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 GOVERNING AND RELATING TO 
 
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 ISSUED BY THE STATE 
 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE 
 
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 W. W. Miller, Secretary, :: Columbus, Ohio 
 
LAWS AND RULES 
 
 GOVERNING AND RELATING TO 
 
 County or District 
 Agricultural Societies 
 in Ohio 
 
 Issued by the State Board of Agriculture 
 
 W. W. MILLER, Secretary 
 
 COLUMBUS, OHIO 
 
 COLUMBUS, OHIO 
 PRESS OF FRED. J. HEER 
 
 1905 
 
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OHIO STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 
 
 Sec. 3692. [Ohio state board of 
 
 AGRICULTURE; ANNUAL MEETING OF 
 
 board. Election of officers.] There 
 shall be held in the city of Columbus 
 on the first Thursday after the second 
 Monday in January, an annual meet¬ 
 ing of the Ohio state board of agricul¬ 
 ture, together with the president of each 
 county agricultural society or the duly 
 authorized delegate therefrom who 
 shall for the time being be exofficio 
 members of the state board of agricul¬ 
 ture for the purpose of deliberation and 
 consultation as to the wants, prospects 
 and conditions of agriculture throughout 
 the state; and at such meeting the sev¬ 
 eral reports from the societies shall be 
 delivered to the president of the state 
 board of agriculture; provided that in 
 any county having no agricultural so¬ 
 ciety, the presidents of the farmers’ in¬ 
 stitutes of the county, and holding meet¬ 
 ings under the auspices and by the direc- 
 
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tion of the state board of agriculture, 
 or a majority thereof, are hereby au¬ 
 thorized and empowered to choose a rep¬ 
 resentative to the annual meeting, who 
 shall upon presentation of the proper 
 certificates be entitled to all the privi¬ 
 leges conferred on ex officio members 
 by this section. At this annual meeting 
 there shall be elected two members of 
 the state board of agriculture whose 
 terms shall be five years and until their 
 successors are elected. Only the presi¬ 
 dents of county agricultural societies or 
 the duly authorized delegates therefrom 
 and representatives chosen by the presi¬ 
 dents of farmers’ institutes not mem¬ 
 bers of the board shall be entitled to 
 vote for members of the board. 
 
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LAWS RELATING TO COUNTY OR DIS¬ 
 TRICT AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES. 
 
 Sec. 3697. [Agricultural corpor¬ 
 ations; ORGANIZATION OF DISTRICT OR 
 COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES.] 
 When thirty or more persons, residents 
 of any county of the state, or of a dis¬ 
 trict embracing one or more counties, or¬ 
 ganize themselves into an agricultural 
 society, and adopt a constitution and by¬ 
 laws and select the usual and proper 
 officers, and otherwise conducts its af¬ 
 fairs in conformity to the statutes of 
 Ohio and to the rules of the state board 
 of agriculture, and when such county or 
 district agricultural society shall have 
 held an annual exhibition in accordance 
 with section 3698 of the Revised Statutes 
 of Ohio, and made proper report to the 
 state board of agriculture, then, upon 
 presentation to the county auditor, of a 
 certificate from the president of the state 
 board of agriculture attested by,the sec¬ 
 retary of said board, that the laws of 
 
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the state and the rules of the state board 
 of agriculture have been complied with, 
 the county auditor of each county where¬ 
 in such agricultural societies are organ¬ 
 ized, shall annually draw an order on 
 the treasurer of the county in favor of 
 the president of the county or district 
 agricultural society for a sum equal to 
 two cents to each inhabitant of the 
 county, upon the basis of the last pre¬ 
 vious national census, but the total 
 amount thereof shall not exceed in any 
 county the sum of eight hundred dol¬ 
 lars ($800) ; and the treasurer of the 
 county shall pay the same. 
 
 [Cuyahoga county.] Provided, that 
 where in any county containing a city 
 of the second grade of the first class, the 
 site for holding county fairs is situated 
 so far from the geographical center of 
 said county that, in the opinion of the 
 commissioners of said county the agri¬ 
 cultural interests of said county will best 
 be promoted by the establishment of an¬ 
 other and additional society and site 
 whereupon to hold fairs; upon the or¬ 
 ganization of such additional society in 
 the manner provided herein, said addi¬ 
 tional society shall be entitled to receive 
 
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out of the county treasury the sum pro¬ 
 vided in this section and .. so be entitled 
 to the provisions of other sections of the 
 statutes in reference to county agricul¬ 
 tural societies. 
 
 Sec. 3698. [For what premiums 
 
 MAY BE OFFERED BY AGRICULTURAL SO¬ 
 CIETIES.] The several county or district 
 societies which may be formed under 
 the provisions of the preceding section 
 shall, annually, offer and award premi¬ 
 ums for the improvement of soils, til¬ 
 lage, crops, manures, implements, stock, 
 articles of domestic industry, and such 
 other articles, productions, and improve¬ 
 ments, as they deem proper, and may 
 perform all such acts as they deem best 
 calculated to promote the agricultural 
 and household manufacturing interests 
 of the district and of the state, and shall 
 regulate the amount of premiums, and 
 the different grades of the same, so that 
 it shall be competent for small as well 
 as large farmers to have an opportunity 
 to compete therefor ; and in making their 
 awards special reference shall be had to 
 the profits which accrue, or are likely to 
 accrue, from the improved mode of rais¬ 
 ing the crop, or of improving the soil, 
 
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or stock, or of the fabrication of the ar¬ 
 ticles thus offered, so that the premium 
 shall be given for the most economical 
 mode of improvement; and all persons 
 offering to compete for premiums on im¬ 
 proved modes of tillage, or the produc¬ 
 tion of any crops or other articles, shall 
 be required, before such premium is ad¬ 
 judged to deliver to the awarding com¬ 
 mittee a full and correct statement of the 
 process of such mode of tillage or pro¬ 
 duction, and the expense and value of 
 the same, with a view of showing accur¬ 
 ately the profits derived or expected to 
 be derived therefrom. Provided, that 
 during any year, when the state board 
 of agriculture shall hold its fair upon the 
 grounds of any county or district agri¬ 
 cultural society, such society shall be ex¬ 
 cused, if its board of directors so de¬ 
 cides, from complying with the provis¬ 
 ions of this section, and shall incur no 
 forfeiture of its rights as such agricul¬ 
 tural society, by reason of not holding 
 such fair. 
 
 Sec. 3699. [Must publish a list of 
 awards, etc.] County and district so¬ 
 cieties shall publish, annually, a list of 
 awards, and an abstract of the treas- 
 
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urer’s account, in a newspaper of the 
 district, and make a report of their pro¬ 
 ceedings during the year, and a synopsis 
 of the awards for improvements in agri¬ 
 culture and household manufactures, to¬ 
 gether with an abstract of the several 
 descriptions of these improvements, and 
 also make a report of the condition of 
 agriculture in their county or district, 
 which report shall be made in accordance 
 with the rules and regulations of the 
 state board of agriculture, and shall be 
 forwarded to the state board at its an¬ 
 nual meeting in January in each year; 
 and no subsequent payment shall be 
 made from the county treasury unless 
 a certificate be presented to the auditor^ 
 from the president of the state board, 
 showing that such reports have been 
 made. 
 
 Sec. 3700. [County societies erect¬ 
 ed into corporations.] All county so¬ 
 cieties which have been or may here¬ 
 after be organized are declared bodies 
 corporate and politic, and as such shall 
 be capable of suing and being sued, and 
 of holding in fee simple such real estate 
 as they have heretofore purchased or 
 
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may hereafter purchase as sites whereon 
 to hold their fairs. 
 
