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third class, of the third fiscal year ; and of the fourth class, at the end of the full term of four 

 years. The fiscal year shall be from December first to December first. 



Sec. 17. Each association so formed and organized is hereby declared and shall be recog- 

 nized a State institution, and the Board so appointed and qualified shall have the exclusive 

 control and management of such institution for and in the name of the State, and shall have 

 the possession and care of all the property of the association, and shall fix the terms of office, 

 and the bonds of the Secretary and Treasurer, and determine their salaries and duties. They 

 shall have power to make all necessary by-laws, rules, and regulations for the government of 

 the association and the management of its prudential and financial affairs. They shall jjrovide 

 for an annual Fair or exhibition by the association of all the industries and industrial products 

 in the district, at such time and place as they deem advisable; provided, that no District Fair 

 shall be held in any of the districts at the same time of the State Fair,- and provided further, 

 that the State shall in no event be liable for any premium offered, or award, or for any debt 

 contracted by any District Board of Agriculture or Agricultural Association. 



Sec. 18. When any District Board of Agriculture shall have been classified and organized 

 as herein provided, the Secretary of the Board shall report such classification and organization 

 to the State Board of Agriculture ; he shall also report the same to the Governor, and shall report 

 any vacancy that may occur in the Board to the Governor, who shall fill the same by appoint- 

 ment for the unexpired term. 



Sec. 19. All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed. 



Sec. 20. This Act shall take effect from and after its passage. 



AN ACT 



TO AMEND SECTIONS THEEE, FOUR, NINE, AND ELEVEN, OF AN ACT ENTITLED 

 "AN ACT TO FORM AGRICULTURAL DISTRICTS, TO PROVIDE FOR THE ORGAN- 

 IZATION OF AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATIONS THEREIN, AND FOR THE MANAGE- 

 MENT AND CONTROL OF THE SAME BY THE STATE," APPROVED APRIL 15, 

 1880, SO AS TO CREATE TWO ADDITIONAL DISTRICTS. 



[Approved March 6, 1883.] 



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



Section 1. Section three of the Act of which this is amendatory, entitled an Act to form 

 agricultural districts, to provide for the organization of agricultural associations therein, and 

 for the management and control of the same by the State, approved April fifteenth, eighteen 

 hundred and eighty, is amended to read as follows: 



Section 3. The Counties of Butte, Colusa, and Tehama, shall constitute Agricultural District 

 Number Three. 



Sec. 2. Section four of said Act is amended to read as follows : 



Section 4. The Counties of Sonoma, Marin, Solano, and Napa, shall constitute Agricultural 

 District Number Four. 



Sec. 3. Section nine of said Act is amended to read as follows : 



Section 9. The Counties of Humboldt and Del Norte shall constitute Agricultural District 

 Number Nine. 



Sec. 4. Section eleven of said Act is amended so as to read as follows : 



Section 11. The Counties of Plumas, Lassen, Modoc, and Sierra, shall constitute Agricultural 

 District Number Eleven. The Counties of Mendocino and Lake shall constitute Agricultural 

 District Number Twelve; and the Counties of Sacramento, Yolo, Yuba, and Sutter, shall 

 constitute Agricultural District Number Thirteen. 



Sec. 5. This Act shall take effect immediately. 



