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for all, for it took me two years to get into this Board, after I was 

 legally elected. This is my second term as a member from our 

 count}", and Brother Herr had charge of the Committee on Creden- 

 tials. It was two years before I had a legal standing in this Board, 

 and we could not find out when my term of office expired, and I 

 would like to have it settled finally who does elect the members of 

 this Board. 



The SECRETARY: In response to Mr. Hutchison's request, I will 

 read the section referred to. It reads as follows: - 



"Section 1. Be it enacted, etc.. That the Governor of the Common- 

 wealth, the Secretary of Internal Affairs, the Superintendent of 

 Public Instruction, the Auditor General, the President of the Penn- 

 sylvania State College, and one person appointed from or by each 

 agricultural society in the State, entitled under existing laws to re- 

 ceive an annual bounty from the county, and three other persons 

 appointed by the Governor, with the consent of the Senate, shall 

 constitute the State Board of Agriculture. 



"Section 2. One-third of the members appointed shall retire from 

 office on the fourth Wednesday in January in each year, according 

 to the several appointments. The vacancies thus occurring shall 

 be filled in the same manner as above provided, and the persons 

 thus appointed shall hold their office for three years from the ex- 

 piration of the former term. Other vacancies may be filled in the 

 same manner, for the remainder of the vacant term." 



MR. GLOVER: I have been a member of this Board for six years, 

 I believe. In that time I have been elected three times. I have re- 

 ceived no notice that my term has expired. I have been elected three 

 times in the last seven years, and find my term expires in 1907. 



The SECRETARY: Your first election doubtless was to fill a va- 

 cancy on the Board. 



MR. GLOVER: I was elected to fill a vacancy, but was not ad- 

 mitted. 



MR. HUTCHISON: I would like to have the Secretary's interpre- 

 tation in the matter. What is your interpretation? 



The SECRETARY: The Chairman really should rule on that point. 

 The law shows that the members are elected from the several county 

 societies as therein provided. The same authority, as I understand 

 it, has the right under the law, to fix the term for which they are 

 elected. 



MR. HERR: In the early days of the Board, as the Secretary 

 knows full well, that matter was decided just in that way. I came 

 here in connection with three others, two or three others, when I 

 was admitted to membership by the Board, and my term read three 

 years. I was given a two-year term, and another, one year, and 

 another, two years because it was divided by the Board itself. I 

 can't agree with the Secretary that the Board has not the power to 

 elect its members; I do not see any other way to correct these in- 

 equalities except by a vote of the Board. 



