COMPILED CODE - Iowa Legislature - State of Iowa

§§ 1638-1642.
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COUNTY AND DISTRICT FAIRS. Tit. VIII, Ch. 2.
12 The board of supervisors are further authorized to purchase real
13 estate for county or district fair purposes, in sums exceeding one thou-
14 sand dollars; provided, however, that the board of supervisors shall
15 first have submitted to the legal voters of the county a proposition
16 therefor, and voted for by a majority of all persons voting for and
17 against such proposition at a general or special election ; notice to be
18 given as provided in section thirty-two hundred forty-two of the com-
19 piled code.
20 The board of supervisors shall not exceed in the purchase of such
21 real estate the amount so voted for ; the title of such real estate when
22 purchased to be taken in the name of the county, and the board of
23 supervisors shall place such real estate under the control and manage-
24 ment of an incorporated county or district fair society, as long as an
25 annual county or district fair is maintained by such corporation on
26 said real estate ; and said corporation is authorized to erect and main-
27 tain buildings and make such other improvements on said real estate
28 as is necessary, but the county shall not be liable for such improve-
29 ments, or the expenditures therefor.
30 The right of such county or district fair society to the control
31 and management of said real estate may be terminated by the board
32 of supervisors whenever well-conducted agricultural fairs are not an-
33 nually held thereon.
34 The board of supervisors of any county which has acquired real
35 estate for county or district fair purposes and which has a county or
36 district fair association using said real estate may levy a direct tax
37 upon all of the property of the county not to exceed one-half mill;
38 which money shall be expended only for the erection and repair of
39 buildings or other permanent improvements on the fair grounds or for
40 the payment of debts contracted in the erection of such buildings or
41 other permanent improvements.
[C, '73, § 1111; C, '97, § 1660; S. S., '15, § 1660; 37 G. A.,
ch. 89, § 1 ; 38 G. A., ch. 140; 39 G. A., ch. 213, § 1.]
SEC. 1638. Report to supervisors.
[Impliedly repealed by 39 G. A., ch. 264, § 1, and re-enacted
by the same chapter, see § 1636-a6 of this supplement.]
SEC. 1639. Permits.
[Impliedly repealed by 39 G. A., ch. 264, § 1, and re-enacted by
the same chapter, see § 1636-a7 of this supplement.]
SEC. 1640. Appointment of police.
[Impliedly repealed by 39 G. A., ch. 264, § 1, and re-enacted by the
same chapter, see § 1636-a8 of this supplement.]
SEC. 1641. Fraudulent entries of horses.
[Impliedly repealed by 39 G. A., ch. 264, § 1, and re-enacted by
the same chapter, see § 1636-a9 of this supplement.]
SEC. 1642. Penalty.
[Impliedly repealed by 39 G. A., ch. 264, § 1, and re-enacted by
the same chapter, see § 1636-alO of this supplement.]