AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 295 



On motion of Mr. Arnold, the reports were received and placed 

 on file. 



ELECTION OP PRESIDENT. 



The next business in order was the election of a President to serve 

 during the ensuing year. A. Wolf and J. B. Douglass were appointed 

 tellers, and J. A. Louttit, tall}^ clerk, to assist the Secretary. 



Mr. Shippee was the only person placed in nomination, and a 

 motion that the Secretary cast the ballot was carried unanimously. 

 The ballot was cast, and L. U. Shippee was declared duly elected 

 President of the Society for the term of one j-ear. 



Mr. Shippee said he was a man of but few words. He had done 

 the best he could for the interests of the Society in the past, and 

 would use his best efforts to make it a success in the future. He 

 thanked the members earnestly for the honor they had conferred 

 upon him by placing the trusts he had heretofore held again in his 

 hands. He was grateful for the mark of confidence shown in his 

 reelection. 



ELECTION OP DIRECTORS. 



John Moore, Fred. Arnold, and W. L. Overhiser, were placed in 

 nomination. On motion, nominations were declared closed. It was 

 agreed that members vote for two at a time, and that the two nom- 

 inees receiving the highest number of votes be declared elected. The 

 ballot resulted as follows: Arnold received 32 votes, Moore 33, and 

 Overhiser 8. John Moore and Fred. Arnold were declared reelected 

 Directors for the term of three years. 



REPRESENTATIVES TO THE STATE BOARD. 



The next business in order was the election of four persons to rep- 

 resent San Joaquin Valley District Society at the State Agricultural 

 Society's Annual Meeting. General George S. Evans, James Cole, J. 

 A. Louttit, L. M. Morse, and G. W. Trahern were placed in nomina- 

 tion. Mr. Louttit declined. On motion, the Secretary cast the ballot, 

 and Evans, Cole, Morse, and Trahern, were declared elected. 



THE QUARTER-STRETCH AND THE GRAND STAND. 



Mr. Cole wished to draw the attention of the Society to the fact that 

 considerable complaint had been made about the purchase of quarter- 

 stretch tickets being made compulsory. The President explained that 

 no persons having horses on the track were refused admission to the 

 quarter-stretch except when the horses were running. 



Dr. Grattan stated that holders of life membership and season 

 tickets were, in his opinion, entitled to all privileges on the fair 

 grounds without extra charge. He had heard complaints from per- 

 sons who had been required to pay four bits each in order to obtain 

 seats on the grand stand. 



Mr. Cole remarked that he believed the rule of the State Society 

 was to pay at every door. Members of the Society, he thought, 

 should be exempt, but that outsiders should be required to pay for 

 such special privileges. 



President Shippee said it was customary everywhere to charge a fee 

 for admission to the grand stand. They do it in Oakland, and the 



