1000 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



draw a warrant therefor upon the order of the department of agri- 

 culture signed by the president and secretary thereof, in such sums 

 and at sucli times as the board shall deem necessary. The state shall 

 not be liable for the payment of any premiums offered by the state 

 board of agriculture, nor for any expenses or liabilities incurred by 

 said board, except, as expressly provided for in this act. [28 G. A., eh. 

 58, § 21.] 



Sec. 1658. County societies — in'eiuiunis. County and district agri- 

 cultural societies may annually offer and award premiums for the im- 

 provement of stock, tillage, crops, implements, mechanical fabrics, arti- 

 cles of domestic industry, and such other articles and improvements 

 as they may think proper, and so regulate the amount thereof and the 

 different grades as to induce general competition. [28 G. A., ch. 59, 

 § 2; C. '73, § 1109; R. § 1697.] 



Under the statutory provision authorizing- agricultural societies to award 

 premiums, etc., such society has power to authorize trials of speed on its 

 grounds and such lawful games or amusements as its officers and directors 

 may in their discretion see fit to arrange for in furnishing amusement and 

 entertainment as well as instruction to those attending. Therefore the 

 directors of such society are not liable in their individual capacity for neg- 

 lect to provide protection to spectators against dangers incident to the 

 playing of such games as are authorized. Williams v. Dean, 134-216, 111 

 N. W. 931. 



Sec. 1659. List of awards. Each county district society shall annually 

 publish a list of the awards, and an abstract of the treasurer's account, 

 in one or more newspaper of the county, with a report of its proceed- 

 ings during the year, and a synopsis of the awards. It shall also make 

 a report of the condition of agriculture in the county to the board 

 of directors of the state agricultural society, which shall be forwarded 

 on or before the first day of November in each year to the secretary 

 of said society. The auditor of state, before issuing a warrant in favor 

 of such societies for any amount, shall demand the certificate of the 

 secretary of the state society that such report has been made. Any 

 society failing to report on or before the first day of November shall 

 not receive state aid for that year. [28 G. A., ch. 59, § 2 ; C. '73, § 

 1110; R. §1698.] 



Sec. 1660. Appropriation from county — levy of tax for — question 

 .sulHiiitted — notice — title in county — control. When a county agricul- 

 tural society shall have procured' in fee simple, free from incumbrance, 

 land for fair grounds, not less than ten acres in extent, or hold and 

 occupy such amount of land by virtue of a lease, and own and have 

 thereon buildings and improvements worth at least two thousand dol- 

 lars, the board of supervisors of the county may appropriate and pay 

 to it a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars for every thousand in- 

 habitants in the county, to be expended by it in fitting up or purchas- 

 ing such fair grounds, but for no other purpose; but the agrregate 

 amount so appropriated shall not exceed ten hundred dollars to any 

 one society. The board of supervisors are further authorized to pur- 

 chase real estate for county fair purposes, in sums not- exceeding ten 

 hundred dollars, providing however, that the board of supervisors 