 [May mortgage real estate to re¬ 
 new debts; proviso.] Such societies 
 shall have the right to mortgage the 
 grounds of the society for the purpose of 
 renewing or extending pre-existing 
 debts, and for the purpose of furnishing 
 money to purchase additional land. Pro¬ 
 viding that where the county commis¬ 
 sioners have paid money out of the 
 county treasury to aid in the purchase 
 of the site of said grounds, no mortgage 
 shall be given without the consent of said 
 commissioners. 
 
 Sec. 3701. [Conveyances to such 
 
 SOCIETIES DECLARED VALID.] All deeds, 
 conveyances, and agreements in writing, 
 made to and by such county societies, 
 for the purchase of real estate as sites 
 whereon to hold their fairs, shall be good 
 and valid in law and equity, and shall 
 vest a title in fee simple in such societies 
 to the real estate, without words of in¬ 
 heritance. 
 
 Sec. 3702. [Commissioners may as¬ 
 sist AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES IN PUR¬ 
 CHASING, ETC., SITES FOR FAIRS; LEVY OF 
 
 tax.] When a county society has pur- 
 
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chased, or leased for a term of not less 
 than twenty years, real estate as a site 
 whereon to hold fairs, or where the title 
 to the grounds is vested in fee in the 
 county, but the society has the control 
 and management of the lands and build¬ 
 ings, the county commissioners may, if 
 they think it for the interests of the 
 county, and society, pay out of the 
 county treasury the same amount of 
 money for the purchase or lease and im¬ 
 provement of such site as is paid by such 
 agricultural society or individuals for 
 such purpose; and such commissioners 
 may levy a tax upon all the taxable prop¬ 
 erty of the county sufficient to meet the 
 provisions of this section. 
 
 Sec. 3702-1. [Submission of ques¬ 
 tion OF ISSUING BONDS TO LIQUIDATE 
 DEBT OF COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIE¬ 
 TY.] In all counties in which there may 
 be a county agricultural society which 
 has purchased a site whereon to hold 
 fairs, or where the title to such grounds 
 is vested in fee in the county, and such 
 society has become indebted to an extent 
 of not less than fifteen thousand dollars, 
 upon the presentation of a petition 
 signed by not less than five hundred res- 
 
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ident electors of the county, praying for 
 the submission to the electors of the 
 county of the question whether or not 
 the bonds of the county shall be issued 
 and sold for the purpose of liquidating 
 the indebtedness of such society, it shall 
 be the duty of such county com¬ 
 missioners within ten days there¬ 
 after, by resolution, to fix a date 
 which shall be within thirty days, 
 upon which the question of issu¬ 
 ing and selling such bonds, in amount 
 and denomination such as may be neces¬ 
 sary for the purpose in view, shall be 
 submitted to the electors of the county, 
 and shall cause a copy of such resolu¬ 
 tion to be certified to the deputy state 
 supervisors of elections of the county, 
 and such deputy state .supervisors of 
 elections shall, within ten days thereaf¬ 
 ter, proceed to prepare the ballots and 
 make all other necessary arrangements 
 for the submission of such question to 
 the electors of such county, at the time 
 fixed by such resolution. Such elec¬ 
 tion shall be held at the regular places of 
 voting in such county and shall be con¬ 
 ducted, canvassed and certified in the 
 same manner, except as otherwise pro- 
 
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vided by law, as elections for the elec¬ 
 tion of county officers. Fifteen days’ 
 notice of the submission shall by the dep¬ 
 uty state supervisors of elections, be 
 given by publication in one or more 
 newspapers published in the county once 
 a week for two consecutive weeks, stat¬ 
 ing the amount of bonds to be issued, 
 the purpose for which they are to be is¬ 
 sued, and the time and places of holding 
 such election; and if the majority of the 
 voters voting upon the question of issu¬ 
 ing the bonds vote in favor thereof, then 
 and not otherwise the bonds shall be is¬ 
 sued, and the tax hereinafter mentioned 
 shall be levied. Those who vote in favor 
 of the proposition shall have written or 
 printed on their ballots “for the issue of 
 bonds” and those who vote against the 
 same shall have written or printed on 
 their ballots “against the issue of bonds.” 
 
 Sec. 3702-2. [Bonds.] In the event 
 that a majority of the voters of such 
 county voting upon, the question of is¬ 
 suing the bonds vote in favor thereof, it 
 shall be the duty of the board of county 
 commissioners, for the purpose of liqui¬ 
 dating such indebtedness, to issue and 
 sell the bonds of the county according to 
 
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law, in such amount as may be necessary, 
 and bearing interest not to exceed six 
 per cent, per annum, payable semi-an¬ 
 nually : 
 
 [Levy.]. Said bonds to be issued for 
 a period of not less than ten nor more 
 than twenty years; and such county 
 commissioners shall thereupon levy a tax 
 upon all the taxable property upon the 
 duplicate of the county to pay such 
 bonds as they may mature and the in¬ 
 terest thereon, at such rate and for such 
 length of time as may be necessary for 
 the purpose. 
 
 Sec. 3702-3 [Proceeds used in 
 liquidation of debt.] The county 
 commissioners, upo n the sale of such 
 bonds, shall, from the proceeds arising 
 from such sale, pay off and liquidate the 
 indebtedness for which they were sold. 
 
 Sec. 3702-4. [Money raised for 
 
 COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES AP¬ 
 PLIED TO PURPOSES INTENDED BY ACT 
 THOUGH LIFE OF ACT EXPIRED.] Where 
 money has been raised by taxation in 
 any county for the purpose of leasing 
 lands for county fairs, or for the pur¬ 
 pose of erecting buildings for county fair 
 purposes, or for making any improve- 
 
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merits on county fair grounds, or for any 
 purpose connected with the use of county 
 fair ground or the management thereof 
 by any county agricultural society, shall 
 be used for such purpose only, notwith¬ 
 standing the law under which money 
 was raised by taxation may have expired 
 by limitation; such moneys shall be used 
 for the purposes intended by the act un¬ 
 der which such moneys were levied and 
 collected by taxation. 
 
 Sec. 3702a. [Commissioners in cer¬ 
 tain COUNTIES MAY ASSIST AGRICUL¬ 
 TURAL SOCIETIES IN PURCHASING, LEAS¬ 
 ING OR IMPROVING SITES FOR FAIRS.] 
 When a county society in a county con¬ 
 taining a city of second grade of the 
 first class has purchased or leased for a 
 term of not less than twenty years, real 
 estate as a site whereon to hold fairs, or 
 when the title to the grounds is vested in 
 fee in the county, but the society has the 
 control and management of the lands 
 and buildings the county commissioners 
 may if they think it for the interests of 
 the county and society, pay out of the 
 county treasury the same amount of 
 money for the purchase or lease and im¬ 
 provement of such site or either of them 
 
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as is paid by such agricultural society 
 or individuals for such purpose or either 
 of them, and such commissioners may 
 levy a tax upon all the taxable property 
 of the county sufficient to meet the pro¬ 
 visions of this section. 
 
 Sec. 370 2b. [Agricultural corpor¬ 
 ations; COMMISSIONERS MAY LEVY TAX 
 FOR ENCOURAGEMENT OF AGRICULTURAL 
 
 fairs.] When a county has purchased 
 or leased for a term of not less than 
 twenty years, real estate as a site where¬ 
 on to hold fairs, or where the title to the 
 grounds is vested in fee in the county 
 agricultural society, or in the county, the 
 agricultural society has the control and 
 management of the lands and buildings, 
 or when such lands and buildings are 
 held by lease from any such society by 
 another society, association or incorpora¬ 
 ted company, the county commissioners 
 are authorized for the purpose of en¬ 
 couraging agricultural fairs, to annually 
 levy taxes of not exceeding one-tenth of 
 one mill upon all the taxable property of 
 the county, for the purpose of raising not 
 to exceed one thousand dollars in any 
 county, which sum shall be paid by the 
 treasurer of the county to the treasurer 
 
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of the agricultural society, except in case 
 of such lease by such society when such 
 sum shall be paid to the treasurer of 
 such lessee society, association, or incor¬ 
 porated company upon an order from 
 the county auditor duly issued therefor; 
 and the county commissioners, prior to 
 the levy of any such tax, may, if they 
 think it for the interest of the county 
 and society, pay out of the treasury any 
 sum not exceeding one thousand dollars,, 
 as herein provided, out of the money in 
 the general fund not otherwise appro¬ 
 priated. 
 
