N.Y. Agriculture & Markets Law § 290: Association of farmers; powers of

§ 290. Association of farmers; powers of. Any association of farmers,

residing in any neighborhood, town or county in this state, now, or

hereafter to be organized, and acting under a constitution and by-laws

adopted by themselves for their guidance, which shall be filed in the

clerk's office of such town or county and which are not inconsistent

with the laws of this state, is hereby authorized to lease and maintain

grounds and structures for the exhibition and sale of the products of

their farms or their skill, and for the instruction and recreation of

its members and visitors. Any such association shall have authority to

let, for rent, locations on their leased grounds to exhibitions,

entertainments, shopmen and persons wishing to furnish suitable

refreshments for victualing members and visitors or for storage of

personal property when property is available for such activity; to

license peddlers to sell on their grounds articles of merchandise, not

forbidden to be sold by any law of this state without license from the

state; and in the name of such association and upon the action and

direction of its officers, to sue for and collect the stipulated sums of

such rentals and licenses, and to enforce the observance of its rules

and regulations by the several members of its association. And such

association is hereby empowered to issue certificates of indebtedness in

amounts of five dollars each, providing that the whole amount shall not

exceed the sum of one thousand dollars, which they may sell at a price

not below the par value thereof, for the purpose of raising money for

the erection of buildings, or for such other improvements as may be

deemed necessary by a majority of the members of such association.