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receive conveyances or leases of such property, for their 

 societies, and hold, sell, mortgage or pledge it, and shall give 

 bonds to the trustees for the safe keepiug thereof and the 

 faithful discharge of their duties. 



Sec. 10. The treasurer of an incorporated agricultural or 

 horticultural society, on application made prior to the first 

 Wednesday of December in each year, shall be entitled to 

 receive from the state treasury a sum equal to that raised by 

 such society in the year next preceding ; but not exceeding 

 one cent to each inhabitant of the county where such society 

 is located, according to the last preceding national census, 

 nor more than four hundred dollars to one county. If there 

 is more than one such society in any county, and the sums so 

 applied for exceed the limit aforesaid, it shall be paid to each 

 in proportion to the amount expended by it as herein after 

 provided. But the Penobscot and Aroostook union agricul- 

 tural society may annually receive as nnich as raised by it, 

 not exceeding one hundred dollars, without regard to popu- 

 lation ; and the Waldo and Penobscot agricultural society as 

 much as raised by it, not exceeding a hundred and thirty 

 dolhirs ; and the same shall be deducted from the sums aljowed 

 to the counties of Waldo and Penobscot in proportion to the 

 number of inhabitants of each county within the limits of said 

 society. 



Sec. 11. But none of such payments shall be made to any 

 society until the treasurer thereof files with the state treasurer 

 a certificate, on oath, stating the amount raised by it and 

 containing the specifications required in section twelve, and 

 also a certificate from the secretary of the board of agricul- 

 ture that said society has complied with the requirements of 

 section thirteen. 



Sec. 12. Every society receiving the bounty of the state, 

 shall expend an equal amount each year in premiums and 

 gratuities for the improvement and encouragement of agricul- 

 ture, horticulture, or mechanic arts, unless the board of 

 agriculture directs for what purposes a sum not exceeding 



