Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-15-69: Control of fair and expenditures by board of directors -

Annual budget - Township or district fairs and junior fat stock

shows in certain counties.

A. The board of directors is hereby vested with:

1. Control of the fair;

2. The expenditure of all money levied and collected for the

purpose of conducting the fair; and

3. The power and authority to do all acts and things necessary

in the conduct of the fair and the management of its fiscal affairs.

B. The board shall prepare an annual budget for the fair, which

shall be published according to the law provided for budget

publications. The board shall file the annual budget with the

county clerk of each of the member counties.

C. 1. The provisions of this section shall also apply to

livestock shows, community and district fairs, and other

agricultural shows authorized by the board of directors.

2. In counties having a population of more than fifty-five

thousand (55,000), according to the 1940 Federal Decennial Census

and in and for which county no state fair is provided by statute, it

shall be the duty of the board of directors to:

a. hold in addition to the county fair one or more

township fairs, and/or district fairs within such

county,

b. designate the place and time for holding the fairs,

and

c. hold within such county, in addition to the fairs, a

junior fat stock show with premiums the same as a fair

at an appropriate time during the spring months for

the purpose of encouraging the youth of such county in

the breeding and feeding of fat hogs, cattle, sheep

and other livestock.