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half of such bounty shall be expended ; and then it shall be 

 expended accordingly. 



Sesc. 13. Every society applying for the bounty of the 

 state shall require of all competitors for premiums either on 

 animals, crops, dairy products, improvement of soils or 

 manures, a full and accurate statement of the process or 

 method of rearing, managing, producing, and accomplishing 

 the same, together with its cost and value, with a view of 

 showing the profits or benefits derived or expected therefrom ; 

 and the application for bounty shall embrace all the specifica- 

 tions included in the following form, to wit: I, A. B., 



treasurer of society, do hereby apply for bounty in aid 



of said society, as granted by the laws of the state, and being 



duly sworn, (or afiirmed) do say that the sum of has 



been raised and paid in good ftiith into the treasury of said 

 society, and that the sum of has been awarded in pre- 

 miums or otherwise expended within the year past in con- 

 formity with the provisions of the laws of the state relative 

 thereto. 



Sec. 14. The secretaries of the several societies shall pre- 

 pare an annual report, embracing a concise statement of the 

 financial condition and doings of the society, with a s3^nopsis 

 of the premiums awarded, to be made by filling bhmks 

 furnished by the secretary of the board of agriculture for the 

 purpose. Said report shall also state the leading features of 

 the annual exhibition, the character of the efibrts of the society 

 for the advancement of agriculture, the principal crops grown 

 in the county or district, the success attending their culture 

 as compared with former years, and the obstacles met with ; 

 and generally on the condition, prospects and wants of agri- 

 culture, so far as they are able to ascertain them ; which 

 report, with a list of the ofiicers of the society and the post 

 office address of each, to be renewed whenever anew election 

 occurs, and all statements made by successful competitors for 

 premiums, and any reports of committees, essays, addresses 

 or other papers presented to the society containing matters 

 of general interest, shall be returned to the secretary of the 



