Art. 14 Miscellaneous Provisions 85 c 



§ 311. Distribution of moneys appropriated for certain agricul- 

 tural societies. — (jf all moneys appropriated in the regular appro- 

 priation bill during any one year by the legislature for distribution 

 among the agricultural societies by the commissioner of agricul- 

 ture, the said commissioner may distribute to the agricultural 

 societies entitled to partake thereof an amount to each one, on or 

 after the first day of October, in the said year, from the moneys 

 due said society not to exceed fifty per centum of the amount of 

 premiums paid by the said society at its annual fair held during 

 said year. Any balance or balances shall be distributed as pro- 

 vided by section three hundred and ten of this chapter. 



§ 312. Annual report to the commissioner of agriculture and 

 state society — The president and treasurer of any agricultural 

 society which receives any money of the state or acts as the agent 

 of the state in the distribution of money of the state as premiums, 

 shall annually before the fifteenth day of December, transmit to 

 the commissioner of agriculture a detailed account of the ex- 

 penditure or distribution of all such moneys as shall have come 

 into their hands during the preceding year, and of such other 

 moneys as they may have received from voluntary contributions 

 for distribution as premiums, stating to whom, and for what 

 purpose paid, with the vouchers therefor. The presidents of 

 the several county societies and of the American institute shall 

 annually transmit in the month of December, to the executive com- 

 mittee of the New York state agricultural society, all such reports 

 or returns as they are required to demand from applicants, for 

 premiums, together with an abstract of their proceedings during 

 the year, which shall be examined by such executive committee, 

 and they shall condense, arrange and report the same, with a state- 

 ment of their own proceedings, to the legislature on or before the 

 first day of March in each year. 



§ 313. Lease of grounds of agricultural societies and corpora- 

 tions. — Any agricultural society or corporation, owning or pos- 

 sessing grounds in a county of this state having a population of 

 more than three hundred thousand and less than six hundred 

 thousand may lease such grounds for any lawful purpose excepi 

 running races not inconsistent with the use thereof for the pur- 

 poses of the society or corporation, for such time or times as said 



