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STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



AN ACT 



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

 CULTURAL SOCIETY BY THE STATE. 



[Approved April 15, 1880.] 



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 a State institution. 



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

 resident citizens of the State, who shall, when organized, constitute a State Board of Agri- 

 culture, 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. 3. 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, clas- 

 sify 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 Con- 

 stitution and rules of the society, to adapt the same to the provisions of this Act, and to 

 the management of the society, its meetings 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. <>. The Board shall" have power to appoint all necessary Marshals and police to 

 keep order and preserve peace at the annual Fairs of the society; and the officers so 

 appointed shall be vested with the same authority for 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 trans- 

 actions, statistics, 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 bind in cloth 

 four thousand volumes of said transactions, and deliver the same to said Board of Agri- 

 culture 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 Board of Managers of each county and district agricultural 

 society or association, and of county, district, or State horticultural and stock breeding 

 association or society, organized and acting under the laws of this State, shall report 



