﻿10G8 
  Seventh 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  tkb 
  

  

  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 
  or 
  

   other 
  agricultural 
  societies 
  in 
  such 
  county 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  

   amount 
  of 
  premiums 
  paid, 
  provided 
  such 
  town 
  societies 
  sustain 
  

   a 
  public 
  fair, 
  with 
  premium-list, 
  which 
  premium-list 
  and 
  reports 
  

   of 
  such 
  town 
  fairs 
  shall 
  be 
  forwarded 
  and 
  made 
  to 
  the 
  com- 
  

   missioner 
  of 
  agriculture. 
  All 
  revenues, 
  which 
  shall 
  be 
  received 
  

   by 
  the 
  comptroller, 
  and 
  not 
  distributed 
  as 
  heretofore 
  provided, 
  

   and 
  all 
  moneys 
  received 
  by 
  him 
  from 
  the 
  tax 
  collected 
  from 
  rac- 
  

   ing 
  associations 
  pursuant 
  to 
  chapter 
  one 
  hundred 
  and 
  ninety- 
  

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

   after 
  otherwise 
  collected 
  from 
  racing 
  associations, 
  corporations 
  

   or 
  clubs, 
  shall 
  constitute 
  a 
  fund 
  which 
  shall 
  be 
  annually 
  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. 
  Thirty 
  per 
  centum 
  of 
  the 
  funds 
  so 
  col- 
  

   lected 
  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 
  ap- 
  

   propriations 
  from 
  the 
  state, 
  as 
  follows: 
  One-third 
  shall 
  be 
  appor- 
  

   tioned 
  and 
  distributed 
  equally 
  and 
  the 
  remainder 
  in 
  proportion 
  

   to 
  annual 
  premiums 
  paid 
  during 
  the 
  previous 
  year 
  by 
  such 
  so- 
  

   ciety. 
  Such 
  sums 
  shall 
  only 
  be 
  paid 
  to 
  societies 
  which 
  shall 
  have 
  

   held 
  fairs 
  annually 
  during 
  each 
  of 
  the 
  three 
  years 
  next 
  preceding 
  

   the 
  passage 
  of 
  this 
  act, 
  and 
  which 
  shall 
  have 
  paid 
  at 
  their 
  annual 
  

   meeting 
  or 
  fairs 
  during 
  such 
  three 
  years 
  not 
  less 
  than 
  one 
  thou- 
  

   sand 
  dollars 
  in 
  the 
  aggregate 
  as 
  premiums 
  for 
  agricultural, 
  me- 
  

   chanical 
  and 
  domestic 
  products, 
  exclusive 
  of 
  the 
  premiums 
  paid 
  

   for 
  trials 
  or 
  tests 
  of 
  speed, 
  skill 
  or 
  endurance 
  of 
  man 
  or 
  beast. 
  

   Seventy 
  per 
  centum 
  of 
  such 
  funds 
  shall 
  be 
  disbursed 
  by 
  the 
  com- 
  

   missioner 
  of 
  agriculture 
  among 
  the 
  various 
  county 
  agricultural 
  

   societies 
  throughout 
  the 
  state, 
  and 
  the 
  American 
  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 
  years 
  by 
  such 
  societies 
  and 
  

   Institute, 
  exclusive 
  of 
  premiums 
  paid 
  for 
  trials 
  or 
  testa 
  of 
  speed, 
  

  

  