 Sec. 3703. [County commissioners 
 
 MAY PURCHASE FAIR GROUNDS.] If a 
 
 county society and the county commis¬ 
 sioners decide that the interests of the 
 society and county demand an appropri¬ 
 ation from the county treasury for the 
 purchase and improvement of county 
 fair grounds greater than that author¬ 
 ized by the preceding section, or without 
 any action of or purchase by the society, 
 the commissioners may levy a tax upon 
 all the taxable property of the county, 
 the amount of which shall be fixed by 
 the commissioners, but shall in no event 
 exceed one-half of one mill on the dol- 
 
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lar of the taxable property of the county 
 in addition to the amount authorized in 
 the last section to be paid for such pur¬ 
 pose. 
 
 Sec. 3704. [The tax must be sub¬ 
 mitted to the electors.] No such ad¬ 
 ditional tax shall be levied until the 
 question as to the amount to be levied 
 has been submitted by the commissioners 
 to the qualified electors of the county 
 at some general election, and a notice of 
 which, specifying the amount to be lev¬ 
 ied, has been given at least thirty days 
 previous to such election, in one or more 
 newspapers published and of general cir¬ 
 culation in the county; those voting at 
 such election in favor of such tax shall 
 have written or printed on their ballots 
 “Agricultural tax, Yes/’ and those vot¬ 
 ing against the same, “Agricultural tax, 
 No,” and if a majority of the votes cast 
 be in favor of paying such tax, the same 
 may be levied and collected as other 
 taxes; and when such tax is collected by 
 the county treasurer, the auditor shall is¬ 
 sue his order for the amount so collected 
 to the treasurer of the county agricul¬ 
 tural society, on his filing with the audi¬ 
 tor an undertaking, in double the amount 
 
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so collected, with good and sufficient 
 sureties to be approved by the auditor, 
 conditioned for the faithful paying over 
 and accounting to such society for such 
 funds. 
 
 Sec. 3705. [When real estate 
 vests in the county.] When a society 
 is dissolved or ceases to exist, in any 
 county where payments have been made 
 for real estate, or improvements upon 
 such real estate, or for the liquidation of 
 indebtedness, for the use of such society, 
 all such real estate and improvements 
 shall vest in fee simple in the county by 
 which such payments were made. 
 
 Sec. 3705a. [Insurance on fair 
 ground property.] That the county 
 commissioners of any county are hereby 
 authorized to keep insured all buildings 
 owned by the county agricultural society, 
 or by the county, for the benefit of the 
 county agricultural society, or the 
 county, as the case may be, if deemed 
 proper by said commissioners. 
 
 Sec. 3706. [Societies may sell or 
 
 LEASE, AND PURCHASE OR LEASE OTHER 
 
 sites.] When a county society desires 
 to sell its site for holding county fairs, 
 for the purpose of purchasing another 
 
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site, or whenever such site shall have for 
 any reason become unfit or insufficient 
 for the purposes for which it is intended 
 and used, and the board of directors of 
 such agricultural society shall, at a reg¬ 
 ular meeting thereof, by a vote of at 
 least a majority of all the members of 
 said board, upon a call of the yeas and 
 nays, adopt a resolution for the purpose 
 of securing the benefits of this act, de¬ 
 claring that they desire to sell such site 
 for the purpose of purchasing another 
 site, or that such site has become unfit 
 or insufficient as aforesaid, and that it 
 is necessary and for the best interests of 
 such agricultural society and such coun¬ 
 ty, that such site be sold or leased, and a 
 new site purchased or leased, for hold¬ 
 ing county fairs in such county, it shall 
 be lawful for such agricultural society 
 to sell or lease such old, unfit or insuffi¬ 
 cient site for holding county fairs, and 
 to purchase or lease a new site, as here¬ 
 inafter provided; provided, that in cases 
 where the county has paid all or any 
 portion of the purchase money for the 
 site proposed to be sold or leased, the 
 written consent of the county commis¬ 
 sioners shall first be given to such sale 
 
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or lease. Within thirty days after the 
 passage of such resolution said board 
 of directors shall give notice in writing 
 to the county commissioners of such 
 county of the adoption of said resolution, 
 declaring the necessity of selling or leas¬ 
 ing such site and of purchasing or leas¬ 
 ing a new site, which notice shall con¬ 
 tain or have annexed thereto a certified 
 copy of said resolution, signed by the 
 president and secretary of the board of 
 directors. 
 
 Sec. 370 6a. [When county com¬ 
 missioners SHALL' COMPLETE AND CARRY 
 OUT CONTRACTS BY SUCH SOCIETY.] 
 
 That whenever such agricultural society 
 shall have given notice to the county 
 commissioners as above provided, and 
 shall have selected, or secured options 
 for the purchase or lease of a new site 
 for holding county fairs in such county, 
 the board of directors of such society 
 shall immediately give notice of all of 
 such facts to the county commissioners, 
 which said notice shall, in the event such 
 old, unfit or insufficient site is sold or 
 leased before the purchase or lease 
 of the new site, state the amount 
 for which such old, unfit or in- 
 
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sufficient site was sold or leased, and 
 shall also state the amount of money 
 necessary to acquire by purchase or lease 
 such new site, and the terms and condi¬ 
 tions of the purchase or lease thereof, 
 together with a full description of the 
 tracts or parcels of land and improve¬ 
 ments thereon, included in such new site. 
 After the filing of the several notices 
 herein provided for, the county com¬ 
 missioners may proceed to complete and 
 carry into effect any contract or con¬ 
 tracts which such agricultural society 
 may have made for the purchase or 
 lease of said new site. 
 
 Sec. 370 6 b. [Provision for pay¬ 
 ment FOR -SUCH PURCHASE OR LEASE OF 
 lands.] That the payment for the pur¬ 
 chase or lease of the parcels or tracts of 
 land included in such new site, and the 
 ■improvements, buildings and structures 
 thereon, may be made by the county 
 commissioners from any unappropriated 
 funds in the county treasury at the time 
 said payment is to be made, and if no 
 such funds are in the county treasury at 
 such time, then the county commission¬ 
 ers may issue the bonds of the county for 
 such amounts as may be necessary for 
 
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the purchase or lease of said land and 
 the improvements thereon; provided, 
 that in the event such old, unfit or in¬ 
 sufficient site is sold or leased before 
 such new site is purchased or leased, said 
 agricultural society shall, in making said 
 payment, first apply the moneys realized 
 from the sale or lease of such old, unfit 
 or insufficient site to the purchase or 
 lease of the new site; and in the event 
 such old, unfit or insufficient site is sold 
 or leased after the purchase or lease of 
 such new site, the amounts realized from 
 such sale or lease shall be placed to the . 
 credit of the sinking fund for the re¬ 
 demption of the bonds to be issued as 
 hereinafter provided. Such bonds shall 
 bear interest at a rate not to exceed five 
 (5) per cent, per annum, payable semi¬ 
 annually, and shall not be sold at less 
 than their par value, and shall be payable 
 at such place, and at such times, and in 
 such denominations, as said county com¬ 
 missioners shall determine; and to pro¬ 
 vide for the payment of said bonds and 
 the interest thereon the said county com¬ 
 missioners are hereby authorized to levy 
 such annual taxes on all the taxable 
 property of the county, as may be neces- 
 
