﻿1072 
  Seventh 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  paid 
  at 
  each 
  of 
  such 
  annual 
  fairs 
  or 
  meetings 
  during 
  such 
  three 
  

   years 
  the 
  sum 
  of 
  three 
  thousand 
  dollars 
  as 
  premiums 
  for 
  agricul- 
  

   tural 
  interests, 
  exclusive 
  of 
  the 
  premiums 
  paid 
  for 
  trials 
  or 
  tests 
  

   of 
  speed, 
  skill 
  or 
  endurance 
  of 
  man 
  or 
  beast, 
  under 
  the 
  conditions 
  

   and 
  in 
  the 
  manner 
  provided 
  by 
  section 
  eighty-nine 
  of 
  this 
  chapter. 
  

   Seventy 
  per 
  centum 
  of 
  the 
  balance 
  of 
  the 
  amount 
  so 
  appropriated 
  

   shall 
  be 
  apportioned 
  and 
  distributed 
  among 
  the 
  various 
  county 
  

   agricultural 
  societies 
  and 
  the 
  American 
  Institute 
  in 
  the 
  city 
  of 
  

   New 
  York; 
  and 
  thirty 
  per 
  centum 
  thereof 
  among 
  the 
  various 
  town 
  

   and 
  other 
  agricultural 
  societies, 
  clubs 
  or 
  exhibitions, 
  entitled 
  by 
  

   this 
  section 
  to 
  receive 
  thirty 
  per 
  centum 
  of 
  the 
  moneys 
  received 
  

   by 
  the 
  comptroller 
  from 
  the 
  tax 
  collected 
  from 
  the 
  racing 
  asso- 
  

   ciations, 
  corporations 
  or 
  clubs 
  of 
  the 
  State. 
  Such 
  apportionment 
  

   and 
  distribution 
  shall 
  be 
  made 
  by 
  the 
  commissioner 
  of 
  agriculture 
  

   in 
  the 
  following 
  manner. 
  One-half 
  of 
  the 
  seventy 
  per 
  centum 
  to 
  

   be 
  apportioned 
  to 
  such 
  county 
  agricultural 
  societies 
  and 
  the 
  Amer- 
  

   ican 
  Institute 
  in 
  the 
  city 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  shall 
  be 
  apportioned 
  and 
  

   distributed 
  equally 
  and 
  the 
  remainder 
  in 
  proportion 
  to 
  the 
  actual 
  

   premiums 
  paid 
  during 
  the 
  previous 
  year 
  by 
  such 
  societies 
  and 
  insti- 
  

   tute, 
  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 
  if 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  in 
  active 
  operation 
  as 
  such, 
  

   then 
  the 
  town 
  society 
  or 
  societies 
  in 
  such 
  county, 
  or 
  other 
  agricul- 
  

   tural 
  societies 
  in 
  such 
  county 
  that 
  would 
  otherwise 
  be 
  entitled 
  

   to 
  share 
  under 
  the 
  thirty 
  per 
  centum 
  distribution 
  referred 
  to 
  in 
  

   this 
  section, 
  shall 
  share 
  jointly 
  in 
  the 
  distribution 
  of 
  such 
  money 
  

   on 
  the 
  same 
  basis 
  as 
  they 
  would 
  if 
  they 
  were 
  a 
  county 
  fair, 
  pro- 
  

   vided 
  such 
  town 
  societies 
  sustain 
  a 
  public 
  fair, 
  with 
  premium 
  list, 
  

   which 
  premium 
  list 
  and 
  reports 
  of 
  such 
  town 
  fairs 
  shall 
  be 
  for- 
  

   warded 
  and 
  made 
  to 
  the 
  commissioner 
  of 
  agriculture. 
  Of 
  the 
  

   thirty 
  per 
  centum 
  to 
  be 
  distributed 
  among 
  the 
  various 
  town 
  and 
  

   other 
  agricultural 
  societies, 
  clubs 
  or 
  exhibitions, 
  one-third 
  thereof 
  

   shall 
  be 
  apportioned 
  and 
  distributed 
  equally 
  and 
  the 
  remainder 
  

   In 
  proportion 
  to 
  the 
  premiums 
  awarded 
  and 
  paid 
  by 
  said 
  society, 
  

   club 
  or 
  exposition 
  for 
  exhibits 
  made 
  at 
  the 
  annual 
  fair 
  upon 
  the 
  

   awards 
  or 
  premiums 
  of 
  which 
  they 
  seek 
  a 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  money 
  

  

  