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LAWS RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. 135 



latter for the use of the legishtture ; and the remainder for 

 distribution, under the direction of the board, among the 

 people of the state. 



Sec. 6. The governor and council, from time to time, 

 shall draw their warrant on the treasurer for such sums of 

 money as are necessary to defray the salaries and expenses 

 herein provided for, an account of which shall be first ren- 

 dered by the secretary of the board and audited by them, and 

 a sum not exceeding one thousand seven hundred dollars, 

 annually, is hereby appropriated to meet such expenses. 



STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Revised Statutes of 1871. Chapter 58. 



Sec. 7. The Maine state agricultural society, at its annual 

 meeting, shall elect, by ballot,, a president, secretary, treas- 

 urer, trustees and other necessary officers. 



Sec. 8. Said society may take and hold property, real 

 and personal, the annual income of which shall not exceed 

 five thousand dollars, to be applied exclusively to the advance- 

 ment of agriculture, horticulture, and the arts connected 

 therewith ; and'the treasurer of said society shall give suitable 

 bonds to the board of trustees, for the safe keeping of said 

 property, and for the faithful discharge of his duties. At 

 each annual meeting, the treasurer shall submit a full and 

 correct account of the money received and paid out, from 

 whom received and to whom and for what purposes paid ; 

 and the secretary shall make a report of the doings of the 

 society, with such information and suggestions as he deems 

 useful to the public. 



COUNTY AND LOCAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES. 



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Revised Statutes of 1871, Chapter 58. 



Sec. 9. County and local agricultural societies may take 

 and hold property, real and personal, the income of which 

 shall not exceed three thousand dollars, to be applied to the 

 purposes provided in their charters ; or their treasurers may 