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sary to create and provide a sinking fund 
 for the redemption of such bonds at ma¬ 
 turity and the interest accruing thereon. 
 Said levy shall be collected and ac¬ 
 counted for to the countv treasurer of 
 
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 the county in the manner provided for 
 the collection of other taxes. Before 
 issuing such bonds, the commissioners 
 shall, by resolution, submit to the quali¬ 
 fied electors of the county at the next 
 general election for county officers held 
 not less than thirty days after receiv¬ 
 ing from such agricultural society the 
 notice provided for in section 3706, the 
 question of issuing and selling such 
 bonds, in amount and denomination as 
 may be necessary for the purpose in 
 view, and shall cause a copy of such 
 resolution to be certified to the deputy 
 state supervisors of elections of the 
 county, or their successors in office, or 
 other proper officer or officers having 
 charge of the supervision of elections, 
 and such deputy state supervisors of 
 elections, or their successors in office, or 
 other proper officer or officers having 
 charge of the supervision of elections, 
 shall place the question of issuing 
 and selling such bonds upon the 
 
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ballot and make all other necessary 
 arrangements for the submission of 
 such question to the qualified elec¬ 
 tors of such county, at the time fixed 
 by the resolution. The votes cast upon 
 such question shall be counted, can¬ 
 vassed and certified in the same manner,, 
 except as otherwise provided by law, as 
 votes cast for county officers. Fifteen 
 days’ notice of such submission shall be 
 given by the deputy state supervisors of 
 elections, or their successors in office, or 
 other proper officer or officers having 
 charge of the supervision of elections, 
 by publication once a week for two con¬ 
 secutive weeks in two or more newspa¬ 
 pers published in the county, stating the 
 amount of bonds to be issued, the pur¬ 
 pose for which they are to be issued, and 
 the time and places of holding such elec¬ 
 tions. Said question shall be stated on 
 the ballot as follows: “For the issue of 
 county fair bonds, yes;” “For the issue 
 of county fair bonds, noand if the ma¬ 
 jority of the voters voting upon the 
 question of issuing the bonds are in 
 favor thereof, then and not otherwise 
 shall such bonds be issued, and the tax. 
 hereinbefore mentioned be levied. 
 
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Sec. 3706c. [Control and manage¬ 
 ment OF LANDS WHERE TITLE IS VESTED 
 IN COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. That 
 where the title to the grounds and im¬ 
 provements occupied by agricultural so¬ 
 cieties is vested in the county commis¬ 
 sioners, the control and management of' 
 such lands and improvements shall be 
 vested in the board of directors of such 
 agricultural society so long as the same 
 shall be occupied and used by such so¬ 
 ciety for holding agricultural fairs, and 
 all moneys realized by said agricultural 
 society in the holding of county fairs and 
 derived from renting or leasing >said 
 grounds and buildings, or portions 
 thereof, in the conduct of said county 
 fairs or otherwise, over and above the 
 necessary expenses thereof, shall be paid 
 into the county treasury of said society 
 to be used as a fund for keeping said 
 grounds and buildings in good order and 
 repair, and in making such other im¬ 
 provements as may from time to time 
 be deemed necessary by the directors of 
 said society. 
 
 Sec.' 3707. [How conveyances to 
 be executed.] Conveyances of ground 
 sold under the preceding section, which 
 
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are owned exclusively by any society, 
 may be executed by the president of the 
 society as such president; and grounds 
 owned partly by the society and partly 
 by the county may be conveyed by deed 
 executed by the president of the society, 
 as such president, and by the county 
 commissioners. 
 
 Sec. 3708. [Society can not incum¬ 
 ber its grounds.] When the commis¬ 
 sioners of any county have paid, or here¬ 
 after pay, any money out of the county 
 treasury, for the purchase of real estate 
 as a site for any agricultural society 
 whereon to hold its fairs, such society 
 shall not incumber such real estate with' 
 any debt, by mortgage or otherwise, 
 without the consent of the commission¬ 
 ers. 
 
 Sec. 3708-1. [Agricultural cor¬ 
 poration ; COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SO¬ 
 CIETY MAY DONATE LAND TO MUNICIPAL¬ 
 ITY for certain purposes.] When a 
 county agricultural society has pur¬ 
 chased real estate, as a site whereon to 
 hold fairs, or where the title to the 
 grounds is vested in fee simple, in the 
 county, but the society has the control 
 and management of the lands and build- 
 
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ings; and all or a part of said real es¬ 
 tate is situated within the corporate 
 limits of any city or village, such agri¬ 
 cultural society may, with the consent 
 and approval of the county commission¬ 
 ers, give to such city or village, by deed, 
 a lot or strip of ground, not more than 
 fifty feet in width by two hundred feet 
 in length, to be held by such city or vil¬ 
 lage, in fee simple, for the purpose of 
 erecting and maintaining thereon a fire 
 engine or hose house, to be used in con¬ 
 nection with the fire departmeit of such 
 city or village. The lot, so donated, 
 shall abut on a public street or highway 
 and shall be located in such part of the 
 fair grounds as the society may direct. 
 
 Sec.3709. [Incorporation of town¬ 
 ship societies.] When any number of 
 natural persons of any township form a 
 society for the promotion of agriculture 
 in such township, and under their hands 
 and seals make a certificate, and ac¬ 
 knowledge the same before a justice of 
 the peace, in which shall be specified the 
 name of the society, the objects of its 
 formation, and the township in which it 
 shall be located, and file the same in the 
 office of the secretary of state, such so- 
 
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ciety shall be deemed a body corporate, 
 with succession, and with power to sue 
 and be sued, defend and be defended, 
 and contract and be contracted with, 
 may make and use a common seal, and 
 the same alter at pleasure, and may pur¬ 
 chase, and hold in fee simple, or rent or 
 lease, such real estate as may be required 
 as a site for holding fairs, not exceeding 
 forty acres, and establish all necessary 
 rules and regulations for the manage¬ 
 ment of such fairs and the legitimate 
 business of the society. 
 
 Sec. 3710. [Justices of the peace 
 
 MAY APPOINT SPECIAL CONSTABLES.] A 
 justice of the peace may, on the applica¬ 
 tion of a state, county, township, or an 
 independent agricultural society, or in¬ 
 dustrial association, appoint a suitable 
 number of special constables to assist in 
 keeping the peace during the time when 
 such society is holding its annual fair, 
 and shall make an entry in his docket of 
 the number and names of all such per¬ 
 sons so appointed. 
 
 Sec. 3711. [Powers of such con¬ 
 stables.] Constables so appointed shall 
 have all the power of constables to sup¬ 
 press riots, disturbances, and breaches 
 
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of the peace; they may, upon view, ar¬ 
 rest any person guilty of a violation of 
 any of the laws of the state, and may 
 pursue and arrest any person fleeing 
 from justice in any part of the state; and 
 they may apprehend any person in the 
 act of committing an offense, and, upon 
 reasonable information, supported by af¬ 
 fidavit, procure process for the arrest of 
 any person charged with a breach of the 
 peace, and forthwith bring such person 
 before the competent authority, and en¬ 
 force all the laws for the preservation of 
 good order. 
 
 Sec. 3712. [Duties of certain of¬ 
 ficers TO SUPPRESS SALE OF LIQUOR AT 
 fairs.] A judge of any court, sheriff, 
 coroner, justice of the peace of the 
 proper county, a constable of the proper 
 township, or the constables specially ap¬ 
 pointed, shall, upon view or information, 
 without warrant, apprehend any person 
 selling intoxicating liquors in violation 
 of law at or within two miles of the place 
 where an agricultural fair is being held, 
 and seize the booth, tent, wagon, car¬ 
 riage, stand, vessel, or boat at or from 
 which such liquors are being sold, and 
 convey the same to a place of safe keep- 
 
 30 
 
ing, and take the person so offending 
 before some officer having com¬ 
 petent jurisdiction, together with an 
 inventory of the things so seized, 
 and the officer • before whom such of¬ 
 fender is brought shall proceed forthwith 
 to inquire into the truth of the accusa¬ 
 tion, and proceed as provided by law. 
 
