The record-union., 1897-04-26

! Barbara ly ing east of the GaVlota anu
south of the Santa YneZ Mountains;
No 20, Placer County; No. Il. Fresno
and MADEIRA; No. 22, San Diego; NO.
%, Contra Costa; No. "A, Tulare ana
Kings; No % Napa; No. 20. Amador;
No. 81, Shasta and Trinity; No. 70, san
Bernardino and Riverside; NO -
| Tuolumne: No. 80, Tehama; NO. d.
Ventura No 32, Orange; No. 50, san
Benito: No. 81. Modoc; No. 80, Merced
and Mariposa; No. 80, Solano; NO. 81
/ all that portion of Santa Barbara
County not included in No. u; NO 90
Stanislaus No 80, Calaveras; NO ~
Yolo; No. Al, Del Norte; No. 42, Glenn
No. 43, Lassen, and No. A, Colusa.
The remaining sections of the Act are
given in full as follows:
Section ,. Where two or more couh-
! ties shall constitute an agrculturdi
district, each county shall be represent
ed in the district Board OF Directors
by at least two resident citizens, as
directors in said board; provided that
when by reason of the formation OF
new agricultural district, director oI
one district becomes a resident OF an
other, his term of office as director VIII
| expire in sixty days after the lorna
| ton of the new agricultural district.
| Whenever the Board of Directors OF
two or more agricultural districts shall,
| by a majority vote of each board, eject
| to unite. the said several districts may
| associate as one district, and hold
| fair in any of said districts, and may
for such purpose draw the approprla-
ton for all of said districts, and eX-
| npD6 thp Same for said fair.
Section 8 Any fifty or more persons,
representing a majority of the counties
within any one OF the districts above
constituted. may form an association,
for the improvement of the material
industries within such district, and when
so formed. the association shall be
known and designated by the name OF
-- Agricultural Association, and by
such name and style shall have perpet-
ual succession, and shall have power
and authority to contract and be con-
tracted with, to sue and be sued, to
have and use a common seal, to pur-
chase and hold and lease real estate,
with such buildings and improvements
as may be erected thereon, and may sell
and lease and dispose of the same at
pleasure The said real estate, except
as hereinafter provided, shall be used
by such association for the purpose OF
holding exhibitions of horses, cattle and
other stock, and of the agricultural,
horticultural, viticultural. mechanical,
manufacturing and domestic products
Of such district with a view to the i'm
provement of all industries in the same.
But the said association shall have the
power and are hereby authorized, to
sell and convey any portion of the real
estate held by it, by whatever title de-
rived which may not be necessary for
the permanent use of said association
for the purposes aforesaid.
! Section t. The officers of such asso-
citation shall consist of eight directors,
who shall constitute a District Board
of Agriculture for District No. -; a
| President, who shall be one of their
number, and a Secretary and Treasur
er, not of their number.
| Section ). Within ten days after the
formation of any new agricultural as
sociation within any of the districts
above constituted in accordance with
| the provisions of this Act, and notice
of such formation to the Governor the
| Governor shall appoint eight resident
| citizens of such district as members
of a District Board of Agriculture for
said district, whose term Of office shall
| be four years, except as hereinafter
provided.
| Section g. Within ten days after their
appointment the persons so appointed
| shall qualify as required by the Con-
stitution. and shall meet at a place
within the district and organize by the
election of one of their number as Pres
ident of the board and association, who
shall hold said office of President one
year, and until his successor is elected;
they shall also elect a Secretary and
| Treasurer.
| Section L. At the same meeting the
members of the board shall, by lot or
otherwise. classify themselves into four
classes of two members each The term
of office of the first class shall expire
at the end of the first fiscal year: Of
the second class, of the second fiscal
year; of the third class. of the third
fiscal year, and of the fourth class, at
| the end of the full term of four years
! The fiscal year shall be from December
1st to December 1st; provided. that all
| officers of agricultural districts now in
| office under any law heretofore pass
which they We're appointed, except in
cases specified in Section = of this Act
And the agricultural associations here
tofore established shall be continued in
force, and, SO far as applicable are
made agricultural associations under
this Act
Section s. Each association so formed
and organized is hereby declared and
shall be recognized, a State institution
and the board so appointed and qualified
shall nave the exclusive control and
| management of such institution, for
and in the name of the State. and shall
have possession and care of al the
property of the association and shall
fix the terms of office and the bonds
of the Secretary and Treasurer. and
determine their salaries and duties.
They shall have the power to make all
| necessary bylaws, rules and regula-
tions for the government of the asso-
citation and the management OF its
prudential and financial affairs. They
shall provide for an annual fair or
exhibition by the association Of all the
industries and industrial products in
the district, at such time and place as
they deem advisable provided that the
State shall, in no event be liable for
any premium offered or award made. or
for any debt contracted by any District
Board of Agriculture, or agricultural
association; and provided further. that
nothing in this section shall he so con-
lstrued as in any way TO affect or nodi-
fy anv of the DroyfSiopS Of Cac+;or I,