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Sec. 7. Upon the presentation of such certificate to the county auditor, he shall issue 
a certificate to the person entitled thei'eto for the amount due him, (a form of which 
certificate shall be furnished by the State auditor,) and shall make au order upon the 
State auditor for the amount thereof, and the State auditor shall draw his warrant 
upon the State treasurer for that amount, in favor of the parties holdius; said certifi- 
cates, which shall be paid by the State treasurer on presentation : Provided, That all 
certificates presented to the county auditor for payment shall be by him filed and pre- 
served in his office, and he shall present such certificates to the board of county com- 
missioners, who shall audit the same in the manner now provided by law for auditing 
accounts against counties ; and no money shall be drawn from the State treasury until 
such certificates have been audited and allowed in the manner herein provided. And 
that no money shall be paid under the provisions of this act at any time prior to the fif- 
teenth day of July, A. D. 1877, and that the money hereby appropriated shall only apply 
to certificates duly made and filed with the auditor of State on or before said day ; that 
at the time after the State auditor shall ascertain the total amount of all claims and 
certificates so filed, and if the same shall exceed in amount the sum of one hundred 
thousand dollars, then the said claims shall be paid pro rata, and no other or greater 
amount than said sum of one hundred thousand dollars shall ever be paid under the 
provisions of this act : And jn-ovided further, That if the amount hereby appropriated 
is not sufficient to pay the certificates in full, the balance shall be paid by the counties 
respectively, according to the amount due on said certificates as issued by such county. 
Sec. 8. Every male inhabitant of the several townships in the said afflicted coun- 
ties, being above the age of twentj'-one years and under the age of sixty years, ex- 
cepting paupers, idiots and lunatics, shall be assessed by the board of supervisors of 
said township to work one day in each week in said township, during the period here- 
inbefore mentioned for the paying of bounties for the purpose of catching and destroy- . 
ing grasshoppers and their eggs, for five weeks from the time said grasshoppers shall 
become large enough to be taken ; and the amount of work to be so assessed shall not 
exceed five days in all. 
Sec. 9. The supervisors aforesaid shall make a list of the names of all persons 
against whom said tax shall have been assessed, and place in a column opposite each 
name on said list the amount of labor assessed against such person, and shall direct 
the town clerk to make a certified copy of each list, after which the town clerk shall 
deliver the several copies to the respective overseers of the highways of said town- 
ships. 
Sec. 10. The overseers of highways shall give at least two days' notice to all per- 
sons assessed to work as aforesaid, living within the limits of their respective districts, 
of the time and places where and when they are to appear for that purpose, and with 
what implements. 
Sec. 11. Every person liable to work, as provided for in this act, may commute for the 
same at the rate of one dollar per day, in which case such commutation money shall 
be paid to the chairman of the board of supervisors, to be applied and expended by 
him for the destruction of grasshoppers and their eggs, and he shall be authorized ' 
and required to hire and engage some suitable and efficient person to work in the place 
of said person so commuting, and to pay him the sum of one dollar per day for his 
services ; and every person intending to commute for his assessment shall, within five 
days after he is notified to appear and work as aforesaid, i>ay the commutation money 
for the work required of him by said notice, and the commutation shall not be con- 
sidered as made until such money is paid. 
Sec. 12. Every person so assessed and notified, who shall willfully neglect or refuse 
to commute or work as provided by this act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and 
shall, on conviction thereof, be liable to p:iy a fine of not less than two dollars nor more 
than ten dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail not more than ten days, or both, 
in the discretion of the court, in a suit to be prosecuted in the name of the State of 
Minnesota, in the same manner as is provided by law for prosecutions of misdemean- 
ors. 
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 fit, to employ one 
or more persons in each township in said couuty with such implements or mechanical 
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 compensation of 
such person shall be paid out of the general fund of the county: Provided further, 
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 efiect and be iu force from and after its passage. 
Approved March 1, 1877. 
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