 Sec. 3713. [How articles seized 
 to be disposed of.] The articles so 
 siezed shall be bound for the payment of 
 all fines and costs assessed against the 
 accused in the proceeding, including the 
 necessary expenses of seizing and de¬ 
 taining the same, and shall remain in the 
 possession of the officer who makes the 
 . seizure until the determination of the 
 prosecution, and may be sold on process 
 issued therein against the accused. 
 
 Sec. 3713-7 [Trespass.] That 
 whenever any person or persons, corpor¬ 
 ation or association, whether incorpor¬ 
 ated or otherwise, shall be possessed of, 
 as owners, or shall have the lawful cus¬ 
 tody of any tract or parcel of land within 
 this state, for the purpose of an agricul¬ 
 tural or other fair grounds, or for the 
 purpose of meetings of pioneers, or for 
 public or private entertainments or other 
 
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lawful assemblages, or for the protection 
 of trees, plants and shrubs, or either of 
 them, or the fruits and products thereof, 
 or for any one or all of said purposes, it 
 shall be unlawful for any person or per¬ 
 sons to enter or go upon said grounds, 
 either through or over any fence, or in 
 any manner, without the consent and 
 permission of the owner or owners 
 thereof, or other person having lawful 
 control of the same, or in violation of the 
 regulations of the same; and, in case of 
 the holding a state, county, township, or 
 independent fair, it shall be unlawful for 
 any person or persons to injure, molest, 
 remove or in any way to disturb any ex¬ 
 hibits or property of any kind contrary 
 to the rules of the state, county, town¬ 
 ship or independent board or society, or 
 industrial association, under the control 
 and management of which said fair may 
 be held. 
 
 Sec. 3713-8. [Penalty.] Whoever 
 shall wilfully, and in violation of the pro¬ 
 visions of section 3713-7 of the Revised 
 Statutes of Ohio, enter or go upon any 
 lands referred to in said section, or shall 
 injure or destroy any tree, plant, shrub 
 or other property thereon, or shall take 
 
or carry away any fruit, nut or other 
 thing of value, or shall wilfully damage 
 or destroy any fence enclosing said 
 lands, or shall injure, molest, remove 
 or in any way disturb any exhibit or 
 property of any kind contrary to rules, 
 shall on conviction thereof be fined in 
 any sum not exceeding three hundred 
 dollars nor less than five dollars, or be 
 imprisoned in the jail of the proper 
 county, or in any city, town, or village 
 prison or lockup (when the offense shall 
 have been committed within the corpor- 
 , ate limits thereof) for any period not 
 exceeding three months, and until said 
 fine and costs are paid, or both fine and 
 imprisonment, at the discretion of the 
 court; and shall moreover be liable, in a 
 civil action to the party damaged there¬ 
 by, in double the value of the property 
 taken, carried away or destroyed, and in 
 double the amount of the damage 
 thereto, to be recovered before a justice 
 of the peace or other court of compe¬ 
 tent jurisdiction. 
 
 Sec. 3713-9. [Prosecutions here¬ 
 under.] Prosecutions under and by 
 virtue of this act, may be by indictment 
 in the court of common pleas in the 
 
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county where the offense shall have been 
 committed, or before a justice of the 
 peace of such county, or before the 
 mayor of a city, town or village, when 
 the offense shall have been committed 
 within the corporate limits of the same. 
 
 Sec. 3713-10. [Proceedings for 
 
 APPROPRIATION OF LANDS FOR ENLARGE¬ 
 MENT of fair grounds.] When it shall 
 be deemed necessary by the board of‘di¬ 
 rectors of any county agricultural so¬ 
 ciety to enlarge the fair grounds under 
 the control of such society, and the 
 owner or owners of the proposed addi¬ 
 tion to 'said grounds and the said board 
 of directors are unable from any cause 
 to agree upon the sale and purchase of 
 said additional grounds, the board shall 
 make an accurate plat and description of 
 the land which it desires for said pur¬ 
 pose and file the same with the probate 
 judge of the proper county; and there¬ 
 upon the same proceedings of appropria¬ 
 tion shall be had which are provided for 
 the appropriation of private property by 
 municipal corporations, said board to act 
 for such society therein as the council 
 would for the municipal corporation. 
 
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 34 
 
Sec. 37i3-1 i. [Board of directors 
 
 TO PROSECUTE PROCEEDINGS.] That if 
 under any existing law, it is made the 
 duty of the county commissioners to pur¬ 
 chase any such additional grounds for 
 the use of any such society, said 
 board of directors shall prosecute the 
 said proceedings of appropriation to 
 their final conclusion, except so far as 
 relates to payment, or any part of the 
 purchase money, before said commis¬ 
 sioners shall be called upon to act in the 
 matter. All such payments or deposits, 
 not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars 
 ($15,000) in amount, shall he made by 
 said commissioners when required so to 
 do by said board of directors, or by the 
 court, and no delay on the part of said 
 commissioners shall defeat or prevent 
 the purchase or appropriation aforesaid. 
 
 Sec. 4183. [County auditor to 
 
 TAKE POSSESSION OF AND SELL ES¬ 
 CHEATED lands.] Any real property 
 escheated to the state, except in a city 
 of the first grade of the first class, shall 
 he taken possession of, in the name of 
 the state, by the auditor of the county in 
 which it is found, and by him sold at 
 public auction, at the county seat of the 
 
 35 
 
county, to the highest bidder, after hav- 
 ing given thirty days’ notice of such in¬ 
 tended sale, in some newspaper printed 
 within the county. 
 
 Sec. 4184. [Appraisal, terms of 
 sale, and deed.] The court of common 
 pleas shall, on the application of the 
 county auditor, appoint three disinter¬ 
 ested freeholders of the county, to ap¬ 
 praise such real property, who shall be 
 governed by the same rule as appraisers 
 in sheriffs’ or administrators’ sales; and 
 the auditor shall sell such property at 
 not less than two-thirds its appraised 
 value, and may, in his discretion, sell the 
 same for cash, or for one-third cash, and 
 the balance in equal annual payments, 
 the deferred payments to be amply se¬ 
 cured ; upon the payment of the whole 
 amount of consideration money, he shall 
 execute a deed to the purchaser, in the 
 name and on behalf of the State of Ohio; 
 and the proceeds of such sales shall be paid 
 by the auditor to the county treasurer. 
 
 Sec. 4185. [When lands sold, how 
 proceeds disposed of.] The county 
 treasurer shall pay the proceeds, not ex¬ 
 ceeding six hundred dollars in any case, 
 of a sale of escheated lands to the regu- 
 
 36 
 
larly organized agricultural society 
 within the county, and the excess of such 
 proceeds, or the whole thereof, if there 
 be no such society within the county, to 
 the treasurer of the state, as other 
 moneys collected for state purposes, for 
 the use of the state agricultural fund. 
 
 Sec. 4221-7. [Fraudulent entry 
 
 OF HORSE IN CONTEST OF SPEED.] In 
 order to encourage the breeding of, and 
 improvement in trotting, running and 
 pacing horses in the state of Ohio, it is 
 hereby made unlawful for any person or 
 persons, knowingly to enter or cause to 
 be entered for competition, or to com¬ 
 pete for any purse, prize, premium, stake 
 or sweepstakes offered or given by any 
 agricultural or other society, association 
 or person or persons in the state of Ohio, 
 any horse, mare, gelding, colt or filly 
 under an assumed name or out of its 
 proper class where such prize, purse, 
 premium, stake or sweepstake is to be 
 decided by a contest of speed. 
 
