416 STATE BOAKD OF AGEICULTUKE. 



of the expiration of liis term of office, provided that tliis amendment sliall only 

 affect those Presidents hereafter to be elected. Eejected. 



The report was adoj)ted, and the Constitution ordered to be printed in the 

 premium list for 1875, and submitted to the next annual meeting of the society.* 



The Finance Committee, to -whom was referred the bill of John P. Allison, 

 reported favorably, and on motion the bill was ordered paid, amounting to 

 8100. 



On motion, the vote by which an allowance of 1150 was made Wm. Smith, of 

 Detroit, was reconsidered, and after discussion the original motion was adopt- 

 ed by IG ayes to 2 nays. 



Moved by Mr. Greene that Mr. Sprague, also an exhibitor of fat cattle, be 

 allowed 1100 as a drawback ; which motion, after discussion, was withdrawn. 



Moved by Mr. Allison to pay the East Saginaw Driving Park Association one 

 hundred dollars, in full of all demands of said Association, for booth rents col- 

 lected or uncollected. Lost. 



Mr. Sterling offered the following resolution, which on motion was adopted : 



Besolved, That the Secretary be and is hereby allowed fifty (50) dollars per year 

 for office rent, for the years 1873, 1874, and 1875, to reimburse him for fuel and lights 

 for the Secretary's office. 



Moved by Mr. Greene that the vote upon the resolution offered by Mr. Bax- 

 ter in regard to committeemen in Divisions A, B, C, and D, be reconsidered. 

 Lost. 



Moved by Mr. Baxter that Divisions E and F be referred to the superintend- 

 ents in charge to act as a committee, who shall appoint viewing committees 

 under same regulations as in Divisions A, B, C, and D. 



Divisions G, H, and I, to superintendents to appoint in same manner. 



Divisions I, J, and K, to superintendents in charge in same manner. 



Adoj^ted. 



Mr. Allison offered the following resolution, which was adopted : 



JResoIved, That President E. O. Humphrey and A. J. Dean constitute the committee 

 in charge of jH-intiug and advertising for the current year. 



It was moved and adopted that the next fair of the Society commence on 

 Monday, the 13th day of Sej)tember, and close on Friday, the 17th. 

 The following resolution was offered by Mr. Sterling, and adopted : 



Hesolved, That the Secretary advise Henry Fralick and others of the amount due 

 the Michigan State Agricultural Society on bond of indemnity given us at Eaton 

 Eapids, and that they be requested to i:»ay the same to A. J. Dean, Treasurer. 



Moved and adopted that the thanks of the Executive Committee be and are 

 hereby tendered to Mrs. Hodges, and Mr. Forsyth, of the Hodges House, for 

 the entertainment of tlie Committee, and to the citizens of Pontiac for their 

 courtesies to them. 



The following resolution, offered by Mr. Baxter, was adopted : 



Besolved, That the thanks of this Committee he especially tendered to the able and 

 efficient Secretary of this Society, C. F. Kimball, for his valuable services in advanc- 

 ing the interests of the Michigan State Agricultural Society. 



The President appointed the following standing committees : 



Business Committee— J. M. Sterling, Monroe; X. L. Avery, Grand Rapids; A. O. 

 Hyde, Marshall, 



* The printing of the foregoing report in premium list 1875, in accordance ■with this order, was dis- 

 pensed with by order of the Business and Printing Committee.— Secketaby. 



