﻿107-i 
  Seventh 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  county 
  agricultural 
  societies 
  throughout 
  the 
  state, 
  and 
  the 
  Ameri- 
  

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

   be 
  apportioned 
  and 
  distributed 
  equally, 
  and 
  the 
  remainder 
  in 
  pro- 
  

   portion 
  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 
  

   to 
  be 
  distributed, 
  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 
  in 
  active 
  operation 
  

   as 
  such, 
  then 
  the 
  town 
  society 
  or 
  societies 
  in 
  such 
  county 
  or 
  other 
  

   agricultural 
  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, 
  

   provided 
  such 
  town 
  societies 
  sustain 
  a 
  public 
  fair, 
  with 
  premium 
  

   lists 
  and 
  reports 
  of 
  such 
  town 
  fairs 
  shall 
  be 
  forwarded 
  and 
  made 
  

   to 
  the 
  commissioner 
  of 
  agriculture. 
  All 
  such 
  societies 
  shall 
  here- 
  

   after, 
  on 
  or 
  before 
  the 
  fifteenth 
  day 
  of 
  December 
  in 
  each 
  year, 
  

   file 
  a 
  statement 
  duly 
  verified 
  by 
  the 
  secretary 
  and 
  treasurer, 
  show- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  amount 
  of 
  premiums 
  paid 
  at 
  the 
  last 
  annual 
  fair, 
  exclusive 
  

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

   of 
  man 
  or 
  beast, 
  which 
  statement 
  shall 
  be 
  filed 
  in 
  the 
  oflQce 
  of 
  the 
  

   commissioner 
  of 
  agriculture. 
  No 
  such 
  society, 
  other 
  than 
  a 
  

   county 
  society, 
  shall 
  be 
  hereafter 
  entitled 
  to 
  receive 
  such 
  appro- 
  

   priations 
  in 
  any 
  year 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  actual 
  amount 
  paid 
  by 
  it 
  as 
  such 
  

   premium 
  is 
  less 
  than 
  five 
  hundred 
  dollars. 
  Any 
  town 
  or 
  other 
  

   agricultural 
  society 
  in 
  a 
  county 
  in 
  which 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  agricultural 
  

   society 
  and 
  which, 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  terms 
  of 
  this 
  section 
  receives 
  

   any 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  seventy 
  per 
  centum 
  of 
  such 
  funds 
  apportioned 
  

   to 
  county 
  agricultural 
  societies, 
  shall 
  not 
  receive 
  the 
  portion 
  of 
  

   the 
  thirty 
  per 
  centum 
  of 
  such 
  funds 
  which 
  they 
  would 
  be 
  otherwise 
  

   entitled 
  to 
  receive. 
  Any 
  society, 
  club 
  or 
  exposition, 
  except 
  the 
  

   New 
  York 
  State 
  Agricultural 
  society, 
  receiving 
  the 
  sum 
  of 
  two 
  

   thousand 
  dollars 
  under 
  the 
  provisions 
  of 
  section 
  eighty-nine 
  of 
  

   this 
  act^ 
  shall 
  not 
  receive 
  any 
  other 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  money 
  appro- 
  

   priated 
  for 
  the 
  promotion 
  of 
  agriculture. 
  

   § 
  2. 
  The 
  sum 
  of 
  twenty-seven 
  thousand 
  two 
  hundred 
  and 
  thli^ 
  

  

  