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Sec. 19. The reports made by the Secretary and Treasurer shall be published within 

 thirty days after the same are made, in such newspaper or newspapers as the Execu- 

 tive Committee may order. 



Sec. 20. Any person may become a member of the Michigan State Agricultural So- 

 ciety for one year, by paying into the Treasury the sum of one dollar, and any person 

 may become a life member by paying to the Treasurer the sum of ten dollars. 



Sec. 21. It shall be the duty of the Secretary to prepare and keep an alphabetical 

 record of the names of all the members of the Society, whether life or annual, and the 

 annual report of the Society shall state the number of members at the date of each 

 report, and such record shall be subject to the inspection of any member of the Exec- 

 utive Committee. 



Sec. 22. It shall be the duty of the several officers and committees of the Society to 

 deliver to their successors in office at the end of their term, on demand, all books, 

 property, money, papers, and other things belonging to the Society. In case any one 

 should neglect or refuse so to do, the duty imposed by this section may be enforced in 

 the same manner as is or may be provided by law to enforce a like duty as to county 

 officers. 



Sec. 23. All laws contravening the provisions of this act are hereby repealed, and 

 the constitution under which said Society has heretofore been acting is also repealed. 



Judge Eamsdell moved that the report be adopted. After remarks from 

 Messrs. Eamsdell, Baxter, and Webber, Mr. Sterling moved that section six of 

 the report be amended by making the President, Secretary, and Treasurer elec- 

 tive bv the members of the Society and not from the list composing and by the 

 Executive Committee, which motion being seconded, Messrs. Webber, Baxter, 

 Ferj-y, Eamsdell, and Childs ably discussed the subject, opposing the amend- 

 ment. Mr. Baxter moved as a substitute for Mr. Sterling's motion that section 

 six be so amended as to authorize the Executive Committee to employ a secre- 

 tary, which was adopted, and the report was adopted. 



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



Besolved, That the Secretary be jiuthorized to prepare tickets submitting to the 

 Society the action of the Executive Committee in regard to " a revised act of incor- 

 poration of the Michigan State Agricultural Society," and the question shall be 

 submitted to the Society in the following manner: "To memorialize the State 

 Legislature for the revised act of incorporation in accordance with form adopted for 

 the Executive Committee — Yes, or No." 



Moved and adopted that the Secretary cause to be printed the regular tickets, 

 and the opposition tickets should one be proposed. 



On motion, the vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr. French was filled 

 by the appointment of Col. Grover S. Wormer, of Detroit. 



On motion, the vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr. Van Valkenburgh 

 was filled by the appointment of Cyrus G. Luce, of Branch. 



Adjournment. 



Jackson, September 20, 1876. 



Executive Committee met at the President's office. 



Eoll called : Quorum present. 



Mr. Eamsdell tendered his resignation as a member of the Executive 

 Committee. 



On motion of Mr. Baxter, Mr. Eamsdell was requested to withdraw his 

 resignation. In accordance therewith, the resignation was withdrawn. 



Adjournment. 



