ACTS OF THE LEGISLATURE GOVERNING THE 

 INDIANA STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



As Taken from Horner's Annotated Statutes 1901, Vol. I. 



(2614) Incorporation. 4. The State Board, as at present constituted 

 and organized, is hereby created a body corporate, with perpetual suc- 

 cession, in manner hereinafter described, under the name and style of 

 the "Indiana State Board of Agxiculture." 



(2615) Officers. 5. It shall be the duty of the State Board to appoint 

 a President, Secretary and Treasurer, and such other officers as they may 

 deem necessary. The President shall have power to call meetings of the 

 Board whenever he may deem it expedient. 



(2616) Meetings. 6. There shall be held in the city of Indianapolis, 

 on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in January, annually, a 

 meeting of the Indiana State Board of Agriculture, together with the 

 president of each county agricultural society or other delegate there- 

 from duly authorized, who shall for the time being be ex-officio members 

 of the State Board of Agriculture, for the purpose of deliberation and 

 consultation as to the wants, prospects and conditions of the agricultural 

 interests throughout the State. And at such annual meeting, the several 

 repoi'ts from the county societies shall be delivered to the President 

 of the Indiana State Board of Agriculture; and the said presidents and 

 delegates shall, at this meeting elect suitable persons to fill all vacancies 

 in said Board: Provided, however, that said election shall not affect the 

 members of the Board present, whose term shall not be considered to 

 expire until the last day of said session. 



(2617) Annual Report. 7. It shall be the duty of said Board to make 

 an annual report to the General Assembly of the State of the receipts 

 and expenditures of the Board, together with such proceedings of the 

 State Board and reports from county agricultural societies, as well as 

 a general view of the condition of agriculture throughout the State, 

 accompanied by such recommendations as they may deem interesting 

 and useful. 



(2618) State Fairs. 8. The Indiana State Board of Agriculture shall 

 have poAver to hold State Fairs at such times and places as they may 

 deem proper and expedient, and have the entire control of the same, 

 fixing the amount of the various premiums offered, embracing every 

 article of science and art, or such portions of them as they may deem 

 expedient and proper, calculated to advance the interests of the people 

 of the State. They may employ assistants, receive contributions, dona- 

 tions, etc., and unite with a county or district society for the purpose 

 of defraying the expenses of said State Fairs. 



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