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Public Boards. union or district agricultural society shall be accredited to that county in which its fair grounds or the greater part thereof shall be located. The members of said district boards shall enter upon the duties of their office on the second Tuesday of January succeeding their election, and hold office for one year and until their successors are elected and qualified. The district boards may fill any vacancy arising from any cause, by appointment, from the district in which the vacancy may occur. All that portion of the territory of Dakota lying south of the seventh standard parallel shall be styled and known as district number one, and all that portion of the territory of Dakota lying north of said parallel shall be styled and known as district number two.

§ 178. Each district board shall appoint some person, not a member of the board, secretary, and fix his compensation, said compensation not to exceed two hundred dollars per annum, who shall hold his office during the term for which the members of the board appointing him are elected, unless for good cause he shall sooner be removed by the board, and who shall perform such duties as usually pertain to the office of secretary, or as shall be required of him by the district board.

§ 179. Each district board shall also appoint some person, not a member of the board, as treasurer, and fix his compensation, said compensation not to exceed one hundred dollars per annum, who shall give bond in such sum and with such security as the board shall direct, conditioned for the faithful discharge of the duties of his office. He shall hold his office during the term for which the members of the board appointing him are elected, unless for good cause he shall sooner be removed by the board. He shall keep an accurate itemized account of all money received by him and paid out, and make an annual report thereof to the district board, and make full settlement with the board.

§ 180. The district boards shall keep offices for the transaction of business at places located by said boards at their annual meeting.

§ 181. The district boards of agriculture in their respective names may contract and be contracted with; may purchase, hold or sell property; may sue or be sued in all courts or places; may hold district fairs and fat stock shows at such times and places as the boards may determine; but this territory shall never be liable for any debt or contract of said board.

§ 182. The district boards of agriculture shall have the sole control of the affairs of the department of agriculture, of all district fairs and fat stock shows, and may make such by-laws and rules and regulations in relation to the department of agriculture and the management of the business of such department, and district fairs, and fat stock shows, and offering of premiums, as a majority of said board shall from time to time determine, not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of the territory, or of the United States.

§ 183. There shall be and is hereby annually appropriated out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of six thousand dollars, which said sum shall be paid in equal moieties to the district boards of agriculture, and which shall be used only in the payment of premiums and expenses contingent upon the holding of annual fairs; provided, that nothing in this act shall be construed to authorize the expenditure of any of said moneys for the purchase of real estate or the erection of any building or buildings.