66 LAWS RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. 



be paid pro rata ; and if, after paying all such claims, at the June ses- 

 sion, there remain more than one thousand dollars of usch fund, the 

 excess, or a part thereof, may be transferred to the school fund, the 

 county agricultural society, the bridge fund or to the fund for the relief 

 of indigent soldiers, at the discretion of the county commissioners ; 



[Cuyahoga county.] But in Cuyahoga county, so much of the 

 excess as may be required may be appropriated to the payment of the 

 amount authorized by the second section of the act relating to indus- 

 trial schools or children's homes, passed April 24, 1877. 



[Lucas county.] And provided, further, that in counties having 

 therein a city of the third grade of the first class in which there exists 

 a society "to prevent cruelty to animals," organized under chapter 12, 

 title 2 of the Revised Statutes, the said excess shall be paid over to the 

 treasurer of said society. 



[Blanks for accounts, affidavits and testimony.] All accounts, 

 affidavits and testimony shall be made upon blanks, the form of which 

 shall be prepared by the secretary of state, and which blanks shall be 

 furnished by the county commissioners. 



SEC. 4215(7. [Allowance by county commissioners of damages 

 for sheep killed by dogs.] That any surplus of funds arising from the 

 per capita assessment upon dogs, transferred to the school fund under 

 section four thousand two hundred and fifteen in any county unless 

 otherwise directed by law, shall be appointed [apportioned] to the dif- 

 ferent townships or cities in proportion to the amount of tax actually 

 collected from such townships or cities, and said surplus, if any, shall 

 be paid to the treasurers of the several townships or cities as the case 

 may be, and the treasurers of the several townships or cities, shall pay 

 on the order of the township clerk, or city auditor, or comptroller, to 

 each sub-district or special school district therein in proportion to its 

 enumeration of youth of school age, for the use of the school or schools 

 of said sub-district or special school district, the amount found due the 

 same from funds credited to the township or city from surplus dog tax. 



HORSES. 



(4221-7) SEC. I. [Fraudulent entry of horse in contest of 

 speed.] In order to encourage the breeding of, and improvement 

 in trotting, running and pacing horses in the state of Ohio, it is hereby 

 made unlawful for any person or persons, knowingly to enter or cause 

 to be entered for competition, or to compete for any purse, prize, pre- 

 mium, stake or sweepstakes offered or given by any agricultural or 

 other society, association, or person or persons in the state of Ohio, 

 any horse, mare, gelding, colt or filly under an assumed name or out 

 of its proper class where such prize, purse, premium, stake or sweep- 

 stake is to be decided by a contest of speed. 



(4221-8) SEC. 2. [Penalty.] That any person or persons 

 found guilty of a violation of Section i (4221-7) of this act shall, upon 

 conviction thereof, be imprisoned in the Ohio penitentiary for a period of 

 not less than one year nor more than three years. 



(4221-9) SEC. 3. [Change of name for purpose of entry.] 



That the name of any horse, mare, gelding, colt or filly for the purpose 



