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was made to the Constitution, viz: "The Executive Committee at their 

 next annual meeting shall proceed to elect one-half of their members by 

 ballot, to hold for two years, and the other six shall serve only for one 

 year, and at the next annual meeting of the Society, and annually 

 thereafter, six members of the Executive Committee shall be elected to 

 hold for two years." 



In accordance with this amendment, you will elect six of your num- 

 ber to hold for two years. 



You will want to decide upon the time and place for holding the 8th 

 Annual Fair; also the amount you will appropriate for the payment of 

 premiums. In order to facilitate business, it is the custom of the com- 

 mittee to appoint sub-committees as follows: 



Committee on Finance; 



Committee on Rules and Regulations; 



Committee on Premium List; 



Committee on Field Crops; 



Committee on Farms; 



Committee on Awards to County Societies; 



Committee on Essays. 



Also, a Business Committee to serve for the year. 



Perhaps in addition to the above, it would be well for the Commit- 

 tee to give some general, if not precise, directions relative to fitting up 

 the Fair Grounds, the payment of premiums, &c. 



All of which is respectfully submitted. 



J. C. HOLMES, 



Secretary. 



On motion, the report of the Secretary was accepted and adopted. 



The President made the following appointments of Committees: 



Premium List — Messrs. Morton, Welch, Crippen. 



Rules and Regulations — Messrs. Moore, Hart, Welton. 



On Finance — Messrs. Backu?, Hart, Miller. 



Field Crops — Messrs. Green, Moore, Kinman. 



On Farms — Messrs. Welch, Green, Moore. 



Awards to Counties — Messrs. Welton, Crippen, Morion. 



Essays — Messrs. Moore, Gage, Holmes. 



On motion of Mr. Crippen, 



Resolved, That Doct. H. Goadby be requested to give a lecture be- 



