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  Seventh 
  Annual 
  Eeport 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  ties, 
  agricultural 
  clubs 
  or 
  agricultural 
  expositions 
  entitled 
  to 
  re- 
  

   ceive 
  anv 
  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, 
  

   showing 
  the 
  amount 
  of 
  premiums 
  paid 
  at 
  the 
  last 
  annual 
  fair, 
  

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

   or 
  endurance 
  of 
  man 
  or 
  beast, 
  which 
  statement 
  shall 
  be 
  filed 
  in 
  

   the 
  oflBce 
  of 
  the 
  commissioner 
  of 
  agriculture, 
  otherwise 
  such 
  

   society, 
  club 
  or 
  exposition 
  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 
  so- 
  

   ciety 
  in 
  active 
  operation 
  and 
  which, 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  terms 
  of 
  

   this 
  section 
  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 
  two 
  thous- 
  

   and 
  dollars 
  under 
  the 
  provisions 
  of 
  section 
  eighty-nine 
  of 
  this 
  

   act, 
  shall 
  not 
  receive 
  any 
  other 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  money 
  appro- 
  

   priated 
  for 
  the 
  promotion 
  of 
  agriculture. 
  Any 
  such 
  agricultural 
  

   society, 
  agricultural 
  club, 
  agricultural 
  exposition, 
  or 
  agricultural 
  

   fair 
  association, 
  organized 
  under 
  the 
  laws 
  of 
  the 
  state 
  of 
  New 
  

   York, 
  which 
  shall 
  fail 
  or 
  neglect 
  to 
  hold 
  annual 
  fairs 
  and 
  file 
  

   their 
  annual 
  reports 
  as 
  provided 
  by 
  this 
  law, 
  with 
  the 
  commis- 
  

   sioner 
  of 
  agriculture, 
  for 
  two 
  consecutive 
  years, 
  shall 
  forfeit 
  all 
  

   of 
  their 
  chartered 
  rights, 
  including 
  any 
  privileges 
  or 
  moneys 
  

   they 
  might 
  thereafter 
  otherwise 
  be 
  entitled 
  to 
  under 
  this 
  act. 
  

   § 
  2. 
  This 
  act 
  shall 
  take 
  effect 
  immediately. 
  

  

  