﻿Commissioner 
  of 
  Agkicttltuke. 
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  from 
  the 
  racing 
  associations, 
  corporations 
  or 
  clubs 
  of 
  the 
  state. 
  

   Such 
  apportionment 
  and 
  distribution 
  shall 
  be 
  made 
  by 
  the 
  com- 
  

   missioner 
  of 
  agriculture 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  manner: 
  One-half 
  of 
  

   the 
  seventy 
  per 
  centum 
  to 
  be 
  apportioned 
  to 
  such 
  county 
  agri 
  

   cultural 
  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, 
  shall 
  be 
  apportioned 
  and 
  dis- 
  

   tributed 
  equally 
  and 
  the 
  remainder 
  in 
  proportion 
  to 
  the 
  

   actual 
  premiums 
  paid 
  during 
  the 
  previous 
  year 
  by 
  such 
  societies 
  

   and 
  institute, 
  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 
  operation 
  as 
  such, 
  then 
  the 
  town 
  s(K;iety 
  

   or 
  societies 
  in 
  such 
  county, 
  or 
  other 
  agricultural 
  societies 
  in 
  

   scch 
  county, 
  except 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  State 
  Agricultural 
  Society, 
  

   that 
  would 
  otherwise 
  be 
  entitled 
  to 
  share 
  under 
  the 
  thirty 
  per 
  

   centum 
  distribullon 
  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 
  premium 
  list, 
  which 
  premium 
  

   list 
  and 
  reports 
  of 
  such 
  societies 
  shall 
  be 
  forwarded 
  and 
  made 
  

   to 
  the 
  commissioner 
  of 
  agriculture. 
  Of 
  the 
  thirty 
  per 
  centum 
  

   to 
  be 
  distributed 
  among 
  the 
  various 
  town 
  and 
  other 
  agricultural 
  

   societies, 
  clubs 
  or 
  expositions 
  one-third 
  thereof 
  shall 
  be 
  appor- 
  

   tioned 
  and 
  distributed 
  equally 
  and 
  the 
  remainder 
  in 
  proportion 
  

   to 
  the 
  premiums 
  awarded 
  and 
  paid 
  by 
  said 
  society, 
  club 
  or 
  ex- 
  

   position 
  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. 
  No 
  proportion 
  of 
  

   such 
  amount 
  shall 
  be 
  paid 
  to 
  any 
  such 
  society, 
  club 
  or 
  exposi- 
  

   tion 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  actual 
  amount 
  paid 
  by 
  it 
  as 
  such 
  premiums 
  

   in 
  the 
  year 
  preceding 
  such 
  apportionment, 
  is 
  less 
  than 
  five 
  hun- 
  

   dred 
  dollars. 
  All 
  revenues 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  or 
  shall 
  be 
  received 
  

   by 
  the 
  comptroller, 
  and 
  not 
  distributed 
  as 
  heretofore 
  provided, 
  

   and 
  all 
  moneys 
  received 
  by 
  him 
  from 
  the 
  tax 
  collected 
  from 
  

   racing 
  associations 
  pursuant 
  to 
  chapter 
  one 
  hundred 
  and 
  ninety- 
  

   seven 
  of 
  the 
  laws 
  of 
  eighteen 
  hundred 
  and 
  ninety-four, 
  and 
  chap- 
  

  

  