A COMPILATION 



OF ALL THE LAWS NOW IN FOECE EELATING TO OE 

 AFFECTING THE STATE AGEICULTUEAL 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 Assembly, do 



enact as follows : 



Section 1. There is hereby established and incorporated a society to 

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

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

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

 with, to sue and be sued, and shall have authority to have and use a 

 common 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 ; provided, that said laws, ordinances, 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 society for the 

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

 ing inclosui*es, 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 agricultural, 

 mechanical and domestic manufactures and productions, and for no other 

 purposes. 



And be it further enacted, That if, from any cause, said society shall ever 

 be dissolved, or fail to meet within the period of two consecutive years, 



