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BOAKD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



Penalty. 



G. S.66, § 12. 



Limit of 

 bounds. 

 G. S. 66, § 13. 

 6 Allen, 588. 



Marshals to 

 be appointed; 

 to have 

 powers of 

 constables. 

 G. S. 66, § U. 

 6 Allen, 588. 



Rules for 

 ascertaining 

 the amount of 

 premium 

 crops. 

 1862, 24, § 1. 



Premiums for 



experiments. 



1881,285. 



be permitted to enter or pass unless in conformity with 

 the regulations of the officers of the society. 



Sect. 13. Whoever contrary to such regulations, and 

 after notice thereof, enters or passes within the bounds 

 so fixed, shall forfeit a sum not exceeding five dollars. 



Sect. 14. The foregoing provisions shall not author- 

 ize a society to occupy or include within such bounds the 

 land of any person without his consent, nor to obstruct 

 travel on any public highway. 



Sect. 15. The officers of each society may appoint a 

 suflicient number of suitable inhabitants of the county to 

 act as marshals at cattle shows and exhibitions, who shall 

 have the powers of constables in relation to the preserva- 

 tion of the public peace and the service and execution of 

 criminal process within the respective towns where such 

 shows and exhibitions are held, and such process may be 

 directed to them accordingly ; and they shall exercise 

 their office from twelve o'clock at noon of the day pre- 

 ceding the commencement of such shows and exhibitions 

 until twelve o'clock at noon of the day succeeding the 

 termination thereof, and no longer. 



Sect. 16. The state board of agriculture may pre- 

 scribe rules and regulations to societies for uniform 

 modes of ascertaining the product of crops entered for 

 premium. 



Sect, 17. Any agricultural society may offer and pay 

 premiums for experiments in the cultivation of crops or 

 in the raising of domestic animals for farm purposes, and 

 no regulation of the board of agriculture to the contrary 

 shall be valid. 



Ten or more 

 persons may 

 become a 

 corporation. 

 Powers and 

 privileges. 

 G.S.66, § 17. 



Associations for Encouraging Agriculture, etc. 



Sect. 18. Ten or more persons in any county, city, 

 or town, who by agreement in writing associate for the 

 purpose of encouraging agriculture or horticulture, or for 

 improving and ornamenting the streets and public squares 

 of any city or town by planting and cultivating ornamen- 

 tal trees therein, may become a corporation by such name 

 as they assume therefor upon calling their first meeting 

 and organizing in the manner provided in sections twelve 

 and thirteen of chapter forty ; and shall thereupon during 

 the pleasure of the general court have for their purposes 

 all the rights, powers, and privileges given by sections 

 twelve to fifteen, inclusive, of said chapter, and may hold 



