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  Seventh 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  All 
  railroads 
  within 
  tlie 
  State 
  shall 
  fix 
  a 
  rate 
  for 
  transportation 
  

   of 
  sugar 
  beets 
  to 
  any 
  beet 
  sugar 
  manufactory, 
  which 
  rate 
  shall 
  

   be 
  the 
  same 
  from 
  all 
  points 
  located 
  within 
  one 
  hundred 
  and 
  

   twenty-five 
  miles 
  of 
  said 
  factory. 
  (Laws 
  1897, 
  chap. 
  265.) 
  

  

  The 
  act 
  of 
  1895 
  providing 
  for 
  encouraging 
  the 
  manufacture 
  

   of 
  sugar 
  and 
  paying 
  bounty 
  was 
  repealed 
  and 
  the 
  following 
  sub- 
  

   stituted 
  : 
  

  

  There 
  shall 
  be 
  paid 
  a 
  bounty 
  of 
  one 
  cent 
  per 
  pound 
  for 
  sugar 
  

   produced 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  from 
  beets, 
  sorghum 
  or 
  other 
  canes 
  or 
  

   plants 
  grown 
  in 
  Minnesota, 
  not 
  exceeding 
  $40,000. 
  Xo 
  bounty 
  

   shall 
  be 
  paid 
  for 
  sugar 
  which 
  shall 
  contain 
  less 
  than 
  90 
  per 
  cent, 
  

   crystallized 
  sugar, 
  or 
  for 
  sugar 
  produced 
  from 
  beets 
  where 
  less 
  

   than 
  $4.25 
  per 
  ton 
  has 
  been 
  paid. 
  

  

  Provision 
  is 
  made 
  for 
  appointment 
  of 
  State 
  inspectors, 
  and 
  

   their 
  duties 
  are 
  defined 
  and 
  their 
  expense 
  limited 
  to 
  one-eighth 
  of 
  

   one 
  cent 
  per 
  pound 
  on 
  all 
  beet 
  sugar 
  examined, 
  weighed 
  and 
  

   branded, 
  to 
  be 
  paid 
  first 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  sum 
  appropriated. 
  (Laws 
  

   1899, 
  chap. 
  307.) 
  

  

  MONTANA. 
  

  

  One 
  cent 
  a 
  pound 
  shall 
  be 
  paid 
  for 
  every 
  pound 
  of 
  sugar 
  manu- 
  

   factured 
  from 
  sugar 
  beets 
  grown 
  in 
  the 
  State. 
  (R. 
  S. 
  3283.) 
  

   Five 
  thousand 
  dollars 
  appropriated. 
  (R. 
  S. 
  3284.) 
  

  

  XEW 
  YORK. 
  

  

  See 
  law 
  elsewhere 
  in 
  this 
  report. 
  

  

  N^ORTH 
  DAKOTA. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  an 
  act 
  to 
  encourage 
  the 
  culture 
  of 
  sugar 
  beet 
  and 
  the 
  

   manufacture 
  of 
  sugar 
  from 
  the 
  same. 
  The 
  Commissioner 
  of 
  

   Agriculture 
  and 
  Labor 
  is 
  to 
  receive 
  reports 
  of 
  the 
  results, 
  and 
  

  

  