﻿Commissioner 
  of 
  Agriculture. 
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  tribution 
  of 
  such 
  moneys 
  for 
  premiums 
  paid 
  for 
  such 
  year. 
  No 
  

   proportion 
  of 
  such 
  moneys 
  shall 
  be 
  paid 
  to 
  any 
  such 
  society, 
  

   club 
  or 
  exposition, 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  actual 
  amount 
  paid 
  by 
  it 
  as 
  such 
  

   premiums 
  in 
  the 
  year 
  preceding 
  such 
  apportionment, 
  is 
  less 
  than 
  

   five 
  hundred 
  dollars. 
  Any 
  town 
  or 
  other 
  agricultural 
  society 
  

   in 
  a 
  county 
  in 
  which 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  county 
  agricultural 
  society 
  in 
  

   active 
  operation, 
  and 
  which 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  terms 
  of 
  this 
  sec- 
  

   tion, 
  receives 
  any 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  seventy 
  per 
  centum 
  of 
  such 
  funds 
  

   apportioned 
  to 
  county 
  agricultural 
  societies, 
  shall 
  not 
  receive 
  any 
  

   proportion 
  of 
  the 
  thirty 
  per 
  centum 
  of 
  such 
  funds. 
  Any 
  such 
  so- 
  

   ciety, 
  club 
  or 
  exposition, 
  receiving 
  the 
  sura 
  of 
  two 
  thousand 
  dol- 
  

   lars 
  under 
  the 
  provisions 
  of 
  section 
  eighty-nine 
  of 
  this 
  act, 
  shall 
  

   not 
  receive 
  any 
  other 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  money 
  appropriated 
  for 
  the 
  

   promotion 
  of 
  agriculture. 
  Any 
  such 
  agricultural 
  society, 
  agricul- 
  

   tural 
  club, 
  agricultural 
  exposition, 
  or 
  agricultural 
  fair 
  associa- 
  

   tion, 
  organized 
  under 
  the 
  laws 
  of 
  the 
  state 
  of 
  New 
  York, 
  which 
  

   shall 
  fail 
  or 
  neglect 
  to 
  hold 
  annual 
  fairs 
  and 
  file 
  their 
  annual 
  

   reports 
  as 
  provided 
  by 
  this 
  law, 
  with 
  the 
  commissioner 
  of 
  agri- 
  

   culture 
  for 
  two 
  consecutive 
  years, 
  shall 
  forfeit 
  all 
  of 
  their 
  char- 
  

   tered 
  rights 
  including 
  any 
  privileges 
  or 
  moneys 
  they 
  might 
  there- 
  

   after 
  otherwise 
  be 
  entitled 
  to 
  under 
  this 
  act. 
  Any 
  agricultural 
  

   society, 
  agricultural 
  club 
  or 
  agricultural 
  exposition 
  which 
  shall 
  

   use, 
  or 
  permit 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  any 
  gambling 
  device, 
  device, 
  instrument 
  

   or 
  contrivance 
  in 
  the 
  operation 
  of 
  which 
  bets 
  are 
  laid 
  or 
  wagers 
  

   made, 
  wheel 
  of 
  fortune, 
  or 
  the 
  playing 
  or 
  carrying 
  on 
  of 
  any 
  game 
  

   of 
  chance, 
  upon 
  the 
  grounds 
  used 
  by 
  it 
  for, 
  or 
  during, 
  an 
  annual 
  

   meeting, 
  fair 
  or 
  exhibition, 
  shall 
  thereupon 
  forfeit 
  it 
  right 
  to 
  

   any 
  moneys 
  it 
  would 
  or 
  might 
  be 
  entitled 
  to 
  receive 
  under 
  the 
  

   provisions 
  of 
  this 
  act; 
  and 
  it 
  shall 
  be 
  the 
  duty 
  of 
  the 
  president 
  

   and 
  secretary, 
  or 
  treasurer 
  of 
  every 
  agricultural 
  society, 
  agri- 
  

   cultural 
  club 
  or 
  agricultural 
  exposition 
  entitled 
  to 
  receive 
  money 
  

   under 
  the 
  provisions 
  of 
  this 
  act, 
  to 
  certify, 
  in 
  their 
  annual 
  re- 
  

   port 
  to 
  the 
  commissioner 
  of 
  agriculture 
  executed 
  under 
  oath, 
  

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

   at 
  the 
  last 
  annual 
  meeting, 
  fair 
  or 
  exhibition 
  held 
  by 
  or 
  under 
  

   the 
  direction 
  of 
  such 
  society, 
  club 
  or 
  exposition, 
  it 
  did 
  not 
  use 
  

   or 
  permit 
  the 
  use 
  of, 
  any 
  gambling 
  device, 
  device, 
  instrument 
  or 
  

   contrivance 
  in 
  the 
  operation 
  of 
  which 
  bets 
  were 
  laid 
  or 
  wagers 
  

  

  