6 TUANS ACTIONS OF THE 



A COMI'll.ATlO.N 



OF ALL THE LAWS NOW IN FORCE RELATING TO OR AFFECTING THE STATE 



AG RICi: LTU RAL SOCI ETY, 



AN ATT 



TO INCORPORATE A STATE AiiRiriLTUUAL SOCI KTY AND APPROPRIATE MONEY 



FOR ITS srPPORT. 



The. People of ffie Slate of California, reprcscnlcd in Senate and As-sembli/, do enact a.f/oliow.n: 



Skttiox 1. There ia hereby establishe*! and ineorpomted a Society to be known and desitfjintod 

 by the name and .«tylo of the "Cauforsia Statk Aoricii.tural Sotikty," and by tlint name 

 and style shall have perpetual ptiecession, and 8hall have [Kiwer to contract and I h' contracted 

 with, to sue and be sued, and shall have authority to have and use a common seal, to make, 

 ordain, and establish, ami put in execution such by-laws, onlinances, rules, and reeulations as 

 shall be necessary for the pood Kovornnient of said Societ}', and the |>rudent and eflicient man- 

 aijeinent of it.« affairs; provided , that sai<l laws, onlinances. rules, and reirulations shall not be 

 contrarv to any provision of this charter, nor the laws and Constitution of this State or of the 

 llnit4>d States.' 



Src. 2. In ad<lition to the powers alwvc enumerated, the Society shall, by ita name aforesaid, 

 have power to purchase and hold any fpiantity of land not excocflin? four sections, and may sell 

 and dis|)osc of the same at j)leasurc. The said real estate shall be hei.l by said Society for the 

 sole pur|K)se of establishing a model experimental farm or farms, erectinc inclosurcs. buildinps, 

 and other improvements calculated and designed for the meeting of the Society, and for an 

 exhibition of the various bree<ls of horses, cattle, mules, and other stock, and of agricultural, 

 mechanical, and domestic mantjfacfures ami pro<luctions, and for no other purposes. 



And he it further cnwted. That if, from any cause, said Society shall ever be dissolve*!, or fail 

 to meet within the poriod of two consecutivf years, then the real estate held by it, together with 

 all th<' buildings ami appurtenances belonging to said estate, shall be sold as lands are now sold 

 by execution, ami the procee«l8 dej»08it«d in the State treasury, subject to the control of the 

 Legislature. 



AN ACT 



SUPPLEMENTAL TO AN ACT TO INCORPORATE A STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY, 

 Ari'U'tVKI) MAY TIIIirrF.EXTH. KIGHTKKN IirNOHED AND FIFTY-FOUR, AND 

 A.MEN'DED MARCH TWENTIETH, EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-EHMIT. 



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



SKiTif>s 1. The gen<«ral prud<^ntinl and financial nlTairs of the Society shall l>e intrusted to a 

 Ro.ird of .\griculture. to consist i>f a President and nine Directors, live of whon> shall constitut« 

 a nuornm. 



Skt. 2. Said Board of Agriculture shall be elected at a general State Agricultural Conven- 

 tion, to be held at the Capital of the State, in tho year oighleon hunilrcd and sixty-three, in the 

 month of M.'irch, and in thr< month of .January every year thi-roaner, to consist of the life mem- 

 bers and annual members of the State Agricultural Society and four delegates from each County 

 Agricultural So<<ioty within this State, inoirporated under the genenil laws of this Slate for such 

 corporations, and (in e<puil nun>l>er from each District Agricultural S<iciety. also incf>rjH>rated 

 under the general laws of this State for such purjKises ; said delegates to be chosen at the anntial 

 fair or annual meeting of each such Society next preceding the State Agricultural Convention; 

 provided. sai<I convention to be held in March, in (he year eighteen hundred and sixty-three, 

 may admit any jHirson or per?ions rcprescntiin any of sai«l County or District Agricultural 



