MICHIGAN STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 379 



The committee on by-laws and rules reported a revision of the by- 

 laws as follows: 



BY-LAWS. 



No. 1. The annual meeting of the executive committee of this So- 

 ciety shall be held, commencing on the second Monday in January in 

 each year at 8 o'clock p. m., of that day, and at such place as the presi- 

 dent shall appoint; and the jjresident shall notify the secretary at 

 least two Aveeks before the day of the meeting of the place where the 

 meeting will be held and the secretary shall give to each member of the 

 executive committee ten days notice by mail of the time and place of 

 the meeting and also send a cop}^ of s\ich notice to at least five leading 

 papers of the State. 



No. 2. The president of the society shall preside rft all meetings 

 of the executive committee or of the society at which he may be present, 

 but he may call the vice president or any other member to the chair 

 in his discretion. 



In the absence of the president the vice president shall preside, and 

 if both the president and the vice president are absent such member 

 of the committee as shall be chosen, shall preside. 



No. 3. At each annual meeting of the executive committee there 

 shall be appointed by the president, standing committees as follows: 



a. Finance committee of three members. 



b. A committee on by-laws and general rules of three members. 



c. A committee on premium list and rules for exhibiting of five 

 members. 



d. A committee on reception of five members. 



e. The president, chief marshal and business committee shall be 

 a committee on program and exercises during the fair. 



f. The business committee constituted as directed by the constitu- 

 tion. 



The president of the society shall be ex-officio a member of each of 

 the foregoing committees, in addition to the other members. Special 

 committees shall be appointed by the executive committee as may seem 

 best, and charged with duties as the executive committee may order. 



GENERAL RULES OF COMMITTEES. 



No. 4a. The finance committee shall provide for and take charge 

 of all admission tickets, except complimentaries, before the beginning 

 of the fair; opening an account with the treasurer and charging him 

 with all tickets delivered to him and giving him credit for all tickets 

 unsold and returned to the committee by him. The superintendent 

 of gates, shall at the close of each day, turn over all tickets taken at 

 the gates and grand stand, to the finance committee Vvho shall have 

 custody of same. The committee shall file with the secretary and the 

 treasurer at the close of the fair, or as soon thereafter as the count 

 can be completed, a statement of the amount charged the treasurer 

 on account of admissions, grand stand and all other receipts and the 

 number of coupons issued by each railroad or transportation company 

 which have been received, and shall also make a full report to the 

 executive committee at its annual meeting, of the number and value of 

 all tickets received and all other receipts reported. 



