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  Seventh 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  thb 
  

  

  paid, 
  provided 
  such 
  town 
  societies 
  sustain 
  a 
  public 
  fair 
  with 
  

   premium 
  lists, 
  which 
  premium 
  lists 
  and 
  reports 
  of 
  such 
  town 
  fairs 
  

   shall 
  be 
  forwarded 
  and 
  made 
  to 
  the 
  secretary 
  of 
  the 
  state 
  agricul- 
  

   tural 
  society. 
  

  

  {Amended 
  ty 
  section 
  2 
  of 
  chapter 
  241 
  of 
  the 
  Loajds 
  of 
  1894, 
  and 
  re- 
  

   pealed 
  by 
  chapter 
  G54 
  of 
  the 
  Laws 
  of 
  1894; 
  re-enacted, 
  with 
  changes, 
  

   hy 
  chapter 
  587 
  of 
  the 
  Laws 
  of 
  1895.) 
  

  

  § 
  89. 
  When 
  agricultural 
  societies 
  entitled 
  to 
  additional 
  

   sums 
  from 
  the 
  state. 
  When 
  any 
  county 
  agricultural 
  society, 
  or 
  

   the 
  American 
  institute 
  in 
  the 
  city 
  of 
  New 
  York, 
  shall 
  raise 
  by 
  vol- 
  

   untary 
  subscription 
  any 
  sum 
  of 
  money, 
  its 
  president 
  and 
  treasurer 
  

   shall 
  make 
  and 
  subscribe 
  an 
  affidavit 
  in 
  duplicate 
  of 
  the 
  formation 
  

   of 
  such 
  society, 
  and 
  of 
  its 
  having 
  raised 
  a 
  certain 
  sum, 
  specifying 
  

   the 
  amount, 
  one 
  of 
  which 
  affidavits 
  shall 
  be 
  filed 
  with 
  the 
  commis- 
  

   sioner 
  of 
  agriculture 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  with 
  the 
  comptroller, 
  who 
  shall 
  

   draw 
  his 
  warrant 
  on 
  the 
  treasurer 
  for 
  a 
  sum 
  equal 
  to 
  the 
  amount 
  

   of 
  such 
  voluntary 
  subscription, 
  not 
  exceeding 
  the 
  amount 
  to 
  which 
  

   it 
  would 
  be 
  entitled 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  apportionment 
  in 
  the 
  last 
  

   preceding 
  section. 
  Whenever 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  state 
  agricultural 
  

   society, 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  and 
  New 
  England 
  agricultural 
  society, 
  

   the 
  Western 
  New 
  York 
  agricultural 
  society, 
  or 
  the 
  Interstate 
  fair 
  

   society 
  shall 
  annually 
  raise, 
  by 
  voluntary 
  subscription, 
  not 
  less 
  

   than 
  eight 
  thousand 
  dollars, 
  for 
  distribution 
  by 
  such 
  society 
  at 
  

   its 
  annual 
  meeting 
  and 
  fair, 
  as 
  premiums 
  on 
  such 
  articles 
  pro- 
  

   ductions 
  and 
  stock 
  of 
  the 
  farm, 
  and 
  such 
  improvements 
  in 
  farming 
  

   machinery 
  as 
  they 
  deem 
  best 
  calculated 
  to 
  promote 
  the 
  agricul- 
  

   tural 
  and 
  stock-raising 
  interests 
  of 
  this 
  state, 
  having 
  special 
  refer- 
  

   ence 
  to 
  the 
  net 
  profits 
  which 
  accrue 
  or 
  are 
  likely 
  to 
  accrue 
  from 
  

   the 
  mode 
  pursued 
  of 
  raising 
  the 
  crop 
  or 
  stock, 
  or 
  the 
  fabrication 
  

   of 
  the 
  articles 
  offered, 
  with 
  the 
  intention 
  that 
  the 
  premiums 
  shall 
  

   be 
  given 
  for 
  the 
  encouragement 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  economical 
  or 
  profit- 
  

   able 
  mode 
  in 
  production; 
  and 
  shall 
  so 
  distribute 
  such 
  amount 
  in 
  

   such 
  premiums; 
  and 
  the 
  president 
  and 
  treasurer 
  of 
  such 
  society 
  

   shall 
  make 
  and 
  subscribe 
  a 
  statement 
  in 
  duplicate 
  verified 
  by 
  their 
  

   affidavit, 
  of 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  such 
  sum 
  has 
  been 
  so 
  raised 
  by 
  voluntary 
  

   subscription 
  for 
  such 
  premiums, 
  specifying 
  the 
  amount 
  raised 
  

  

  