 Sec. 4221-8. [Penalty.] That any 
 person or persons found guilty of a vio¬ 
 lation of section 1 (4221-7) of this act 
 shall, upon conviction thereof be impris¬ 
 oned in the Ohio penitentiary for a 
 
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period of not less than one year nor 
 more than three years. 
 
 Sec. 4221-9. [Change of name for 
 purpose of entry.] That the name of 
 any horse, mare, gelding, colt or filly 
 for the purpose of entry for competition 
 in any contest of speed, shall not be 
 changed after once having contested for 
 a prize, purse, premium, stake or 
 sweepstakes, except as provided by the 
 code of printed rules of the society or 
 association under which the contest is 
 advertised U> be conducted. 
 
 Sec. 4221-10. [Class determined 
 by performance.] The class to which a 
 horse belongs for the purpose of an en¬ 
 try in any such contest of speed shall be 
 determined by the public performance of 
 said horse in said former contest or trial 
 of speed, as provided by the printed rules 
 of the society or association under which 
 the proposed contest is advertised to be 
 conducted. 
 
 Sec. 4221-11 [Cheating by false 
 pretense.] Whoever, for the purpose 
 of competing for purses or premiums, 
 knowingly and designedly, enters or 
 drives any horse, gelding, mare, colt or 
 filly that shall have been painted or dis- 
 
 38 
 
guised, or represents any other or differ¬ 
 ent horse, gelding, mare, colt or filly 
 from the one which is purported to be 
 entered, or shall, knowingly and design¬ 
 edly, for the purpose of competing for 
 purses or premiums, enter or drive a 
 horse, gelding, mare, colt or filly in a 
 class to which it does not properly be¬ 
 long, shall be deemed guilty of cheating 
 by false pretense and shall be punished 
 by a fine and imprisonment as provided 
 in section 2 (4221-8) of this act. 
 
 Sec. 4221-12. [Penalty.] Any per¬ 
 son or persons knowingly misrepresent¬ 
 ing or fraudulently concealing the public 
 performance in any former contest or 
 trial of speed, [of] any horse, gelding, 
 mare, colt or filly which he or they pro¬ 
 pose to enter for the competition in any 
 such contest, shall, upon conviction 
 thereof, be liable to the same punishment 
 as is provided in section 2 (4221-8) of 
 this act, whether he or they shall succeed 
 in making said entry or not. 
 
 Sec. 6884. [Setting up obstruc¬ 
 tion on public sidewalk.] Whoever 
 sets up any table, stand, tent, wagon or 
 other article, to use or let for profit, on 
 a public footwalk or sidewalk con* 
 
 39 
 
structed according to law, by any person, 
 or any board of education, the council of 
 any municipal corporation, the trustees 
 of any cemetery association, the trustees 
 of any township, or any agricultural or 
 religious society, or rides, drives, leads, 
 or hitches any horse or other animal on 
 such footwalk or sidewalk, or in any 
 other way obstructs the same, or digs up 
 or removes any of the material of which 
 the same is composed, shall be fined 
 not more than twenty-five nor less than 
 five dollars, or imprisoned not more than 
 ten days, or both. 
 
 Sec. 6946. [Prohibiting sale of 
 
 INTOXICATING LIQUORS AND KEEPING 
 HOUSES OF ILL FAME AT CERTAIN PLACES ; 
 
 abatement of nuisance.] Whoever 
 sells intoxicating liquor or keeps a 
 house of ill-fame at or within twelve 
 hundred yards of the administration or 
 main central building of the Columbus 
 state hospital, Dayton state hospital, 
 Athens state hospital, Toledo state hos¬ 
 pital, soldiers’ and sailors’ orphans’ 
 home, or any other orphans’ home in this 
 state, except in cities of the first class, 
 or within two miles of the boundary line 
 of the boys’ industrial school, south of 
 
 40 
 
Lancaster, Fairfield county, or within 
 two miles of the place where any agri¬ 
 cultural fair is being held, or within one 
 mile of any county childrens’ home of 
 any county of the state situated within 
 one mile of any incorporated village or 
 city in which the sale of intoxicating 
 liquor is prohibited by an ordinance of 
 such village or city, made in pursuance 
 of the act entitled “An act providing 
 against the evils resulting from the traf¬ 
 fic in intoxicating liquors” passed March 
 ii, 1897, shall be fined not more than 
 one hundred nor less than twen¬ 
 ty-five dollars, or imprisoned not more 
 than thirty days, or both, and on con¬ 
 viction of the owner or keeper thereof 
 the place wherein such liquors are sold, 
 shall, by order of the court, be shut up 
 and abated as a nuisance; but nothing 
 in this section shall be so construed as 
 to prevent a regular dealer in intoxicat¬ 
 ing liquors from doing business and sell¬ 
 ing the same, at his usual place of busi¬ 
 ness within two miles of the place where 
 any agricultural fair is being held. 
 
 Sec. 7006. [Exhibitions and tem¬ 
 porary BUSINESS AT FAIRS PROHIBITED.]. 
 Whoever exhibits or shows any natural 
 
 41 
 
or artificial curiosity for any price or 
 gain, or sets up to let or use for profit 
 any swing, revolving swing, flying 
 horses, whirligigs or other device, or 
 whoever establishes a temporary place of 
 business for the sale of any article what¬ 
 soever, or offers for sale any such article 
 except as a regular established dealer 
 in such article at his usual place of 
 business, within one-fourth of a mile of 
 the fair groufid of any agricultural 
 society, while the fair of such society is 
 being held therein, unless he has 
 obtained written permission of the 
 board of such society, shall be fined not 
 more than one hundred dollars nor less 
 than one dollar. 
 
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RULES FOR THE ORGANIZATION AND 
 HANAGEITENT OF COUNTY OR DIS= 
 TRICT AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES. 
 
 Adopted by the State Board of Agriculture. 
 
 Rule i. Members of a county or dis¬ 
 trict agricultural society must be resi¬ 
 dents of the county or district, and shall 
 pay annually such membership fees as 
 may be prescribed by the constitution or 
 by-laws of the society; said fees to be 
 paid to the secretary or treasurer of the 
 society prior to the last day of each an¬ 
 nual fair, who shall issue membership 
 tickets to those who pay prescribed 
 membership fees; and no one shall be 
 permitted to pay for, or secure, more 
 than one membership, and that for him¬ 
 self. 
 
 Rule 2. The board of directors, for 
 the management of a county or district 
 agricultural society, shall consist of not 
 less than ten members, and not more 
 than one member from a township, ex¬ 
 cept that in the township in which the 
 
 43 
 
fair is held there may be two members 
 elected; and from each township, other 
 than the township in which the fair is 
 held, having a city or town with a pop¬ 
 ulation exceeding seven thousand 
 (7,000) at the last federal census, there 
 may be one additional member elected. 
 The tenure of office shall be so arranged 
 that the terms of from one-fifth to one- 
 half of the members shall expire an¬ 
 nually, and the term of office shall be not 
 less than two or more than five vears, 
 and the constitution or by-laws of the so¬ 
 ciety shall provide for an election an¬ 
 nually of a portion of the members of 
 the board. In case a member removes 
 from the township he represents, and 
 from which he was elected, to another 
 township that has a member of the 
 board, a vacancy shall be declared. In 
 case of a vacancy in the board, from 
 whatever cause, such vacancy may be 
 filled by appointment of the board until 
 the next annual election, when a member 
 shall be elected for the unexpired term. 
 
