LEGISLATIVE ENACTMENTS. 
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Sec. 12. It shall be the duty of the Secretary of every such Society to keep 
correct records of all the proceedings of the same, in a book provided for that 
purpose ; and such records may be read in evidence, in any court, -where the 
interests of such Society are concerned. 
Sec. 13. When it shall be made to appear, to the satisfaction of the Secre¬ 
tary of State, that any such Society is duly organized in any county, according 
to the provisions of this chapter, it shall be the duty of the said Secretary of 
State to issue an order to the State Treasurer to pay annuall} r to the Treasurer 
of any such Society so organized as aforesaid, on application made therefor, 
the sum of one hundred dollars : provided , nevertheless , that no such Society 
shall draw any money out of the treasury of this State, as aforesaid, in any 
year, until it shall also be further made to appear to the satisfaction cf the 
Secretary of State, that there shall have been subscribed and paid into the 
treasury of such Society, for the sole use and benefit thereof, for the year in 
question, a sum not less than one hundred dollars. 
Sec. 14. All moneys so subscribed or received from the State as aforesaid 
shall, after paying the necessary incidental expenses of such Societies 
respectively, be annually paid out for premiums awarded by such Societies, 
in such sums and in such way and manner as they severally, under their 
by-laws, rules, and regulations, shall direct, on such live animals, articles of 
production, and agricultural implements and tools, domestic manufactures, 
mechanical improvements, and productions, as are of the growth and manufac¬ 
ture of the county; and also all such experiments and discoveries or attain¬ 
ments in scientific or practical agriculture as are made within the county where 
such Societies are respectively organized. 
Sec. 15. Each County Agricultural Society entitled to receive money from 
the State treasury shall, through its Treasurer, transmit to the Treasurer of 
the State, on or before the fifteenth day of January in each year, a statement 
of the money received from the State, together with the amount from the mem¬ 
bers of said Society for the preceding year, a statement of the expenditures 
of all such sums, and the number of the members of said Society. 
Sec. 16. Each County Agricultual Society receiving money from the State 
as aforesaid shall publish, in the month of October or November in each year, 
at their own expense, a statement of the experiments and improvements, and 
reports of their committees, in one or more newspapers in the county where 
such Society is located, or in an adjoining county, when no paper is published 
in the county where such Society is located ; and evidence that the require¬ 
ments of this chapter have been complied with shall be furnished to the State 
Treasurer, before he shall pay over to any county Society the sum appropriated 
by the State for the benefit of said Society. 
Sec. 17. Live animals, the growth of any foreign State or county, which 
have been owned and kept in any county in this State for the term of six 
months previous to its annual agricultural fair, are hereby placed on the same 
footing, and may receive the same premiums thereon, as live animals which 
are the growth of such county. 
