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thereof, and running east parallel to the south line of said section 2,680.25 

 feet; thence south parallel to the west line of said section 1,320 feet to 

 the south line of said section; thence east with said south line to the cen- 

 ter of Fall Creek; thence northwestwardly with the center of Pall Creek 

 to the west line of the Peru Railroad right-of-way, now called the Lake 

 Erie & Western Railroad; thence northwardly with the west line of said 

 right-of-way to the north line of the south half of said section 18; thence 

 west with the north line of the south half of said section to the northwest 

 corner of the southwest fractional quarter of said section; thence south 

 with said west line of said section 80 rods, more or less, to the place of 

 beginning, except a strip forty feet wide on the west side of said section 

 heretofore sold to the Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railway Com- 

 pany, containing clear of said railroad strip 134 acres, more or less, situate 

 in Marion County in the State of Indiana. 



Resolved, further. That the ETxecutive Committee of this Board, be and 

 it is hereby instructed, authorized and empowered to effect the purchase 

 of said real estate for the price and on the terms mentioned in said con- 

 tract or option, and to take a deed therefor in the name of the Indiana 

 State Board of Agriculture, and to execute contracts, notes, mortgages 

 and all other papers necessary to carry into full force and effect the pur- 

 poses and intent of these resolutions. And said committee is expressly 

 authorized to borrow money to pay for said real estate, and to execute 

 notes for the same and to execute a mortgage on all the real estate owned 

 by said Board, including the real estate purchased by these resolutions, 

 in the event it may become necessary to do so, in order to secure the 

 payment of the money borrowed for the purpose of purchasing said real 

 estate. MASON J. NIBLACK. 



On motion, the Board adjourned. 



* JAMES E. McDonald, 



President. 

 CHARLES DOWNING, 



Secretary. 



EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING, OCTOBER 2, 1901. 



The Executive Committee of the Indiana State Board of Agri- 

 culture met pursuant to the call of the President, at the office of 

 the Secretary of the Board. 



All members of the committee were present except Mr. Jones. 



