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§4. The office of the Marshal will be near the entrance gates, and distinguished by 

 a red flag. 



§5. The office of the General Superintendent of the grounds, during the P'uir, will 

 be at the President's office. 



§G. Officers Avill be designated by ribbon badges, with the name of the office 

 printed thereon. 



§7. Each department will be in charge of one or more menil)ers of the Executive 

 Commiitee, and exliibitors and judges will apply to such Superintendent for instruc- 

 tions in his department. Such Superinteiulents of each division shall be provided 

 with a suitable office in the department of tlie hall and grounds assigned them, 

 which shall be designated by appropriate and conspicuous signs. Superintendents 

 of departments requiring an assistant umiv appoint such assistant by and with the 

 advice and consent of the President. Each Superintendent of a department may 

 also apjioint a messenger, and if more than one messenger is considered necessary 

 in any department, additional messengers may be appointed by and with the advice 

 and consent of the President. Each Superintendent of a department shall in person 

 or by his assistant and messenger be present at his office during hours of exhibition. 



§8, It shall be the duty of each Superintendent in charge of a department, at the 

 Annual Fair of this Society, to present to the PJxecutive Committee, at the winter 

 meeting succeeding each Fair, a written report upon the exhibition in his depart- 

 ment, whicii report shall form a portion of tlie proceedings of the Society, and be 

 publislied therewith; and when the Pomological Society exhibits with this Society, 

 the Superintendent of tliat exhibition is requested to present a like report. 



§9. The President of tlie Society will be at his office, at the Fair Grounds, at 9 

 o'clock A. M.. eacli day, for the transaction of business. He may confirm the nomi- 

 nations of all assistants made by the members of the Executive Board in charge, 

 and give general direction to the exhibition, and see that the published rules are 

 executed. 



§10. No obligations against this Society shall be created by any officer of the 

 Societ}'^ or member of the Executive Committee, without the written consent of the 

 President or chairman of the Business Committee. 



§11. When clerical assistance is required by the Secretary, no clerks shall be 

 employed by him for the benefit of the Society, without consultation with and the 

 consent of the President of the Society, both as to employment and compensation, 

 and all bills for services of sucii clerks shall be certified by the President and Secre- 

 tary before being allowed. 



ELECTION OP OFFICERS. 



The annual election of officers will take place on Thursday of the week of the Fair 

 and tlie Secretary shall give public notice of the same through tlie posters and regu- 

 lar advertisements of the Fair, and such election shall be conducted as follows: The 

 Executive Committee shall provide a proper ballot-box, to be kept at some conven- 

 ient place on the Fair Grounds, and they shall appoint three proper persons, who 

 shall conduct the election and receive the ballots of all members who are entitled 

 and shall ofler to vote, and said judges shall require each person offering to vote to 

 present the proper certificate of membership, and shall keep a full register of the 

 names of all persons voting at sucii election. The polls of said election shall be open 

 at 9 o'clock A. M., and be closed at 5 o'clock P. M., on Thursday of the week of the 

 Annual Fair. In case of a tie vote, the judges shall decide the matter in the manner 

 provided by law for deciding the votes at township elections. The judges of the 

 election, together witli the President of the Society, shall duly canvass the votes so 

 cast, and shall publicly announce the result immediately thereafter. The following 

 rules shall govern such elections: 



1. The Executive committee shall, on the first day of the Fair, appoint three per- 

 sons, who shall be members of the Society, to act as judges of the election, and shall 

 at the same time fix tiie place on the Fair Ground where the election shall be held. 



2. Notice of the names of the judges and the place where tlie polls will be held, 

 shall be given on the second day of the Fair, by publication and posting of notices 

 in at least twenty prominent places on the Fair Grounds. 



3. The names of all officers to be voted for shall be on one ticket. 



4. Each member shall vote in person. All annual members sliall present a member- 

 ship certificate, which certificate the judges of election shall stamp to sliow that the 

 same has been voted upon; and the judges shall also take the names of all life mem- 

 bers who desire to vote and register the same, including the names of annual mem- 

 bers, in a poll list, and shall then deposit the ballot in the box provided for that 

 purpose. 



