484 STATE BOAKD OF AGRICULTUEE. 



8. It shall be the duty of each Superlntencleut in charge of a department at the 

 annual fair of this Society, to present to the Executive Committee at the Winter 

 Meeting succeeding each fair, a written report upon the exhibition in his department, 

 ■\vhich reports sliall form a portion of the proceeflings of the Society and be 

 jjublished therewith. 



9. The Executive Committee will be in session on the fair grounds at nine o'clock 

 A. M., each day, for the transaction of business. They may confirm the nominations 

 ■of all assistants made by the members of the Executive Board in charge, and give 

 general direction to the exhibition, and see that the published rules are executed. 



10. The annual election of othcers will take i^lace on Thursday of the week of the 

 Fair, and will be conducted as follows: 



ELECTION OF OFFICERS. 



Besolved, That in all future elections for officers of this Society, the elections shall 

 "be conducted in the following manner, viz.: 



The executive committee shall provide a proper ballot box to be kept at some 

 •convenient place on the fair grounds, and they shall appoint three proper persons, 

 who shall conduct the elections and receive the ballots of all members who are 

 entitled and shall ofier to vote, and said judges shall require each person oflering to 

 vote to present the proper certificate of membership, and shall keep a full register of the 

 names of all persons voting at such election. The polls of said election shall be open 

 at nine o'clock A. M., and be closed at five o'cleck P. M., on Thursday of the week of 

 the annual fair. In case of a tie vote the judges shall decide the matter in the man- 

 ner provided by law for deciding the tie votes at township elections. The judges of 

 the election, together with the President of the Society, shall duly canvass the votes 

 so cast and shall publicly announce the result from the grand stand on the fair ground 

 .at 10 o'clock A. JVI. of the next succeeding day. 



liesolved. That due notice of such election shall annually be given by the Secretary 

 in the posters and regular advertisements of the fair, and conspicuous notices of the 

 jplace where such polls shall be held shall also be posted on the grounds. 



In accordance vrlth. the above resolutions of the Society, adopted at the annual 



meeting at East Saginaw, 1875, the Executive Committee have adoj^ted the 



following rules to govern elections : 



1. The Executive Committee shall, on the first day of the fair, appoint three per- 

 sons who shall be members of the Society, to act as judges of the election, and shall at 

 the same time fix the place on the fair grounds where the election shall be held. 

 . 2. Xotice of the names of the judges and the place where the polls will be held shall 

 "be given on the second day of the fair, by publication and posting of notices in at least 

 twenty prominent places on the fair grounds. 



3. All the names to be voted for of the officers to be elected shall be on one ticket. 



4. Each member desiring to vote shall present a membership ticket, Avhich ticket 

 the judges of election shall stamp, to show that the same has been voted upon, and 

 the judges shall also take the name of the voter and register the same in a poll list, 

 .and shall then deposit his ballot in the box provided for that purpose. 



5. The polls shall be opened promptly at nine o'clock on the morning of Thursday, 

 •of the fair week. If at that time any of the judges appointed shall not be present, 



the President shall immediately appoint from the members of the Society to fill the 

 vacancy or vacancies. 



6. Each of the judges shall, before entering upon the performance of his duties, sub- 

 ■sci'ibe a declaration that he will faithfully and impartially act as a judge of such elec- 

 tion, and such declaration shall be filed with the Secretary. 



7. Xo qualification shall be required to entitle any one to vote, other than the pre- 

 sentation of a certificate showing membership in this Society. 



8. At 5 o'clock P. M. of the day of election the polls shall be closed, and the judges 

 and Presitlent .shall then and there at once proceed publicly to canvass the votes, and 

 shall there, before adjournment, decide who are elected to the several offices. 



9. The person having the highest number of votes for the office of President shall 

 be declared elected, and a like rule shall be observed for the offices of Secretary and 

 Treasurer. The persons voted for as Executive Committee, to the number to be 

 elected, having the highest number of votes, shall be declared elected, i. e., if there be 

 ten members of the Executive Committee to be elected, the ten persons having the 

 highest vote respectively .shall be the ones elected. 



10. The vote as declared by the President and judges of election shall be announced 

 the next day as required by "the by-laws. 



