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NJ Rev Stat § 4:13-43 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:13-43 - Definitions

4:13-43. Definitions  The words and phrases used herein shall, unless the content otherwise indicates, have the following meanings: (a) "Secretary" means the Secretary of Agriculture of the State of New Jersey or his duly authorized agent. (b) "Cooperative association" means any association authorized to do business in New Jersey pursuant to the provisions of chapter 13 of Title 4 of the Revised Statutes and the amendments and supplements thereto. (c) "Producer" means any person, firm, partnership, association or corporation engaged in producing or raising any agricultural commodities. (d) "Processor" means any person, firm, partnership, association or corporation who cans, freezes, dries, or otherwise preserves or processes, handles, hauls, carries, transports, or distributes any agricultural commodities as herein defined and shall include any agent of any such processor. (e) "Agricultural commodities" include horticultural, viticultural, forestry, dairy, livestock, poultry, bee and any farm products including fresh and salt water products. L.1962, c. 131, s. 1, eff. July 27, 1962.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:13-44 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:13-44 - Public policy

4:13-44. Public policy  It is hereby declared to be in the public interest and the public policy of this State to establish and support the right of any producer to join voluntarily and belong to cooperative associations. L.1962, c. 131, s. 2, eff. July 27, 1962.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:13-45 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:13-45 - Unfair practices

4:13-45. Unfair practices  It is an unfair practice, and unlawful, for any processor, or for any other person, to do any of the following: (a) Interfere with, restrain, coerce or boycott producers in the exercise of the rights guaranteed pursuant to section 2 hereof. (b) Discriminate against producers with respect to price or other terms of purchase of agricultural commodities, by reason of the producer's membership in or contract with a cooperative association. (c) Pay or loan money, or give or loan any other thing of value to a producer as an inducement or reward for refusing to or ceasing to belong to a cooperative association. (d) Knowingly give false reports about the finances, management or activities of a cooperative association. L.1962, c. 131, s. 3, eff. July 27, 1962.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:13-46 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:13-46 - Violations; complaints; hearings

4:13-46. Violations; complaints; hearings  For the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this act the secretary is authorized to receive complaints from producers against any processor, or any other person, with respect to violations of the unfair practices specified in section 3. Upon being satisfied as to the bona fides of the complaint the secretary may conduct a hearing on the complaint and shall furnish such persons with a copy of the complaint and a notice of the time and place of hearing, which notice shall be served either personally or by registered mail directly to his place of business or last known residence address, with postage prepaid, at least 10 days prior to the time fixed for hearing. In the hearing of any complaint the secretary or assistant whom he may designate may sign and issue subpoenas, administer oaths, examine witnesses, take depositions, receive evidence and require by subpoenas the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of such accounts, records and memoranda, as may be material in the determination of the matter alleged in the complaint. The secretary shall render a decision either dismissing the complaint or specifying the facts which he deems established at the hearing. L.1962, c. 131, s. 4, eff. July 27, 1962. Amended by L.1971, c. 324, s. 15, eff. Oct. 28, 1971.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:13-47 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:13-47 - Injunctions

4:13-47. Injunctions  The secretary may also bring an action to restrain the violation or threatened violation of any provision of this act in the Superior Court. L.1962, c. 131, s. 5, eff. July 27, 1962. Amended by L.1971, c. 324, s. 16, eff. Oct. 28, 1971.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:13-48 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:13-48 - Penalties

4:13-48. Penalties  Any processor who shall have been found to have violated any of the provisions of this act shall forfeit and pay a penalty of not less than $100.00 nor more than $500.00 for each offense to be sued for and recovered by and in the name of the "State of New Jersey." L.1962, c. 131, s. 6, eff. July 27, 1962. Amended by L.1971, c. 324, s. 17, eff. Oct. 28, 1971.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:13-49 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:13-49 - Penalty enforcement proceedings; process; summary proceedings; jail sentence

