Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1846-03-25
Agricultural Law,
AN ACT for the encouragement Of Agriculture,
passed February 81, 1916.

AN ACT for the encouragement Of Agriculture
passed February 81, 1916.
SEC. ]. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
Of the State of Ohio, That whenever thirty or
more persons, residents of any county, or district
embracing two counties Of this State, shall organ
ize themselves into society for the improvement
of Agriculture within said county or district, and
shall have adopted constitution and by>laws,
agreeaby to the rules and regulations to be furnish.
ed by the Ohio State Board of Agriculture herein.
after created, and shall have appointed the usual
and proper officers, and when the said society
shall have raised and paid to the Treasury, by
voluntary subscription. or by fees imposed upon
its members, sny sum of money in each year, not
less than fifty dollars; and Whenever the President
of said society shall certify to the respective
county Auditors, the amount thus paid, attested
by the oath ofthe Treasurer before Magistrate,
it shall be the duty of the said county Auditor
embraced within the district in which such socie
ty shall be organized, 10 draw an order on the
Treasury of the respective counties, IN favor Of
the President and Treasurer Of said society," for
q sum equal to the amount thus raised; provided,
it does not exceed half cent to each inhabitant
Of tho said county, upon tho basis OF the last
previous national census, but not to exceed in any
county the sum of two hundred dollars; and il
shall be the duty of the Treasurer of the said
county to pay the same.
Seq 2. That it shall be the duty Of the sever.
oil county district societies which may be form
ed under the provisions of the preceding section,
during the continuance of this act, annually TO
offer and award premiums for tho improvement
of soils, tlllage, crops manures, implements. stock
articles of domestic industry, and such other arts
cles, productions and improvements as they may
deem proper; and may perform all such octs as
,l,o, hoot cd IN fha
agricultural and household manufacturing inter
est of the district, and of the State; and it shall
also be- their duty, so to regulate the amount of
premiums and the different grades ofthe same, as
that it shall be competent for small as we'll as
large farmers to have an opportunity to compete
therefor; and in making their awards, special re.
ference shall be had to the profits which may
accrue or be likely to accrue from the improved
mode Of raising the crop, or Of improvcing tho
soil, or stock, or of the fabrication of the Articles
thus offered, with the intention that the premium
shall be given for the most &c ,nomical mede of
improvement; and all persons offering 10 compete
for premiums on improved modes of tlllage, or Of
the productions of any crops or other articles,
shall be required before such premiums are ad.
Judged to deliver to tho awarding committee
full and correct statement Of tho process of such
mode of tillage or production, and the expense
accurately the profits derived or expected to be
derived therefrom.
SECS. 1t shall be the duty Of each county or
district society. to publish annually list tho
awards, and an abstract Of the Trcasurer's &C.
count, in newspaper Of the district; md to
make a report of their proceedings, during the
year, and synopsis Of the awards for improves
ments in agriculture, and household manufact.
ures, together with an abstract of the several des
crptions of these improvements. and also make a
report of the condition Of agriculture in their
county district, which reports shall be made out
in accordance with the rules and regulations Of
the Ohio State Board of Agriculture, and shall
be forwarded to the State Board at their annu al
meeting in December in each year, and no subse>
quent payment shall be made from the county
Treasurer, unless certificate is presented to the
Auditor from the President Of the State Board, |
showing that such reports have been duly made,
$50. 4. That M, z. Sullivant md SAmpall
Medsfy, ~ fEaIk lim countE. AlleA Isamble, ofE
Fsirfeid, psfius apbaus, Z Il Hamiiton. John Bsl
Bay1esa. Of Jefferson, Greenbury Keen, Of For
tags, Simon Perkins. Of Summit. John |. Van
metre Of Pike, Archer Waits and Felix Renick. Of
Ross. Elias Florance and William Gill, of Picka
way, Jared P. KirtIand, of Cuyahoga, Daniel
Gregory, of Delaware, John Nc Elderly, of
Tuscarawas, Isaac Moore, Of Lake, John Fuller,
Of Erie, George W. Gibbons. of Muskingum, fl:
N. Gillett, lof Lawrence; Anson Howard, Of
Champaign, John Eckels, of Hancock, Liba Lind
ley, Jr., Of Athens, Henry T.. Brish, of Seneca,
Samuel Myers, Of Crawford, David Stevens, of
John Muffin. of Columbiana, Gilman
c. Mudgett, of Paulding, L. Z. Goble, Of Putham.
Isaac Neiswanger. of Belmont, Aaron Johnson,
Of Perry, VIM. Nc Faddcn. Of Harrison. Fred.
rick Bonner, Of Greene; jacob T. Pugsloy. of
Fayette. George w. Cowden Of Trumbull, Bilins
Kirkland of Mahoning, Richard Warner Of Me.
dina, John M. Milligan and Absalom Dean, of
Butler, John Johnston, Of Miami, Jesse Wilson,
Of Shelby, Abraham Studdebaker, of Darke,
Joseph Burns, Of Coshocton, James l.. Reyn>
olds, Of Stark, Newton Larsh, of Preble, A. E.
Strickler, of Clinton, Benjamin Ruggles, Of Bell
mont, Henry Protzman, of Montgomery, Will
lam R. Putnam, Jr., of Washinton, James Lou.
don. of Brown, Dowty Utter, of Clermont, and
Beatty Nc Farland, Of Jefferson county, be and
They are hereby created body corporate, with
perpetual succession, in the manner hereafter
described, under the name and style of the sOhio