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  CHAPTER 
  333. 
  

  

  AN 
  ACT 
  to 
  amend 
  the 
  membership 
  corporations 
  law, 
  relating 
  to 
  

   policemen 
  on 
  exhibition 
  grounds 
  of 
  agricultural 
  and 
  horticul- 
  

   tural 
  corporations. 
  

  

  Became 
  a 
  law 
  April 
  6, 
  1900, 
  with' 
  the 
  approval 
  of 
  the 
  Governor. 
  Passed, 
  

  

  three-fifths 
  being 
  present. 
  

  

  The 
  People 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  New 
  York, 
  represented 
  in 
  Senate 
  and 
  

   Assembly, 
  do 
  enact 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  Section 
  1. 
  Section 
  one 
  hundred 
  and 
  forty-three 
  of 
  chapter 
  five 
  

   hundred 
  and 
  fifty-nine 
  of 
  the 
  laws 
  'of 
  eighteen 
  hundred 
  and 
  

   ninety-five, 
  entitled 
  "An 
  act 
  relating 
  to 
  membership 
  corpora- 
  

   tions, 
  constituting 
  chapter 
  forty-three 
  of 
  the 
  general 
  laws," 
  is 
  

   hereby 
  amended 
  to 
  read 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  § 
  143. 
  Police 
  and 
  magistrates 
  on 
  exhibition 
  grounds. 
  — 
  The 
  

   board 
  of 
  directors 
  of 
  any 
  such 
  corporation, 
  or 
  the 
  executive 
  com- 
  

   mittee 
  of 
  such 
  board, 
  may 
  appoint 
  a 
  chief 
  of 
  police 
  and 
  as 
  

   many 
  citizens 
  of 
  this 
  state 
  as 
  may 
  be 
  necessary 
  to 
  act 
  as 
  police- 
  

   men 
  at 
  their 
  exhibitions. 
  The 
  chief 
  of 
  police 
  may 
  also 
  while 
  

   acting 
  as 
  such 
  appoint 
  such 
  additional 
  policemen 
  as 
  he 
  may 
  

   deem 
  advisable. 
  Such 
  chief 
  of 
  police 
  and 
  policemen 
  shall 
  pre- 
  

   serve 
  order 
  within 
  and 
  for 
  a 
  space 
  of 
  two 
  hundred 
  yards 
  from 
  

   and 
  around 
  the 
  grounds 
  of 
  the 
  corporation, 
  protect 
  the 
  property 
  

   within 
  such 
  grounds 
  and 
  space, 
  and 
  eject 
  all 
  persons 
  improperly 
  

   therein, 
  or 
  acting 
  disorderly 
  therein, 
  or 
  who 
  neglect 
  or 
  refuse 
  

   to 
  pay 
  the 
  entrance 
  fee 
  or 
  observe 
  the 
  rules 
  prescribed 
  by 
  the 
  

   corporation. 
  Any 
  of 
  such 
  officers 
  may 
  arrest 
  without 
  a 
  warrant, 
  

   any 
  person 
  whom 
  he 
  has 
  reasonable 
  cause 
  to 
  believe 
  has 
  unlaw- 
  

   fully 
  and 
  fraudulently 
  entered 
  the 
  exhibition 
  grounds 
  of 
  such 
  

   corporation 
  without 
  pa^-ing 
  the 
  entrance 
  fee 
  therefor. 
  They 
  

   shall 
  have 
  the 
  same 
  power 
  within 
  such 
  grounds 
  and 
  space, 
  dur- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  time 
  such 
  exhibition 
  continues, 
  and 
  for 
  twenty-four 
  

   hours 
  thereafter, 
  that 
  a 
  constable 
  has 
  by 
  law, 
  in 
  serving 
  criminal 
  

   process, 
  making 
  arrests 
  and 
  preserving 
  the 
  peace. 
  No 
  town 
  or 
  

   county 
  shall 
  be 
  liable 
  to 
  pay 
  any 
  such 
  policemen 
  for 
  services 
  

   rendered 
  under 
  this 
  section. 
  Such 
  corporations 
  may 
  regulate 
  

   or 
  prevent 
  all 
  kinds 
  of 
  theatrical, 
  or 
  circus, 
  exhibitions 
  and 
  

   shows, 
  huckstering 
  and 
  traflBc 
  in 
  fruits, 
  goods, 
  wares 
  and 
  mer- 
  

  

  