740 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Sec. 1660. (Code.) Appropriations from county. When a county 

 agricultural society shall have procured in fee simple, free incumbrance, 

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

 cupy such amount of land by virtue of a lease, and own and have there- 

 on buildings and improvements worth at least two thousand dollars, the 

 board of supervisors of the county may appropriate and pay to it a sum 

 not exceeding one hundred dollars for every thousand inhabitants in the 

 county, to be expended by it in fitting up or purchasing such fair grounds, 

 but for no other purpose; but the aggregate amount so appropriated 

 shall not exceed one thousand dollars to any one society. 



Sec. 1661. Code Supplement.) State aid to district or county — 

 failure to reiiort. 



Any county or district agricultural society, upon filing with the 

 auditor of state affidavits of its president, secretary and treasurer, show- 

 ing what sum has actually been paid out during the current year for 

 premiums, not including races, or money paid to secure games or other 

 amusements, and that no gambling devices or other violations of law 

 were permitted, together with a certificate from the secretary of the 

 state society showing that it has reported according to law, shall be en- 

 titled to receive from the state treasury a sum equal to forty per cent 

 of the amount so paid in premiums, but in no case shall the amount 

 paid to any society exceed the sum of two hundred dollars. When any 

 Bceiety fails to report, according to law, on or before the first day of 

 November, that society shall not receive a warrant from the state 

 auditor for that year, but the secretary of the state board of agriculture 

 shall notify the county auditor of the county in which such society is 

 located of said failure, and the board of supervisors may appoint a dele- 

 gate to the annual meeting or state agricultural convention, said dele- 

 gate to be a resident of said county. 



(For annotations to original section see Code, page 605.) 



Sec. 1662. (Code.) Reports to supeiTisors. Each society receiving 

 Buch appropriation shall, through its secretary, make to the board of 

 supervisors a detailed statement, accompanied with vouchers, showing 

 the legal disbursement of all moneys so received. 



Sec 1663. (Code.) Permits. The president of a district or county 

 agricultural society may grant a written permit to such person as he 

 thinks proper to sell fruit, provisions, and other articles not prohibited 

 by law, under such regulations as the board of directors may prescribe. 



Sec 1664. Code.) Police power. The president of any such so- 

 ciety may appoint such number of peace officers as may be necessary, and 

 may arrest or cause to be arrested any person violating any of the pro- 

 visions of this chapter, and cause him to be taken before some justice 

 of the peace, to be dealt with as provided by law, and he may seize or 

 cause to be seized all intoxicating liquors, wine or beer of any kind, with 

 the vessels containing same, and all tools or other implements used in 

 any gambling, and remove or cause to be removed all shows, swings, 

 booths, tents, carriages, vessels, boats, or any other thing that may ob- 

 struct or cause to be obstructed, by collecting persons around or other- 



