﻿1106 
  Seventh 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  New 
  York, 
  as 
  follows: 
  One-half 
  shall 
  be 
  apportioned 
  and 
  dis- 
  

   tributed 
  equally, 
  and 
  the 
  remainder 
  in 
  proportion 
  to 
  the 
  premiums 
  

   awarded 
  and 
  paid 
  by 
  said 
  society, 
  club 
  or 
  exposition, 
  for 
  exhibits 
  

   made 
  at 
  the 
  annual 
  fair 
  upon 
  the 
  awards 
  or 
  premiums 
  of 
  which 
  

   they 
  seek 
  a 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  money 
  to 
  be 
  distributed, 
  exclusive 
  of 
  

   premiums 
  paid 
  for 
  trials 
  or 
  tests 
  of 
  speed, 
  skill 
  or 
  endurance 
  of 
  

   man 
  or 
  beast. 
  If 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  county 
  agricultural 
  society 
  in 
  any 
  

   county, 
  or 
  if 
  the 
  county 
  agricultural 
  society 
  is 
  not 
  in 
  active 
  opera- 
  

   tion 
  as 
  such, 
  then 
  the 
  town 
  society 
  or 
  societies 
  in 
  such 
  county, 
  or 
  

   other 
  agricultural 
  societies 
  in 
  such 
  county, 
  except 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  

   State 
  Agricultural 
  Society, 
  that 
  would 
  otherwise 
  be 
  entitled 
  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 
  agricultural 
  

   society, 
  provided 
  such 
  societies 
  sustain 
  a 
  public 
  fair, 
  with 
  pre- 
  

   mium 
  list 
  and 
  reports 
  of 
  such 
  societies 
  shall 
  be 
  forwarded 
  and 
  

   made 
  to 
  the 
  commissioner 
  of 
  agriculture. 
  All 
  agricultural 
  socie- 
  

   ties, 
  agricultural 
  clubs 
  or 
  agricultural 
  expositions 
  entitled 
  to 
  re- 
  

   ceive 
  any 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  moneys 
  appropriated 
  by 
  the 
  state 
  must 
  

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

   file 
  a 
  statement, 
  duly 
  verified 
  by 
  the 
  secretary 
  and 
  treasurer, 
  show- 
  

   ing 
  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 
  shall 
  be 
  filed 
  in 
  the 
  office 
  of 
  the 
  

   commissioner 
  of 
  agriculture, 
  otherwise 
  such 
  society, 
  club 
  or 
  ex- 
  

   position 
  shall 
  forfeit 
  its 
  right 
  to 
  participate 
  in 
  the 
  distribution 
  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 
  seo- 
  

   tion 
  receives 
  any 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  seventy 
  per 
  centum 
  of 
  

   such 
  funds 
  apportioned 
  to 
  county 
  agricultural 
  societies, 
  

   shall 
  not 
  receive 
  any 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  thirty 
  per 
  centum 
  of 
  such 
  

   funds. 
  Any 
  such 
  society, 
  club 
  or 
  exposition, 
  receiving 
  the 
  sum 
  of 
  

  

  