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A COMPILATION 



OF ALL THE LAWS NOW IN FOECE RELATING TO OE AF- 

 FECTING THE STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



AN ACT TO INCORPORATE A STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY, AND APPRO- 

 PRIATE MONEY FOR ITS SUPPORT. 



The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and Assembly, do 



enact as follows : 



Section 1. There is hereby established and incorporated a society to 

 be known and designated by the name and style of the " California 

 State Agricultural Society," and by that name and style shall have 

 perpetual succession, and shall have power to contract and be contracted 

 with, to sue and be sued, and shall have authority to have and use a com- 

 mon seal, to make, ordain, and establish, and put in execution such by- 

 laws, ordinances, rules, and regulations, as shall be necessary for the good 

 government of said society, and the prudent and efficient management 

 of its affairs; provided, that said laws, ordinances, rules, and regulations, 

 shall not be contrary to any provision of this charter, nor the laws and 

 Constitution of this 'State, or of the United States. 



Sec. 2. In addition to the powers above enumerated, the societ}* shall, 

 by its name aforesaid, have power to purchase and hold any quantity of 

 land not exceeding four sections, and may sell and dispose of the same 

 at pleasure. The said real estate shall be held by said society for the 

 sole purpose of establishing a model experimental farm or farms, erect- 

 ing inclosures, buildings, and other improvements, calculated and de» 

 signed for the meeting of the society, and for an exhibition of the various 

 breeds of horses, cattle, mules, and other stock, and of agricultural,. m,e^ 

 chanical, and domestic manufactures and productions, and for no other 

 purposes. 



And it is further enacted, That if, from any cause, said society shall everr 

 be dissolved, or fail to meet within the period of two consecutive years, 

 then the real estate held by it, together with all the buildings and appur- 



