38 LAWS RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. 



of agriculture shall publish in pamphlet or book form, such lectures and 

 papers delivered at the several institute meetings, as may seem of gen- 

 eral interest and importance to the farmers, stock breeders and horti- 

 culturists of the state, copies of which shall be furnished the secretary 

 of each institute society, and the balance issued to be for general dis- 

 tribution ; the cost of preparing the matter and the distribution of the 

 pamphlet or book to be paid by the state board of agriculture. Said 

 board shall also publish, in such pamphlet or book, a detailed statement 

 of its receipts under the provisions of this act and the disbursements 

 on account of institute work. 



TRESPASS. 



(37 I 3-7) SEC. i. [Trespass.] That whenever any person or 

 persons, corporation or association, whether incorporated or otherwise, 

 shall be possessed of, as owners, or shall have the lawful custody of any 

 tract or parcel of land within this state, for the purpose of an agricul- 

 tural or other fair grounds, -or for the purpose of meetings of pioneers, 

 or for public or private entertainments or other lawful assemblages, or 

 for the protection of trees, plants and shrubs, or either of them, or the 

 fruits and products thereof, or for any one -or all of said purposes, it 

 shall be unlawful for any person or persons to enter or go upon said 

 grounds, either through or over any fence, or in any other manner, 

 without the consent and permission of the owner or owners thereof, or 

 other person having lawful control of the same, or in violation of the 

 regulations of the same. 



(37*3-8) SEC. 2. [Penalty.] Whoever shall wilfully, and in 

 violation of the provisions of section one (3713-7) of this act, enter or 

 go upon any lands referred to in said section one (3713-7), or shall injure 

 or destroy any tree, plant, shrub or other property thereon, or shall 

 take or carry away fruit, nut or other thing of value, or shall willfully 

 damage or destroy any fence enclosing said lands, shall on conviction 

 thereof be fined in any sum n,ot exceeding three hundred dollars nor 

 less than five dollars, or be imprisoned in the jail of the proper county, 

 or in any city, town, or village prison or lockup (when the offense shall 

 have been 'committed within the corporate limits thereof), for any period 

 not exceeding three months, and until said fine and costs are paid, or 

 both fine and imprisonment at the discretion of the court ; and shall 

 moreover be liable, in a civil action to the party damaged thereby, in 

 double the value of the property taken, carried away or destroyed, and in 

 double the amount of the damage thereto, to be recovered before a 

 justice of the peace or other court of competent jurisdiction. 



(37 J 3-9) SEC. 3. [Prosecutions hereunder.] Prosecutions un- 

 der and by virtue of this act, may be by indictment in the court of com- 

 mon pleas in the county where the offense shall have been committed, 

 or before a justice of the peace of such county, or betore the mayor 

 of a city, town, or village, when the offense shall have been committed 

 within the corporate limits of the same. 



APPROPRIATION. 



(3713-10) SEC. i. [Proceedings for appropriation of lands for 

 enlargement of fair grounds.] When it shall be deemed necessary by 

 the board of directors of any county agricultural society to enlarge the 

 fair grounds under the control of such societv, and the owner or owners of 



