1010 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Sec. Kj'HJJ-n. False certificate — penalty. Any officer' making a cer- 

 tificate as provided lierein, knowing tlie same to be false or incorrect 

 in any particular, sliall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished 

 accordingly. [35 G. A., ch. 140, § 14.] 



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Sec. 1683-0. Misuse of funds by treasurer — penalty. Any treasurer 

 of such association who in any manner converts the funds or property 

 of such association to his own use or pays out or disposes of the 

 same in any manner different than as directed herein, shall be con- 

 sidered guilty of larceny and punished accordingly. [35 G. A., ch. 

 140, § 15.1 



Sec. 10«3-p. Funds advanced by government — certification of by 

 officers. The president and secretary of said association shall, prior to 

 the time of making any levy or advancing any funds, as herein pro- 

 vided, certify to the board of supervisors the amount, if any, advanced 

 to said association- by the government of the United States for the 

 ensuing year in aid of its objects. [35 G. A., ch. 140, § 16.] 



Sec. 1683-q. Discontinuing levy — petition for submission of ques- 

 tion. After five successive levies have been made hereunder, any one 

 hundred resident landowners of the county may petition the board of 

 supervisors to submit to the voters of the county the question of dis- 

 continuing the levy herein provided for and upon said petition being 

 found sufficient, the said board shall, at the next general election sub- 

 mit, on separate ballot, to the voters, the question whether said levy 

 shall be discontinued. If a majority of the votes be in favor of dis- 

 continuing said levy, then no farther levies shall be made. [35 G. A.. 

 ch. 140, § 17.] 



CROP STATISTICS. 



The law with reference to the collection of the crop statistics 

 which are pnhlished annually in the Year Book of Agriculture is 

 as follows: 



Sec. 1363. Statistics — Iowa year book of agriculture. That section 

 thirteen hundred and sixty-three (1363) of the code is hereby repealed 

 and the following enacted in lieu thereof: 



"Each year the county auditor shall deliver to each assessor the 

 necessary blanks for recording, as to each person whose property is 

 listed, statistics of the previous year as to the number of acres, average 

 and total yield of corn, oats, wheat, and such other crops and informa- 

 tion as may be in their possession which may be called for relative to 

 agriculture, agricultural production, agricultural labor, live stock, 

 poultry, and egg production, for publication in the Iowa year book 

 of agriculture. The assessor shall require each person whose prop- 

 erty is listed to make answers to such incjuiries as may be necessary 

 to enable him to return the foregoing statistics; and said blanks with 

 sucii entries shall be returned to tlic county auditor on or l)efor(> the 

 15th day of April, wlio shall Inbiilnlc llie same by lo\\iis]iii).s, ;ind 

 forward tlie returns thereof to the .secretary of the state board of 

 agriculture not later than the 10th day of May. The secretary of the 