4:13-49. Penalty enforcement proceedings; process; summary proceedings; jail sentence  In proceedings for the collection and enforcement of a penalty imposed because of the violation of any provision of this act, process shall issue in the name of the State as plaintiff, upon the complaint of the secretary. The penalty shall be collected and enforced in summary proceedings pursuant to the Penalty Enforcement Law (N.J.S. 2A:58-1 et seq.). The court shall, if judgment be rendered for the plaintiff, cause any defendant who may refuse or neglect to pay forthwith the amount of the judgment rendered against him and all the costs and charges incident thereto, to be committed to the county jail for any period not exceeding 100 days. L.1962, c. 131, s. 7, eff. July 27, 1962.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:13-50 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:13-50 - Compliance not deemed conspiracy or combination in restraint of trade, etc.; dissemination of information; marketing adjustments

4:13-50. Compliance not deemed conspiracy or combination in restraint of trade, etc.; dissemination of information; marketing adjustments  a. No association complying with the terms hereof shall be deemed to be a conspiracy, or a combination in restraint of trade, or an illegal monopoly; or be deemed to have been formed for the purpose of lessening competition or fixing prices arbitrarily, nor shall the contracts between the association and its producers, or any agreements authorized in this act, be construed as an unlawful restraint of trade, or as a part of a conspiracy or combination to accomplish an improper or illegal purpose or act. b. An association may acquire, exchange, interpret and disseminate past, present and prospective crop, market, statistical, economic and other similar information relating to the business of the association, either directly or through an agent created or selected by it or by other associations acting in conjunction with it. c. An association may advise its members in respect to the adjustment of their current and prospective production of agricultural commodities and its relation to the prospective volume of consumption, selling prices and existing or potential surplus, to the end that every market may be served from the most convenient productive areas under a program of orderly marketing that will assure adequate supplies without undue enhancement of prices or the accumulation of any undue surplus of agricultural products. L.1971, c. 324, s. 18, eff. Oct. 28, 1971.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:14-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:14-1 - Department to encourage formation

4:14-1. Department to encourage formation  The department of agriculture shall encourage and aid so far as practicable, the formation of county boards of agriculture in the several counties of this state, that all the agricultural interests of the state may be fully represented.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:14-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:14-2 - Membership and organization

4:14-2. Membership and organization  The membership of the county boards shall consist of all the members of the agricultural and horticultural associations of each county, and such others as they may elect: a. In counties having no agricultural or horticultural associations any number of citizens not less than ten may organize a county board of agriculture by electing a president, a secretary, a treasurer, and a board of not less than five directors, adopting the name of "the county board of agriculture" (inserting in each case the name of the proper county), and filing with the secretary of agriculture a certificate of such organization. Upon the formation of any agricultural or horticultural association in the county, they shall become members of such county board, as provided in paragraphs "b" and "c" of this section; b. In counties having but one agricultural or horticultural organization (whether known and designated as a "society," "club" or "grange" ), such organization may become the county board of agriculture for such county by electing the officers and directors prescribed in paragraph "a" of this section, adopting the name of "the county board of agriculture" (inserting the name of the proper county) and filing with the secretary of agriculture a certificate of such organization; c. In counties having more than one agricultural or horticultural organization (whether known and designated as "societies," "clubs" or "granges" ), such organizations, or so many of them (not less than two) as may elect so to do, may organize a county board of agriculture by electing a president, a secretary, a treasurer, and a board of directors to consist of at least one member of each agricultural or horticultural organization of the county (that may elect to become members of such county board), adopting the name of "the county board of agriculture" (inserting in each case the name of the proper county), and filing with the secretary of agriculture a certificate of such organization; d. The president, secretary and treasurer of the county board of agriculture shall be ex-officio members of the board of directors of the board; e. Every certificate filed, as provided in this section, shall truly and correctly state--first, the name of the county board filing the same; second, the date of its organization under this section; third, the names of its officers and directors; fourth, the names of bona fide members in each organization represented in the county board at the date of organizing said board, and the names of such organizations. Amended by L.1946, c. 108, p. 333, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:14-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:14-3 - Annual reports to department; report of delegates to annual convention

