Before any board of county commissioners shall appropriate any moneys as provided in NRS 547.120, 547.130 and 547.140, the board shall have presented to it a certificate under oath signed by the president and the secretary of the district board of agriculture showing:
1. The amount of money expended by such agricultural association within the county or counties composing such agricultural district.
2. That the same was expended for the payment of premiums awarded by the district board of agriculture of such agricultural association or for such purposes as the agricultural association has through its district board of agriculture determined to be just and proper.
3. That the same was not expended, either directly or indirectly, for the purpose of paying any purse or purses for racing.
[3:70:1893; cited C § 5101; RL § 442; NCL § 337] — (NRS A 1967, 141)