any county, or district embracing two counties, of this State, shall organize themselves into a society for the improvement of agriculture within said county or district, and shall have adopted a constitution and by-laws agreeably to the rules and regulations to be furnished by the Indiana State Board of Agriculture, and shall have appointed the usual and proper officers; and when said society shall have raised and paid to their treasurer, by voluntary subscription or by fees imposed upon its members, any sum of money not less than fifty dollars; and whenever the president of said society shall. certify to the respective County Auditors the amount thus paid, attested by the oath or affirmation of the treasurer before a magistrate,-it shall be the duty of said County Auditors embraced within the district in which such society shall be organized, to draw an order on the Treasurers of their respective counties in favor of the president and treasurer of said society, for whatever amount of funds there shall have been received, during the previous year, for all licenses issued to persons exhibiting menageries, circuses, or theatrical performances, or other shows, provided said orders shall not. exceed the amount raised and paid in by said society by voluntary subscriptions or fees; and it shall be the duty of the Treasurers of said coun-ties to pay the same.

2630. Premiums. 2. It shall be the duty of the several county or district societies which may be formed under the provisions of the preceding sec tion, during the continuance of this Act, annually to offer and award premiums for the improvement of soils, tillage, crops, manures, improvement of stock, articles of domestic industry, and such other articles, productions, and improvements as they may deem proper; and may perform all such acts as they may deem best calculated to promote agricultural and household manufacturing interests of the district and of the State. And it shall also be their duty so to regulate the amount of premiums, and the different grades of the same, as 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 may accrue or be likely to accrue from the improved mode of raising the crop, or of improving the soil or stock, or of the fabrication of the articles thus offered, with the intention that the premiums shall be given for the most economical mode of improvement. And all persons offering to compete for premiums on improved modes of tillage, or the production of any crop or other articles, shall be required, before such premium is adjudged, to deliver to the awarding committee a full and correct statement of the process of such made of tillage or production, and the expense and value of the same, with a county or distraccurately, the profits derived or expected to be derived there

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report of its proceedings during the year af shall be the duty of each provements in agriculture and household manufactures, awards and an abstract of the several descriptions of those improvements, and also make make a of the condition of agriculture in its county or district; which report shall be made out in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Indiana State Board of Agriculture, and shall be forwarded to the State Board, at its annual meeting in January of each year; and no subsequent payment shall be made from the county treasury, unless a certificate is presented to the Auditor from the secretary of the State Board, showing that such report has been made.

[1861 S., p. 2. In force March 9, 1861.]

2632. Corporate powers. 1. Every county or district agricultural society, organized agreeably to the provisions of an Act for the encouragement of agriculture, approved February 17, 1852, shall be a body corporate, with per

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petual succession, and as such shall be empowered to purchase and hold real estate for the use of the annual fairs and other exhibitions of said society: vided, That the amount of real estate so purchased and held shall not exceed eighty acres: And provided, also, That said purchase shall be made at such place and under such regulations as may be prescribed by the by-laws of said society.

1. Section two legalizes purchases of real estate made prior to March 9, 1861. 2. See sections 5802 to 5804, inclusive.

3. An agricultural society that invites persons to place property on exhibition at one of its fairs and promises to take care of articles placed in its charge, by exhibitors, is a bailee for hire and responsible for a loss of the property, if caused by its negligence in failing to perform the duty created by its promise; Vigo Agr. So. v. Brumfill, 102-147.

[1867 S., p. 194. In force February 20, 1867.]

2633. Purchases legalized. 2. All purchasers of real estate hereto

fore made by any such society for the use of the annual fairs thereon, not exceeding eighty acres, shall be ratified and confirmed; and all deeds executed conveying lands to any such society, and all mortgages made by any society to secure the purchasemoney, shall be deemed valid and binding, on all parties thereto, in law and equity. [1899 S., p. 14. Approved February 7, 1899.]

2633a. May sell grounds. cultural society, in this State which has by subscription of stock or otherwise paid for its lands and in which lands the county has no interest, is hereby authorized and empowered by the votes of those holding a majority of its shares of stock, to sell and convey by deed, all or any part of its grounds and either re-invest the proceeds thereof in other lands or, after the payment of all the debts of such society, divide the same among all of its stockholders according to the several interests held by them, and this act shall legalize all sales or transfers of such lands as have heretofore been transferred by such association other than such cases as are now in litigation.

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[1861 S., p. 3. In force March 11, 1861.]

2634. May sell lands. 2. It shall be lawful for such agricultural society or corporation, by its board of trustees or directors, when so instructed by the shareholders, to sell any lands of which it is or may be possessed: Provided, That such sale shall only be for the purpose of re-investing the proceeds thereof in another more eligible site, to be used for the same general objects of the society.

