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ceedings provided for were had. [New section added March 16, 1899. Stats. 1899, 108.]

Sec. 3. In case of the exchange of any portion of such property, as provided for in section two thereof, the real estate received in such exchange shall be subject to the indemnification of any person who shall receive any of the said real estate of said agricultural society in such exchange in case of any defect in the proceedings, or otherwise, whereby the title to such real estate of such society should not pass, and in such case of exchange the state of California shall be absolved from any obligation to pay any part of any purchase price, or value of exchanged property; provided, further, that no claims for failure of title for any reason shall be entertained after five years from the date of such exchange. [New section added March 16, 1899. Stats. 1899, 109.]

Sec. 4. This act shall take effect immediately from and after its passage.

Prior acts relating to agricultural societies:

АСТ 65.

To incorporate a state agricultural society. [Stats. 1854,

56.]

Amended 1858, 80; 1863, 50. Supp. 1863, 49, 259.

These acts were continued in force by Political Code, sec. 2326. Cal. Rep. Cit. 121, 19.

АСТ 66.

Concerning agricultural societies. [Stats. 1859, 104.] Amended 1862, 37; 1869-70, 31; 1877-8, 84.

This act provided for the formation of agricultural societies by any seven or more persons and for their powers and government.

ACT 67.

Providing for the management and control of the state agricultural society. [Stats. 1880, p. 49.]

Cal. Rep. Cit. 85, 510; 121, 19.

АСТ 68.

An act entitled an act to form agricultural districts, to provide for formation of agricultural associations therein, and for the management and control of the same by the state, and to repeal all acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act.

[Stat. approved March 31, 1897. Stats. 1897, 304. Amended 1901, 304.]

Section 1. The several counties of this state are divided and classified into agricultural districts and numbered as follows, to wit:

The counties of San Francisco and Alameda shall constitute agricultural district No. 1.

The county of San Joaquin shall constitute agricultural district No. 2.

The county of Butte shall constitute agricultural district No. 3.

The counties of Sonoma and Marin shall constitute agricultural district No. 4.

The counties of San Mateo and Santa Clara shall constitute agricultural district No. 5.

The county of Los Angeles shall constitute agricultural district No. 6.

The county of Monterey shall constitute agricultural dis

trict No. 7.

The county of El Dorado shall constitute agricultural district No. 8.

The county of Humboldt shall constitute agricultural district No. 9.

The county of Siskiyou shall constitute agricultural district No. 10.

The counties of Plumas and Sierra shall constitute agricultural district No. 11; provided that the first fair held in the eleventh agricultural district after the passage of this act shall be held in Sierra County; the next fair in Plumas County, and thereafter said counties shall so alternate in holding such fairs.

The county of Lake shall constitute agricultural district No. 12.

The counties of Sutter and Yuba shall constitute agricultural district No. 13.

The county of Santa Cruz shall constitute agricultural district No. 14.

The county of Kern shall constitute agricultural district No. 15.

The county of San Luis Obispo shall constitute agricultural district No. 16.

The county of Nevada shall constitute agricultural district No. 17.

The counties of Mono, Inyo, and Alpine shall constitute agricultural district No. 18.

All that portion of Santa Barbara County lying east of the Gaviota and south of the Santa Ynez Mountains, shall constitute agricultural district No. 19.

The county of Placer shall constitute agricultural district No. 20.

The counties of Fresno and Madera shall constitute agricultural district No. 21.

The county of San Diego shall constitute agricultural district No. 22.

The county of Contra Costa shall constitute agricultural district No. 23.

The counties of Tulare and Kings shall constitute agricultural district No. 24.

The county of Napa shall constitute agricultural district No. 25.

The county of Amador shall constitute agricultural district No. 26.

The counties of Shasta and Trinity shall constitute agricultural district No. 27.

The counties of San Bernardino and Riverside shall constitute agricultural district No. 28.

The county of Tuolumne shall constitute agricultural district No. 29.

The county of Tehama shall constitute agricultural district No. 30.

The county of Ventura shall constitute agricultural district No. 31.

The county of Orange shall constitute agricultural district No. 32.

