No association incorporated for the purpose of promoting the interests of agriculture, for the relief of distressed farm laborers or their widows and orphans, whether such widows and orphans are members of the association or not, and for any other charitable purpose, shall take or hold real estate, except such as is actually occupied in the exercise of its legitimate business, or as it acquires in security for or satisfaction of debts due it. Real estate so occupied shall not in any case exceed fifty thousand dollars in value.

Terms Used In Ohio Code 1727.01

  • agriculture: includes farming; ranching; aquaculture; algaculture meaning the farming of algae; apiculture and related apicultural activities, production of honey, beeswax, honeycomb, and other related products; horticulture; viticulture, winemaking, and related activities; animal husbandry, including, but not limited to, the care and raising of livestock, equine, and fur-bearing animals; poultry husbandry and the production of poultry and poultry products; dairy production; the production of field crops, tobacco, fruits, vegetables, nursery stock, ornamental shrubs, ornamental trees, flowers, sod, or mushrooms; timber; pasturage; any combination of the foregoing; the processing, drying, storage, and marketing of agricultural products when those activities are conducted in conjunction with, but are secondary to, such husbandry or production; and any additions or modifications to the foregoing made by the director of agriculture by rule adopted in accordance with Chapter 119 of the Revised Code. See Ohio Code 1.61

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