LAWS RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. 33 



SEC. 37020. [Commissioners in certain counties may assist agri- 

 cultural societies in purchasing, leasing or improving sites for fairs.] 



When a county society in a county containing a city of second grade of 

 the first class has purchased or leased for a term of not less than twenty 

 years, real estate as a site whereon to hold fairs, or when the title to 

 the grounds is vested in fee in the county, but the society has the control 

 and management of the lands and buildings the county commissioners 

 may if they think it for the interests of the county and society, pay 

 out of the county treasury the same amount of money for the purchase 

 or lease and improvement of such site or either of them as is paid by 

 such agricultural society or individuals for such purpose or either of 

 them, and such commissioners may levy a tax upon all the taxable 

 property of the county sufficient to meet the provisions of this section, 



SEC. 37026. [Commissioners may levy tax for encouragement of 

 agricultural fairs.] When a county has purchased or leased for a 

 term of not less than twenty years,, real estate as a site whereon to hold 

 fairs, or where the title to the grounds is vested in fee in the county, 

 but the agricultural society has the control and management of the lands 

 and buildings, or when such lands and buildings are held by lease from 

 any such society by another society, association or incorporated com- 

 pany, the county commissioners are authorized for the purpose of ei&coraT- 

 aging agricultural fairs, to annually levy a tax of not exceeding one- 

 tenth of one mill upon all the taxable property of the county, for the 

 purpose of raising not to exceed one thousand dollars in any county, 

 which sum shall be paid by the treasurer of the county to the treasurer 

 of agricultural society except in case of such lease by such society 

 when such sum shall be paid to the treasurer of such lessee society, 

 association or incorporated company upon an order from the county 

 auditor duly issued therefor; 



[Payment in anticipation of levy.] And the county commission- 

 ers prior to the levy of any such tax, may, if they think it for the interest 

 of the county and society, pay out of the county treasury any sum not 

 exceeding one thousand dollars, as herein provided, out of any money 

 in the general fund not otherwise appropriated. 



SEC. 3703. [County commissioners may purchase fair grounds.] 

 If a county society and the county commissioners decide that the interests 

 of the society and county demand an appropriation from the county 

 treasury for the purchase and improvement of county fair grounds 

 greater than that authorized by the preceding section, or without any 

 action of or purchase by the society, the commissioners may levy a tax 

 upon all the taxable property of the county, the amount of which shall 

 be fixed by the commissioners, but shall in no event exceed one-half of 

 one mill on the dollar of the taxable property of the county in addition 

 to the amount authorized in the last section to be paid for such purpose. 



SEC. 3704. [The tax must be submitted to the electors.] No 

 such additional tax shall be levied until the question as to the amount 

 to be levied has been submitted by the commissioners to the qualified 

 electors of the county at some general election, and a notice of which, 

 specifying the amount to be levied, has been given at least thirty days 

 previous to such election, in one or more newspapers published and of 

 general circulation in the county ; those voting at such election in favor 

 of such tax shall have written or printed on their ballots "Agricultural 

 tax, Yes," and those voting against the same, "Agricultural tax, No," 



3 F. H. B. 



