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Sec. 4. The several sums appropriated by the provisions of this act 

 shall be paid out of the general fund in the State Treasury to the Treas- 

 urer of the State Board of Agriculture, at such times and in such 

 amounts as the general accounting laws of the State prescribe, and the 

 disbursing officer shall render his accounts to the Auditor General 

 thereunder. 



Sec. 5. The Auditor General shall incorporate in the State tax for 

 the year eighteen hundred ninety-nine the sum of five thousand five 

 hundred dollars, and for the year nineteen hundred the sum of five 

 thousand five hundred dollars, which, when collected, shall be credited 

 to the general fund to reimburse the same for the moneys hereby appro- 

 priated. 



Sec. 6. The State Board of Agriculture is further authorized to pub- 

 lish an annual report, to be known as the "Farmers' Institute Bulletin," 

 of not to exceed two hundred fifty pages, which shall contain, besides 

 statistical reports of the work done and expenditures incurred under 

 this act, such addresses and discussions occurring ;it the meetings held 

 under this act, as the Board of Agriculture shall deem of sufficient 

 interest to warrant publication. The Board of State Auditors is hereby 

 directed to j)rint such report and to cause it to be bound in substantial 

 binding, in the same manner as other reports are printed and bound, 

 and in number sufficient to furnish one to each member of each County 

 Farmers' Institute Society organized under this act, and not to exceed 

 one thousand five hundred in addition for general distribution by the 

 Board of Agriculture. The Secretary of State is hereby directed to ship 

 by freight to the Secretary of each regularly organized County Farmers' 

 Institute Society a sufficient number of copies of said report to supply 

 one to each member of such County Society. 



Sec. 7. The Board of Agriculture, the Board of State Auditors, and 

 the Secretary of State are hereby authorized and directed to publish, 

 print, bind and distribute a similar report for the year ending June 

 thirtieth, eighteen hundred ninety-nine, as provided in section 4, for 

 future reports under this act. 



This act is ordered to take immediate effect. 



Approved June one, eighteen hundred ninety-nine. 