2635. Stočk. 3. Shares in the capital-stock of such societies shall be transferable, for a consideration, from one person to another, subject to the provisions of the by-laws that said societies may adopt.

2636. Voting. 4. In all meetings of stockholders of such societies, held for the election of trustees or directors or for the purpose of expressing their will, by vote, on any question whatever, any stockholder shall be entitled to cast one vote for each share he may own, and which he has paid for in full: Provided, however, That no stockholder shall be entitled to vote on more than ten shares.

[1885 S., p. 125. In force July 18, 1885.]

2636a. Gambling on society grounds. 1. It shall be unlawful for or officers, or any manager, director or trustee of any county fair, agrilet or donate any puistock association, or the officers of any fair, agricultural joint used, leased or occupied by any laidunder the laws of this State, to rent, lease, person, persons, company or society, to be used for inery booth, stall or tent owned, game of chance or skill, or any scheme, lottery or drawing, with dice, enany, to any wheels, or any other device for the purpose of wagering money or any thing of value, or upon the result of which money or any thing of value shall be wagered. Any officer or officers who shall violate any of the provisions of this act shall, upon conviction in a court of competent jurisdiction, be fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars.

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2636b. Importation of aliens to labor unlawful. after the passage of this act, it shall be unlawful for any person, company, partnership or corporation, in any manner whatsoever, to prepay transportation or in any way assist or encourage the importation or migration of any alien or aliens, any foreigner or foreigners, into the State of Indiana under contract or agreement, parol or special, express or implied, made previous to the importation or migration of such alien or aliens, foreigner or foreigners to perform labor or service of any kind in this State.

2636c. Contracts void. 2. That all contracts or agreements, express or implied, parol or special, which may hereafter be made by and between any person, company, partnership or corporation, and any foreigner or foreigners, alien or aliens, to perform labor or service, or having reference to the performance of labor or service, by any person in the State of Indiana previous to the migration or importation of the person or persons whose labor or service is contracted for, into the United States, shall be utterly void and of no effect.

2636d. Penalty. 3. That for every violation of any of the provisions of section one of this act, the person, partnership, company or corporation. violating the same by knowingly assisting, encouraging or soliciting migration or importation of any alien or aliens, or of any foreigner or foreigners into the State of Indiana to perform labor or service of any kind under contract or agreement, express or implied, parol or special, with such alien. or aliens, foreigner or foreigners, previous to becoming residents or citizens of the United States, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five thousand dollars.

2636e. Contracts by resident foreigners. 4. That nothing in this act shall be so construed as to prevent any citizen or subject of any foreign country temporarily residing in the United States, either in a private or official capacity, from engaging, under contract or otherwise, persons not residents or citizens of the United States, to act as private secretaries, servants or domestics for such foreigner temporarily residing in the United States, nor shall this act be so construed as to prevent any person or per

sons, partnership or corporation from engaging, under contract or agreement, skilled workmen in foreign countries to perform labor in the State of Indiana, in or upon any new industry not at present established in the State: Provided, That skilled labor for that purpose can not otherwise be obtained; nor shall the provisions of this act apply to professional actors, artists, lecturers or singers, nor to persons employed strictly as personal or domestic servants: Provided, That nothing in this act shall be construed as prohibiting any individual from assisting any member of his family, or relative, or personal friend to migrate from any foreign country to the State for the purpose of settlement here.

2656. Evidence Liability.
2657. Evidence for defendant.

[1879 S. p. 62. In force May 31, 1879.]

2637. Power of County Board. 1. It shall be the duty of the Board of Commissioners of the different counties of this State, to direct, by an order entered on the order-book of said Board of Commissioners, what kind of animals shall be allowed to pasture or run at large on the uninclosed lands or public common within the bounds of any township in their respective counties: Provided, That they may also make an order, duly entered on the order-book of said Board, allowing stock to run at large upon the public commons and uninclosed lands of certain portions of townships within their counties, when the said township is divided by a river or a railroad, providing that stock inay run at large on one side of said river or railroad, and not on the other, in the same township.

[1 R. S. 1852, p. 102. In force May 6, 1853.]

2638. Order to specify. 2. The Board of Commissioners of the dif ferent counties of this State shall specify, in said order, by name, the kind of animals that shall run at large or pasture upon the uninclosed lands or public commons within the different townships in the county, and also what particular class of the said kinds of animals, whether male or female, and of what age shall be allowed to so run at large.

2639. Taking up. 3. Whenever any animal shall be found running at large or pasturing upon any of the uninclosed lands or public commons of any township in any county in this State which shall not be specified in the order of the Board of Commissioners of said county, as in the preceding sections provided, to have the right to so run at large or pasture thereon, any person being a resident of said township shall be authorized wrthun and impound said animal in any private or public pound