No. 4.] 



AGRICULTUKAL LAWS. 



439 



real and personal estate not exceeding ten thousand dol- 

 lars in value. 



Farmers' Clubs. 



Sect. 19. Farmers' clubs properly organized and Farmers' 



L I J o ciuDB to re- 



holding regular meetings shall, uiion application made ceive pubiica- 



° ° » '111 lions, etc. 



annually in November to the secretary of the state board g. s. go, § i8. 

 of agriculture, receive copies of its report and of its other 

 publications, in proportion to the number of their mem- 

 bers and to the applications so made. Every club receiv- 

 ing such copies shall annually in October make returns to 

 said secretary of its agricultural experiments and of the 

 reports of its committees. 



Good Order at Fairs, etc. 



Sect. 20. Any agricultural society or farmers' club 

 may establish such regulations, not repugnant to law, as 

 it may deem necessary and expedient for the preservation 

 of peace and good order or for the protection of its inter- 

 ests at its regular or annual meetings, shows, fairs, or 

 exhibitions, and shall cause at least five copies of such 

 regulations to be posted in as many public places on its 

 grounds not less than forty-eight hours before the time of 

 holding each meeting. 



Sect. 21. No person during the time of holding a 

 cattle show, fair, or exhibition, or meeting of a farmers' 

 club, without the consent of the proper authorities having 

 charge of the same, shall establish within one-half mile of 

 the place of holding such show or meeting a tent, booth, or 

 vehicle of any kind for the purpose of vending any goods, 

 wares, merchandise, provisions, or refreshments. No 

 person shall engage in any gaming or horse-racing or 

 exhibit any show or pla}' during the regular or stated time 

 of holding any cattle show, agricultural fair, or meeting 

 of any farmers' club, or engage in pool-selling, at or 

 within half a mile of the place of holding the same : 2>^'o- 

 vided, that any person having his regular place of busi- 

 ness within such limits shall not be hereby required to 

 suspend his business. 



Sect. 22. Whoever violates any provision of the pre- 

 ceding section, or a regulation established under section 

 twenty, shall forfeit for such offence a sum not exceeding 

 twenty dollars. 



Societies, etc., 

 may make 

 regulations 

 for preserva- 

 tion of peace 

 at fairs, etc. 

 1861, 127, § 1. 

 6 Allen, 588, 



Booths, etc., 

 for sale of 

 goods, not to 

 be established 

 within half 

 mile of cattle 

 shows, etc., 

 without con- 

 sent. 



Gaming, 

 horse-racing, 

 etc., prohib- 

 ited. 



1861. 127, § 2. 

 1877, 149, § 1. 



Penalty. 

 1861, 127, § 3. 



