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STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



AN A( T 



TO PROVIDE FOR THE MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL OF THE STATE AGRICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY BY THE STATE. 



[Approved April 15th, 1*80.] 



The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: 



Section 1. The State Agricultural Society is hereby declared to be a State institution. 



Sec. 2. Within ten days after the passage of this Act, the Governor shall appoint twelve 

 resident citizens of the State, who shall, when organized, constitute a;State Board of Agriculture, 

 who shall, except as hereinafter provided, hold office for the term of four years, and until their 

 successors are appointed and qualified. Vacancies occurring from any cause in the Board shall 

 be filled by appointment of the Governor for the unexpired term of the office vacated. 



Sec. ?.. Within ten days after their appointment, the persons so appointed shall qualify, as 

 required by the Constitution, and shall meet at the office of the State Agricultural Society and 

 organize by the election of one of their number as President of the Board and said Society, who 

 shall hold said office of President for the term of one year, and until his successor is elected and 

 qualified. The Board shall also elect a Secretary and Treasurer, not of their number, who shall 

 each hold office at the discretion of the Board. 



Sec. 4. At the same meeting the members of the Board shall, by lot or otherwise, classify 

 themselves into four classes of three members each. The terms of office of the first class shall 

 expire at the end of the first fiscal year; of the second class, of the second year; of the third 

 ■class, of the third year; of the fourth class, at the end of the full term of four years. The 

 fiscal year shall be from the first of February to the first of February. 



Sec. 5. The State Board of Agriculture shall be charged with the exclusive management and 

 control of the State Agricultural Society as a State, institution: shall have possession and care 

 of its property, and be intrusted with" the direction of its entire business and financial affairs. 

 They shall define the duties of the Secretary and Treasurer, fix their bonds and compensation, 

 and shall have power to make all necessary changes in the Constitution and rules of the Society. 

 to adapt the same to the provisions of this Act, and to the management of the Society, its meet- 

 ings and exhibitions. They shall provide for an annual Fair or exhibition by the Society of all 

 the industries and industrial products of the State, at the City of Sacramento: provided, that in 

 no event shall the State be liable for any premium awarded or debt created by said Board of 

 Agriculture. 



Sec 0. The Board shall have power to appoint all necessary Marshals and police to keep 

 •order and preserve peace at the animal Fairs of the Society : and the officers so appointed shall 

 be vested with the same authority fir the preservation of order and peace, on the grounds 

 and in the buildings of the Society, that executive peace officers are vested with by law. 



Sec 7. Said Board shall use all suitable means to collect and disseminate all kinds of 

 information calculated to educate and benefit the industrial classes, develop the resources, and 

 advance the material interests of the State, and shall on or before the first day of February 

 of each year, report to the Governor a full and detailed account of their transactions, statistic-. 

 and information gained, and also a full financial statement of all funds received and disbursed. 

 They shall also make such suggestions and recommendations as experience and good policy 

 may dictate for the improvement and advancement of the agricultural and kindred industries. 



Sec 8. The Superintendent of State Printing shall, each year, print and hind in cloth four 

 thousand volumes of said transactions, and deliver the, same to said Board of Agriculture for 

 distribution and exchange. He shall also do such job printing as said Board may require to 

 carry out the provisions of this Act. 



Sec 9. The Directors or Boards of Managers of each County and District Agricultural Society 

 or Association, and of each County. District, or State Horticultural and Stock Breeding Association 

 or Societv, organized and acting under the laws of this State, shall report annually, on or before 

 the first day of April, to the State Board of Agriculture. J he name and Tost Office address of 

 each officer of such Society or Association : and, on or before the first day of December, shall 



