270 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



The Secretary shall keep the records of the transactions of 

 the Board, and perform the other duties prescribed by the act 

 establishing^ the Board of Ay-riculture. 



DUTIES, RIGHTS AND DECORUM OF MEMBERS. 



1. When a member speaks, he shall rise and address the 

 President. 



2. No member shall interrupt another while speaking, ex- 

 cept to call to order, or to correct a mistake. 



3. When a member makes a motion, he shall put the same 

 in writing, if requested by the President. 



4. When a motion is made and seconded, it shall be received 

 and considered by the Board, but not otherwise. 



5. When a motion has been made and carried in the affirm- 

 ative, or negative, it shall not be in order for any member to 

 move a reconsideration, who voted in the minority; but any 

 member, who voted in the majority, may move a reconsidera- 

 tion, provided he do it on the same day; but a motion to recon- 

 sider shall be in order only once, on the same question. 



A communication from Monsieur Yattamere was submitted 

 to tlie Board, relating to the appointment of a commissioner to 

 represent the State at the Exposition of Agriculture, at Paris, 

 the present year. It was referred to a committee, consisting 

 of Messrs. Oilman, Forbes, and Parlin, who subsequently re- 

 ported, recommending to the Legislature the appointment of 

 one or more commissioners for said purpose. (This recom- 

 mendation was favorably entertained by the Legislature.) 



A discussion having arisen regarding the expediency of con- 

 tinuing the use of such blanks, to be filled by competitors for 

 premiums, as were adopted awd distributed last year; the 

 whole subject was finally referred to the decision of the Sec- 

 retary. 



An official communication from the Legislature was received, 

 granting the use of the State Library to members of the Board, 

 on the same conditions as to members of the Legislature. 



Voted, To distribute, at this time, twenty-live copies of the 

 Secretary's Report to each member of the Board — and the dis> 

 tributiou was accordinglv made. 



