32 LAWS RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. 



whether or not the bonds of the county shall be issued and sold for the 

 purpose of liquidating the indebtedness of such society, it shall be the 

 duty of such county commissioners within ten days thereafter, by res- 

 olution, to fix a da.te which shall be within thirty days, upon which the 

 question of issuing and selling such bonds, in amount and denomination 

 such as may be necessary for the purpose in view, shall be submitted 

 to the electors of the county, and shall cause a copy of such resolution 

 to be certified to the deputy state supervisors of elections of the county, 

 and such deputy state supervisors of elections shall, within ten days 

 thereafter, proceed to prepare the ballots and make all other necessary 

 arrangements for the submission of such question to the electors of 

 such county, at the time fixed by such resolution. Such election shall 

 be held at the regular places of voting in such county and shall be con- 

 ducted, canvassed and certified in* the same manner, except as otherwise- 

 provided by law, as elections for the election of county officers. Fifteen 

 days' notice of the submission shall by the deputy state supervisors of 

 elections, be given by publication in one or more newspapers published 

 in the county once a week for two consecutive weeks, stating the amount 

 of bonds to be issued, the purpose for which they are to be issued and the 

 time and place of holding such election ; and if the majority of the voters 

 voting upon the question of issuing the bonds vote in favor thereof, 

 then and not otherwise the bonds shall be issued, and the tax hereinafter 

 mentioned shall be levied. Those who vote in favor of the proposition 

 shall have written or printed on their ballots "for the issue of bonds"" 

 and those who vote against the same shall have written or printed on 

 their ballots "against the issue of bonds." 



(3702-2) SEC. 2. [Bonds.] In the event that a majority of 

 the voters of such county voting upon the question of issuing the bonds 

 vote in favor thereof, it shall be the duty of the board of county commis- 

 sioners, for the purpose of liquidating such indebtedness, to issue and 

 sell the bonds of the county according to law, in such amount as may be 

 necessary, and bearing interest not to exceed six per cent, per annum,, 

 payable semi-annually. 



[Levy,] Said bonds to be issued for a period of not less than ten 

 nor more than twenty years ; and such county commissioners shall there- 

 upon levy a tax upon all the taxable property upon the duplicate of the 

 county to pay such bonds as they may mature and the interest thereon,, 

 at such rate and for such length of time as may be necessary for the 

 purpose. 



(3702-3) SEC. 3. [Proceeds used in liquidation of debt.] The 



county commissioners, upon the sale of such bonds, shall, from the pro- 

 ceeds arising from such sale, pay off and liquidate the indebtedness for 

 which they were so sold. 



(3702-4) SEC. i. [Money raised for county agriculturtl soci- 

 eties applied to purposes intended by act though life of act expired/] 

 Where money has been raised by taxation in any county for the pur- 

 pose of leasing lands for county fairs, or for the purpose of erecting 

 buildings for county fair purposes, or for making any improvements on 

 county fair grounds, or for any purpose connected with the use of 

 county fair ground or the management thereof by any county agricultural 

 society, shall be used for such purpose only, notwithstanding the law 

 under which money was raised by taxation may have expired by limita- 

 tion : such moneys shall be used" for the purposes intended by the act 

 under which such moneys were levied and collected bv taxation.' 



