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  OF 
  AgKICULTUEE. 
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  Section 
  145. 
  Expenses 
  of 
  commission. 
  

  

  146. 
  State 
  and 
  local 
  agricultural 
  fairs 
  not 
  to 
  be 
  held 
  at 
  

   same 
  time. 
  Premiums 
  for 
  county 
  or 
  town 
  agri- 
  

   cultural 
  association 
  exhibits. 
  

  

  Section 
  140. 
  Property 
  in 
  town 
  of 
  Geddes, 
  Onondaga 
  county. 
  — 
  

   The 
  conveyance 
  to 
  the 
  state 
  by 
  the 
  Kew 
  York 
  State 
  Agricul- 
  

   tural 
  Society 
  of 
  its 
  property 
  in 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Geddes, 
  Onondaga 
  

   county, 
  New 
  York, 
  by 
  deed 
  dated 
  July 
  twenty-eight, 
  eighteen 
  

   hundred 
  and 
  ninety-nine, 
  and 
  recorded 
  in 
  the 
  office 
  of 
  the 
  comp- 
  

   troller, 
  is 
  hereby 
  accepted, 
  ratified 
  and 
  confirmed. 
  Such 
  prop- 
  

   erty, 
  and 
  any 
  other 
  property 
  hereafter 
  acquired 
  by 
  the 
  atate 
  for 
  

   state 
  fair 
  purposes 
  shall 
  be 
  under 
  the 
  management 
  and 
  control 
  

   of 
  the 
  state 
  fair 
  commission 
  as 
  hereinafter 
  provided, 
  and 
  it 
  may, 
  

   from 
  time 
  to 
  time, 
  make 
  rules 
  and 
  provide 
  for 
  the 
  care, 
  preser- 
  

   vation 
  and 
  improvement 
  thereof. 
  

  

  § 
  141. 
  State 
  fair 
  commission. 
  — 
  The 
  state 
  fair 
  commission 
  shall 
  

   consist 
  of 
  eleven 
  members, 
  of 
  whom 
  the 
  lieutenant-governor 
  and 
  

   the 
  commissioner 
  of 
  agriculture 
  shall 
  ex 
  officio 
  constitute 
  two. 
  

   The 
  remaining 
  nine 
  members 
  of 
  such 
  commission 
  shall 
  be 
  ap- 
  

   pointed 
  by 
  the 
  governor, 
  one 
  of 
  whom 
  shall 
  be 
  a 
  member 
  of 
  the 
  

   New 
  York 
  State 
  Grange, 
  one 
  a 
  member 
  of 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  State 
  

   Association 
  of 
  County 
  Agricultural 
  Societies, 
  and 
  one 
  a 
  member 
  

   of 
  the 
  Union 
  Association 
  of 
  Agricultural 
  Societies. 
  Of 
  the 
  nine 
  

   members 
  first 
  appointed 
  hereunder, 
  three 
  shall 
  hold 
  for 
  a 
  term 
  

   of 
  one 
  year, 
  three 
  for 
  a 
  term 
  of 
  two 
  years 
  and 
  three 
  for 
  a 
  term 
  of 
  

   three 
  years. 
  Their 
  successors 
  shall 
  each 
  be 
  appointed 
  for 
  a 
  term 
  

   of 
  three 
  years. 
  In 
  case 
  of 
  a 
  vacancy 
  in 
  the 
  office 
  of 
  the 
  mem- 
  

   bers 
  appointed 
  from 
  the 
  societies 
  or 
  associations 
  above 
  men- 
  

   tioned, 
  their 
  successors 
  shall 
  be 
  appointed 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  soci- 
  

   eties 
  or 
  associations. 
  

  

  § 
  142. 
  State 
  fair. 
  — 
  It 
  shall 
  be 
  the 
  duty 
  of 
  the 
  said 
  commission 
  

   to 
  hold 
  a 
  state 
  fair 
  at 
  such 
  times 
  as 
  it 
  may 
  deem 
  proper, 
  and 
  

   to 
  publish 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  holding 
  said 
  fair 
  in 
  the 
  month 
  of 
  January 
  

   preceding 
  in 
  each 
  year 
  after 
  the 
  year 
  nineteen 
  hundred. 
  Such 
  

   commission 
  may 
  make, 
  alter, 
  suspend 
  or 
  repeal 
  needed 
  rules 
  re- 
  

   lating 
  to 
  such 
  fair, 
  including 
  the 
  times 
  and 
  duration 
  thereof, 
  

   the 
  terms 
  and 
  conditions 
  of 
  entries 
  and 
  admissions, 
  exhibits, 
  

  

  