﻿Commissioner 
  of 
  Agkicultuee. 
  1051 
  

  

  hundred 
  and 
  thirty-eight 
  of 
  the 
  laws 
  of 
  eighteen 
  hundred 
  and 
  

   niuety-three, 
  entitled 
  "An 
  act 
  in 
  relation 
  to 
  agriculture, 
  constitut- 
  

   ing 
  articles 
  one, 
  two, 
  three, 
  four 
  and 
  five 
  of 
  the 
  general 
  laws," 
  is 
  

   hereby 
  amended 
  to 
  read 
  as 
  follows: 
  

   [Amended 
  by 
  section 
  1 
  of 
  chapter 
  820 
  of 
  the 
  Laws 
  of 
  1895, 
  section 
  

  

  1 
  of 
  chapter 
  221 
  of 
  the 
  Laws 
  of 
  1896, 
  section 
  1 
  of 
  chapter 
  589 
  

  

  of 
  the 
  Laws 
  of 
  1897, 
  chapter 
  494 
  of 
  the 
  Laws 
  of 
  1898, 
  and 
  chapters 
  

  

  87 
  and 
  339 
  of 
  the 
  Laws 
  of 
  1900.) 
  

  

  § 
  88. 
  Receipts 
  and 
  apportionment 
  of 
  moneys 
  for 
  the 
  promo- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  agriculture. 
  Money 
  appropriated 
  for 
  the 
  promotion 
  of 
  

   agriculture 
  in 
  this 
  istate, 
  the 
  distribution 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  not 
  other- 
  

   wise 
  provided 
  by 
  law, 
  and 
  money 
  collected 
  from 
  racing 
  associa- 
  

   tions 
  pursuant 
  to 
  chapter 
  four 
  hundred 
  and 
  seventy-nine 
  of 
  the 
  

   laws 
  of 
  eighteen 
  hundred 
  and 
  eighty-seven, 
  shall 
  be 
  apportioned 
  

   and 
  distributed 
  by 
  the 
  commissioner 
  of 
  agriculture 
  among 
  the 
  

   various 
  county 
  agricultural 
  societies 
  and 
  the 
  American 
  institute 
  

   in 
  the 
  city 
  of 
  Kew 
  York, 
  as 
  follows: 
  One-half 
  thereof 
  shall 
  be 
  

   apportioned 
  and 
  distributed 
  equally, 
  and 
  the 
  remainder 
  in 
  pro- 
  

   portion 
  to 
  the 
  actual 
  premiums 
  paid 
  during 
  the 
  previous 
  year 
  by 
  

   such 
  societies 
  and 
  institute, 
  exclusive 
  of 
  premiums 
  paid 
  for 
  trials 
  

   or 
  tests 
  of 
  speed, 
  skill 
  or 
  endurance 
  of 
  man 
  or 
  beast. 
  If 
  there 
  is 
  

   no 
  county 
  agricultural 
  society 
  in 
  any 
  county, 
  or 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  in 
  active 
  

   operation 
  as 
  such, 
  the 
  money 
  which 
  the 
  county 
  society 
  of 
  such 
  

   county 
  would 
  be 
  entitled 
  to 
  receive 
  under 
  this 
  article 
  shall 
  be 
  

   apportioned 
  among 
  and 
  paid 
  to 
  the 
  several 
  town 
  agricultural 
  

   societies 
  in 
  such 
  county 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  amount 
  of 
  premiums 
  

   paid, 
  provided 
  such 
  town 
  societies 
  sustain 
  a 
  public 
  fair 
  with 
  pre- 
  

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

   shall 
  be 
  forwarded 
  and 
  made 
  to 
  the 
  commissioner 
  of 
  agriculture. 
  

  

  § 
  2. 
  Section 
  eighty-nine 
  of 
  said 
  act 
  is 
  hereby 
  amended 
  to 
  read 
  

   as 
  follows: 
  

  

  (Repealed 
  hy 
  chapter 
  654 
  of 
  the 
  Laws 
  of 
  1894; 
  re-enacted^ 
  with 
  

   changes, 
  hy 
  chapter 
  587 
  of 
  the 
  Laws 
  of 
  1895.) 
  

  

  § 
  89. 
  If 
  any 
  agricultural 
  society, 
  club 
  or 
  exposition 
  other 
  than 
  

   the 
  state 
  agricultural 
  society, 
  which 
  has 
  held 
  annual 
  fairs 
  during 
  

   the 
  past 
  three 
  years, 
  shall, 
  in 
  any 
  year, 
  pay 
  out 
  at 
  its 
  annual 
  

   meeting 
  or 
  fair 
  three 
  thousand 
  dollars, 
  as 
  premiums 
  for 
  the 
  pro 
  

  

  