492 STATE BOARD OF AGKICULTURE. 



Mr. Chilcls made the following report on Treasurer's bond, which, o-n motion, 

 was adopted : 



Mr. President, — The committee on Finance, to whom was referred the bond of the 

 Treasurer, would respectfully report that they have examined the said bond and find 

 it properly drawn, and in the penal sum of $30,000, and with securities which j'our 

 committee consider amply sufficient. 



J. WEBSTER CHILDS, 

 E. W. RISING, 

 E. VAN VALKEXBURG. 

 Detroit, Dec. 23, ISJo. Committee on Finance. 



Whereupon the committee adjourned for one hour. 



The Secretary laid before the committee a letter from ex-President Wells, 

 making a request on behalf Mr. Watts' Committee of Agriculture for a brief 

 historical sketch of this societ}^, and suggested Mr. Holmes, the first Secretary 

 of this Society, as the proper person to prepare the same. Mr. Holmes was so 

 appointed. 



Mr. Sterling moved tliat the next State Fair be held during the third week 

 in September, continuing five days. Adopted. 



Mr. Webber, from the committee on pomological appropriation, reported as 

 follows, which report, on motion, was received and adopted by a vote of 21 

 yeas and 2 nays : 



The committee on appropriation for the Pomological Society, in view of a Union 

 Fair for 187G, report the following as a substitute for the resolution referred to them, 

 and recommend its adoption: 



Besolved, That incase the Pomological Society of Michigan unite with this Soci- 

 ety in a Union Fair for 187G, as was done in 1875, there shall be paid from the fimds 

 of this Society the sum of $1,000.00 for premiums in the Pomological Department, or 

 so much thereof as shall be awarded, and the further sum of $1,500.00 for the general 

 expenses of the Pomological Society for 1S7G, subject to the following provisions: 



1. The cash premiums oflered by the Pomological Society shall not exceed the given 

 sum of $1,000. 



2. Of the sum for general expenses, at least $500 shall be paid in preparing for, and 

 actual expenses of said Pomological Society during the week of the Union Fair. 



3. All the receipts of such Union Fair shall be paid into the treasury of this Society. 



4. All sums drawn under this resolutioii shall be only on vouchers approved and 

 endorsed by the Finance Committee of the Pomological Society, and shall not be 

 drawn until needed for actual disbursement. 



5. The officers, members, and committee of the Pomological Society shall have the 

 same rights and courtesies extended to them for the fair of 187G as was extended for 

 thefair of 1875. 



G. The manner of drawing the money for cash premiums under this resolution shall 

 be the same as in 1875, and all orders for other moneys shall pass through the hands 

 and be approved by the Business Committee of this Society. 



7. The premium list of said Pomological Department shall be printed with, and as 

 a part of, the premium list of this Society. 



8. The proper committee of the Pomological Society shall signify in writing their 

 acceptance or rejection of this resolution within ten days from this date. 



9. Members of this Society shall have a right to exhibit and compete for premiums 

 in the Pomological Department without payment of any fee for membership in the 

 Pomological Department. 



Respectfully submitted. 



W. L. WEBBER, 

 W. J. BAXTER. 

 A. J. DEAN, 



Committee. 

 Adopted. 

 Mr. Childs presented the following resolution, and its adoption moved : 



Besolved, That in connection with the next annual fair of this Society arrangements^ 

 be made for a Historical and Centennial Department. 