 Rule 3. On the last Saturday of 
 January, annually, unless otherwise pres¬ 
 cribed by special legislative enactment, 
 an election shall be held to select by 
 
 44 
 
ballot members of the board of directors, 
 whose terms of office shall be not less 
 than two years and not more than five 
 years from date of election, as may be 
 provided in the constitution or by-laws, 
 and until their successors are chosen. 
 Only bona fide members of the society 
 shall be entitled to vote. Candidates 
 for members of the board of directors 
 must be members of the society. In case 
 of first organization of a society, the full 
 number of members of the board shall 
 be elected, and their terms of office de¬ 
 termined as may be agreed upon by the 
 19 members of the society, but so arranged 
 that annually thereafter an election 
 shall be held for the number of members 
 provided in the constitution or by-laws. 
 
 Rule 4. The secretary shall give 
 members of the society due notice of the 
 time and place of the annual election,, 
 three weeks prior to the holding thereof, 
 either by publication in at least two 
 newspapers of general circulation in the 
 county, or by letter or circular mailed or 
 otherwise delivered to the address of 
 each member. The election shall be by 
 ballot, and at the closing of the polls the 
 ballots shall be counted by three tellers, 
 
 45 
 
appointed by the president, and the re¬ 
 sults publicly announced by the presi¬ 
 dent. Candidates shall have the privilege 
 to witness the count, either in person or 
 by substitute. 
 
 Rule 5. The secretary or treasurer 
 shall keep a membership book, in which 
 shall be recorded the names and post- 
 office addresses of all the members of 
 the society. Said membership book shall 
 be at the polling place on the day and 
 hours of election, to verify the member¬ 
 ship. No person shall be entitled to 
 vote without having, in proper manner, 
 become a member of the society. 
 
 Rule 6. The board of directors, at 
 its first meeting after the annual elec¬ 
 tion shall organize by the election of a 
 
 1 
 
 president, vice-president, secretary and 
 treasurer, whose terms of office shall be 
 one year, and until their successors are 
 elected, unless otherwise provided in the 
 constitution or by-laws of the society. 
 The president and vice-president shall be 
 chosen from the membership of the 
 board of directors; and all officers shall 
 be members of the society. Only mem¬ 
 bers of the board of directors duly 
 
 46 
 
I 
 
 elected by the society, shall have the 
 right to vote at the meeting of the board. 
 
 Rule 7. Each county or district ag¬ 
 ricultural society may pay to its secretary 
 and treasurer stipulated annual salaries 
 for their services, but in no case shall 
 other officers or members of the board 
 of directors be paid any sum or sums to 
 exceed their actual and necessary ex¬ 
 penses in attending meetings of the 
 board and conducting the affairs of the 
 annual exhibitions; nor shall any funds, 
 accumulations, profits or property of the 
 society, or any portion or part thereof, 
 be in any manner, except as above, used, 
 expended, delivered to or for, the indi¬ 
 vidual benefit of any member or officer 
 of the board of directors, or any other 
 person or persons, as a share, gift or di¬ 
 vidend in the proceeds or property of 
 the society. 
 
 Rule 8. Each county or district ag¬ 
 ricultural society shall deliver to the 
 state board of agriculture, during, or be¬ 
 fore, the annual meeting provided for in 
 Section 3692, Revised Statutes, a report 
 embracing the offers and awards of pre¬ 
 miums, receipts, disbursements, etc., of 
 the last annual fair held by the society, 
 
 17 
 
signed by the president and attested un¬ 
 der oath by the secretary, that the laws of 
 the state and the rules of the state board 
 of agriculture, for the organization 
 and management of county or dis¬ 
 trict agricultural societies, have been 
 complied with fully. The president of 
 the state board of agriculture will not 
 issue certificate for per capita allowance 
 unless this report is made in proper 
 form. 
 
 Rule 9. Each county or district ag¬ 
 ricultural society in Ohio, organized and 
 managed in accordance with the laws 
 of the state and the rules of the state 
 board of agriculture, is entitled to rep¬ 
 resentation in the annual meetings of 
 the state board of agriculture, as pro¬ 
 vided in Section 3692 of the Revised Stat¬ 
 utes of Ohio. I11 case a society shall be 
 represented by a “duly authorized del¬ 
 egate” other than its president, said del¬ 
 egate shall be required to present a prop¬ 
 erly executed certificate, signed by the 
 president of the society, setting forth 
 that he has been regularly selected as 
 delegate and is duly authorized to rep¬ 
 resent his society; otherwise he will not 
 receive official recognition. 
 
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Rule io. County or district agricul¬ 
 tural societies may offer and award pre¬ 
 miums to exhibitors without restriction 
 as to residence, except on field crops, 
 which shall be confined to residents of 
 the county or district. 
 
 Rule ii. Competitors for premiums 
 on field crops must have the land accur¬ 
 ately measured and the product weighed 
 or measured, and furnish satisfactory 
 proof of same under oath. All state¬ 
 ments with reference to premium crops 
 should be forwarded to the secretary of 
 the state board of agriculture. 
 
 Rule 12. Animals exhibited for pre¬ 
 miums must be entered in the name of 
 the bona fide owners; farm products in 
 the names of the producers; domestic ar¬ 
 ticles, manufactures, machinery and im¬ 
 plements, as may be prescribed by the 
 society. 
 
 Rule 13. County or district agricul¬ 
 tural societies shall not sell or grant to 
 any person or persons, or permit in any 
 manner, the privilege of selling, dealing, 
 or bartering in spirituous, vinous, or 
 malt liquors in or about any building or 
 anywhere on their fair grounds at any 
 time. 
 
 49 
 
Rule 14. County or district agricul¬ 
 tural societies shall not in any way grant 
 the privilege of, allow, or tolerate lottery 
 devices, games of chance, or gambling of 
 any kind, including pool selling, in or 
 about any building or anywhere on their 
 fair grounds, at any time. 
 
 Rule 15. Sections under Chapter 
 12, Title II, Part Second of the Re¬ 
 vised Statutes of Ohio, and any other 
 laws of the state relating to county or 
 district agricultural societies, shall be 
 complied with in all respects by county 
 
 or district agricultural societies. 
 
 \ 
 
 Note. Particular attention is called to the 
 provisions of Section 3697, Revised Statutes 
 of Ohio, requiring county or district agricul¬ 
 tural societies to conduct their affairs in con¬ 
 formity to the Statutes of Ohio and the rules 
 of the Ohio State Board of Agriculture _ Cer¬ 
 tificates for per capita allowance will not be 
 issued by the President of the Board unless 
 the rules of the Board have been strictly 
 enforced. 
 
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INDEX 
 
 SECTION . PAGE 
 
 Agriculture, State Board of, 
 
 Annual Meeting . 3692 3 
 
 Election of Members; Term. 3692 3 
 
 Agricultural Societies, Organ¬ 
 ization of . 3697 5 
 
 Appropriation of Lands for En¬ 
 largement of Fair Grounds. 3713-10 34 
 
 Duty of Board of Directors.. 3713-11 35 
 
 Auditor to Sell Escheated Land, 
 
 etc. 4183 35 
 
 Appraisal . 4184 36 
 
 How Proceeds Disposed of... 4185 36 
 
 Awards, List of Must be Pub¬ 
 lished . 3699 8 
 
 B. 
 
 Board of Directors May Appro¬ 
 priate Land . 3713-10 34 
 
 To Prosecute Proceedings.... 3713-11 35 
 
 Bonds, Levy . 3702-2 13 
 
 Proceeds, How Used. 3702-3 14 
 
 Submitting Question of. 3702-1 11 
 
 C. 
 
