In case there is more than one association holding such annual exhibitions in a county, such associations shall be entitled to receive from the Commonwealth a sum not exceeding, in the aggregate, the sum of two thousand dollars, to be apportioned by the Secretary of Agriculture among such associations according to the amount of premiums paid for the exhibits of farm products at the last exhibition of each of such associations, exclusive of premiums for trials of speed.
No association or county shall receive from the Commonwealth a greater sum than that paid by the association as premiums on exhibits of farm products, exclusive of premiums paid for trials of speed.
3 P.S. § 12