﻿1046 
  Seventh 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  may 
  have 
  received 
  from 
  voluntary 
  contributions 
  for 
  distribution 
  as 
  

   premiums, 
  stating 
  to 
  whom, 
  and 
  for 
  what 
  purpose 
  paid, 
  with 
  the 
  

   vouchers 
  therefor. 
  The 
  presidents 
  of 
  the 
  several 
  county 
  societies 
  

   and 
  of 
  the 
  American 
  institute 
  shall 
  annually 
  transmit 
  in 
  the 
  month 
  

   of 
  December, 
  to 
  the 
  executive 
  committee 
  of 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  state 
  

   agricultural 
  society, 
  all 
  such 
  reports 
  or 
  returns 
  as 
  they 
  are 
  re- 
  

   quired 
  to 
  demand 
  from 
  applicants, 
  for 
  premiums, 
  together 
  with 
  an 
  

   abstract 
  of 
  their 
  proceedings 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  which 
  shall 
  be 
  ex- 
  

   amined 
  by 
  such 
  executive 
  committee, 
  and 
  that 
  they 
  shall 
  condense, 
  

   arrange 
  and 
  report 
  the 
  same, 
  with 
  a 
  statement 
  of 
  their 
  own 
  pro- 
  

   ceedings 
  to 
  the 
  legislature 
  on 
  or 
  before 
  the 
  first 
  day 
  of 
  March 
  in 
  

   each 
  year. 
  

  

  (Amended 
  by 
  chapter 
  640 
  of 
  the 
  Laws 
  of 
  1894, 
  and 
  chapter 
  194 
  of 
  

  

  the 
  Laws 
  of 
  1898.) 
  

  

  § 
  91. 
  This 
  chapter 
  shall 
  take 
  effect 
  immediately. 
  

  

  CHAPTER 
  570. 
  

  

  AN 
  ACT 
  to 
  amend 
  the 
  code 
  of 
  criminal 
  procedure, 
  relating 
  to 
  

   violations 
  of 
  the 
  agricultural 
  law. 
  

  

  Approved 
  by 
  the 
  Governor 
  May 
  4, 
  1893. 
  Passed, 
  three-fifths 
  being 
  present. 
  

  

  The 
  People 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  New 
  York, 
  represented 
  in 
  Senate 
  and 
  

   Assembly, 
  do 
  enact 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  Section 
  1. 
  Section 
  fifty-six 
  of 
  the 
  code 
  of 
  criminal 
  procedure 
  is 
  

   hereby 
  amended 
  to 
  read 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  § 
  56. 
  Jurisdiction 
  of 
  courts. 
  Subject 
  to 
  the 
  power 
  of 
  removal 
  

   provided 
  for 
  in 
  this 
  chapter, 
  courts 
  of 
  special 
  sessions, 
  except 
  in 
  

   the 
  city 
  and 
  county 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  and 
  the 
  city 
  of 
  Albany, 
  have 
  in 
  

   the 
  first 
  instance 
  exclusive 
  jurisdiction 
  to 
  hear 
  and 
  determine 
  

   charges 
  of 
  misdemeanors 
  committed 
  within 
  their 
  respective 
  coun- 
  

   ties, 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  35. 
  All 
  violations 
  of 
  the 
  provisions 
  of 
  the 
  agricultural 
  law. 
  

  

  