STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



AN ACT 



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

 URAL 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 to be a State institution. 



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

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

 ure, 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 sliall 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 aitd Treasurer, not of their number, who shall 

 each hold office at the discretion of the Board. 



Skc. 4. At the same meeting the members of the Board shall, by lot or otherwise, classify 

 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, fi.x their bonds and compensation, and 

 shall have power to make all necessary changes in the Constitution 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 Agri- 

 culture. 



Skc. 6. The Board shall have power to appoint all necessary Marshals and police to keep 

 order and preserve j>eace 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 transactions, 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. 



5ec. 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 Agriculture 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 annually, on or before 

 the first day of A))ril, to the State Board of Agriculture, the name and Post Office address of 

 each officer of such society or association; and, on or before the first day of December, shall 

 report to the Board of Agriculture the transactions of said society, including the premiums 

 offered, the list of stock and articles exhibited, and the premiums paid; the amount of receipts 



