AN ACT To appropriate certain moneys in the hands of the state treasurer to the purchase of books for the library of the University of Nebraska, and to enable the board of regents to draw the same for that purpose. Gen. Stat. 1053. WHEREAS, It is provided by section 15 of an act enti- Preamble. tled "An act to establish the University of Nebraska," approved February 15, 1869, and as amended February 27, 1873, that the matriculation fees paid by students entering the University, shall constitute a library fund to be annually appropriated for purchase of books for library of the University; and, WHEREAS, There has been paid into the state treasury the sum of $595.92, derived from such matriculation fees, which sum was passed by the treasurer to the regents' fund, and was not kept by him as a separate account; and, WHEREAS, The board of regents have not been able to draw said sum or any part thereof for appropriation and use as aforesaid, for the reason that the same was not specifically appropriated to the purchase to which such moneys are set apart by law; therefore Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Nebraska : triculation fees ry. SECTION 1. That the board of regents of the Univer- University masity of Nebraska, be and they hereby are authorized to to be used in purchasing draw from the treasury, in the manner by law provided, books for librathe sum of $595.92, deposited as aforesaid, and appropriate the same to the purchase of books for the University library. Approved February 27th, A.D. 1879. Annual meeting. 16. Sale of liquors, gambling, 18. Arrest of offenders. Abate- AN ACT For the government, support, and maintenance of the State Board of Agriculture and State Horticultural Society. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Nebraska: SECTION 1. There shall be held at the capital of the state, on the third Tuesday in January of each year, a meeting of the state board of agriculture, together with the president of each county society, or delegate therefrom duly authorized, who shall for the time being be ex-officio members of the state board of agriculture, for the purpose of deliberating and consulting as to the wants, prospects and condition of the agricultural interests throughout the state. And at such annual meeting the several reports from the subordinate societies shall be delivered to the president of the state board; and the said president and delegates shall at this meeting elect suitable persons to fill all vacancies in the state board. The said president shall also have power to call meetings of the board whenever he may deem it expedient. SEC. 2. The officers of the board shall consist of a Officers. president, vice president, secretary, and treasurer, and such others as the board may deem necessary. They shall be elected at the annual meeting of the board, and shall hold their offices for the period of one year, and until their successors are elected and qualified. The board shall determine by lot the time that each mem ber shall serye, so that the term of service of one-half of the members shall expire annually on the day of the annual meeting. SEC. 3. It shall be the duty of the said board to make Annual report. an annual report to the governor, embracing the proceedings of the society, with a bill of items showing what moneys have been received and paid out for the past year, giving a general view of the condition of agriculture throughout the state, and such other recommendations as they may deem important and useful. The sum of two thousand (2,000) dollars shall be paid annu- Appropriation ally out of the state treasury which shall be used in the payment of premiums awarded by said board in the va rious branches of agriculture; and the state auditor is hereby authorized to draw his warrant for said amount upon the receipt of the proper vouchers therefor, certified to by the president and secretary of said board: Provided, that should the board fail in any year to offer for premiums. Printing of report. Distribution of reports. and award premiums as aforesaid, then the benefit of this section shall not be available that year. as SEC. 4. The reports of the board, or so much thereof will not exceed 200 pages of printed matter, to be designated by the president and secretary, shall be printed annually by the state printer, and 2,000 copies thereof bound in paper covers, and delivered to the secretary of state, the accounts therefor to be audited as other accounts for state printing are audited, and paid out of any money appropriated for legislative printing. SEC. 5. The secretary of state shall distribute said reports as follows: Five copies thereof to each member of the legislature, and to each state officer; one copy by mail to each county clerk, to be by them preserved as one of the public records of the county, one copy by mail to each state and territorial library, the library of congress, the senate library, the library of the house of representatives, and the library of the agricultural department of the United States; one copy to each public library in the state; one hundred copies to the state library; and the balance to the secretary of the state board of agriculture, to be by him distributed as the board may direct. STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. Annual meeting. Officers. SEO. 6. The state horticultural society shall meet at the capital of the state on the third Wednesday in January of each year, for the purpose of deliberating and consulting as to the wants, conditions, and prospects of the horticultural interests of the state. SEC. 7. The officers of the state horticultural society shall correspond in numbers and titles to those of the state board of agriculture, and shall be elected at said annual meeting for like periods of time. society. SEC. 8. Such society shall encourage the organiza- Duties of tion of district and county societies and give them representation therein, and in every proper way further the fruit and tree growing interests of the state. SEC. 9. The secretary of said society shall make an Annual report. annual report to the governor, embracing the proceedings of the society, with a bill of items showing for what purposes any money appropriated was paid out for the past year, the general condition of horticultural interests throughout the state, together with essays, statements of facts, and recommendations as he may deem useful, which report, not exceeding one hundred and fifty pages of printed matter, shall be printed and bound up with the report of the state board of agriculture, paid for and distributed therewith as provided in sections four and five of this chapter. SEC. 10. The sum of one thousand dollars shall be Appropriation for premiums. paid out of the state treasury annually for the use and benefit of said society, and the state auditor is hereby authorized to draw his warrant for the same upon vouchers therefor, certified to by the president and secretary of said society, in such sums and at such times as may be for the interests of said society, said amount to be used in the payment of premiums awarded by such board in the various branches of horticulture. COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES. SEC. 11. All county agricultural societies organized Duties. pursuant to law, shall annually offer and award premiums for the improvement of soil, crops, tillage, manures, implements, stock, articles of domestic industry, and such other articles, productions, and improvements as they may deem proper, and perform all such acts as they may deem best calculated to promote the agricultural and manufacturing interests of the county and |