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first class shall expire at the end of the first fiscal year ; of the second class, of the second 

 fiscal year; of the 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 

 recognized 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 provide for an annual Fair or exhibition by the associa- 

 tion 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 organ- 

 ized 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 Gov- 

 ernor, and shall report any vacancy that may occur in the Board to the Governor, who 

 shall fill the same by appointment 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 All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.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 THREE. FOUR, NINE, AND ELEVEN OF AN ACT ENTI- 

 TLED "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 15, 1880, SO AS TO CREATE TWO ADDITIONAL DIS- 

 TRICTS. 



[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 Agri- 

 cultural 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 1L The Counties of Plumas, Lassen, Modoc, and Sierra, shall constitute Agri- 

 cultural 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. 



