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OF THE STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
[Chapter 80 op Revised Statutes.] 
Section 1 . The Wisconsin State Agricultural Society is hereby declared 
a body politic and corporate, and by that name it shall be known in all courts 
and places whatsoever. 
Sec. 2. The objects of the Society being to promote and improve the con¬ 
dition of agriculture, horticulture, and the mechanical, manufacturing, and 
household arts, it shall be allowed, for those purposes only, to take, hold, and 
convey real and personal estate : the former not exceeding in value ten thou¬ 
sand dollars. 
Sec. 3. The said corporation shall possess all the powers and privileges 
conferred, and be subject to all the liabilities imposed upon corporations by 
chapter seventy-eight of the revised statutes, so far as the same may be appli¬ 
cable. 
Sec. 4. There is hereby annually appropriated, until the legislature shall 
by law otherwise direct, to the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society, the sum 
of three thousand dollars, to be expended by said Society in such manner as 
it may deem best calculated to promote and improve the condition of agricul¬ 
ture, horticulture, and the mechanical, manufacturing, and household arts in 
this State, either for the payment of premiums at the annual cattle shows and 
fairs of the Society ; or in the purchase and distribution of choice seeds, cut¬ 
tings, plants, or tubers, which have been tested and found adapted to the soil 
and climate of this State ; or in the prosecution of scientific investigations 
and experiments, and the collection and diffusion of information, tending to 
develope the natural and agricultural resources of Wisconsin : provided , that 
no part of the sums of money hereby appropriated shall be applied, either 
directly or indirectly, to the payment of any salaries or fees of any of the 
officers of the Society. 
Sec. 5. It shall be the duty of the Executive Committee of the said Wis¬ 
consin State Agricultural Society to keep an accurate account of the manner 
of expenditure of the said sums of money hereby appropriated, and transmit 
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