LAWS RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. 37 



fruit culture and all branches of business connected with the industry 

 of agriculture, and adopt a constitution and by-laws agreeable to rules 

 and regulations furnished by the state board of agriculture ; and when 

 such society shall have elected proper officers and performed such other 

 acts as may be required by the rules of the state board of agriculture, 

 .such society shall be deemed a body corporate. 



(3713-2) SEC. 2. [Number, times and places of annual meet- 

 ings.] Not to exceed four farmers' institute societies organized under 

 the provisions of this act, shall hold annual meetings under the auspices 

 of the state board of agriculture in any one county of the state, and the 

 state board of agriculture shall have power to determine the number 

 and name the times and places for holding such institute meetings. 



(37 I 3-3) SEC. 3. [County payments to societies and state board 

 of agriculture.] When a society organized under the provisions of 

 this act shall have held an annual farmers' institute meeting in ac- 

 cordance with the rules of the state board of agriculture, the secretary 

 of said board shall issue certificates, one to the president of the farmers' 

 institute society, and one to the president of the state board of agricul- 

 ture, setting forth these facts and, on the presentation of these certificates 

 to the county auditor, he shall each year draw orders on the treasurer 

 of the county as follows: Based on the last previous national census, 

 a sum equal to three mills for each inhabitant of the county in favor 

 of the president of the state board of agriculture, and a sum equal to 

 three mills for each inhabitant of the county in favor of the president 

 of the farmers' institute society, where but one society is organized, but 

 in counties where there are more than one farmers' institute society 

 organized under the provisions of this act, and holding meetings under 

 the auspices and by direction of the state board of agriculture, the said 

 three mills for each inhabitant shall be equally apportioned among such 

 societies, and warrants in the proper amounts issued to the respective 

 presidents, and the treasurer of the county shall pay the same from 

 the county fund ; provided that in no county shall the total annual sum 

 exceed two hundred and fifty dollars ; and provided further that the 

 payment to any institute society shall not exceed the expenses, as per 

 detailed statement, provided in section four of this act. 



(37*3-4 ) SEC. 4. [Society's statement of expenses; what sec- 

 retary's certificate to indicate.] With each certificate of the secretary 

 of the state board of agriculture to the county auditor, which certificate 

 shall indicate the number of societies organized in the county and hold- 

 ing meetings by direction of the state board of agriculture,' and before 

 the auditor issues his order upon the treasurer there shall be filed with 

 the auditor a detailed statement of the expenses of the institute for the 

 current year, no part of which shall be for salaries of officers of the 

 institute society ; but this provision shall not apply to the order in favor 

 of the president of the state board of agriculture, which board shall 

 issue statement as required in section six of this act. 



(37*3-5) SEC. 5. [Lectures at annual meetings.] At the an- 

 nual farmers' institute meetings, held under the provisions of this act 

 and under the auspices of the state board of agriculture, the said board 

 shall furnish lecturers or speakers whose compensation and expense 

 shall be paid by the board. 



(37 I 3-6) SEC. 6. [Publication and distribution of lectures and 

 papers.] At the close of each session's institute work, the state board 



