A COMPILATION 



OF ALL THE LAWS NOW IN FORCE RELATING TO OR 

 AFFECTING THE STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



AN ACT 



TO INCORPORATE A STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY, AND APPROPRIATE 



MONEY FOR ITS SUPPORT. 



The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and Assemhli/, 



do enact as folloios : 



Section 1. Thei-e is hei-eb}- established and incorporated a society, to 

 be known and designated by the name and style of the " California 

 State Agricultural Society," and by that name and style shall have 

 perpetual succession, and shall have power to contract and be contracted 

 witn, to sue and be sued, and shall have authority to have and use a com- 

 mon seal, to make, ordain, and establish, and put in execution such 

 by-laws, ordinances, rules, and regulations, as shall be necessary for the 

 good government of said society, and the prudent and efficient manage- 

 ment of its affairs; p)rovided, that said laws, oi'dinances, rules, and regu- 

 lations, shall not be contrary to any provision of this charter, nor the 

 laws and Constitution of this State, or of the United States. 



Sec 2. In addition to the powers above enumerated, the society shall, 

 by its name aforesaid, have power to purchase and hold any quantity of 

 land not exceeding four sections, and may sell and dispose of the same 

 at pleasure. The said real estate shall be held by said societ}^ for the 

 sole purpose of establishing a model experimental farm or farms, erect- 

 ing inclosures, buildings, and other improvements, calculated and designed 

 for the meeting of the society, and for an exhibition of the various breeds 

 of horses, cattle, mules, and other stock, and of agricultui-al, mechanical, 

 and domestic manufactures and productions, and lor no other purposes. 



And. it is further enacted, That if, from any cause, said society shall 

 ever be dissolved, or fail to nieet within the period of two consecutive 

 years. 'then the real estate held by it, together with all the buildings and 

 appurtenances belonging to said estate, shall be sold as lands are now 

 sold by execution, and the proceeds deposited in the State Treasury, 

 subject to the control of the Legislature. ' ' 



