Ch. 57

1994 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(ii) the governing body of:

15. Somerset County [that is set on or before January 15 for the
following fiscal year], NOT EXCEEDING 1%;

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1994.

Approved April 12, 1994.

CHAPTER 57
(House Bill 531)

AN ACT concerning

Maryland Agricultural Society

FOR the purpose of repealing Chapter 675 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1916,
which created the Maryland Agricultural Society.

BY repealing

Chapter 675 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1916

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Chapter 675 of the Acts of 1916

[SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the
members of the Maryland Agricultural Society be and they are hereby incorporated under
the name and style of "The Maryland Agricultural Society," consisting of the members of
such organizations as provided for in its constitution, and by that name shall have
perpetual succession, sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded in any court of law or
equity whatsoever, and may have and use a common seal, and the same alter at pleasure.

SECTION 2. The affairs of the corporation shall be managed by an Executive
Council, consisting of the President, Vice-President and Secretary-Treasurer of the
Society, together with the President, Secretary and one additional member elected by
each affiliated organization, and the said officers now elect shall be the first members of
the Executive Council created by this Act, and shall hold their offices until their
successors are duly elected in conformity with the respective constitutions of the said
Associations.

SECTION 3. The said Executive Council shall have sole care and disposal of all
funds appropriated by the General Assembly of Maryland for the Maryland Agricultural
Society, and shall expend the same in such a manner as will, in their judgment, best
promote the development of the agricultural interests of the State of Maryland. They
shall render annually to the Governor of the State a detailed statement of all funds
received from the State and all other sources, and also of all expenditures made by them

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