4:14-3. Annual reports to department; report of delegates to annual convention  Each county board of agriculture shall, on or before December fifteenth in each year, make a full report of the transactions of the board during the year next preceding, with as complete a statement as practicable, of the condition, progress and results of agricultural and horticultural industries in such counties respectively, together with reports of such special subjects of inquiry as may from time to time present themselves to such county boards, or be submitted by the department of agriculture and forward the same to the secretary of agriculture. The representatives of county boards at the state agricultural convention shall make a full report to their respective county boards of the proceedings of that convention.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:14-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:14-4 - Annual apportionments to county boards

4:14-4. Annual apportionments to county boards  The department of agriculture may apportion to the several county boards of agriculture annually, such sum or sums of money for the information secured and labor performed in connection with the reports of such county boards as the department shall deem equitable; but such amount shall not exceed one hundred dollars in any one year to any county board, one-half of this amount, when the sum appropriated does not exceed sixty dollars, to go to the person making up the report and the balance to the treasury of the county board to pay its running expenses.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:14-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:14-5 - Rules for government

4:14-5. Rules for government  The state board of agriculture may adopt suitable rules and regulations, not inconsistent with this title, for the government of the county boards of agriculture.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:14-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:14-6 - Annual appropriation for expenses

4:14-6. Annual appropriation for expenses  There shall be appropriated annually out of the general revenues of the state for the expenses of conducting the state horticultural society, such sum as may be included for that purpose in any appropriation act.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:14-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:14-7 - Manner of paying expenses

4:14-7. Manner of paying expenses  The necessary expenses of conducting the state horticultural society shall be audited by its executive committee, approved by its president and attested by its secretary, and shall be presented to the comptroller of the state, who shall pay the same to the treasurer of the society out of the appropriation made for that purpose.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:15-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:15-1 - "Association" defined

4:15-1. "Association" defined  "Association" as used in this article shall include all corporations organized for the purpose of holding agricultural fairs and exhibitions.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:15-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:15-2 - Authority to hold fairs and exhibitions

4:15-2. Authority to hold fairs and exhibitions  An association may: a. Hold fairs and exhibitions of agricultural, horticultural, mechanical and manufacturing productions, collections and discoveries of works of art, of live stock and animals, and for the encouragement of competition in the breeding of stock and the development of speed and other qualities in animals; b. Provide and maintain grounds, buildings, road tracks, walks and other improvements necessary or desirable for the proper display of exhibits; c. Encourage competition by the offer and payment of premiums and awards for stock and articles of a superior kind, class or quality; and d. Ask and receive reasonable fees for the admittance of exhibitors and visitors.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:15-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:15-3 - Police jurisdiction of directors

4:15-3. Police jurisdiction of directors  For the purpose of maintaining order and preserving the peace and decorum upon grounds on which a fair and exhibition is held by an association the directors shall: a. Have police jurisdiction upon the grounds and for a distance of one-quarter of a mile from the boundaries of the grounds; b. Suppress the sale of intoxicating liquors by persons not regularly licensed by the public authorities; and c. Prohibit every species of gambling and breach of the peace or laws of this state.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:15-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:15-4 - Appointment and qualification of special officers

4:15-4. Appointment and qualification of special officers  The directors of an association, or a majority of them, may appoint from time to time, as many fit persons as they may deem proper, as special police officers. Each such officer, before entering upon his duties, shall take and subscribe an oath that he will well and truly serve the State, and will perform all his duties to the best of his knowledge and ability. The oath shall be filed forthwith in the office of the county clerk who shall indorse thereon the date of filing and shall be paid the sum of twenty cents ($0.20) for each oath so filed. Amended by L.1953, c. 5, p. 40, s. 40.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:15-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:15-5 - Powers and duties of special officers

4:15-5. Powers and duties of special officers  Special officers so appointed and sworn shall possess, so long as the directors choose to retain them, the powers and authority, on the grounds and within the limits fixed in section 4:15-3 of this title, vested in constables in criminal cases in this state. They may, without process, arrest all persons there found who shall: a. Violate any of the laws of this state; b. Conduct themselves in a disorderly manner; c. Disturb or wrongfully interfere with the fair and exhibition or the exhibitors or visitors; or d. Violate any of the rules or regulations of the association. Any person so arrested shall be taken, as soon as conveniently may be, before a magistrate of the county in which the fair and exhibition is held, there to be dealt with according to law.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:15-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:15-6 - Right of owner to hold fairs

