﻿Commissioner 
  of 
  Agriculture. 
  1045 
  

  

  and 
  that 
  the 
  same 
  has 
  been 
  so 
  distributed 
  in 
  premiums^ 
  and 
  shall 
  

   file 
  one 
  of 
  such 
  statements 
  and 
  affidavits 
  in 
  the 
  office 
  of 
  the 
  com- 
  

   missioner 
  of 
  agriculture 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  in 
  the 
  office 
  of 
  the 
  comp- 
  

   troller; 
  and 
  such 
  society 
  shall 
  offer 
  in 
  writing, 
  signed 
  by 
  its 
  presi- 
  

   dent 
  and 
  treasurer, 
  addressed 
  to, 
  and 
  filed 
  in 
  the 
  office 
  of 
  the 
  

   comptroller, 
  to 
  act 
  as 
  the 
  agent 
  of 
  the 
  state 
  in 
  distributing 
  such 
  

   sum 
  or 
  sums 
  of 
  money, 
  as 
  the 
  state 
  may 
  appropriate 
  for 
  distribu- 
  

   tion 
  as 
  premiums 
  at 
  its 
  annual 
  meeting 
  and 
  fair 
  for 
  the 
  promotion 
  

   of 
  agriculture, 
  and 
  the 
  improvement 
  of 
  the 
  breed* 
  of 
  stock 
  in 
  this 
  

   state, 
  and 
  shall 
  execute 
  to 
  the 
  people 
  of 
  this 
  state 
  a 
  bond, 
  signed 
  

   in 
  its 
  name 
  by 
  its 
  president 
  and 
  treasurer, 
  with 
  such 
  sureties 
  as 
  

   the 
  comptroller 
  shall 
  approve, 
  conditioned 
  for 
  the 
  faithful 
  perform- 
  

   ance 
  of 
  its 
  duty, 
  as 
  such 
  agent 
  for 
  such 
  distribution, 
  and 
  shall 
  

   file 
  the 
  same 
  in 
  the 
  office 
  of 
  the 
  comptroller, 
  the 
  state 
  will 
  appro- 
  

   priate, 
  in 
  each 
  case 
  the 
  sum 
  of 
  eight 
  thousand 
  dollars 
  to 
  be 
  distri- 
  

   buted 
  by 
  such 
  society, 
  as 
  premiums 
  on 
  such 
  articles, 
  productions, 
  

   stock 
  and 
  improvements 
  as 
  may 
  be 
  exhibited 
  at 
  its 
  annual 
  meeting 
  

   and 
  fair 
  on 
  the 
  conditions 
  hereinbefore 
  named, 
  provided, 
  however, 
  

   that 
  before 
  any 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  sum 
  so 
  to 
  be 
  appropriated 
  by 
  the 
  

   state 
  shall 
  be 
  so 
  distributed 
  as 
  premiums, 
  the 
  person, 
  persons, 
  

   company 
  or 
  association 
  claiming 
  the 
  same, 
  or 
  to 
  whom 
  the 
  same 
  

   may 
  be 
  awarded, 
  shall 
  first 
  deliver 
  in 
  writing, 
  to 
  the 
  president 
  of 
  

   such 
  society 
  an 
  accurate 
  and 
  complete 
  description 
  of 
  the 
  process, 
  

   in 
  preparing 
  the 
  soil, 
  including 
  the 
  quantity 
  and 
  quality 
  of 
  the 
  

   manure 
  applied, 
  in 
  raising 
  the 
  crop 
  and 
  in 
  feeding 
  the 
  animal, 
  in- 
  

   cluding 
  the 
  kind 
  and 
  quantity 
  of 
  food, 
  as 
  near 
  as 
  may 
  be, 
  and 
  also 
  

   of 
  the 
  expense 
  and 
  product 
  of 
  the 
  crop, 
  or 
  of 
  increase 
  in 
  the 
  value 
  

   of 
  the 
  animal, 
  with 
  the 
  view 
  of 
  showing 
  accurately 
  the 
  profit 
  of 
  

   cultivating 
  the 
  crop 
  or 
  of 
  feeding 
  or 
  of 
  fattening 
  the 
  animal. 
  

  

  § 
  90. 
  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 
  of 
  December, 
  transmit 
  to 
  the 
  

   commissioner 
  of 
  agriculture 
  a 
  detailed 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  expenditure 
  

   or 
  distribution 
  of 
  all 
  such 
  moneys 
  as 
  shall 
  have 
  come 
  into 
  their 
  

   hands 
  during 
  the 
  preceding 
  year, 
  and 
  of 
  such 
  other 
  moneys 
  as 
  they 
  

  

  