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and employes as may be necessary for the proper management and con- 

 trol of their respective departments. The compensation of such as- 

 sistants and employes shall be fixed by the president, business com- 

 mittee and superintendent of each department. Pay rolls for help 

 in each department shall be presented by the superintendents giving 

 the names, character of work, time employed and the rate of compen- 

 sation, wiiich pay roll shall be certified by the superintendent, to the 

 secretary, and when approved by the business committee the secretary 

 shall pay the account, drawing an order on the treasurer for the proper 

 amount to cover the same, which order shall be approved by the chair- 

 man of the business committee in the usual manner. 



No. 6. Superintendents of departments of exhibits shall have head- 

 quarters at the buildings and places designated for the exhibits in 

 their several departments from Friday morning of the week before, 

 and during the fair, for the purpose of arranging exhibits and caring 

 for the same. They shall have charge of the arrangement of exhibits 

 and their exhibition, and the interpretation of rules for their depart- 

 ment, and the decision of the superintendent shall be final, subject to 

 an appeal to the executive committee. 



The president and business committee with the superintendent of 

 each department shall select the necessary judges for that department 

 and fix the compensation of .the same, and the superintendent shall 

 certify a bill for the expenses of said judge or judges to the business 

 committee, which bill shall be charged to the department where the 

 services are rendered. 



It shall be the duty of each superintendent in charge of a depart- 

 ment at the annual fair of the society, to send to the secretarj^ within 

 ten days after the fair, a written report upon the exhibits and conduct 

 of his department with such recommendations as he may desire to 

 make, such reports to be a part of the proceedings of the society. The 

 chairman of each standing committee shall also report, within ten days 

 after the close of the fair on the work of his committee during the year. 

 Such reports to be a part of the proceedings of the executive com- 

 mittee. The secretary shall furnish to the president, at his request, 

 copies of such reports. 



No. 7. The secretary and the treasurer shall each give bonds, at 

 such times and in such sums as shall be determined by the executive 

 committee in compliance with article 13 of the constitution, and all 

 other persons authorized to receive money for the society shall give 

 bonds in such sums as the executive committee may direct. 



No. 8. The secretary of the society shall act as secretary of the 

 executive committee and also of the business committee and shall per- 

 form such duties without additional pay other than his salary. In 

 case of his .absence, inability or refusal to act, the committee or either 

 of them may appoint a secretary pro tem., the expense to be deducted 

 from the salary of the secretary. 



No. 9. The secretary shall sell membership tickets to persons who 

 wish to become members of the society and at the close of the fair he 

 shall report the number sold to the finance committee. 



No. 10. No pecuniary consideration or inducement other than the 

 premiums offered shall be paid to exhibitors entering for premiums. 



No. 11. Except for legitimate expenses of members of the executive 



