10J8.] 



AGRICULTL'RAL I,.\\\ S. • 113 



shall each, on or before the first day of l''ebruary, in each year, make a 

 written report of the receipts and expenditures of such P'=<sociations 

 during- the year next procedinp, to the secretary of the State Board of 

 As::ricullui f. who sliall cnilKjdy said rejjdrts in the annual report of the 

 State Board of Agriculture. If a report of any such association shall 

 not be made as aforesaid, such association sliall not be entitled to 

 receive any moneys appi-npri;i t(ul to it by the state until such report has 

 been made. 



Sec. 2079. Annual appropriation. The comijlroller shall, on the 

 first day of each year, draw his order on the treasurer for twenty- five 

 hundred dollars, in favor of the State Board of Agriculture, from which 



shall ])(> ]i;ii(l the sums authorized by law. 



Sec. 2080. Grant to the Connecticut Poultrymen^s Asociation. The 



compiroller is aulhurized and tlirccLed to draw liis orders on ihf,- treas- 

 urer annually for amounts not exceeding in each year one thousand 

 dollars in favor of ihe treasurer of the Connecticut Poultrymen's Asso- 

 ciation, upon the presentation of vouchers, sworn to by the president 

 and treasurer of said association, that such sums are needed for the 

 payment of expenses incurred by the association in advancing the 

 poultry interests of the state by the dissemination of knowledge relating 

 thereto by institutes or bulletins. Said vouchers shall include an 

 itemized statement of such expenses and shall not include any expendi- 

 tures for premiums or prizes for exhibits of poultry or any compensa- 

 tion to any officer or member of the association as such or any office 

 expenses other than stationery and postage. 



Sec. 2081. Grant to the Connecticut Pomological Society. The 



comptroller is authorized and directed to draw his orders on the treas- 

 urer annually for amounts not exceeding, in each year, fifteen hundred 

 dollars in favor of the treasurer of the Connecticut Pomological Society, 

 upon presentation of vouchers, sworn to by the president and treasurer 

 of said society, that such sums are needed for the payment of expenses 

 incurred by the society in advancing the pomological interests of the 

 state. Said vouchers shall include an itemized statement of such ex- 

 penses and shall not include any compensation to any officer or member 

 of the society as such or any office expenses other than stationery and 

 postage. 



Sec. 2082. Grant to the Connecticut Dairymen's Association. The 



comptroller is authorized and directed to draw his orders on the treas- 

 urer annually for amounts not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars in favor 

 of the treasurer of the Connecticut Dairymen's Association, upon the 

 presentation of vouchers sworn to by the president and treasurer of 

 said association, that such sums are needed for the payment of expenses 

 incurred by the association in advancing the dairy interests of the state. 

 Said vouchers shall include an itemized statement of such expenses, 

 and shall not include any compensation to any oflflcer or member of the 

 association as such, or any office expenses other than stationery and 

 postage. 



Sec. 2083. Premiums for poultry exhibitions. The comptroller is 

 authorized to draw his order on the treasurer, on or before the first day 

 of March, annually, for an amount not to exceed fifteen hundred dollars, 

 in favor of The Connecticut Poultry Breeder's Society, Incorporated, 

 upon presentation of vouchers duly sworn to by the president, secretary 

 and treasurer of said society and approved by the secretary of the State 

 Board of Agriculture. Such vouchers shall contain an itemized state- 

 ment of expenses which shall consist solely of the payment of premiums 

 at such exhibitions as have been held by such local associations during 

 the preceding six months and for which all recognized varieties of 

 poultry shall have been eligible to compete and shall not contain any 



