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 the purchase of seed grain for residents of the county who are poor and unable to procure the same; provided, that no more than 150 bushels of wheat, or its equivalent in any grain, shall be furnished to any one person.” § 8 provides that “all persons entitled to or wishing to avail themselves of the benefit of this act shall file, with the county auditor or county clerk of the county where said applicant resides, on or before the 1st day of March, an application duly sworn to before said county auditor or clerk, or some other officer authorized to administer oaths. Said application shall contain a true statement of the number of acres the applicant has plowed or prepared for seeding; how many acres the applicant intends to have plowed and prepared for seeding; how many bushels and what kind of grain he will require to seed the ground so prepared as aforesaid; how many bushels of grain the applicant harvested in the preceding year; that the applicant has not procured, and is not able to procure, the necessary seed-grain for the current year; that he desires the same for seed, and no other purpose; and that he will not sell or dispose of the same, or any part thereof, but will use the same, and the whole thereof, in seeding the land so prepared, or to be prepared for crop.” § 9 provides that the commissioners shall examine all applications and determine “who are entitled to the benefits thereof, and the amount to which each applicant is entitled.” § 10 provides that the applicants under the act shall, before receiving the seed grain, sign a “contract in duplicate, attested by the county auditor or county clerk, to the effect that said applicant, for and in consideration of bushels of seed-grain received from  county, promises to pay to said county  dollars, the amount of the cost of the seed grain; that said sum shall be taxable against all the real and personal property of said applicant; that such tax shall be levied by the county auditor or county clerk of his county, and collected as other taxes are collected under the laws of this state; that the amount of such indebtedness shall become due and payable on the 1st day of October, in the year in which said seed-grain is furnished, together with the interest on such amount from the 1st day of April of that year at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum; and, if said in-