The county of San Benito shall constitute agricultural district No. 33.

The county of Modoc shall constitute agricultural district No. 34.

The counties of Merced and Mariposa shall constitute agricultural district No. 35.

The county of Solano shall constitute agricultural district No. 36.

All that portion of Santa Barbara County not included in agricultural district No. 19 shall constitute agricultural district No. 37.

The county of Stanislaus shall constitute agricultural district No. 38.

The county of Calaveras shall constitute agricultural district No. 39.

The counties of Yolo and Sacramento shall constitute agricultural district No. 40.

The county of Del Norte shall constitute agricultural district No. 41.

The county of Glenn shall constitute agricultural district No. 42.

The county of Lassen shall constitute agricultural district No. 43.

The county of Colusa shall constitute agricultural district No. 44.

The county of Mendocino shall constitute agricultura district No. 45. [Amendment approved March 15, 1901. Stats. 1901, p. 304; in effect immediately.]

Sec. 2. Where two or more counties shall constitute an agricultural district, each county shall be represented in the district board of directors by at least two resident citizens, as directors in said board; provided, that when by reason of the formation of a new agricultural district, a director of one district becomes a resident of another, his term of office as director will expire in sixty days after the formation of the new agricultural district. Whenever the board of directors of two or more agricultural districts shall, by a majority vote of each board, elect to unite, the said several districts may associate as one district, and hold a fair in any of said districts, and may for such purpose draw the appropriation for all of said districts, and expend the same for said fair.

Sec. 3. Any fifty or more persons, representing a majority of the counties within any one of the districts above constituted, may from an association for the improvement of the material industries within such district, and when so formed, the association shall be known and designated by the name of agricultural association and by such name and style shall have perpetual succession, and shall have power and authority to contract and be contracted with, to sue and be sued, to have and use a common seal, to purchase and hold and lease real estate, with such buildings and improvements as may be erected thereon, and may sell and lease and dispose of the same at pleasure. The said real estate, except as hereinafter provided, shall be used by such association for the purpose of holding exhibitions of horses, cattle, and other stock, and of the agricultural, horticultural, viticultural, mechanical, manufacturing, and domestic products of such district, with a view to the improvement of all industries in the same. But the said association shall have the power, and are hereby authorized, to sell and convey any portion of the real estate held by it, by whatever title derived, which may not be necessary for the permanent use of said association for the purposes aforesaid.

Sec. 4. The officers of such association shall consist of eight directors, who shall constitute a district board of agriculture for district number -; a president, who shall be one of their number, and a secretary and treasurer, not of their number.

Sec. 5. Within ten days after the formation of any new agricultural association within any of the districts above constituted in accordance with the provisions of this act, and notice of such formation to the governor, the governor shall appoint eight resident citizens of such district as members of a district board of agriculture for said dis trict, whose term of office shall be four years, except as hereinafter provided.

Sec. 6. Within ten days after their appointment, the persons so appointed shall qualify as required by the constitution, and shall meet at a place within the district and organize by the election of one of their number as president of the board and association, who shall hold said office of president one year, and until his successor is elected; they shall also elect a secretary and treasurer.

Sec. 7. At the same meeting the members of the board shall, by lot or otherwise, classify themselves into four classes of two members each. The term of office of the first class shall expire at the end of the first fiscal year; of the second class, of the second fiscal year; of the third class, of the third fiscal year; and of the fourth class, at the end of the full term of four years. The fiscal year shall be from December first to December first; provided, that all officers of agricultural districts now in office, under any law heretofore passed, shall hold office for the term for which they were appointed, except in cases specified in section two of this act. And the agricultural associations heretofore established shall be continued in force, and, so far as applicable, are made agricultural associations under this act.

Sec. 8. Each association so formed and organized is hereby declared, and shall be recognized, a state institution, and the board so appointed and qualified shall have the exclusive control and management of such institution, for and in the name of the state, and shall have possession and care of all the property of the association, and shall fix the terms of office and the bonds of the secretary and treasurer, and determine their salaries and duties. They shall have the power to make all necessary by-laws, rules, and regulations for the government of the association and the management of its prudential and financial affairs.

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