﻿Commissioner 
  of 
  Agkicultuee. 
  1137 
  

  

  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, 
  other 
  than 
  appropriations 
  

   that 
  they 
  received 
  from 
  the 
  fund 
  to 
  be 
  distributed 
  to 
  county 
  socie- 
  

   ties 
  from 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  there 
  was 
  no 
  county 
  society 
  in 
  existence 
  

   or 
  in 
  active 
  operation 
  within 
  that 
  county, 
  as 
  follows: 
  One-third 
  

   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 
  fairs 
  upon 
  the 
  award 
  

   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, 
  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 
  

   aggregate 
  as 
  premiums 
  for 
  agriculture, 
  mechanical 
  and 
  domestic 
  

   products, 
  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 
  be- 
  

   fore 
  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 
  agricultural 
  societies 
  throughout 
  the 
  

   state, 
  the 
  American 
  Institute 
  in 
  .the 
  City 
  of 
  New 
  York, 
  and 
  

   any 
  agricultural 
  society 
  which 
  has 
  received 
  from 
  the 
  state 
  funds 
  

   no 
  money 
  except 
  that 
  set 
  apart 
  or 
  distributed 
  to 
  county 
  agri- 
  

   cultural 
  societies, 
  as 
  follows: 
  One-half 
  shall 
  be 
  apportioned 
  and 
  

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

   iums 
  awarded 
  and 
  paid 
  by 
  said 
  society, 
  club 
  or 
  exposition, 
  for 
  ex- 
  

   hibits 
  made 
  at 
  the 
  annual 
  fair 
  upon 
  the 
  awards 
  or 
  premiums 
  of 
  

   which 
  they 
  seek 
  a 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  money 
  to 
  be 
  distributed, 
  exclu- 
  

   sive 
  of 
  premiums 
  paid 
  for 
  trials 
  or 
  tests 
  of 
  speed, 
  skill 
  or 
  endur- 
  

  

  