general fund of said county in favor of the president of said society for the sum of five cents on each inhabitant of said county upon a basis of the last vote for the member of congress in said county, allowing five inhabitants to each vote; and said county board shall include said sum in its annual estimate, and it shall be the duty of the treasurer of the county to pay the sum out of the general fund. No money so received shall be used in payment for speed. Premium money shall be paid first from money so received: Provided, if any existing county agricultural society fails for two years or more to hold an annual fair of at least three days duration, then any agricultural society in the county, duly organized, and formed for a similar purpose and governed by the rules of this chapter, and which shall hold an annual fair of at least three days' duration may apply for and shall be allowed the amount above designated in this section.

Sec. 2. Repealing clause. That said original Section 6, Revised Statutes of Nebraska for 1913, is hereby repealed.

Approved, March 4, 1915.

CHAPTER 8.

(House Roll No. 518.)

[Introduced by Mr. Parkinson.]

AN ACT to amend section 6, Revised Statutes of Nebraska, 1913, relating to county aid to agricultural societies, and to repeal said original section.

Be it Enacted by the People of the State of Nebraska:

Section 1. Amendment. That Section 6, Revised Statutes of Nebraska for 1913, is hereby amended to read as follows:

6 Sec. 6. County aid to county fairs. Whenever twenty or more persons, residents of any county in this state, shall organize themselves into a society for the improvement of agriculture within said county, and shall have adopted a constitution and by-laws agreeable to the rules and regulations furnished by the usual and proper officers, and when said society shall have raised and paid into the treasury, by voluntary subscription or

by fee imposed upon its members, any sum of money, in each year not less than fifty dollars, and whenever the president of said society shall certify to the county clerk the amount thus paid, the county board shall order a warrant to be drawn on the general fund of said county in favor of the president of said society for the sum of five cents on each inhabitant of said county upon a basis of the last vote for the member of congress in said county, allowing five inhabitants to each vote: Provided, in counties having less than 14,000 population the county board may allow an additional three cents, in the manner as directed for the five cents; and said county board shall include the sum in its annual estimate, and it shall be the duty of the treasurer of the county to pay the sum out of the general fund. No moneys so received shall be used in payment for speed: Provided, if any existing county agricultural society fails for two years or more to hold an annual fair of at least three days' duration, then any agricultural society in the county, duly organized and formed for a similar purpose and governed by the rules of this chapter, and who shall hold an annual fair of at least three days' duration, may apply for and shall be allowed the amount above designated in this section.

Sec. 2. Repeals. That said original section 6, Revised Statutes of Nebraska, 1913, is hereby repealed.

Approved, April 13, 1915.

CHAPTER 9.

(Senate File No. 29.)

[Introduced by Mr. Bygland.]

AN ACT to amend Section 9, Article 1 of Chapter 1 of the Revised Statutes of Nebraska for 1913, relating to County Agricultural Societies, authorizing such societies to appropriate and acquire title to lands, providing a method of compensating the owners thereof, and repealing said section 9 as now existing.

Be it Enacted by the People of the State of Nebraska:

Section 1. Amendment. That Section 9, Article 1 of Chapter 1 of the Revised Statutes of Nebraska for the year 1913 be amended to read as follows:

145 Sec. 73. Live stock sanitary board-duties. It shall the duty of the sanitary board to protect the health of live ock in Nebraska, to determine and employ the most efficient means for the prevention and eradication of contagious and nfectious diseases of live stock, to exercise by authority of State veterinarian the power of quarantine when necessary and regulate the arrival into and departure from a state, or any oint therein, of animals infected or having been exposed to afection; and supervise the inspection of stallions and jacks as Provided by law. Provided, this section shall not apply to live stock brought into Nebraska for immediate slaughter and therefore subject to government regulations. Whenever possible, the sanitary board shall co-operate with the United States Government in enforcing federal regulations.

Sec. 2. Amendment.-Amend Article 7, Section 78, Chapter 2, to read as follows:

150 Sec. 78. Examination of diseased stock.-Any person owning or having in charge live stock, thought to be affected with a contagious or infectious disease, who refuses to allow examination of same by the deputy state veterinarian or assistants, representing the live stock sanitary board or interferes with such examination, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than twentyfive ($25) dollars and not more than five hundred dollars ($500). In performing their duties, the deputy state veterinarian or his assistants shall have power to call for the services of any sheriff, deputy sheriff or constable.

Such services to be paid for at the usual rates. For the purpose of this article, deputy state veterinarian and his assistants are hereby authorized to administer oaths and affirmations.

If the deputy state veterinarian or his assistants find that any person has violated any provisions of this act, he shall notify the county attorney whose duty shall be to prosecute for such offense. If any such county attorney refuses or fails to act or if the deputy state veterinarian or assistants deem best, they may employ such other legal assistance as they may deem advisable.

The deputy state veterinarian or assistants are hereby duly rized to arrest without warrant, and to take before a

9 Sec. 9. Fair grounds.-Each county society shall have power to acquire, take, hold and appropriate so much real estate as may be necessary not exceeding 160 acres of land, for the purpose of holding county fairs; Provided, that no appropriation of private property for the use of such society shall be made until full and just compensation therefor be first made to the owner thereof; Provided further that not more than 40 acres shall be taken without the consent of the owner.

The damages to be paid by such society for any real estate taken as aforesaid, when not agreed upon shall be ascertained and determined in the manner provided by law for the appropriation by counties of lands for public buildings, but any society organized for the profit of its members or for the payment of dividends upon its stock shall not be privileged to appropriate any real estate without the consent of the owner thereof.

Sec. 2. Repeal. That Section 9 of Article 1 of Chapter 1 of the Revised Statutes of Nebraska for 1913 is hereby repealed. Approved March 5, 1915.

CHAPTER 10.

(House Roll No. 763.)

[Introduced by Governor Morehead.]

AN ACT to amend sections 73, 78, 80 and 82 of Revised Statutes of Nebraska for 1913; to empower the state veterinarian, the Nebraska live stock sanitary board, the deputy state veterinarian and assistants, to exercise the right to quarantine, make rules and regulations, and execute the same for the purose of regulating the interstate shipment of live stock, the discovery and eradication of contagious and infectious diseases among domestic animals, to prescribe a penalty for the violation of this act, and to repeal sections number 73, 78, 80 and 82, of Article 7, Chapter II, Revised Statutes of Nebraska for 1913, and to declare an emergency.

Be it Enacted by the People of the State of Nebraska:

Section 1. Amendment.-Amend Article Article 7, Section 73, Chapter 2, Revised Statutes of Nebraska for 1913, to read as follows: