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  Seventh 
  Annual 
  Eeport 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  CHAPTER 
  87. 
  

  

  AN 
  ACT 
  to 
  amend 
  the 
  agricultural 
  law, 
  relative 
  to 
  distribution 
  

   of 
  moneys 
  to 
  agricultural 
  societies. 
  

  

  Became 
  a 
  law, 
  March 
  7, 
  1900, 
  with 
  the 
  approval 
  of 
  the 
  Governor. 
  Passed, 
  

  

  three-fifths 
  being 
  present. 
  

  

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

   Assembly, 
  do 
  enact 
  as 
  folloics: 
  

  

  Section 
  1. 
  Section 
  eighty-eight 
  of 
  chapter 
  three 
  hundred 
  and 
  

   thirty-eight 
  of 
  the 
  laws 
  of 
  eighteen 
  hundred 
  and 
  ninety-three, 
  

   entitled 
  "An 
  act 
  in 
  relation 
  to 
  agriculture, 
  constituting 
  articles 
  

   one, 
  two, 
  three, 
  four 
  and 
  five 
  of 
  chapter 
  thirty-three 
  of 
  the 
  gen- 
  

   eral 
  laws," 
  as 
  amended 
  by 
  cha.pter 
  four 
  hundred 
  and 
  ninety- 
  

   four 
  of 
  the 
  laws 
  of 
  eighteen 
  hundred 
  and 
  ninety-eight, 
  is 
  hereby 
  

   amended 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  read 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  § 
  88. 
  Receipts 
  and 
  apportionment 
  of 
  moneys 
  for 
  the 
  promo- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  agriculture. 
  — 
  Of 
  all 
  moneys 
  appropriated 
  for 
  the 
  promo- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  agriculture 
  in 
  any 
  one 
  year, 
  twenty 
  thousand 
  dollars 
  

   thereof 
  shall 
  be 
  distributed 
  in 
  premiums 
  by 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  State 
  

   Agricultural 
  Society; 
  two 
  thousand 
  dollars 
  thereof 
  shall 
  bo 
  paid 
  

   to 
  each 
  of 
  the 
  agricultural 
  societies, 
  agricultural 
  clubs, 
  or 
  agri- 
  

   cultural 
  expositions 
  which 
  shall 
  have 
  held 
  annual 
  agricultural 
  

   fair 
  meetings 
  during 
  each 
  of 
  the 
  three 
  years 
  next 
  preceding 
  

   such 
  appropriation, 
  and 
  which 
  shall 
  have 
  paid 
  at 
  each 
  of 
  such 
  

   annual 
  fairs 
  or 
  meetings 
  during 
  such 
  three 
  years 
  the 
  sum 
  of 
  

   three 
  thousand 
  dollars 
  as 
  premiums 
  for 
  agricultural 
  interests, 
  

   exclusive 
  of 
  the 
  premiums 
  paid 
  for 
  trials 
  or 
  tests 
  of 
  speed, 
  skill 
  

   or 
  endurance 
  of 
  man 
  or 
  beast, 
  under 
  the 
  conditions 
  and 
  in 
  

   the 
  manner 
  provided 
  by 
  section 
  eighty-nine 
  of 
  this 
  chapter. 
  

   Seventy 
  per 
  centum 
  of 
  the 
  balance 
  of 
  the 
  amount 
  so 
  appropri- 
  

   ated 
  shall 
  be 
  apportioned 
  and 
  distributed 
  among 
  the 
  various 
  

   county 
  agricultural 
  societies, 
  the 
  American 
  Institute 
  of 
  

   the 
  City 
  of 
  New 
  York, 
  and 
  any 
  agricultural 
  society 
  which 
  has 
  

   received 
  from 
  the 
  state 
  funds 
  no 
  money, 
  except 
  that 
  set 
  apart 
  

   for 
  or 
  distributed 
  to 
  county 
  agricultural 
  societies, 
  and 
  thirty 
  

   per 
  centum 
  thereof 
  among 
  the 
  various 
  town 
  and 
  other 
  

   agricultural 
  societies, 
  agricultural 
  clubs 
  or 
  agricultural 
  exposi- 
  

   tions 
  entitled 
  by 
  this 
  section 
  to 
  receive 
  thirty 
  per 
  centum 
  of 
  

   the 
  moneys 
  received 
  by 
  the 
  comptroller 
  from 
  the 
  tax 
  collected 
  

  

  