LAWS OF 1896. 



CHAPTER 221. 



AN ACT to amend chapter three hundred and thirty-eight of the 

 laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-three, entitled 'An act in 

 relation to agriculture, constituting articles one, two, three, four 

 and five of chapter thirty-three of the general laws," and the 

 acts amendatory thereof, relative to the apportionment of 

 moneys appropriated for the promotion of agriculture. 



Became a law April 8, 1896, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, three- 

 fifths being present. 



The People of the State of New York represented in Senate and 

 Assemhly, do enact as follows: 



•Section 1. Section eighty-eight of article five of chapter three 

 hundred and thirty-eight of the laws of eighteen hundred and 

 ninety-three, as amended by chapter two hundred and forty-one 

 of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-four, as amended by 

 chapter eight hundred and twenty of the laws of eighteen hundred 

 and ninety-five, known as the agricultural law, constituting arti- 

 cles one^ two, three, four and five of chapter thirty-three of the 

 general laws, is hereby amended to read as follows: 



§ 88, Receipts and apportionment of moneys for the pro- 

 motion of agriculture. Of all moneys appropriated for the 

 promotion of agriculture in any one year, twenty thousand dollars 

 thereof shall be distributed in premiums by the New York State 

 agricultural society; two thousand dollars thereof shall be paid 

 to each of the agricultural societies, clubs or exhibitions which 

 shall haveiield annual fairs or meetings during each of the three 

 years next preceding such appropriation, and which shall have 

 paid at each of such annual fairs or meetings during such three 



