The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-06
LEGAL.
Published in The Topeka State Journal
March 6, 1881
HOUSE BILL NO. 4o4.

HOUSE BILL NO 4ea
AN ACT authorizing the State Board OF
Agriculture to hold an annual state fair
at Hutchinson, Kansas; providing foI
the management and control thereof,
and authorizing certain counties to par
BE it enacted by the Legislature of the
State of Kansas:
Section l. That a state fair to be held
annually in the city of Hutchinson, Kan
sas, at such time shall be fixed by the
board of state fair managers, is hereby
created, as hereinafter provided for.
sec. = When the county OF Reno,
ers, OF other parties for it, shall convey
to the state of Kansas the tract of land
and all the improvements thereon now
used for fair purposes in said county for
the uses and upon the conditions herein
after set forth, together with an abstract
of title showing a good and sufficient title
thereto, said title to be first approved by
the attorney general of the state of Kan
Sas, the state of Kansas shall, by and
through its board of state fair managers,
hereinafter created, accept said tract
u state fair ground upon which shall be
held annually a state fair; provided, said
county commissioners shall not use any
public money to purchase said tract until
duly authorized by majority vote of the
people of said county voting an election
called for that purpose Said tract of
land shall be held by the state of Kansas
exclusively as a state fair ground and for
such other uses as the board of state fair
managers shall direct, and if at any time
thereon a state fair in any year then
the county of Reno or any association In
that county organized for the purpose of
holding a fair, shall be Permitted to use
said grounds and buildings, free of
charge, for the purpose of holding state
fair that year.
Sec s. The State Board of Agriculture
Immediately upon the taking effect of this
act, and the conveyance to the state of
Kansas of said tract, and upon call of the
president thereof, shall hold speclal
meeting at which shall be elected four
persons from the members and officers o.
said State Board of Agriculture VINO
shall, together with the secretary of the
State Horticultural Society constitute a,
board of state fair managers, with such
powers and duties as are herein pre-
scribed; two of said members shall be
elected and hold office until the next an
nual meeting of the said State Board of
Agriculture in 1914 and until their sue
cessoTs are elected and qualified; two Of
said members shan be elected and hold
office until the regular meeting OF the
State Board of Agriculture in 1915, and
until their successors are elected and
qualified. At the regular annual meeting
of the State Board of Agriculture in 1914
two members of said board of state fair
managers shall be elected for two years
and every two years thereafter. At the
regular annual meeting of the State
Board of Agriculture in 1915 two MEM
bers of the said board OF state fair man
ayers shall be elected and every two
years thereafter.
Sec. T. Said board of state fair man
ayers shall Immediately upon their elec-
ion organize by the election from their
own number of a president, who shall
hold office until the election of the board
of state fair managers in 1914 and until
his successor is elected and qualified
Said president shall thereafter be elected
biennially. Said board of state fair
managers shall select and purchase a seal
to authenticate all their acts and pro-
ceedings. Said board shall have power to
meet for the transaction OF business I'M
der the call of the president as often as
shall, in its judgment, be necessary; to
ftrs,e- If "a
fair; the appointment and compensation
and duties of all necessary subordinate
officers, including secretary and treasur-
er, the offering of premiums, necessary
printing for and advertising of said state
fair. and all other matters in connection
with the holding of said state far
Sec. 8. The members of the said board
of state fair managers shall receive for
their compensation the sum OF five dol
lars per day for each day necessarily ex-
pended in their duties and their actual
travelling expenses.
managers shall have power to make all
xeedful rules and regulations regarding
troll and government thereof: which rules
and regulations shall be published for the
benefit of the public.
Sec. Z. A majority of said board OF
state fair managers shall constitute
quorum to transact business.
Sec. s. For the purpose or aldng
of the state at the said fair the board or
county commissioners of each county is
TO exceed the sum of five hundred dol
la-1-s out of the general revenue fund of
such county for the purpose of making an
exhibit OF the agricultural and other re-
sources of said county at said state fair.
Sec. 9. Any county with population
in excess of tlsirty-five thousand may
erect upon said state fair grounds sepa-
rate building for the exhibition at said
fair of the agricultural and other re
sources of said county, which building
shall be maintained and kept in repair at
state expense. All costs of making ex-
bibitions therein to be paid by the county
owning the building; provided, that before
any such building shall be erected it shall
be authorized by a vote of the people of
said county at either general or special
election: said building to be paid FOR
either by a special tax or by an issue Of
bonds as the board of county commits
eiouers of such county may suggest and
the people at such election approve.
See 10. All money received for the sale
of tickets, privileges, or from any other
source through the operation of said state
fair or from any other use OF said
rounds authorized by the said Board OF
STATE Fair Managers shall be paid to and
neId by the treasurer of the said board
ont OF such sums shall be paid all the
,-Ifnrius expenses Of conducting the SAID
state feir, including all labor employed