﻿COMMISSIOKEE 
  OF 
  AgKICULTUEE. 
  1087 
  

  

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

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

   sevemty 
  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^ 
  agricul- 
  

   tural 
  clubs 
  or 
  agricultural 
  expositions 
  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 
  pro- 
  

   portion 
  to 
  the 
  premiums 
  awarded 
  and 
  paid 
  by 
  said 
  society, 
  club 
  

   or 
  exposition 
  for 
  exhibits 
  made 
  at 
  the 
  annual 
  fairs 
  upon 
  the 
  awards 
  

   or 
  premiums 
  of 
  which 
  they 
  seek 
  a 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  money 
  to 
  be 
  dis- 
  

   tributed, 
  such 
  sums 
  shall 
  only 
  be 
  paid 
  to 
  such 
  societies 
  which 
  have 
  

   received 
  appropriations 
  from 
  the 
  state 
  previous 
  to 
  the 
  passage 
  of 
  

   this 
  act, 
  and 
  are 
  now 
  duly 
  organized 
  under 
  the 
  laws 
  of 
  the 
  state 
  

   of 
  New 
  York^ 
  and 
  in 
  active 
  operation 
  in 
  counties 
  having 
  a 
  popula- 
  

   tion 
  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 
  meetings 
  or 
  fairs 
  during 
  

   such 
  three 
  years, 
  not 
  less 
  than 
  one 
  thousand 
  dollars 
  in 
  the 
  aggre- 
  

   gate 
  as 
  premiums 
  for 
  agriculture, 
  mechanical 
  and 
  domestic 
  pro- 
  

   ducts, 
  exclusive 
  of 
  the 
  premiums 
  paid 
  for 
  trials 
  or 
  tests 
  of 
  speed, 
  

   skill 
  or 
  endurance 
  of 
  man 
  or 
  beast, 
  and 
  which 
  shall 
  have 
  filed 
  their 
  

   report 
  with 
  the 
  commissioner 
  of 
  agriculture, 
  on 
  or 
  before 
  July 
  first, 
  

   eighteen 
  hundred 
  and 
  ninety-five, 
  as 
  heretofore 
  provided 
  in 
  chapter 
  

   eight 
  hundred 
  and 
  twenty 
  of 
  the 
  laws 
  of 
  eighteen 
  hundred 
  and 
  

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

   by 
  the 
  commissioner 
  of 
  agriculture 
  among 
  the 
  various 
  county 
  agri- 
  

   cultural 
  societies 
  throughout 
  the 
  state, 
  and 
  theAmerican 
  Institute, 
  

   in 
  the 
  city 
  of 
  New 
  York, 
  as 
  follows: 
  One-half 
  shall 
  be 
  apportioned 
  

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

  

  