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CHAPTER 4-21TREE BOUNTY4-21-01. Bounty for tree planting - Amount - Deduction of taxes. A bounty must bepaid out of the general fund of the county to any person who plants or has planted any kind of
forest trees upon prairie land within the county, and who cultivates such trees and keeps them in
a growing and thrifty condition. The bounty must be in the amount of four dollars per acre [.40
hectare] in the year in which the trees are first planted and cultivated and in the additional
amount of two dollars per acre [.40 hectare] for each succeeding year, not exceeding four years,
in which the trees are kept well-cultivated and in a growing condition. No bounty may be paid
under this section unless at least one acre [.40 hectare] has been planted to trees and may not
be paid on more than ten acres [4.05 hectares], nor unless the grove is maintained upon a tract
of land of not less than eighty acres [32.38 hectares] in area, nor unless there are at least four
hundred living trees in a healthy and growing condition upon each acre [.40 hectare] of land for
which the bounty is claimed. No bounty may be paid in any year in excess of the amount of real
estate taxes levied for the year in which the bounty is claimed, upon the quarter section of land of
which the parcel of land planted to trees is a part.4-21-02.Bounty for planting trees or hedges along highways - Regulationsgoverning. Every person planting such forest trees or trees suitable for a hedge in rows as
boundary lines along the public highways or on any other portion of the person's premises, if
such rows contain not less than two living trees to each rod [5.03 meters], and in other respects
complies with the provisions of this chapter, annually shall receive a bounty at the rate of two
dollars for every eighty rods [402.40 meters] of each row. The trees must be not less than one
hundred fifty feet [45.72 meters] nor more than two hundred feet [60.96 meters] from a public
highway. No bounty may be paid or deduction allowed under the provisions of this section for a
longer period than five years upon any one tract or row of trees. Any person entitled to receive a
bounty under existing law shall continue to receive such bounty notwithstanding the provisions of
this chapter.4-21-03. Reports required to secure tree bounty. Any person desiring to secure thebenefits of this chapter shall file with the county auditor of the county in which the planting has
been made, during the month of June following the planting of the grove, row, or rows of trees,
and annually thereafter, a correct plat of the land describing the section or fraction thereof on
which the grove, row, or rows of trees have been planted and cultivated, and due proof under
oath of the planting and cultivation and of the title to the land, and the facts relative to the growth
and cultivation of the grove, row, or rows of trees for which the bounty is demanded.4-21-04. Assessor to examine trees and groves - Report made by assessor. Theassessor of every township or district shall ascertain, at the time of making the assessment,
whether trees have been planted by any landowner in the assessor's township or district for
which compensation is claimed under this chapter.If trees have been planted for whichcompensation is claimed, the assessor shall examine the grove or row of trees personally and
make a report of the extent and condition thereof according to the prescribed form. The report
must be returned to the county auditor with the assessment books.4-21-05. No bounty for plantings on railroad right of way or timber culture lands.This chapter does not apply to any railroad company planting trees within two hundred feet
[60.96 meters] of its track for the purpose of making a snow fence, nor to any trees planted upon
land held and acquired under the timber culture laws of the United States.Page No. 1Document Outlinechapter 4-21 tree bounty