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420 § 1. Bounty for Tree Planting.]

Any person who shall hereafter plant, cultivate and keep in growing, thrifty condition one acre and not more than ten acres of prairie land with any kind of forest trees, and shall plant, or have planted said trees, shall be entitled to four dollars ($4.00) for each acre so planted and cultivated and two dollars ($2.00) bounty per acre for each succeeding year up to four, in which such trees are kept cultivated and growing, to be paid out of the general fund of the county wherein such trees are so planted, but such bounty shall not be so paid unless such grove be maintained upon a tract of not less than eighty acres and shall have at least four hundred living trees in each acre so maintained and kept in growing condition, and in no case shall any bounty be paid in excess of the amount of real estate taxes levied for such year upon the quarter section of land of which such par cel of land planted to trees is a part. Provided, further, that in the event there are any unpaid taxes levied and unpaid against the quarter section of land of which such parcel of land planted to trees is a part at the time application is made for said bounty, such bounty, if allowed, shall be credited upon the amount of such taxes so unpaid, and only the amount in excess of such taxes shall be paid to the applicant. Approved February 28, 1939.

TREATMENT OF PATIENTS-TUBERCULOSIS SANATORIUM

An act to amend and re-enact Section 2588 of the Supplement to the Compiled Laws of 1913, as amended by Chapter 251 of the Session Laws of 1929, relating to the treatment of patients at the North Dakota Tuberculosis Sanatorium and declaring an emergency.

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

§ 1. Amendment.] That Section 2588 of the 1925 Supplement to the 1913 Compiled Laws of North Dakota, as amended by Chapter 251 of the Session Laws of 1929, is hereby amended and re-enacted to read as follows : § 2588. Cost of Maintenance of Patients, How Paid.] All persons admitted as patients to the sanatorium shall pay to said institution the cost of their maintenance. The charges for any patient or patients may, however, be paid by any person or persons or so-