The county fair association in each county, organized under this act, shall consist of two members in each municipal township, in each county, who are resident qualified voters in said county and who have been elected at mass meetings or appointed by the county commissioners as hereinafter provided.

The county farm agent of any county may, or if there is no such agent, upon petition of fifty resident citizens of the county, the county commissioners shall, within thirty (30) days after the filing of such petition, call a mass meeting in each municipal township, in each such county, for the purpose of electing the two members of the county fair association. The call for such mass meeting shall be by posting notices in at least three public places in the township or by both posting notices and publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the county. Such notices and publications shall state the purpose of the mass meeting, the time and place of holding the same, and such notices and publication must be made one (1) week before date of meeting.

A chairman and a secretary shall be chosen at each of the various township meetings for the purpose of conducting the said mass meetings and who shall certify to the county commissioners the names of the two elected members of the county fair association. Such certificate shall be made to the county commissioners not later than June first of the fiscal year in which the township mass meetings are held. If any township or townships in any county fail to hold a mass meeting for the election of members of the county fair association, the county commissioners of such county shall appoint two members in each of said townships, who shall have the same power and authority as the elected members.

Township mass meetings for the election of members of the county fair association may be called at any time prior to June first in any fiscal year and the members elected shall hold their office for a period of two (2) years and until their successors are elected or appointed.

Laws 1915, HB 280, c. 179, § 3; Amended by Laws 1921, c. 89, p. 113, § 1; Amended by Laws 1925, SB 152, c. 38, p. 56, § 3.