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AN ACT to Encourage the Manufacture of Binding Twine in the State of North Dakota.

Be it Enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of North Dakota:

§ 1. BOUNTY.] All persons, companies or corporations formed or that may be formed in the State of North Dakota for the purpose of manufacturing binding twine from material grown within the State, suitable for binding grain, or any and all individuals engaged or that may be engaged in such manufacture in this State, shall be entitled to receive the bounty offered in Section 2 of this act.

§ 2. APPROPRIATION.] There shall be paid from the State Treasury as bounty to any individual, company or corporation the sum of two (2) dollars for each and every 100 pounds of binding twine manufactured by said individual, company or corporation in this State, suitable for binding grain, and said bounty shall be paid upon each year's results for the term of five years from the first day of July, 1890, to all individuals, companies or corporations entitled to the same under the provisions of this act; Provided, That the individual, company or corporation receiving such bounty shall make a report to the Commissioner of Agriculture and Labor stating the number of pounds of binding twine manufactured under the provisions of this act, which report shall be duly verified and sworn to.

Approved March 20, 1890.