The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-12-05
TO PROMOTE
COUNTY FAIRS
Text of a Bill Which Will be intro
duced in the Legislature.
STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE
To Be Created Which Will Foster the
Growth of the County Fairs and
Provide Funds According to the
Population of the County.

The county fair is to be foStered
in Montana and maintained partly at
public expense, if the legislature can
lie brought to pass the proposed law,
which has been formulated by John
W. Pace, the bucolic enthusiast who
publishes the Stockman and Farmer
at Helena. At the present time there
are not twenty fair or agricultural
associations in the state. AS memory
serves there is the Missoula Fair as
ISOLATION, Flathead Fair association,
State Fair association at Helena, one
at Dillon, one at Great Falls, one in
Yellowstone county, and one in Park
equity besides the Horticultural So
ciety of the state, and the Flathead
branch. There are no statistics at
hand to venture computation in this
matter the esteemed commissioner
of agriculture, labor and industry
having overlooked the same in his
biennial report. In any event 20
counties must first establish fair as
sociations before there can be any
benefit derived, and that seems al
most improbable. However, the pro-
posed measure is a good one, and
with the minimum number at 10, it
might be of some service.
Section 1, Whenever twenty or
more county fairs in the state of
neutrality-suspicious., residents and tax
payers of any county in this state,
shall organize themselves into an as
ISOLATION or society for the improve
ment of agriculture, live stock and
the various branches of husbandry
in said county, and have adopted a
constitution and bylaws and rules
agreeable to the state board of agri-
culture, which is hereby created, and
shall have appointed the usual and
proper officers, and shall have placed
the financial officers under proper
bond in the amount fixed by said So
ciety or organization; and when the
said association or society shall have
raised among its members and paid
into the treasury the sum of two hun
dred dollars $4,000 or more by volun-
tary subscription or by fees imposed
upon it's members each year, a GER
tificate of such action, organization,
stating the facts shall be filed with
the clerk and recorder of the county.
Upon the filing of the said certificate
or organization and showing that
the sum of two hundred dollars has
ind ho
treasury, the chairman of the
board of county commissioners shall
draw warrant in favor of such
county fair association or society, to
its president in a sum equal to 10
centsSfor every inhabitant of said
county computation Of the inhabi-
tantstto be made upon basis of five
for every vote cast for congressman
at the preceding election in said coun
ty; and it shall be the duty of the
county treasurer to pay the same.
Provided, that in counties having
population to exceed 10000 inhabi
tants, as computed on the basis herr
named, the amount so paid shall b,
five cents for each inhabitant
OSC' Il IldC IL any eAlSllHS count,
fair society or association fails, o
has failed, to hold an annual fair an,
exhibit of products and live stock TO
a period of at least three days i
each year, then any society Or assc
citation in the county formed for
similar purpose, and governed b
the rules of this chapter, and VIII
shall hold fair as provided, ma
apply for and receive the said fund
from the county treasury as provided
to which amount they shall be ent
tie SO long as the conditions of TIL
chapter are complied with.
Sec. 3. No money or any part Their
of so received from the county trea
urer under this act shall be used fl