ANNUAL, MEETING. 59 



January 8, 1902. 



The Delegate Board met pursuant to adjournment on January 8, 

 1902, with the same officers and members present. 



President McJ)onakl announced that the meeting wouki receive 

 and hear the reports of the connnittees on President's Address, 

 Credentials and Auditing. 



The Connnittee on President's Address submitted its report, 

 which was adopted. Said report reads as follows: 



To the President ami Members of the Imliana State Board of Agriculture: 

 Gentlemen— Your committee appointed to pass upon the President's 

 address would report as follows: 



We have carefully examined the address of President McDonald in 

 detail. 



We heartily commend the address as a whole, and especially the kind 

 words relative to our Agricultural College at Lafayette, and tlie manage- 

 ment of the Farmers' Institute. 



AVe would also commend the action of the President and State Board 

 in their successful negotiations for the recent purchase of 134 acres of 

 Fair Ground property. 



We wish to accord the highest praise to the State Board in its conduct 

 of the most successful fair in the liistory of the State, as shown by tlie 

 President's address. 



Respectfully submitted, 



W. M. BLACKSTOCK, 

 H. F. McMAHAN, 

 F. L. WHEELER, 



Committee. 



The Auditing Committee submitted its report, which was con- 

 curred in on motion of Mr. Haines. Said report read as follows: 



REPORT OF AUDITING COMMITTEE. 



To the President and Delegates State Board of Agriculture: 



Gentlemen— Your committee appointed to audit the receipts and ex- 

 penditures of the State Board of Agriculture of Indiana beg leave to report 

 that we have carefully and thoroughly gone through the boolis of the Sec- 

 retary and Treasurer, and looked up all the receipts and each item of 



