﻿1138 
  Skventii 
  Annual 
  Iieport 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  ance 
  of 
  man 
  or 
  beast. 
  If 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  county 
  agricultural 
  society 
  

   in 
  any 
  county, 
  or 
  if 
  the 
  county 
  agricultuial 
  society 
  is 
  not 
  in 
  active 
  

   operation 
  as 
  such, 
  then 
  the 
  town 
  society 
  or 
  societies 
  in 
  such 
  coun- 
  

   ty, 
  or 
  other 
  agricultural 
  societies 
  in 
  such 
  county, 
  except 
  the 
  New 
  

   York 
  State 
  Agricultural 
  Society, 
  that 
  would 
  otherwise 
  be 
  en- 
  

   titled 
  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 
  ag- 
  

   ricultural 
  society, 
  provided 
  such 
  societies 
  sustain 
  a 
  public 
  fair, 
  

   with 
  premium 
  list 
  and 
  reports 
  of 
  such 
  societies 
  shall 
  be 
  forward- 
  

   ed 
  and 
  made 
  to 
  the 
  commissioner 
  of 
  agriculture, 
  and 
  any 
  agri- 
  

   cultural 
  society 
  which 
  has 
  received 
  each 
  year 
  since 
  its 
  incorpora- 
  

   tion, 
  money 
  from 
  the 
  state 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  amount 
  as 
  if 
  said 
  society 
  

   were 
  the 
  county 
  society, 
  shall 
  continue 
  to 
  share 
  in 
  the 
  funds 
  the 
  

   same 
  as 
  though 
  it 
  were 
  actually 
  the 
  county 
  society, 
  on 
  condition 
  

   that 
  it 
  shall 
  fulfill 
  the 
  provisions 
  of 
  this 
  act 
  as 
  to 
  holding 
  fairs, 
  

   paying 
  premiums 
  and 
  filing 
  reports, 
  and 
  any 
  fair 
  association 
  

   which 
  shall 
  have 
  received 
  no 
  money 
  from 
  the 
  state 
  funds 
  except 
  

   that 
  distributed 
  to 
  county 
  agricultural 
  societies, 
  and 
  shall 
  have 
  

   held 
  a 
  fair 
  as 
  required 
  by 
  this 
  act, 
  shall 
  receive 
  from 
  the 
  funds 
  

   apportioned 
  to 
  county 
  agricultural 
  societies 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  relative 
  

   proportion 
  as 
  if 
  it 
  were 
  actually 
  the 
  county 
  society 
  and 
  shall 
  

   share 
  in 
  any 
  part 
  of 
  any 
  year's 
  fund 
  set 
  apart 
  or 
  retained 
  from 
  the 
  

   money 
  apportioned 
  to 
  agricultural 
  societies 
  for 
  that 
  year 
  in 
  the 
  

   same 
  relative 
  amount 
  as 
  any 
  county 
  agricultural 
  society 
  shared 
  

   in 
  the 
  agricultural 
  society 
  funds 
  of 
  that 
  year, 
  and 
  such 
  society 
  

   shall 
  hereafter 
  be 
  subject 
  to 
  all 
  provisions 
  of 
  this 
  act 
  relating 
  to 
  

   county 
  agricultural 
  societies. 
  All 
  agricultural 
  societies, 
  agri- 
  

   cultural 
  clubs 
  or 
  agricultural 
  expositions, 
  entitled 
  to 
  receive 
  any 
  

   portion 
  of 
  the 
  moneys 
  appropyiated 
  by 
  the 
  state 
  must 
  hereafter, 
  

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

   a 
  statement, 
  duly 
  verified 
  by 
  the 
  president 
  and 
  treas- 
  

   urer, 
  showing 
  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 
  together 
  with 
  

   vouchers 
  for 
  moneys 
  paid 
  as 
  premiums 
  shall 
  be 
  filed 
  in 
  the 
  office 
  

   of 
  the 
  commissioner 
  of 
  agriculture, 
  otherwise 
  such 
  society, 
  club 
  

   or 
  exposition 
  shall 
  forfeit 
  its 
  right 
  to 
  participate 
  in 
  the 
  dis- 
  

  

  