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 ANNUAL MEETING OF THE OFFICERS, JAN. 18, 1856. 



The following gentlemen met and ans-vered to their names, the 

 President, Hon. M. Shoemaker, being in the chair: S. 0. Knapp, Jack- 

 son; Henry Hard, Henrietta; A. H. DeLamater, Columbia; James 

 DePuy, Spring Arbor; 0. L. Cooper, Grass Lake; Silas Camp, Hen- 

 rietta; D. W.Taylor, Rives; Garrett Coolbaugh, Leoni; Henry Dan- 

 iels, Jackson; Norman Allen, Parma; Mark I. Ray, Concord; William 

 B. Thome, Hanover; Sidney Smith, Grass Lake; Aaron Reynolds, 

 Spring Arbor. 



It was Resolved, That the fourth annual fair be held on the grounds 

 of the Society, in the village of Jackson, on Wednesday, Thursday and 

 Friday, the 8lh, 9th and 10th days of October next. 



The following general rules, list of premiums, &c., for the year 1856, 

 were then adopted : 



GENERAL RULES. 



Any person may become a member of the Society, for one year, by 

 paying one dollar into the treasury. 



Exhibitors will be careful to have their animals and articles arranged 

 in their appropriate places, and in season ; otherwise they will be over- 

 looked by the viewing committees. 



All articles intended for exhibition must be entered at the business 

 office, at the entrance of the show ground, before entering the^ enclo- 

 sure. ^ 



Exhibitors of stock should be very careful to enter their animals in 

 their appropriate class; any grade animal entered as a full blood, will 

 be excluded from competition in the class to which it belongs. 



Horses will be entered under the head of stallions. Matched horses, 

 single horses, or breed mares and colts, under four years of anre, accord- 

 ing to the fact, a short pedigree in writing will be required. For fat 

 cattle, a short statement of the kind of food, manner and length of time 

 of feeding, (fee, will be required. 



Cards will be furnished with the number as entered at the office. 

 Exhibitors will be careful to place these cards upon or near the articles 

 or animals, so that the judges will have no diffituliy in finding them. 



No animals or articles entered for exhibition can be taken from the 



