﻿1052 
  Seventh 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  motion 
  of 
  agricultural 
  interests, 
  exclusive 
  of 
  premiums 
  paid 
  for 
  

   trials 
  of 
  speed 
  or 
  endurance 
  of 
  man 
  or 
  beast, 
  and 
  the 
  president 
  

   and 
  treasurer 
  of 
  such 
  society, 
  club 
  or 
  exposition 
  shall 
  make 
  and 
  

   subscribe 
  a 
  statement 
  in 
  duplicate, 
  verified 
  by 
  their 
  affidavit, 
  of 
  

   the 
  fact 
  that 
  such 
  sum 
  has 
  been 
  so 
  paid 
  and 
  distributed 
  in 
  pre- 
  

   miums, 
  and 
  shall 
  on 
  or 
  before 
  the 
  first 
  day 
  of 
  December 
  in 
  such 
  

   year, 
  file 
  one 
  of 
  such 
  statements 
  and 
  affidavits 
  in 
  the 
  office 
  of 
  the 
  

   commissioner 
  of 
  agriculture, 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  in 
  the 
  office 
  of 
  the 
  

   comptroller, 
  and 
  such 
  society, 
  club 
  or 
  exposition 
  shall 
  make 
  an 
  

   offer 
  in 
  writing, 
  signed 
  by 
  its 
  president 
  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 
  distribution 
  as 
  premiums 
  at 
  its 
  annual 
  meet- 
  

   ing, 
  and 
  fair, 
  for 
  the 
  promotion 
  of 
  agriculture, 
  and 
  the 
  improve- 
  

   ment 
  of 
  the 
  breed 
  of 
  stock 
  in 
  this 
  state, 
  and 
  the 
  encouragement 
  

   of 
  the 
  domestic 
  and 
  mechanic 
  arts, 
  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 
  performance 
  of 
  its 
  duty 
  as 
  such 
  agent, 
  

   for 
  such 
  distribution, 
  and 
  shall 
  file 
  the 
  same 
  in 
  the 
  office 
  of 
  the 
  

   comptroller, 
  the 
  state 
  will 
  appropriate 
  to 
  each 
  of 
  such 
  societies, 
  

   clubs 
  or 
  expositions, 
  the 
  sum 
  of 
  two 
  thousand 
  dollars, 
  to 
  be 
  dis- 
  

   tributed 
  by 
  such 
  society, 
  club 
  or 
  exposition 
  as 
  premiums 
  on 
  such 
  

   articles, 
  productions, 
  stock 
  and 
  improvements 
  as 
  may 
  be 
  exhib- 
  

   ited 
  at 
  its 
  annual 
  meeting 
  and 
  fair 
  on 
  the 
  conditions 
  hereinbefore 
  

   named. 
  Provided, 
  however, 
  that 
  if 
  any 
  such 
  society, 
  club 
  or 
  ex- 
  

   position 
  shall 
  receive 
  in 
  any 
  year 
  two 
  thousand 
  dollars 
  as 
  herein 
  

   provided, 
  such 
  society, 
  club 
  or 
  exposition 
  shall 
  not 
  receive 
  any 
  

   portion 
  of 
  the 
  moneys 
  collected 
  from 
  racing 
  associations, 
  pur- 
  

   suant 
  to 
  chapter 
  four 
  hundred 
  and 
  seventy-nine 
  of 
  the 
  laws 
  of 
  

   eighteen 
  hundred 
  and 
  eighty-seven, 
  or 
  of 
  moneys 
  already 
  appro- 
  

   priated 
  for 
  the 
  benefit 
  of 
  the 
  county 
  agricultural 
  societies. 
  

  

  § 
  3. 
  Section 
  six 
  of 
  chapter 
  four 
  hundred 
  and 
  seventy-nine 
  of 
  the 
  

   laws 
  of 
  eighteen 
  hundred 
  and 
  eighty-seven, 
  and 
  chapter 
  five 
  hun- 
  

   dred 
  and 
  eleven 
  of 
  the 
  laws 
  of 
  eighteen 
  hundred 
  and 
  ninety-two, 
  

   are 
  hereby 
  repealed. 
  

  

  § 
  4. 
  This 
  act 
  shall 
  take 
  effect 
  immediately. 
  

  

  