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laws, and may, if so provided in its constitution, indemnify its members 

 for losses caused by horse thieves or other felons, and expend such 

 moneys as may be deemed necessary in the pursuit and arrest, and pro- 

 curing the conviction of felons. 



(375- I 4) SEC. 4. [Reimbursement of expenses by county.] 

 Upon the apprehension and conviction of any such horse thief~or~other 

 felon by any such association, the commissioners of the county in which 

 the crime was committed, may reimburse said association in any sum 

 not exceeding one hundred dollars, for necessary expenses, not other- 

 wise provided for by law, incurred in the apprehension and conviction 

 of such criminal. 



SEC. 3706. [Societies may sell, and purchase other sites.] When 

 a county society desires to sell its site for holding county fairs, for the 

 purpose of purchasing another site, it may sell the same in such manner ' 

 and on such terms as it may deem proper, and the money arising from 

 the sale shall be paid by the purchaser to the county treasurer, who 

 shall pay it out only upon the certificate of the president and secretary 

 of the society that "the same is to be used in the purchase or improve- 

 ment of another site, which site the certificate shall show to have been 

 purchased ; and in cases where the county has paid any portion of the 

 purchase money for the site proposed to be sold, the written consent 

 of the county commissioners shall first be given to such sale, and the 

 money shall not be paid out of the treasury without their consent. 



SEC. 3707. [How conveyances to be executed.] Conveyances 

 of grounds sold under the preceding section, which are owned exclu- 

 sively by any society, may be executed by the president of the -society 

 as such president ; and grounds owned partly by the society and partly 

 by the county may be conveyed by deed executed by the president of 

 the society, as such president, and by the county commissioners. 



SEC. 3708. [Society cannot incumber its grounds.] When the 

 commissioners of any county have paid, or hereafter pay, any money out 

 of the county treasury for the purchase of real estate as a site for any 

 agricultural society whereon to hold its fairs, such society shall not 

 incumber such real estate with any debt, by mortgage or otherwise, 

 without the consent of the commissioners. 



SEC. 3709. [Incorporation of township societies.] When any 

 number of natural persons of any township form a society for the pro- 

 motion of agriculture in such township, and under their hands and seals 

 make a certificate, and acknowledge the same before a justice of the 

 peace, in which shall be specified the name of the society, the objects 

 of its formation, and the township in which it shall be located, and file 

 the same in the office of the secretary of state, such society shall be 

 deemed a body corporate, with succession, and with power to sue and 

 be sued, defend and be defended, and contract and be contracted with, 

 may make and use a common seal, and the same alter at pleasure, and 

 may purchase and hold in fee simple, or rent or lease, such real estate 

 as may be required as a site for holding fairs, not exceeding forty acres, 

 and establish all necessary rules and regulations for the management 

 of such fairs and the legitimate business of the society. 



SEC. 3709*7. [Authorizing township societies to incorporate for 

 the detection of horse thieves and other criminals and for mutual pro- 

 tection of property against such.] When any number of natural per- 

 .sons of any township, form a society, for the detection and arrest of 



