AGRICULTURE.

I. PROMOTION OF AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE.

1. Societies raising money to receive an equal sum from the state.

(Laws of 1841, ch. 169.)

[Section 1 is omitted as temporary.]

2. When the New York State Agricultural Society, and any county agricultural society now formed, or which may hereafter be formed in this state, or the American Institute in the city of New York, shall raise by voluntary subscription, any sum of money, the president and treasurer shall make and subscribe an affidavit of the facts of the formation of such society, and of their having raised a certain sum, specifying the amount thereof, which affidavit shall be filed with the comptroller of this state, who shall draw his warrant on the treasurer for a sum equal to the amount of such voluntary subscription, not however exceeding the amount to which such county or state society would be entitled, according to the apportionment aforesaid.

2. Officers to be elected, and their duties.

3. The New York State Agricultural Society and the several county agricultural societies now formed or which shall be formed in this state, during the continuance of this act, shall annually elect such and so many officers as they shall deem proper; and it shall be the duty of such officers annually, to regulate and award premiums on such articles, productions and improvements as they may deem best calculated to promote the agricultural and house hold manufacturing interests of this state, having especial reference to the net profits which accrue, or are likely to

accrue, from the mode of raising the crop or stock, or the fabrication of the article thus offered, with the intention that the reward shall be given for the most economical or profitable mode of competition; provided always that before any premium shall be delivered, the person claiming the same, or to whom the same may be awarded, shall deliver in writing to the president of the society, as accurate a description of the process in preparing the soil, including the quantity and quality of the manure applied, and in raising the crop, or feeding the animal, as may be; and also of the expense and product of the crop, or of increase in the value of the animal, with the view of showing accurately the profit of cultivating the crop, or feeding or fattening the animal.

3. Accounts to be rendered to the comptroller.

§ 4. The president of the State Agricultural Society, and the several presidents of the said county societies, who shall receive or expend any of the moneys hereby appropriated, shall annually, in the month of December, transmit to the comptroller a detailed account of the expenditure of all the moneys which shall come into their hands under this act, and stating to whom and for what purpose paid, with the vouchers thereof; and the said presidents of the several county agricultural societies shall annually transmit in the month of December, to the executive committee of the New York State Agricultural Society, all such reports or returns as they are required to demand and receive from applicants for premiums, together with an abstract of their proceedings during the year.

4. Condensed reports to be made.

5. The executive committee of the New York State Agricultural Society shall examine all reports and returns made by the presidents of the county agricultural socie

ties, and condense, arrange and report the same, together with a statement of their own proceedings, to the secretary of state, in the month of January in each year.

5. Members of state society.

§ 6. The presidents of the several county societies, or a delegate, to be chosen by them annually for the purpose, shall be ex-officio members of the New York State Agricultural Society. [Thus amended by Laws of 1844, ch. 336.]

6. Duty of county clerks.

§7. It shall be the duty of the county clerks, in the several counties in this state, to cause notice to be given in one or more newspapers in each county, of the time and place of a meeting to be held in such county for the purpose of organizing such county agricultural society; and notice shall be given at least four weeks previous to such meeting.

7. American Institute to report.

(Laws of 1844, ch. 336.)

SECTION 1. The president of the American Institute of the city of New York is required to make the like reports as are required by the fourth section of " An act to promote agriculture," passed May 6, 1841, to be annually made by the presidents of the several county agricultural societies, to the comptroller and to the executive committee of the New York State Agricultural Society, on or before the first day of February in each year.

8. State society, when to report.

§ 2. The report and statement required by the fifth section of the said act, to be made by the executive committee of the New York State Agricultural Society, in

the month of January, may be made to the legislature, on or before the first day of March in each year.

9. Money, how distributed.

(Laws of 1848, ch. 299.)

SECTION 1. The moneys appropriated for the promotion of agriculture in this state, shall be distributed among the several counties of this state in the manner directed by the act entitled "An act to promote agriculture," passed May 5, 1841, and the act of May 7, 1844, amending the same provided that the moneys to be distributed to the counties of Alleghany, Livingston and Wyoming, shall be varied from the apportionment in the above named acts so as to accord with the change of population, by chapter fifty-one of the laws of eighteen hundred and forty-six, which annexes a part of the county of Alleghany to the county of Wyoming, and by chapter one hundred and ninety-seven of the laws of eighteen hundred and forty-six, which annexes a part of the county of Alleghany to the county of Livingston.

10. Provision in case money is raised by voluntary subscription.

§ 2. When the New York State Agricultural Society, and any county agricultural society now formed, or which may be hereafter formed in this state, or the American Institute in the city of New York, shall raise by voluntary subscription any sum of money, the president and treasurer shall make and subscribe an affidavit of the facts of the formation of such society, and of their having raised a certain sum, specifying the amount, which affidavit shall be placed with the comptroller, who shall draw his warrant on the treasurer for a sum equal to the amount of such voluntary subscription, not exceeding the amount to which said county or state society would be entitled, according to the apportionment aforesaid.

11. Societies to elect officers annually and award premiums.

§3. The New York State Agricultural Society, and the several county agricultural societies, now formed, or which shall hereafter be formed, and the American Institute, shall annually elect such officers as they may deem proper, and it shall be the duty of such officers annually to regulate and award premiums on such articles, productions and improvements, as they may deem best calculated to promote the agricultural and household manufacturing interests of this state, having special reference to the net profits which accrue or are likely to accrue from the mode of raising the crop or stock, or the fabrication of the article offered, with the intention that the reward shall be given to the most economical or profitable mode of competition; provided always, that before any premium shall be delivered, the person claiming the same, or to whom the same may be awarded, shall deliver in writing to the president of the society, an accurate description of the process in preparing the soil, including the quantity and quality of the manure applied in raising the crop, and the kind and quantity of food in feeding the animal, as may be; also the expense and product of the crop, or of increase in value of the animal, with a view of showing accurately the profit of cultivating the crop, or feeding or fattening the animal.

12. Account to be rendered to the comptroller.

$ 4. The president of the state society, and of the several county societies, and of the American Institute, who shall receive or expend any of the moneys appropriated by law, shall annually, in the month of December, transmit to the comptroller, a detailed account of the expenditures of all the moneys which shall come into their hands, stating to whom and for what purpose paid, with the vouchers thereof; and the presidents of the several