300 STATE BOARD OF AGKICULTUKE. 



5. Ilorsos or other stock occupying stalls or pens must be entered on the books of 

 the Scorrtary for ?xliil)it ion, and if not siiown in competition whon called for by the 

 awarding; coniinittee, will he char^^ed one dollar per day for tiie time the stall or pen 

 is occupied. 



Vk Grooms must be neatly and cleanly dressed whon they lead out their stock for 

 exhibition. 



7. No persons other than the jndijos will be permitted to go into the rings where 

 the stock is exhibited, except the oilicers of tiie Society or the Marshals, except upon 

 the invitation of the Superintendent in charge. 



v.— AAVARUIXG OU VIEWING COMMITTEES. 



The Superintendent shall appoint the Viewing Committees to act in the several 

 departments under their charge. 



1. The Awarding Committees are requested to report, as soon as they arrive upon 

 the grounds, to the Superintendent of the division in which they are to serve, who 

 will record their presence and inform them wlien their committee will be called 

 upon to act. 



2. On entering upon their duties, Awarding Committees will receive their badges, 

 •committee books, and instructions relative to their work, from the Superintendent 

 iu charge, to whom they will apply in all cases of doubt or ditficulty. 



3. Superintendents in charge will appoint the time for each Committee to act: 

 they will till all vacancies in committees, and when the reports are finished they will 

 be returned to the Superintendent. 



4. Each Superintendent in cliarge will see that the committee upon each class in 

 his department report fully upon each article or animal in each class. 



5. Committees will examine the premium list with care; they will in no case 

 award a premium where tliere is no merit, though there be no competition, and in 



-cases of j)artial merit, a second or third premium may be awarded, tiiough no first 

 or second premium be given. No discretionary premiums shall be recommended 

 by Yiewing (Jommittees, except it be for articles or animals not enumerated. 



6. Awarding Committees will be particuliir to have the number of awards, etc., 

 •entered in tiieir books correctly, and when they have made their report they shall 



sign the same, and hand it to the Superintendent in charge as soon as possible. 

 The Superintendent will examine the same, and when satisfied as to its correctness 

 will deliver it to the Secretajy, who shall report to the Executive Committee during 

 the week of the Fair. 



'7. Awarding Committees are especially requested to do impartial justice both to 

 •exhibitors and to the Society. 



8. No person or persons will be allowed to interfere with Awarding Committees 

 (.in discharge of their duties. 



9. Awarding Committees on cattle and horses will please have the prize ribbon 

 tied upon the animals before sending them from the rings. 



10. No person shall act as Superintendent of any department in which he is an 

 exhibitor, nor shall any exhibitor act as a member of any Viewing Committee in 

 -any class in which he is a competitor. 



VI.— PREMIUMS. 



1. The award of premiums will be designated as follows; First premium, by a 

 bUie ribbon or card; the second premium by a red ribbon or card; thirds by a white 

 ribbon or card; and fourth by a yellow ribbon or card. 



2. The Society reserves the right to withhold tire premiums in every case in which 

 it shall appear to the Executive Committee that the regulations have not been 

 complied with, or that fraud or deception has been practiced or attempted. 



3. Premiums are payable in casli. The medals and diplomas will be delivered by 

 the Secretary as soon as possible after the Fair. Premiums will be paid by the 

 Treasurer upon presentation of premium check drawn by the Secretary and counter- 

 signed by the President. 



VII.— BOOTHS AND SHOWS. 



When booths or grounds are lea.sed, no admission tickets for lessees or assistants 

 shall be given, nor shall any teams or employes with supplies be admitted between 

 8 A. M. and G P. M., during the Fair, without regular admission tickets. 



Vm. — RILLS AND CLAIMS. 



Persons having claims against the Society must present them to the Business 



