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 ther annual meeting appoint some person, not a member of the board, secretary thereof, and shall fix his compensation, which shall not exceed two hundred (200) dollars per annum, and who shall hold his office during the pleasure of the board. He shall perform all such duties as usually pertain to the office of secretary, or as shall be required of him by said board.

§ 9. TREASURER, DUTIES OF.] Said board shall also appoint at their annual meeting some person, not a member of the board, treasurer thereof, and fix his compensation, which shall not exceed one hundred (100) dollars per annum. He shall give bond in such sum and with such surety as the said board shall require or direct, which bond shall be conditioned upon the faithful discharge of the duties of his office. He shall keep an accurate itemized account of all monies received by him as such treasurer, and also of all monies paid out, and shall make an annual report of all such receipts and expenditures to the board at their annual meeting, or oftener if required by direction of the board.

§ 10. SPECIAL POLICE, HOW APPOINTED.] It shall be lawful for the State Board of Agriculture, at or before the time of holding its annual fair, to select and appoint as many persons to act in the capacity of special police, as may, by the said board be deemed requisite to insure peace and good order on or about the grounds or place of holding such fair, for and during the holding of the same; Provided, That such persons, before entering upon the duties of special police shall receive their authority from, and take the oath of office before any judge or justice of the peace holding his office in the town or municipal corporation most contiguous to the fair grounds or place of holding such fair, and shall receive from such judge or justice of the peace, a certificate under seal of their appointment to act as such special police, which shall be indicated by some appropriate badge of office, and when so authorized they shall be clothed with full police powers.

§ 11. PENALTY FOR TRESPASS. ] Whoever trespasses on any fair grounds to commit any depredations upon the property of any agricultural society by cutting or destroying any timber or trees, breaking or càrrying away any box, trough, stall, bench, fence, lock, door, gate, lumber or other appurtenances to any fair grounds whether within or without the enciosure thereof, shall be fined not less than five (5), nor exceeding two hundred (200) dollars, and shall be liable civilly for all damages sustained by such unlawful acts. For the purpose of judicial proceedings the fair grounds and precincts thereof shall be deemed to be within and part of the county of Grand Forks, and the courts of said county shall have jurisdiction of all the crimes and 'offenses committed within the same.

§ 12. POWERS OF BOARD-STATE NOT LIABLE FOR DEBTS.] The State Board of Agriculture, in its name, may contract and be contracted with, may purchase, hold or sell property, may sue or be