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Section 71. Commissioners of agriculture to apportion moneys 

 appropriated for promotion of sugar beet culture. — Money appro- 

 priated for the promotion of sugar beet culture by scientific and 

 practical experiment shall be apportioned by the commissioners 

 of agriculture to the persons, firms, associations or corporations 

 entitled thereto, according to the provisions of this article. 



§ 72. Persons, et cetera, to whom moneys may be distributed. — 

 Any person, firm, association or corporation, engaged in 

 the manufacture of sugar from beets grown in the state of New 

 York, upon registration in the office of the commissioner of agri- 

 culture, and filing a certificate therein, stating the name of such 

 person, firm, association or corporation, the location of the factory, 

 and the capacity thereof, and the time when the manufacture of 

 sugar began or is to begin, shall be entitled to a distributive share 

 of the amount appropriated for the promotion and encouragement 

 of sugar beet culture, as provided in this article. No such person, 

 firm, association or. corporation shall receive any portion of the 

 moneys so appropriated, unless all the beets used in the manufac- 

 ture of such sugar are grown within the state of New York, and 

 unless the grower received therefor a net sum of not less than five 

 dollars per ton, to be delivered at such point as may be agreed 

 upon by the grower and the manufacturer, and provided such 

 beets are not grown by the manufacturer of such sugar. No 

 money shall be distributed to such manufacturers, unless the 

 sugar manufactured by them shall contain at least ninety per 

 centum of crystallized sugar. The commissioner of agriculture 

 may expend such sum or sums as he may deem necessary or ex- 

 pedient, not exceeding ten per centum of the amount appropri- 

 ated for the purposes of this article, in practical and scientific 

 experiments in growing sugar beets in one or more sections of 

 this state, for the purpose of determining the adaptability of the 

 soil thereof for the production of sugar beets. (As amended by 

 chapter 303 of the Laws of 1899.) 



§ 73. Statements; inspections, branding of packages. — The quan- 

 tity and quality of sugar upon which said money is to be 



