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Sec. 13. There shall be appropriated, out of any moneys in the treasury of this 

 State not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of 

 this act, the sum of one hundred thousand dollars. 



Sec. 14. The board of county commissioners of any county in this State afflicted 

 by grasshoppers shall have the right, if in their judgment they see lit, to employ one 

 or more persons in each township in said county, where such implements or mechan- 

 ical contrivances as may prove most efficient to destroy the grasshoppers, from the 

 first day of April to the first day of August in each year, paying such persons either 

 by the day or a specified sum for the amount captured and destroyed. The compen- 

 sation of such person shall be paid out of the general fund of the county: Provided 

 farther, That parties employed and paid by the county commissioners shall not 

 receive any other or further compensation under the provisions of this act. 



Sec. 15. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. 



Approved March 1, 1877. 



1STEBRASKA. 



An act to provide for the destruction of grasshoppers. 



Whereas the State of Nebraska has for the past three years been devastated by 

 the grasshoppers, thereby greatly injuring the agricultural and commercial inter- 

 ests of the State; and "whereas these interests are liable to be seriously damaged in 

 the future by the recurrence of the pests aforesaid ; therefore, 



Be it enacted by the legislature of the State of Nebraska : 



Section. 1. That the supervisors of each road district in this State shall, at the 

 time when the grasshoppers shall have been hatched out, and before the same shall 

 become full-fledged and fly, notify each able-bodied male resident of his district, 

 between the ages of sixteen and sixty years, to perform two days' labor at such time 

 and at such place and in such manner as shall by said supervisors be deemed most 

 efficient in the destruction of the grasshoppers ; said notices shall be given in the 

 same manner as is provided by law for the notice to work upon public highways. 



Sec. 2. Cities of the first and second class shall be governed by the provisions of 

 this act, and it shall be the duty of the mayor of such cities to appoint not exceed- 

 ing two supervisors for each ward to oversee the labor to be performed under the 

 provisions of this act. 



Sec. 3. In case it shall appear that two days' work is not sufficient to destroy the 

 grasshoppers in any district or ward, and it shall further appear that more time can 

 be profitably employed in the destruction of the grasshoppers, the supervisors of 

 each ward or road district may require from the persons liable to the provisions of 

 this act not exceeding ten days' labor in addition to the time hereinbefore men- 

 tioned; and it shall be the duty of such supervisor to give to each person who shall 

 have performed labor under the provisions of this section a receipt for the number 

 of days' labor performed, and the supervisor shall upon oath report to the city or 

 county authorities the names and amount of labor performed by each person. 



Sec. 4. It shall be the dnty of all persons subject to the provisions of this act to 

 attend when notified, as herein provided, and labor under the direction of the super- 

 visor of their respective district or ward. Any person who, after being notified, 

 shall refuse, neglect, or fail to comply with the provisions of this act, shall forfeit 

 and pay to the county or city treasurer, as the case may be, the sum of ten dollars, 

 together with costs of suit, which sum shall be collected by suit before any justice 

 of the peace within the county, in an action to be brought in the name of the city 

 or county. 



Sec. 5. The supervisor shall report, under oath, to the city or county authorities 

 the names of all persons who shall have refused or failed to comply with the provi- 

 sions of this act. 



Sec. 6. This being a case of emergency, this act shall take effect and be in force 

 from and after its passage. 



