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  OF 
  AgKICULTUKE. 
  1105 
  

  

  and 
  all 
  acts 
  amendatory 
  thereto, 
  or 
  hereafter 
  otherwise 
  collected 
  

   from 
  racing 
  associations, 
  corporations 
  or 
  clubs, 
  shall 
  constitute 
  a 
  

   fund, 
  which 
  shall 
  be 
  annually 
  disbursed 
  on 
  behalf 
  of 
  the 
  state 
  for 
  

   prizes 
  for 
  improving 
  the 
  breed 
  of 
  cattle^ 
  sheep 
  and 
  horses 
  at 
  the 
  

   various 
  fairs 
  throughout 
  the 
  state 
  as 
  hereinafter 
  prescribed. 
  

   Thirty 
  per 
  centum 
  of 
  the 
  funds 
  so 
  collected 
  shall 
  be 
  disbursed 
  by 
  

   the 
  commissioner 
  of 
  agriculture 
  among 
  the 
  agricultural 
  societies, 
  

   agricultural 
  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 
  ap- 
  

   propriations 
  that 
  they 
  received 
  from 
  the 
  fund 
  to 
  be 
  distributed 
  to 
  

   county 
  societies 
  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 
  re- 
  

   mainder 
  in 
  proportion 
  to 
  the 
  premiums 
  awarded 
  and 
  paid 
  by 
  said 
  

   society, 
  club 
  or 
  exposition 
  for 
  exhibits 
  made 
  at 
  the 
  annual 
  fairs 
  

   upon 
  the 
  awards 
  or 
  premiums 
  of 
  which 
  they 
  seek 
  a 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  

   money 
  to 
  be 
  distributed, 
  such 
  sums 
  shall 
  only 
  be 
  paid 
  to 
  such 
  

   societies 
  which 
  have 
  received 
  appropriations 
  from 
  the 
  state 
  pre- 
  

   vious 
  to 
  the 
  passage 
  of 
  this 
  act, 
  and 
  are 
  now 
  duly 
  organized 
  under 
  

   the 
  laws 
  of 
  the 
  state 
  of 
  New 
  York, 
  and 
  in 
  active 
  operation 
  in 
  

   counties 
  having 
  a 
  population 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  census 
  of 
  eighteen 
  

   hundred 
  and 
  ninety-two 
  of 
  over 
  three 
  hundred 
  and 
  twenty-five 
  

   thousand 
  inhabitants, 
  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 
  an- 
  

   nual 
  meetings 
  or 
  fairs 
  during 
  such 
  three 
  years, 
  not 
  less 
  that 
  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 
  before 
  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, 
  and 
  the 
  American 
  Institute, 
  in 
  The 
  City 
  of 
  

  

  