Annually, on or before the fifteenth day of December, an association or county applying for the benefits of this act shall file with the Secretary of Agriculture a statement, sworn to by its president, attested by its secretary, with corporate seal attached, setting forth the name of the association, the time and place of the exhibition, and the amount of premiums actually paid, giving the names and addresses of the persons to whom such premiums were paid, and in what class, kind, or department.