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  of 
  Agriculture. 
  1131 
  

  

  societies 
  throughout 
  the 
  state, 
  the 
  American 
  Institute 
  in 
  

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

   ceived 
  from 
  the 
  state 
  funds 
  no 
  money 
  except 
  that 
  set 
  apart 
  or 
  

   distributed 
  to 
  county 
  agricultural 
  societies, 
  as 
  follows: 
  One- 
  

   half 
  shall 
  be 
  apportioned 
  and 
  distributed 
  equally, 
  and 
  the 
  re- 
  

   mainder 
  in 
  proportion 
  to 
  the 
  premiums 
  awarded 
  aud 
  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 
  operation 
  as 
  such, 
  

   then 
  the 
  town 
  society 
  or 
  societies 
  in 
  such 
  county, 
  or 
  other 
  agri- 
  

   cultural 
  societies 
  in 
  such 
  county, 
  except 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  State 
  Ag- 
  

   ricultural 
  Society, 
  that 
  would 
  otherwise 
  be 
  entitled 
  to 
  share 
  un- 
  

   der 
  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, 
  pro- 
  

   vided 
  such 
  societies 
  sustain 
  a 
  public 
  fair, 
  with 
  premium 
  list, 
  and 
  

   reports 
  of 
  such 
  societies 
  shall 
  be 
  forwarded 
  and 
  made 
  to 
  the 
  com- 
  

   missioner 
  of 
  agriculture, 
  and 
  any 
  agricultural 
  society 
  which 
  has 
  

   received 
  each 
  year 
  since 
  its 
  incorporation, 
  money 
  from 
  the 
  state 
  

   of 
  the 
  same 
  amount 
  as 
  if 
  said 
  society 
  were 
  the 
  county 
  society, 
  

   shall 
  continue 
  to 
  share 
  in 
  the 
  funds 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  though 
  it 
  were 
  

   actually 
  the 
  county 
  society, 
  on 
  condition 
  that 
  it 
  shall 
  fulfill 
  the 
  

   provisions 
  of 
  this 
  act 
  as 
  to 
  holding 
  fairs, 
  paying 
  premiums 
  and 
  

   filing 
  reports, 
  and 
  any 
  fair 
  association 
  which 
  shall 
  have 
  received 
  

   no 
  money 
  from 
  the 
  state 
  funds 
  except 
  that 
  distributed 
  to 
  county 
  

   agricultural 
  societies, 
  and 
  shall 
  have 
  held 
  a 
  fair 
  as 
  required 
  by 
  

   this 
  act, 
  shall 
  receive 
  from 
  the 
  funds 
  apportioned 
  to 
  county 
  agri- 
  

   cultural 
  societies 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  relative 
  proportion 
  as 
  if 
  it 
  were 
  

   actually 
  the 
  county 
  society 
  and 
  shall 
  share 
  in 
  any 
  part 
  of 
  any 
  

   year's 
  fund 
  set 
  apart 
  or 
  retained 
  from 
  the 
  money 
  apportioned 
  to 
  

   agricultural 
  societies 
  for 
  that 
  year 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  relative 
  

   amount 
  as 
  any 
  county 
  agricultural 
  society 
  shared 
  in 
  the 
  

   agricultural 
  society 
  funds 
  of 
  that 
  year, 
  and 
  such 
  so- 
  

   ciety 
  shall 
  hereafter 
  be 
  subject 
  to 
  all 
  provisions 
  of 
  this 
  act 
  re- 
  

   lating 
  to 
  county 
  agricultural 
  societies. 
  All 
  agricultural 
  socie- 
  

  

  