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•cultural and liorticultui'al societies and of such statistics as lie may be 

 able to collect-, with such recommendations and suggestions as the in- 

 terest of agriculture may be deemed to require, and cause to be printed 

 under his direction and control not more than ten thousand copies of 

 the same, one thousand copies thereof being for the use of the legisla- 

 ture, and the remainder for distribution under the direction of the 

 board among the people of the state. 



Sect. G. The governor shall, from time to time, draw his VN-arrant 

 on the treasurer for such sums of money as may be necessary to de- 

 fray the salaries and expenses provided for by this act, an account 

 thereof having been first rendered by the secretary of the board, and 

 audited by the executive council ; and a sum not exceeding one thou- 

 sand seven hundred dollars annuallj^ is hereby appropriated to meet 

 such expenses. » 



Sect. 7. All acts and parts of acts inconsistant Avith this act, are 

 hereby repealed. 



Sect. 8. This act shall take effect from and after its approval by 

 the governor. 



[Approved April 6, 1857.] 



The reports on Topics No. 2 and 3 first made, were, togctTrer 

 "vvith that on Topic No. 11, referred to a new committee whose 

 report is as follows : 



The committee to whom was referred the reports of formei- com- 

 mittees tn topics No. 2 and 3, and No. 11, in conference, with that 

 deliberation they have been able to bestow on the subjects, agree in 

 the following expression of their opinion. The topics are embraced 

 in these words : 



" 2d. To inquire what tlie Board ought to recommend in relation to 

 the trial of the speed of horses at our Agricultural Shows. 



3d. To inquire whether the Board ought to take ar.y action relative 

 to the exhibition of female equestrian skill, at our Agricultural Shows. 



11th. To inquire what the Board ought to recommend in relation 

 to the trial of oxen at our Agricultural Fhows."' 



The subject of "horse-racing," or "horse-trotting," under the pat- 

 ronage of Agricultural Societies, has engrossed a considerable share of 

 public* attention for some months past. Agricultural papers, particu- 

 larly, h^ive been a medium through which the masses have been 

 reached by those who assume to guide, direct, or manufacture public 

 opinion. These missives sown broadcast over the land, are nearly all 

 on tlie side condemnatory of this new feature of our shows. Assume, 

 if you please, that a park and course, as used, is justly vievved with. 



