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others labor under serious disadvantages. And it being the earnest and determined 

 purpose of all the members of this committee, at whatever sacrifice of personal inter- 

 est, to remove all possible ground of complaint or even suspicion of improper influ- 

 ence upon tlie decision of judges in awarding premiums; therefore 



liesolved. That while all the members of this committee and the executive officers 

 of the Society are earnestly invited and expected to make as large and as interesting 

 exhibits as possible at the animal fairs, no member of this committee or officer of the 

 Societ}' shall be allowed, directly or indirectly, to compete for premiums offered by 

 the Society at any of its fairs. 



On motion of Mr. Baxter the resolution was laid on the table. 



Mr. Dewey, Superintendent of the Poultry Department, presented the claim 

 of Hayes & McElvaine, of Hastings, Mich., for .^10 for two pairs of valuable 

 bantan)S, stolen from the fair ground dniing the progress of the last annual 

 fair. 



Mr. Ball moved tliat the claim be allowed. Lost. 



Mr. Cobb moved the appointment of three delegates to represent the State 

 Agricultural Society at the convention of the county agricultural societies, 

 which meets at Ann Arbor on the 20th inst. 



Mr. Gilbert moved as an amendment that the President be one of the dele- 

 gates, he appointing the other two, and the Society ])aying the expenses of the 

 delegates. 



Mr. Cobb accepted the amendment and the motion prevailed. The Presi- 

 dent named as tlie two delegates to be associated witli himself Messrs. Cobb 

 and Butterfield. 



Mr. C. W. Garfield, Secretary of the State Pomological Society, filed his 

 report of the exhibit of fruits and flowers at the last State Fair. The report 

 was accepted. 



At his request Mr. Hanford was relieved from serving on the committee on 

 the awarding of discretionary premiums, and Mr. Fralick was elected to fill 

 the vacancy. 



The committee then took a recess until 7: 30 P. M. 



Evening Session. 



The Executive Committee resumed business at 7: 30 P. M., the President in 

 the chair. 



The roll was called by the Secretary and the following members answered to 

 their names : 



Messrs. Sterling, Rising, Hanford, Ball, Cobb, Fralick, Hyde, Manning, Smith, Bnr- 

 rington, "Wood, Parsons, Angel, Howard, Harrison, Gilbert, McKay, Shoemaker, Bax- 

 ter, C. Kipp, and the President, Treasurer and Secretary. 



Oil motion of Mr. Baxter his resolution of the afternoon, prohibiting mem- 

 bers of the Executive Committee from competing for premiums at the annual 

 fairs of the Society, was taken from the table. 



After some discussion by Messrs. Baxter, Ball, Shoemaker, Smith, and Par- 

 sons, leave was granted the mover to withdraw tlie resolution. 



On motion of Mr. Baxter the committee then proceeded to the election by 

 ballot of a member of the Executive Committee to fill the vacancy caused by 

 the resignation of Mr. II. A. Kipp. 



The President appointed as tellers Messrs. Ball and Parsons. 



