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AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 96
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CHAPTER 96

Senate Bill No. 134

(Krenz)

TAX LEVY FOR COUNTY AGENT WORK

AN ACT

Authorizing a county levy of not to exceed one mill for county agent work; amending and reenacting sections 4-0802 and 4-0804 of the North Dakota Revised Code of 1943.

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

Section 1. Amendment.) Section 4-0802 of the North Da- kota Revised Code of 1943 is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:

4-0802. Form of Petition.) The petition provided for in section 4-0801 shall be in the following form:

Petition Providing for Levy for County Agent Work

We, the undersigned, electors of ........................county, North Dakota, do hereby respectfully petition the honorable board of county commissioners that it levy a tax sufficient but not to exceed one mill to employ a county agent for the purpose of carrying on county agent work in cooperation with the agricultural college.

Section 2. Amendment.) Section 4-0804 of the North Dakota Revised Code of 1943 is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:

4-0804. Election Held; Candidates Presented to County Commissioners; Funds Available for County Agent Work.) When a majority of the votes are cast for county agent work, the extension division of the agricultural college on the first day of July following the election shall present a candidate or candidates for county agent to the board of county commissioners for its selection and final approval. A sum of not less than two thousand dollars shall be made available for this purpose from county funds, but in no case shall such levy exceed one mill.

Section 3.) The board of county commissioners of any county of this state in which a levy for county agent work is authorized may levy not to exceed one mill for such purpose, which levy shall be within the county tax levy limitation prescribed by law.

Approved March 7, 1949.