﻿Commissioner 
  of 
  Ageicultuee. 
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  CHAPTER 
  587. 
  

  

  AN 
  ACT 
  to 
  amend 
  the 
  agricultural 
  law, 
  relating 
  to 
  the 
  distribu- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  money 
  appropriated 
  for 
  certain 
  agricultural 
  societies. 
  

  

  Became 
  a 
  law 
  May 
  9, 
  1895, 
  with 
  the 
  approval 
  of 
  the 
  Governor. 
  Passed, 
  

  

  three-fifths 
  being 
  present 
  

  

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

   Assembly, 
  do 
  enact 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  Section 
  1. 
  The 
  agricultural 
  law, 
  chapter 
  three 
  hundred 
  and 
  

   thirty-eight 
  of 
  the 
  laws 
  of 
  eighteen 
  hundred 
  and 
  ninety-three, 
  is 
  

   hereby 
  amended 
  by 
  inserting 
  therein 
  a 
  new 
  section, 
  eighty-nine, 
  to 
  

   read 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  § 
  89. 
  Distribution 
  of 
  money 
  appropriated 
  for 
  certain 
  agri- 
  

   cultural 
  societies. 
  Whenever 
  in 
  any 
  year 
  there 
  shall 
  be 
  appro- 
  

   priated 
  the 
  sum 
  of 
  twenty 
  thousand 
  dollars 
  or 
  more 
  for 
  the 
  benefit 
  

   of 
  the 
  several 
  agricultural 
  societies, 
  clubs 
  or 
  expositions 
  of 
  the 
  

   State, 
  two 
  thousand 
  dollars 
  of 
  such 
  amount 
  shall 
  be 
  paid 
  to 
  every 
  

   such 
  society, 
  club 
  or 
  exposition, 
  which 
  shall 
  have 
  held 
  annual 
  fairs 
  

   or 
  meetings 
  during 
  each 
  of 
  the 
  three 
  years 
  next 
  preceding 
  such 
  

   appropriation 
  and 
  which 
  shall 
  have 
  paid 
  at 
  each 
  of 
  such 
  annual 
  

   fairs 
  or 
  meetings, 
  during 
  such 
  three 
  years, 
  the 
  sum 
  of 
  three 
  thou- 
  

   sand 
  dollars 
  as 
  premiums 
  for 
  agricultural 
  interests, 
  exclusive 
  of 
  

   the 
  premiums 
  paid 
  for 
  trials 
  or 
  tests 
  of 
  speed, 
  skill 
  or 
  endurance 
  

   of 
  man 
  or 
  beast. 
  Such 
  society, 
  club 
  or 
  exposition 
  shall 
  annually 
  

   before 
  the 
  first 
  day 
  of 
  December 
  in 
  each 
  year 
  tile 
  in 
  the 
  office 
  of 
  

   the 
  commissioner 
  of 
  agriculture 
  a 
  statement, 
  verified 
  by 
  its 
  presi- 
  

   dent 
  and 
  treasurer, 
  showing 
  the 
  payment 
  of 
  such 
  premiums, 
  with 
  

   the 
  amount 
  and 
  object 
  thereof, 
  together 
  with 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  the 
  

   persons 
  to 
  whom 
  they 
  were 
  paid. 
  A 
  similarly 
  verified 
  duplicate 
  

   of 
  such 
  statement 
  shall 
  be 
  filed 
  in 
  the 
  office 
  of 
  the 
  comptroller. 
  

   There 
  shall 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  time 
  be 
  filed 
  in 
  the 
  office 
  of 
  the 
  comp- 
  

   troller 
  a 
  written 
  offer 
  to 
  the 
  effect 
  that 
  such 
  society, 
  club 
  or 
  ex- 
  

   position 
  will 
  act 
  as 
  the 
  agent 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  for 
  the 
  distribution 
  and 
  

   payment 
  of 
  the 
  money 
  so 
  appropriated 
  as 
  premiums 
  at 
  its 
  annual 
  

   fair 
  or 
  meeting 
  for 
  the 
  promotion 
  of 
  agricultural 
  interests, 
  to- 
  

   gether 
  with 
  a 
  bond 
  executed 
  to 
  the 
  people 
  of 
  the 
  State, 
  signed 
  in 
  

  

  