472 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Aprioultiual Society in tlic purchase and improrcment of grounrls in Iho county of Kalamazoo for 

 &griciiUiiral fair inirposes. 



Skc. \!. Ii shall he ilic iluty of the several township clerics of the conntyof Kalamazoo, at the 

 writien re(|iie.st of the Presii'icnt, Secretary, anfj Treasurer of the Kalamazoo Couiily AKricultural 

 Society, to j^ive notice by ii written or posted notice liy postiii;; the siiue in live imhlic, places in 

 cacli of the several lownshijisof tlie connly of Kalamazoo, at least live 'lays hel'orc the annual 

 township nieetiiifr, of the intention to vole l/y ballot on the f|nestion of raising by lax the sum of 

 twelve thousand ilollars for the purpose nanied in the lirst section of this act. 



5KC. 3. At any annual township meeting after the passage of this act, the qualified voters who 

 are tax-payers in the county of Kalamazoo, may vote by ballot on the f|iiesiion hereinbefore 

 nanieil, tlio'se voting in favor of raising by tax the sum aforesaiil, having on their ballots the words, 

 "Kor purchasing con my fair grounds— Yes, "and those voting against raising such lax, having on their 

 ballots the worils, "For purchasing county fair grounds — No," ami the ballots so cast shall be can- 

 vassed by ihe ))roper canvasr^ing ollicers of the several townships, and returns rna< I e to the oflice of 

 the county clerk of the county of Kalamazoo, as returns are reiiuired to be maile of township 

 ofllcers cicclcil at the annual townshi)) meetings in the State of Michii,'an: Provided, That no per- 

 son shall be allowed to vote upon such proposiiion unless his name appears on the asse^isment roll 

 of the township or ward in which he offers to vote, for the current year, or unless he (lies with the 

 inspectors of election an allidavit that he is then the owner of real estate in such township or ward 

 liable to be taxed, and that such real estate was purchased by him bona fide and not for the pur- 

 .pose of voting at such election. 



Skc. 4. At an election held as prescribed in the foregoing sections of this act, if a majority of the 



■ qualilied voters who arc taxjiayers in the county of Kalamazoo, voting on said proposition to raise 

 by tax the sum of twelve thousand dollars, shall vote "Yes," then said sum shall be spread upon 

 Wie rolls, in the several townships of the conntyof Kalamazoo, in proper proportions as other 



' county taxes are assessed. 



Sec' 5. Said sum of twelve thousand dollars shall be paid when collected into the hands of the 



■ county treasurer, and by him paid to the treasurer of the Kalamazoo County Agricultural Society, 

 upon the order of the president and secretary of said society, they certifying in .said order that 



said sum is required for the purchase of groumls as provided for in this act, on a contract then made 



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■Grave doubts have been entertained by the friend.s of tlie society as to whether a 

 niajority of the citizen tax-payers in the respective towns of the cotinly would sup- 

 port the Miea-ure and vote the tax. As an earnest of the sino^lo and candid wish on 

 the part of the present board of officers to divest the question of all possible personal 

 <;onsiderations that the people of the county shonld have an unquestioned guarantee 

 •of safety in the investment and that the result of tlie ballot shall be a clear. iniallo3-ed 

 ■cxi)iession of the sentiment of the people as to whether they desire the maintenance 

 of the society or not, the following commnnicatioii was placed before the board of 

 supervisors of the countj- at the meeting of that body in October last, which was by 

 them referred to a special committee consisting of Messrs. Iloyt, of Kalamazoo, 

 cliairman, and Lovell, of Climax, and Douglass, of Scljoolcraft, associates on the com- 

 mittee. 



To the Honorable, the Hoard of .Supervisors of Kalamazoo county 



pOrbii^ii yj L Lii^; ^tjdi. X t lo Liitj i^iiicdc WISH UL iiiic a^i 11^ II 1 1 it I til c: 



and to remove all objections to the proposeii tax so far as may be 



solely the pviblic interests and an economical administration of iniblic aftairs, would respectfully 

 request your honorable body to take iin<ler careful ' " "' '" ' ' ' ' " 



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consideration the subject of purchasing 



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(^.ections to be held in this coiiutv. " Ver\- respectfully submitted, 



iKANK LITTLE, Sec'y Kal. Ag'l Soc. 

 Kalamazoo, Mien., Oct. 17, 1879. 



The proportion each woidd pay of the sum of §12,000, would be &Q% cents on $1,000 

 valuation. 



It is tlie present purpose to submit the question to the people at the coining spring 

 election. 



The State association of agricultural societies of ^lichiiran will hold its seventh 

 annual convention at Ann Arbor, commencing Tuesday evening, Jan. 20. This is an 



