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 WHEREAS, It is advisable that such exhibits should be held and continued under the management and direction of a State Board of Agriculture, and

WHEREAS, The citizens of Grand Forks have offered and are about to donate to the State of North Dakota for the purpose of such exhibits, eighty acres of land, within one mile of the city of Grand Forks, in the county of Grand Forks, and State of North Dakota, upon the condition that the same shall be forever used for the purpose of such exhibits under the management of said State Board of Agriculture or its successor; now, therefore,

Be it Enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of North Dakota:

§ 1 BOARD, HOW CREATED.] There is hereby created a Department of Agriculture for the promotion of stock breeding, agriculture and horticulture, manufactures and domestic arts, which said department shall be managed by a board styled "State Board of Agriculture," to consist of one person from each judicial district in this State, who shall be appointed by the Governor, by and with the consent of the Senate, and who shall hold their office for two years, or until their successors are appointed and qualified; Provided, however, That the first board appointed under the provisions of this act shall hold office only until the next session of the Legislative Assembly, or until their successors shall be duly appointed and qualified. The said State Board of Agriculture shall fill all vacancies occurring therein, except when the Legislative Assembly is in session, and the persons so appointed by said board to fill any such vacancies shall hold office until the next session of the Legislative Assembly following such appointment, at which time the Governor, with the concurrence of the Senate, shall fill all vacancies.

§ 2. CITIZENS TO CONVEY CERTAIN LANDS TO THE STATE.] For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this act, the citizens of Grand Forks, in the county of Grand Forks, in the State of North Dakota, are hereby empowered and authorized to convey to the State of North Dakota eighty acres of land within one mile of the said city of Grand Forks. Said property when so conveyed shall be held by the State of North Dakota for the following public purposes and no other, viz: For the purpose of exhibiting thereon, under the management of the State Board of Agriculture, or its successors, annually, the agricultural, stock-breeding, horticultural, mining, mechanical, industrial and other pursuits and resources of the State of North Dakota, including proper exhibits of the arts, sciences and all other public displays pertinent to, or attendant upon, exhibitions and expositions of human art, industry or skill.

§ 3. ANNUAL EXHIBITS.] There shall be annually held, under the direction of said State Board of Agriculture, upon the premises so conveyed to the State of North Dakota by the citizens of Grand Forks, for such period as the said board may determine,