ANNUAL MEETING. 



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Report accepted. 



Voted, That the secretary be ordered to petition the 

 Legislature for a revision of Sect. 1, Chap. 66, of the 

 General Statutes, so that the the Board of Agriculture may 

 have power to withhold the bounty of the Commonwealth 

 from agricultural societies at its discretion. 



The Board then adjurned to ten o'clock ou Wednesday. 



SECOND DAY. 



The Board met at ten o'clock A.M., Mr. Gkinnell in the 

 chair. 



Present : Messrs. Anderson, Baker, Bird, Bowditeh, Goess- 

 mann, Gleason, Gaylord, Goodrich, Had wen, Hersey, Herrick, 

 Lane, Lynde, Mayhew, Moore, Nichols, Pierson, Sessions, 

 Slade, Smith, Taft, Varnum, Wakefield, Ware, Wheeler, and 

 WUder. 



The Committee on Credentials of newly elected Members 

 submitted the following 



respectfully report that 



REPORT. 



The Committee on Credentials 

 they find the following duly elected 



James S. Grinnell . 



Bexjamix p. Ware (Marblehead) 



S. B. Bird (Framingham) 



O. B. Hadwex (Worcester) 



E. C. Farnsworth (Templeton) 



George Jewktt (Fitchburg) . 



E. H. GooDKicii, Jun. (Hinsdale) 



Arthur A. Smith (Coleraiue) 



Avery P. Slade (Somerset) . 



John TvAXE (East Bridgewater) 



Messrs. Perkins, Slade, and Taft were appointed a com- 

 mittee upon the assignment of delegates to the meetings of 

 the societies. 



Messrs. Grinnell, Nichols, and Moore were appointed a 

 committee to report a list of subjects for investigation, and 

 to assign committees upon them. 



