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of the premiums awarded, and to whom and for what purpose, which 

 statement shall be previously prepared by the Executive Board, at its 

 annual meeting, and published by them in some newspaper of the coun- 

 ty, or of an adjoining county. 



Art. 9. These articles of association may be amended at the annual 

 meeting for the election of officers, by a majority of the stockholders 

 present at said meeting. 



State of Michigan, ) 

 County of Ottawa, ) 



Personally came before the undersigned, a Notary Public in and for 

 said county, this 20th day of February, A. D. 1856, Henry Pennoyer, 

 Simeon Hazleton, Timothy Eastman, George Luther, George Baxter, 

 Perley Lawton, Grosvenor Reed, George Parks, L. M. S. Smith, Alfred 

 B. Sumner, Charles Buck, and Allen Stoddard, and severally acknowl- 

 edged that they executed the foregoing articles of association, for the 

 purpose of perfecting the organization of the Ottawa County Agri- 

 cultural Society. 



HENRY PENNOYER, 

 SIMEON HAZLETON, 

 L. M. S. SMITH, 

 PERLEY LAWTON, 

 CHARLES BUCK, 

 GEORGE PARKS, 



TIMO. EASTMAN, 

 GROSVENOR REED, 

 GEO. LUTHER, 

 ALLEN STODDARD, 

 GEORGE BAXTER, 

 ALFRED B. SUMNER. 



WM. N. ANGEL, 



Notartj Public. 



