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MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 139 
AN ACT 
FOR THE PROTECTION OF CRANBERRIES. 
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Minnesota: 
SECTION ONE. 
That if any person shall hereafter pick or gather cranberries on 
lands other than his own, in this State, before the tenth day of Sep- 
tember in any year, such person shall be fined in the sum of ten dol- 
lars for each offense so committed. 
SECTION TWO. 
All prosecutions under the provisions of this act shall be com- 
menced within six months from the time such offense is committed, 
and the same shall be upon complaint, under oath, before any jus- 
tice of the peace in the county where the offense is committed, and 
all] fines imposed and collected under this act, shall be paid, one-half 
to the complainant and one-half into the treasury of the county 
where such conviction takes place, for the use of the common 
schools within such county. 
SECTION THREE. 
This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its pas- 
sage. 
Approved March 6, 1871. 
State oF MINNESOTA, 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE. 
I hereby certify that the foregoing has been compared with the 
original on file in this office, and is a true copy thereof. 
Witness my hand, and the Great Seal of the State, this 25th day 
of May, 1871. 
H. Mattson, 
Secretary of State. 
