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5. If any judges of elections ai)poiiito(l l)y the Exocutive Committee be not present 

 at tlio opniiiii; of tiu' jiolls, the president sliall ininiediatcdy appoint sonio person or 

 persons from amonij the members of tlic Soeiety to liil siicli vacancy or vacancies. 



(5. Kiicii of the .indues shall, before entering n|)on the performance of his duties, 

 subscribe a declaration that lie will faithfully and impartially act us a judge of such 

 election, and such declarations sliall \h'. tiled with the; Secretary. 



7. The j>er.son having the higliest nuiuher of votes for the odicn of President shall 

 be declared elected, uiul a like rule shall b(i observed for the ollice of Secretary and 

 'J'reasurer. The persons voted for us Executive Committee, to the niunber to be 

 elected, having the higiicst number of votes, shall be <leclurc<l elected. 



8. Poll lists shall bo made to agree with the count of ballots; votes folded together, 

 and fraudulent and duplicate vote*, shall be governed by the rule prescribed by law 

 for the government of lowusiiip elections. 



in. — ADMISSION. 



1. The gates will be opened at S o'clock A. M. of each day, at which time every olK- 

 cer and employe is expected to be at his post of duty. 



2. Single tickets of admission at 50 cents each, and tickets for children under six- 

 teen years of age ut 25 cents each will be for sale at the Treasurer's office. All tickets 

 will be taken up at the gate, as they are good for one admission only. Children 

 under eight years of age free. 



3. One horse and riiler must have two tickets; one horse, carriage and driver, two 

 tickets; two-horse vehicle and driver, three tickets. For each person other than 

 driver, in any veliicle, one ticket will be required. 



4. Admission to the grand stand will be 25 cents for each admission. Children 

 under eight years free. The grand stand will be cleared by the police, and swept 

 during the recess from 12:30 to 1 :30 P. M. each day. 



y. Editors and reporters will obtain tickets of admission from the President. 



IV. — EXHIBITORS. 



1. Competition is open to all, regardless of locality, unless otherwise specially pro- 

 vided. 



2. Exhibitors must be members of the Society. Those making their entries by 

 letter will remit the amount of the membership fee, with their entries, to the 

 Secretar}-. 



3. As the fair opens on Monday, officers of the Society will be in their respective 

 places at the fair grounds on Friday and Saturday of the week previous to the fair to 

 receive entries and arrange articles. To avoid hurry and confusion the entries should, 

 as far as possible, be made the week before the fair. 



4. All entries in Divisions A, B, C and D shall be made on or before Tuesday even- 

 ing of the week preceding the fair, and in Divisions E, F,G and Hon or before Thurs- 

 day evening of the week preceding the fair. Each exhibitor will be expected to have 

 each animal or article in its proper place on the grounds by the close of the first day 

 of the fair. This rule shall not be varied, except it is shown that an unavoidable 

 delay has been caused by accident or circumstances beyond control of the exhibitor, 

 in which case the President may wave this rule. 



5. Persons entering live stock must, at the time of entry, give a list of the stock, 

 stating the age and tlie breed of the animals, the breeder's name and re-idence, and 

 the particular class and division in which the animal is to be entered; and in case of 

 thoroughbred, full pedigrees, duly certified, must be filed at the same time. 



[Note.— An authenticated pedigree or statement of breeding slioiild contain an affidavit of the 

 breeder, stjiting the description of the animal, with the date of its birth, and the date of its sale, if 

 out of his hands, and the names or description of tlie sire and dam.] 



6. Copies of the premium list and blank forms for entries will be furnished on ap- 

 plication to the Secretary. Exhibitors should inake themselves acquainted with the 

 premium list and requirements, and be sure in what class and division their entries 

 properly belong, as it will be the duty of the judges to rule out any animal or article 

 not answering to the entry. No change or alteration is permitted after the books 

 are placed in the hands of the committees. Entries may be made for exhibition 

 without competion, and viewing committees in the scvei-al classes may notice such 

 as they shall deem worthy in their reports. But all entries must be made by mem- 

 bers of the Society. Except for the herd and sweepstakes premiums, no animal or 

 article can be entered in more than one class, or compete for more than one premium. 



7. The Society reserves the light to refuse any entries offered, particularly such as 

 require an unreasonable amount of room. All exhibitors must (except in the case of 



