose duties in the premises shall be 

 fully defined in a letter of instructions, which it will be the duty of 

 said commissioner to furnish to each person who shall be appointed 

 under this act: Provided, That if said commissioner shall deem it 

 for the best interests of the State, he may, by and with the advice 

 and consent of the governor, appoint one or more persons as such 

 examining agents, to act in the place of any supervisors, to make 

 examiuations in unsettled and unimproved localities. 



§ 5257. Sec. 4. It shall be the duty of the commissioner of the 

 State land office to furnish each of said agents with plats and 

 descriptions of all of the lands that it will be the duty of such 

 agents to examine, together with all such other information and 

 instruction relating to said lands, or to their duties as such agents, 

 as may be sufficient to enable said agents, after careful personal 

 examination of said lands, to report fully as to their character, 

 value, and condition, at the time of the examination; and in case 

 any of said lands have been trespassed upon and their value dete- 

 riorated thereby, said agent shall carefully estimate and report the 

 amount and character of timber probably cut and removed, the 

 date of the cutting, and by whom. 



§ 5258. Sec. 5. The governor, the State treasurer, and the com- 

 missioner of the State land office, he and are hereby empowered 

 and constituted a board of control, to carry out the provisions of 

 this act, to examine and act upon the reports made by the said 

 agent or agents ; and if in the opinion of the board the best inter- 

 est of the State wou"id be promoted by changing the price, or 

 terms, of these lauds, the said board may alter, by reducing or 

 advancing the price per acre, or conditions of payment: Provided, 

 That not less than twenty-five per cent, of the purchase money is 

 paid at the time of purchase. And when the price and terms are 

 so fixed, the said board shall fix the time when the change, if any, 

 is made, will take effect, and cause the same to be published. 



§ 525'.^. Am., lb., 1879, p. 45. Sec. 6. Said agents shall receive 

 as compensation for their services such sum or sums as the board 

 of State auditors shall determine and allow, including necessary 

 expenses, which bills for services and expenses shall be itemized 

 and sworn to and made upon forms furnished by the commissioner 

 of the land office, the same to be paid out of the general fund, and 

 apportioned to the several funds, according to the expenses attend- 

 ing the examination of lands belonging to the difl:erent classes 

 berein mentioned, and the commisssioner of the State land office 

 may, in his discretion, require said agents to give a good and suffi- 

 cient bond for the faithful discharge of their duties, and file the 

 constitutional oath of office ; and any agent appointed under this 

 act who shall give to any person any information in regard to the 

 value of lands examined, or timber thereon before reporting the 

 same to the commissioner of the State laud office, shall be deemed 

 guilty of a misdemeanor. 



