﻿Commissioner 
  of 
  Agkiculture. 
  1073 
  

  

  to 
  be 
  distributed, 
  exclusive 
  of 
  premiums 
  paid 
  for 
  trials 
  or 
  tests 
  of 
  

   fipeed, 
  skill 
  or 
  endurance 
  of 
  man 
  or 
  beast. 
  No 
  proportion 
  of 
  such 
  

   amount 
  shall 
  be 
  paid 
  to 
  any 
  such 
  society, 
  club 
  or 
  exhibition 
  in 
  

   which 
  the 
  actual 
  amount 
  paid 
  by 
  it 
  as 
  such 
  premiums 
  in 
  the 
  year 
  

   preceding 
  such 
  apportionment, 
  is 
  less 
  than 
  five 
  hundred 
  dollars. 
  

   All 
  revenues 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  or 
  shall 
  be 
  received 
  by 
  the 
  comp- 
  

   troller, 
  and 
  not 
  distributed 
  as 
  heretofore 
  provided, 
  and 
  all 
  moneys 
  

   received 
  by 
  him 
  from 
  the 
  tax 
  collected 
  from 
  racing 
  associations 
  

   pursuant 
  to 
  chapter 
  one 
  hundred 
  and 
  ninety-seven 
  of 
  the 
  laws 
  of 
  

   eighteen 
  hundred 
  and 
  ninety-four, 
  and 
  chapter 
  five 
  hundred 
  and 
  

   seventy 
  of 
  the 
  laws 
  of 
  eighteen 
  hundred 
  and 
  ninety-five, 
  and 
  all 
  

   acts 
  amendatory 
  thereto, 
  or 
  hereafter 
  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 
  collected 
  shall 
  be 
  disbursed 
  by 
  the 
  com- 
  

   missioner 
  of 
  agriculture 
  among 
  the 
  agricultural 
  societies, 
  clubs 
  

   or 
  exhibitions 
  of 
  the 
  state, 
  which 
  had 
  not 
  previous 
  to 
  May 
  twenty- 
  

   ninth, 
  eighteen 
  hundred 
  and 
  ninety-five, 
  received 
  appropriations 
  

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

   distributed 
  equally 
  and 
  the 
  remainder 
  in 
  proportion 
  to 
  the 
  premi- 
  

   ums 
  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 
  to 
  be 
  distributed. 
  Such 
  

   sums 
  shall 
  only 
  be 
  paid 
  to 
  societies 
  now 
  organized 
  and 
  in 
  active 
  

   operation 
  in 
  counties 
  having 
  a 
  population 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  census 
  

   of 
  eighteen 
  hundred 
  and 
  ninety-two 
  of 
  over 
  three 
  hundred 
  and 
  

   twenty-five 
  thousand 
  inhabitants, 
  or 
  which 
  shall 
  have 
  held 
  fairs, 
  

   annually, 
  during 
  each 
  of 
  the 
  three 
  years 
  prior 
  to 
  May 
  twenty-ninth, 
  

   eighteen 
  hundred 
  and 
  ninety-five, 
  and 
  which 
  shall 
  have 
  paid, 
  at 
  

   their 
  annual 
  meeting 
  or 
  fairs 
  during 
  such 
  three 
  years, 
  not 
  less 
  

   than 
  one 
  thousand 
  dollars 
  in 
  the 
  aggregate 
  as 
  premiums 
  for 
  

   agricultural, 
  mechanical 
  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 
  dis- 
  

   bursed 
  by 
  the 
  commissioner 
  of 
  agriculture 
  among 
  the 
  various 
  

  

  