24 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



eighteen hundred and fifty-five, except the first section, is hereby- 

 repealed. 



Sect. 2. At each annual meeting of said society, it shall elect, by 

 ballot, a president, secretary, and such other officers as may be deemed 

 necessary, and thirteen members shall constitute a quorum for the trans- 

 action of business. 



Sect. 3. Said society may take and hold property, real and per- 

 sonal, the annual income of which shall not execeed five thousand dol- 

 lars, to be applied exclusively to the advancement of agriculture, hor- 

 ticulture, and the arts connected thorcv>ith ; and the treasurer of said 

 society shall give suitable bonds to the board of trustees for the safe 

 keeping of said property, and for the faithful discharge of his duties. 



Sect. 4. There shall be paid from the treasury of state, each year, 

 during the next five years, after the passage of this act, as many dol- 

 lars as may be raised by said society, by assessment on the members 

 thereof, or otherwise, not exceeding one thousand dollars in each year ; 

 and the governor and council, on presentation of a certificate, signed 

 by the president thereof, stating the amount of money thus raised and 

 actually received as the property and for the benefit of said society, 

 shall draw their warrant for a like amount as above specified. 



Sect. 5. The money received from the state shall be paid in pre- 

 miums, for the encouragement of the various departments of agricul- 

 ture, horticulture, and the arts connected therewith; and a full and cor- 

 rect statement of such expenditures, together with the several reports 

 of the committees, and the statements of the several competitors, shall 

 be annually transmitted to the Boaitl of Agriculture through the secre- 

 tary, the same as the county societies are required to do. 



Sect. G. The several presidents of the county agricultural societies, 

 who are members of the state society, shall be, ex officio, vice presidents 

 thereof. 



Sect. 7. A committee of five, consisting of Samuel F. Perley, Scth 

 Scammon, Francis Purington, Daniel Lancaster and J. D. Lang, shall 

 perform the duties of a board of trustees of said society, until a board 

 of trustees be chosen in conformity with the constitution cf said society. 



[Approved March 22, 1856.] 



An act more fully prescribing tlie power and duties of agricuUur.il societies. 



Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Legisr 

 lature assemhled, as follows : 



Sect. 1. The treasurer of state is hereby authorized and directed 

 to pay to the treasurer of any agricultural society w-henever any such 

 treasurer shall apply for the same in conformity with the conditions 

 hereinafter specified, a sum equal to that raised and actually received 



