6 TRANSACTIONS OF THE 



AK ACT 



SUPPLEMENTAL TO AN ACT TO INCORPORATE A STATE AGRICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY, APPROVED MAY THIRTEENTH, EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY- 

 TWO, AND AMENDED MARCH TWENTIETH, EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY- 

 EIGHT. 



The People of the State of California., represented in Senate and Assonhl^, do 



enact as follows : 



Section 1. The general prudential and financial affairs of the society 

 shall he intrusted to a Board of Aa;rieiilturc, to consist of a President 

 and nine Directors, five of whom shall constitute a quorum. 



[Amended Section.] 



Sec. 2. Said Board of Agriculture shall be elected at a general State 

 Agricultural Convention, to be held at the Capital of the State, in the 

 year one thousaJid eight hundred and sixty-three, in the month of March, 

 and in the month of January every year thereafter, to consist of the life 

 members and annual members of the State Agricultural Society, and from 

 delegates from each County Agricultural Society within this State incor- 

 porated under the general laAvs of this State for such corporations, and 

 an equal number from each District Agricultural Society also incorpo- 

 rated under the general laws of this State for such purposes; said dele- 

 gates to be .chosen at the annual i'air or annual meeting of each such 

 society next preceding the State Agricultural Convention ; provided, said 

 Convention, to be held in March, in the year one thousandcight hundred 

 and sixty-three, may admit any person or persons representing any of 

 said County or District Agricultural Societies, as the Convention may 

 determine by a majority vote whether such persons shall have been 

 elected by their respective Count}' or District Societies as provided in 

 this Act, or not. 



Sec. 3. The Board of Agriculture shall, at its first meeting after its 

 election, be divided by lot into three equal portions, (omitting the Presi- 

 dent,) one portion to continue in office one year, one portion two years, 

 and one portion three years; one third of the number, together with 

 the President, to be elected at the Stale Agricultural Convention annu- 

 ally thereafter; the Directors to hold office three j-ears. 



Sec. 4. The Board of Agriculture may, in the absence of the Presi- 

 dent, choose one of its other members Temporary Chairman. They shall 

 elect a Treasurer and Secretaiy, not members of the Board, prescribe 

 their duties, fix their pay, and the said Treasurer and Secretary shall 

 be subject to removal at any time b}' a majority of said Board. 



Sec. 5. The Board of Agriculture shall use all suitable means to col- 

 lect and dift'use all classes of information calculated to aid in the devel- 

 opment of the agricultural, stock raising, mineral, mechanical, and manu- 

 facturing resources of the State ; shall hold an annual exhibition of the 

 industry and products of the State; and on or before the first day of 

 January of each year in which the Legislature shall be in regular session, 

 they shall furnish to the Governor a full and detailed account of all its 

 transactions, including all the facts elicited, statistics collected. Iind in- 

 formation gained on tlie subject for which it exists; and also a distinct 

 financial account of all funds received from whatever source, and of 

 every expenditure for whatever purpose, together with such suggestions 



