state. And it shall also be their duty so to regulate the amount of premiums and the different grades of the same, as to enable farmers of small as well as large means to compete therefor; and in making the awards special reference shall be had to the profits which may accrue or be likely to accrue from improved methods of raising crops, 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. All perCompetitors for sons offering to compete for premiums on improved modes of tillage, or the production of any crops or other articles, shall be required, before such premiums are adjudged, to deliver to the awarding committee a full and correct statement of the process of such mode of tillage or production, and the expense and value of the same, with a view of showing accurately the profits derived or expected to be derived therefrom.

premiums.

Reports of proceedings and awards.

Fair grounds.

Appropriation by county.

SEC. 12. It shall be the duty of each county society to publish annually a list of the awards, and an abstract of the treasurer's account, in such manner as the society may direct, and to make a report of their proceedings during the year, and a synopsis of the awards for the improvements in agriculture and manufactures, together with an abstract of the several descriptions of these improvements; and also to make a report of the condition. of agriculture in that county; which report shall be made out in accordance with the rules and regulations of the state board of agriculture, and shall be forwarded to the state board at their annual meeting.

SEO. 13. Each county society may purchase and hold in fee simple such real estate as they may deem necessary, not exceeding 160 acres of land, for the purpose of holding county fairs.

SEO. 14. Whenever any county agricultural society, organized by law, shall have procured in fee simple, free from incumbrance, land for fair grounds not less than

ten acres in extent, the county board of said county may, in their discretion, if the finances of the county will admit, appropriate and pay to such society a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars for every thousand inhabitants in said county, to be expended by such society in fitting up such fair grounds, but for no other purpose; but not more than one thousand dollars shall in the aggregate be appropriated in any one county.

county board.

Dissolution of society.

SEC. 15. Each society receiving such appropriation Report to shall, through its secretary, make to the county board a detailed statement, with vouchers showing the legal disbursement of all the moneys received. And in all cases, when such county agricultural societies shall be dissolved, or neglect, for the space of two years, to discharge the duties devolving upon them by law, or cease to exist, in any county where payments have been made for real estate, or improvements upon such real estate for the use of any agricultural society, then all such real estate and improvements shall vest in fee simple in the county making such payment, and the district court of said county, upon proof thereof, shall, upon petition of said county board, make a proper decree vesting the title to such property in said county.

FAIRS.

gambling, etc.,

SEO. 16. No person shall be permitted to sell in- Sale of liquors, toxicating liquors, wine or beer, of any kind, or be en- prohibited. gaged in any gambling, or other game of chance or horseracing, either inside the enclosure where any state, district or county agricultural society fair is being held, or within forty rods thereof, during the time of holding such fair; and any person found guilty of any of the offenses herein Penalty. enumerated, shall be fined in a sum not less than five nor more than fifty dollars for every such offense: Provided, that trials of speed of horses under direction of

Sale of fruits, provisions, etc.

Arrest of offenders.

Abatement of offences.

the society shall not be included in the term horse-racing: Provided, also, that upon filing proof with the state treasurer of a violation of this section inside the enclosure of any such fair, the amount of money appropriated shall be withheld for the current year, except, if paid, then it shall be withheld from any money appropriated for the ensuing year.

SEC. 17. The president of any state or county agricultural society, may grant a written permit to such persons as he may deem necessary to sell fruit, provisions, and other necessaries to such persons as may be in attendance at any such fair, under such regulations and restrictions as the board of directors may prescribe.

SEC. 18. The president of any such society, marshal, or any police officer appointed by the board, shall be empowered to arrest, or cause to be arrested, any person or persons engaged in violating any of the provisions contained in section 16 of this chapter, and cause them forthwith to be taken before some justice of the peace, there to be dealt with as provided for in said section; and they may seize, or cause to be seized, all intoxicating liquors, wine or beer, of any kind, with the vessels containing the same, and all tools or other implements used in any gambling, or other game of chance, and may remove, or cause to be removed, all shows, swings, booths, tents, carriages, wagons, vessels, boats, or any other nuisance that may obstruct, or cause to be obstructed, by collecting persons around or otherwise, any thoroughfare leading to the enclosure in which such agricultural fair is being held; and any person owning or occupying any of the causes of obstruction herein specified, who may refuse or fail to remove such obstruction or nuisance, when ordered to do so by the president of such society, shall be liable to a fine of not less than five and not more than twenty dollars for every such offense.

Rev. Stat. 4.

SEC. 19. Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 of Acts repealed. chapter one of the revised statutes of 1866, and all acts Gen. Stat. 75. and parts of acts amendatory or supplemental to said sections, are hereby repealed.

Approved, February 25, A.D. 1879.

1875, 65.

To provide for the erection of a wing to a Capitol building at the city of Lincoln, and appropriating funds therefor.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Nebraska :

Appropriation.

SECTION 1. That the sum of seventy-five thousand dollars shall be, and the same is hereby, appropriated out of any money in the general fund not otherwise appropriated, for the erection of a wing to what is now or hereafter may be the capitol building of the state of Nebraska, in the city of Lincoln, and shall be expended under and by direction of a board composed of the board Board of superof public lands and buildings and the committees of the senate and house on public lands and buildings as hereinafter provided. Said board and committees to discharge the duties created by this act without compensation except actual expenses, to be taken from the appropriation created by this act.

vision.

Advertisement for plans, etc.

Adoption of plan.

SEC. 2. Within thirty days after the taking effect of this act, it shall be the duty of the said board to advertise for sixty days in five newspapers, three of which shall be published in the state of Nebraska (one in Lincoln and two in Omaha), and one in the city of Chicago, and one in the city of St. Louis, calling for plans and specifications for a capitol building, and said notice shall also contain a statement that the state will not be liable to any person furnishing plans and specifications so called for, except the one which shall be accepted, one wing of which to be immediately constructed as hereinafter provided, said wing not to exceed in cost seventy five thousand dollars, and to be built in conjunction with and so built that it may be used in connection with the present capitol building, and so constructed as to form a part of what may eventually be a symmetrical capitol building for the state of Nebraska; said wing to be so constructed as to contain rooms convenient for offices or committee rooms on the first floor, and on the second floor a hall for the house of representatives, said hall to contain an area of not less than four thousand square feet, together with appropriate galleries; and the building shall contain all the gas piping, plumbing, drainpipes, ventilating shafts, or ducts, and flues necessary or convenient for lighting, ventilating, and heating the same by steam.

SEC. 3. Within twenty days after the day named in the advertisement, it shall be the duty of the said board, in conjunction with a competent builder, who shall not be interested in the letting of said contract, said builder to be appointed by the governor, to adopt that one of the plans so submitted which shall in their judgment be calculated to best supply the wants and meet the requirements of the state. And they shall have the right to reject any or all of the plans submitted.