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 CHAPTER 35.

[H. F. 262.]

TO ENCOURAGE MANUFACTURE OF BEET SUGAR.

AN ACT to Encourage the Culture of Sugar Beet in this State and the Manufacture of Sugar from the Same.

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

§ 1. WHO ENTITLED.] That all companies or corporations within the State of North Dakota formed or that may be formed for the purpose of cultivating and growing sugar beets and the manufacturing of sugar from the same, and any and all individuals, companies or corporations engaged or that may be engaged in such culture and manufacture shall be entitled and subject to the provisions of this act.

§ 2. REPORTS TO COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE AND LABOR.] That the Commissioner of Agriculture and Labor shall receive reports of results and the process by which such results are obtained in the culture of sugar beets and the manufacture of sugar from the same, and report the same in full to the Governor and he shall incorporate the same in his annual report.

§ 3. BOUNTY.] There shall be paid from the Treasury of the State as bounty to any individual company or corporation within the State of North Dakota, upon the report and determination of the Commissioner of Agriculture and Labor the sum of two (2) cents per pound for each and every pound of merchantable sugar manufactured by said individual, coumpany or corporation in this State, from sugar beets grown therein; and said bounty shall be paid upon each year's results for the term of five years from the first day of January, 1890, to all individuals, companies and corporations entitled to the same under the provisions of this act; Provided, That the person receiving such bounty shall make a report to the Commissioner of Agriculture and Labor duly verified, of all the parts of the process employed in the manufacture of such sugar, together with a definite statement of the yield.

Approved March 17, 1890.