 Commissioners May Assist in 
 
 Purchasing Sites, etc. 3702a 15 
 
 51 
 
Commissioners — Concluded. section page 
 
 May Levy Tax for Encourage¬ 
 ment of Fairs. 37025 16 
 
 May Purchase Fair Grounds. 3703 17 
 
 Tax Submitted to Electors... 3704 18 
 
 Constables, Special, Justices of 
 
 Peace May Appoint. 3710 20 
 
 Powers of such Constables... 3711 29 
 
 Contracts, When Commissioners 
 
 Shall Carry Out. 3706a 21 
 
 Provisions for Payment of 
 
 Purchase . 37065 22 
 
 Control of Lands, Where Title 
 Vested in Commissioners... 3706c 26 
 
 Conveyances, How Executed.. 3707 26 
 
 Conveyances Declared Valid.... 3701 19 
 
 County Agricultural Societies; 
 
 Organization; Cuyahoga Co. 3697 5 
 
 Premiums Offered by. 3698 7 
 
 Must Publish List of Awards. 3699 8 
 
 Erected Into Corporations.... 3700 9 
 
 County Auditor to Sell Es¬ 
 cheated Lands . 4183 35 
 
 Appraisal, Terms of Sale, etc. 4184 36 
 
 How Proceeds Disposed of... 4185 36 
 
 County Society May Donate 
 
 Land . 3708-1 27 
 
 County, When Real Estate Vests 
 
 in . 3705 19 
 
 Insurance on Property. 3705a 19 
 
 D. 
 
 Debt, How Liquidated. 3702-1 11 
 
 Bonds; Levy . 3702-2 13 
 
 Proceeds, How Used. 3702-3 14 
 
 52 
 
E. 
 
 SECTION PAGE 
 
 Exhibitions and Temporary 
 
 Business, etc., Prohibited... 7006 41 
 
 F. 
 
 Fairs, Special Constables for.... 3710 29 
 
 Powers of Constables. 3711 29 
 
 Sale of Liquor to be Sup¬ 
 pressed . 3712 30 
 
 Disposition of Articles Seized. 3713 31 
 
 Fraudulent Entry of Horses at. 4221-7 37 
 
 Penalty for Same. 4221-8 37 
 
 Change of Name. 4221-9- 38 
 
 Class Determined. 4221-10 38 
 
 Cheating by False Pretense... 4221-11 38 
 
 Penalty for Same. 4221-12 39 
 
 Prohibiting Sale of Liquor, 
 
 etc., at . 6946 40 
 
 Prohibiting Exhibitions and 
 Temporary Business at. 7006 41 
 
 Fair Grounds, Societies May 
 
 Hold in Fee Simple. 3700 9 
 
 Commissioners May Assist in 
 
 Purchasing . 3702 10 
 
 Commissioners May Assist 
 
 Certain Counties . 3702a 15 
 
 Commissioners May Levy Tax 
 
 for Encouragement of Fairs. 37026 16 
 
 Commissioners May Purchase. 3703 17 
 
 Tax Submitted to Electors.... 3704 18 
 
 Insurance on Property. 3705a 19 
 
 May be Sold and Others Pur¬ 
 chased . 3706 19 
 
 53 
 
Fair Grounds — Concluded. section page 
 How Conveyances Executed. . 3707 26 
 
 Must not be Incumbered. 3708 27 
 
 Trespass on . 3713-7 31 
 
 Penalty . 3713-8 32 
 
 Prosecutions . 3713-9 33 
 
 Appropriation of Lands for. . 3713-10 34 
 
 Duty of Board of Directors. . 3713-11 35 
 
 Obstruction on Sidewalk, etc. 6884 39 
 
 H. 
 
 Horse, Fraudulent Entry in 
 
 Contest of Speed. 4221-7 37 
 
 Penalty . 4221-8 37 
 
 Change of Name for Purpose 
 
 of Entry . 4221-9 38 
 
 Class Determined by Perform¬ 
 ance . 4221-10 38 
 
 Cheating by False Pretense... 4221-11 38 
 
 Penalty . 4221-12 39 
 
 I. 
 
 Insurance on Fair Ground Prop¬ 
 erty . 3705a 19 
 
 J. 
 
 Justices of the Peace May Ap¬ 
 point Special Constables.... 3710 29 
 
 Powers of such Constables... 3711 29 
 
 L. 
 
 Lands, Appropriation of. 3713-10 34 
 
 Proceedings . 3713-11 35 
 
 54 
 
Lands — Concluded. section page 
 
 Auditor to Sell Escheated, etc. 4183 35 
 
 Appraisal . 4184 36 
 
 How Proceeds Disposed of... 4185 36 
 
 County Societies may Donate. 3708-1 27 
 
 Liquor, Suppression of Sale of.. 3712 30 
 
 Disposition of Articles Seized. 3713 31 
 
 Prohibiting Sale of, etc. 6946 40 
 
 M. 
 
 Members State Board of Agri¬ 
 culture. How Elected. 3692 3 
 
 O. 
 
 Obstruction on Sidewalk. 6884 39 
 
 P. 
 
 Penalty for Trespass. 3713-8 32 
 
 For Fraudulent Entry of 
 
 Horse . 4221-8 37 
 
 Cheating by False Pretense... 4221-12 39 
 
 lowers of Special Constables... 3711 29 
 
 Premiums to be Offered. 3698 7 
 
 R. 
 
 Real Estate, Society May Hold.. 3700 9 
 
 Conveyances Declared Valid. . 3701 10 
 
 Commissioners May Assist in 
 
 Purchasing . 3702 10 
 
 When it Vests in the County. 3705 19 
 
 May be Sold and Other Pur¬ 
 chased . 3706 19 
 
 Conveyances, How Executed. 3707 26 
 
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 Sale of Escheated Lands. 4183 35 
 
 Appraisal of, etc. 4184 36 
 
 How Proceeds Disposed of... 4185 36 
 
 Societies, County, Organization. 3697 5 
 
 Offer Premiums . 3698 7 
 
 Publish List of Awards. 3699 8 
 
 Erected into Corporations.... 3700 9 
 
 Conveyances Declared Valid.. 3701 10 
 
 Commissioners May Assist in 
 
 Purchasing Sites . 3702 10 
 
 Money Applied to Purposes 
 
 Intended by Act. 3702-4 14 
 
 May Sell or Lease Sites. 3706 19 
 
 Conveyances, How Executed.. 3707 26 
 
 Society cannot Encumber 
 
 Grounds . 3708 27 
 
 Incorporation of Township 
 
 Societies . 3709 28 
 
 Special Constables . 3710 29 
 
 Societies May Appropriate 
 
 Lands, How . 3713-10 34 
 
 Prosecution of Proceedings... 3713-11 35 
 
 T. 
 
 Tax May be Levied to Assist 
 
 Societies . 3702-2 13 
 
 In Certain Counties. 3702n 15 
 
 For Encouragement of Fairs.. 37025 16 
 
 To Purchase Fair Grounds. 3703 17 
 
 Must be Submitted to Electors. 3704 18 
 
 Township Societies, Incorpor¬ 
 ation of . 3709 28 
 
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 Trespass . 
 
 . 3713-7 
 
 31 
 
 Penalty . 
 
 . 3713-8 
 
 32 
 
 Prosecutions . 
 
 . 3713-9 
 
 33 
 
 RULES FOR ORGANIZATION OF COUNTY 
 OR DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL 
 SOCIETIES. 
 
 Rule Page 
 
 Members Must be Residents of 
 
 County, etc.; Fees. 1 43 
 
 Board of Directors. 2 43 
 
 Election of Directors. 3 44 
 
 Notice of Election. 4 45 
 
 Membership Book . 5 46 
 
 Organization of Board. 6 46 
 
 Salaries, Expenses, etc. 7 47 
 
 Reports of State Board of Agricul¬ 
 ture . 8 47 
 
 Representation at Annual Meeting.. 9 48 
 
 Premiums, to Whom Society May 
 
 Offer . 10 49 
 
 Premiums on Field Crops.... 1 . 11 49 
 
 Entries, How Made. 12 49 
 
 Sale of Liquor Prohibited. 13 49 
 
 Gambling, etc., Prohibited. 14 50 
 
 Laws Must be Complied With. 15 50- 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
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