﻿Commissioner 
  of 
  Agriculture. 
  1135 
  

  

  titled 
  "An 
  act 
  in 
  relation 
  to 
  agriculture, 
  constituting 
  articles 
  one, 
  

   two, 
  three, 
  four 
  and 
  five, 
  of 
  chapter 
  thirty-three 
  of 
  the 
  general 
  

   laws," 
  as 
  amended 
  by 
  chapter 
  two 
  hundred 
  and 
  forty-one 
  of 
  the 
  

   laws 
  of 
  eighteen 
  hundred 
  and 
  ninety-four, 
  by 
  chapter 
  eight 
  hun- 
  

   dred 
  and 
  twenty 
  of 
  the 
  laws 
  of 
  eighteen 
  hundred 
  and 
  ninety- 
  

   five, 
  and 
  by 
  chapter 
  four 
  hundred 
  and 
  ninety-four 
  of 
  the 
  laws 
  of 
  

   eighteen 
  hundred 
  and 
  ninety-eight, 
  and 
  by 
  chapter 
  eighty-seven 
  

   of 
  the 
  laws 
  of 
  nineteen 
  hundred, 
  is 
  hereby 
  amended 
  to 
  read 
  as 
  

   follows: 
  

  

  § 
  88. 
  Receipts 
  and 
  apportionment 
  of 
  moneys 
  for 
  the 
  promotion 
  

   of 
  agriculture. 
  — 
  Of 
  all 
  moneys 
  appropriated 
  for 
  the 
  promotion 
  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 
  be 
  paid 
  to 
  each 
  of 
  the 
  

   agricultural 
  societies, 
  agricultural 
  clubs, 
  or 
  agricultural 
  exposi- 
  

   tions 
  which 
  shall 
  have 
  held 
  annual 
  agricultural 
  fairs, 
  or 
  meetings, 
  

   during 
  each 
  of 
  the 
  three 
  years 
  next 
  preceding 
  such 
  appropriation, 
  

   and 
  which 
  shall 
  have 
  paid 
  at 
  each 
  of 
  such 
  annual 
  fairs 
  or 
  meet- 
  

   ings 
  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 
  appropriated 
  shall 
  be 
  apportioned 
  and 
  distributed 
  

   among 
  the 
  various 
  county 
  agricultural 
  societies, 
  the 
  American 
  

   Institute 
  in 
  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 
  from 
  

   the 
  racing 
  associations, 
  corporations 
  or 
  clubs 
  of 
  the 
  state. 
  Such 
  

   apportionment 
  and 
  distribution 
  shall 
  be 
  made 
  by 
  the 
  commis- 
  

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

   seventy 
  per 
  centum 
  to 
  be 
  apportioned 
  to 
  such 
  county 
  agricultural 
  

   societies, 
  the 
  American 
  Institute 
  in 
  the 
  City 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  and 
  any 
  

   agricultural 
  society 
  which 
  has 
  received 
  from 
  the 
  state 
  funds 
  no 
  

  

  