6* BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



bonds for the purposes mentioned in and under the authority given the 

 Board by the act of the Legislature, approved February 17, 1905, as well 

 as any other business which may come before the Board. 



Please arrange to attend the meeting promptly at the time and place 

 mentioned. 



The President, Hon. Mason J. Niblack, being present, called the 

 meeting to order and upon roll call the following members re- 

 sponded to their names, viz. : Mason J. ISTiblack, John L. Thomp- 

 son, Oscar Hadlej, David Wallace, Joseph Cunningham, Sid Con- 

 ger, H. L. ISTowlin, Knode Porter, John Tilson, C. B. Benjamin, 

 Chas. W, Travis, M. S. Claypool, E. S. Tuell and John C. Haines. 



The followinc: named members were absent: Chas. R. Duffin 

 and Jas. E. McDonald. 



The Secretary, Charles Downing, was also present. 



There being more than a quorum of the members present, the 

 President declared the meeting open for the transaction of busi- 

 ness. 



On motion of Mr. Travis, seconded by Mr. Thompson, it was 

 ordered by the Board that the actual expenses of the members in 

 attendance on this meeting be paid by the Board, and the Secre- 

 tary was directed to draw warrants in favor of the members for 

 same. 



Mr. H. L. ISTowlin introduced and moved the adoption of the 

 following resolution, which was seconded by Mr. Hadley, to wit: 



Be it resolved. By the Indiana State Board of Agi-iculture. that for 

 the i)urpose of paying off existing indebtedness now outstanding for a 

 part of the real property of the Board, known as the State Fair Grounds, 

 near Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, and for the purpose of erect- 

 ing and maintaining pi'oper and necessary buildings and improvements 

 to enajl)le the said Boai'd at all times to carry out. perform and discharge 

 its duties in giving State Fairs, and other purposes, and pursuant to an 

 act entitled, "An act for the relief of the Indiana State Board of Agri- 

 culture, authorizing it to borrow money to pay off its existing indebted- 

 ness and for other purposes, and to repeal so much of an act concerning 

 the State Board of Agriculture, approved April 14th, 18S1, as is now in 

 force, being sections 279G, 2797 and 2798 in Burns' Annotiited Indiana 



