﻿Commissioner 
  of 
  Agriculture. 
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  tributed 
  equally 
  and 
  the 
  remainder 
  in 
  proportion 
  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. 
  All 
  revenues 
  collected 
  by 
  the 
  

   state 
  comptroller 
  and 
  yet 
  undistributed 
  from 
  the 
  tax 
  collected 
  

   from 
  racing 
  associations, 
  pursuant 
  to 
  chapter 
  one 
  hundred 
  and 
  

   ninety-seven 
  of 
  the 
  laws 
  of 
  eighteen 
  hundred 
  and 
  ninety-four, 
  

   shall 
  constitute 
  a 
  fund 
  which 
  shall 
  be 
  disbursed 
  on 
  behalf 
  of 
  the 
  

   state 
  for 
  prizes 
  for 
  improving 
  the 
  breed 
  of 
  cattle, 
  sheep 
  and 
  

   horses 
  at 
  the 
  various 
  fairs 
  throughout 
  the 
  state, 
  as 
  hereinafter 
  

   prescribed. 
  Twenty-five 
  per 
  centum 
  of 
  the 
  funds 
  so 
  collected 
  

   shall 
  be 
  disbursed 
  by 
  the 
  commissioner 
  of 
  agriculture 
  among 
  the 
  

   agricultural 
  societies, 
  clubs 
  or 
  expositions 
  of 
  the 
  state, 
  which 
  

   have 
  not, 
  previous 
  to 
  the 
  passage 
  of 
  this 
  act, 
  received 
  appropria- 
  

   tions 
  from 
  the 
  state 
  as 
  follows: 
  One-third 
  shall 
  be 
  apportioned 
  

   and 
  distributed 
  equally, 
  and 
  the 
  remainder 
  in 
  proportion 
  to 
  an- 
  

   nual 
  premiums 
  paid 
  during 
  the 
  past 
  year 
  by 
  such 
  society. 
  Such 
  

   sum 
  shall 
  only 
  be 
  paid 
  to 
  societies 
  which 
  have 
  held 
  fairs 
  annually 
  

   during 
  each 
  of 
  the 
  three 
  years 
  next 
  preceding 
  the 
  passage 
  of 
  

   this 
  act, 
  and 
  which 
  have 
  paid 
  at 
  their 
  annual 
  meeting 
  or 
  fairs 
  

   during 
  such 
  three 
  years, 
  not 
  le§s 
  than 
  one 
  thousand 
  dollars 
  in 
  

   the 
  aggregate 
  as 
  premiums 
  for 
  agriculture, 
  mechanical 
  and 
  do- 
  

   mestic 
  products, 
  exclusive 
  of 
  the 
  premiums 
  paid 
  for 
  trials 
  or 
  

   tests 
  of 
  speed, 
  skill 
  or 
  endurance 
  of 
  man 
  or 
  beast, 
  and 
  which 
  

   shall 
  file 
  a 
  statement 
  of 
  the 
  amounts 
  actually 
  paid 
  as 
  such 
  pre- 
  

   miums 
  during 
  the 
  past 
  year, 
  duly 
  verified 
  by 
  the 
  president 
  and 
  

   treasurer, 
  with 
  the 
  commissioner 
  of 
  agriculture 
  and 
  the 
  comp- 
  

   troller 
  on 
  or 
  before 
  the 
  first 
  day 
  of 
  July, 
  eighteen 
  hundred 
  and 
  

   ninety-five. 
  Seventy-five 
  per 
  centum 
  of 
  such 
  funds 
  shall 
  be 
  dis- 
  

   bursed 
  by 
  the 
  commissioner 
  of 
  agriculture 
  among 
  the 
  various 
  

   county 
  agricultural 
  societies 
  throughout 
  the 
  state, 
  and 
  the 
  Amer- 
  

   ican 
  Institute, 
  in 
  the 
  city 
  of 
  New 
  York, 
  as 
  follows: 
  One-half 
  shall 
  

   be 
  apportioned 
  and 
  distributed 
  equally, 
  and 
  the 
  remainder 
  in 
  

   proportion 
  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 
  

  

  