4:15-6. Right of owner to hold fairs  The owner of any stud farm used for the breeding of fancy trotting or racing stock in this state may hold upon such farm, as often as he may deem proper, fairs or exhibitions for the development of speed or other desired qualities, and, to encourage competition, may offer premiums and rewards for stock exhibited and for superiority in the objects sought for, and ask, demand and receive, for his own use, reasonable fees for admittance.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:15-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:15-7 - Police jurisdiction of owner; liquor; gambling

4:15-7. Police jurisdiction of owner; liquor; gambling  For the purpose of preserving good order, peace and decorum upon and about farms or exhibition grounds and among the visitors and spectators to the same, the owner shall have police jurisdiction within the boundaries of any of such grounds. The owner shall not sell or permit the sale upon his grounds of any vinous, spirituous or malt liquors, or gamble or permit gambling in any form whatever upon the grounds.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:15-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:15-8 - Appointment and qualification of special officers

4:15-8. Appointment and qualification of special officers  The owner of a stud farm who shall hold a fair or exhibition as provided in this article, may appoint from time to time, one or more fit persons as special police officers, each of whom, before entering upon his duties, shall qualify as provided in section 4:15-4 of this title relative to special officers appointed thereunder.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:15-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:15-9 - Powers and duties of special officers

4:15-9. Powers and duties of special officers  Persons appointed and sworn as provided in section 4:15-8 of this title shall possess the authority and powers on the stud farm and exhibition grounds, and on the lands and premises adjacent thereto, within the limits named in section 4:15-7 of this title, which constables possess in criminal cases in this state. They may, without process, arrest all persons there found who shall: a. Violate any of the laws of this state; b. Conduct themselves in a disorderly or immoral manner; c. Disturb or wrongfully interfere with the meetings and exhibitions or visitors thereto; d. Violate any of the rules and regulations of the owner which are plainly printed and posted in a conspicuous manner about the farm and exhibition grounds. The persons so arrested shall be taken, as soon as conveniently may be, before a magistrate of the county, there to be dealt with according to law.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:15-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:15-10 - Maintenance and use

4:15-10. Maintenance and use  The state house commission is authorized to maintain the state exhibition building which was erected as provided in the act entitled "An act to provide for the erection and maintenance of a state exhibition building for the display and exhibit of the educational features, and the institutional, agricultural and horticultural products of the state, and making an appropriation therefor," approved March tenth, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one (L.1921, c. 40, p. 67). Such building and the land on which it is situated shall be held in the name of the state by the state house commission or its successors in office and shall be used for the purposes enumerated in the title of said act.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:15-11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:15-11 - One-day livestock shows; rules and regulations

4:15-11. One-day livestock shows; rules and regulations  The Department of Agriculture shall encourage and promote education and interest in the production of pure-bred livestock. In order to demonstrate the characteristics of individual breeds, including ideal conformation and production qualities, and to assist in the selection of outstanding animals of each breed for the purpose of exhibition in national competition, and to encourage the State's livestock industry, one-day livestock shows may be authorized by the department, to be held under the auspices of the State pure-bred livestock associations. Any such show shall be conducted in conformity with the rules and regulations of the Department of Agriculture relating to disease control and the awarding of premiums, prizes and trophies. L.1953, c. 302, p. 1843, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:15-12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:15-12 - Advisory committee

4:15-12. Advisory committee  The State Board of Agriculture may appoint an advisory committee of one person from each branch of the livestock industry to further this type of agricultural endeavor. L.1953, c. 302, p. 1843, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 4:15-13 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 4 - Agriculture and Domestic Animals|Section 4:15-13 - Moneys for premiums, awards and maintenance

4:15-13. Moneys for premiums, awards and maintenance  The department may include in its annual budget request an item not in excess of ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) for the purposes of this act. Any moneys appropriated for these purposes shall be expended only for premiums, awards and maintenance of the associations' one-day shows. L.1953, c. 302, p. 1843, s. 3.