526 STATE BOAKD OF AGRICULTUEE. 



ANNUAL ELECTION OF OFFICERS. 



We, the undersigned, having been duly appointed by the Executive Committee of 

 the Michigan State Agricultural Society, Judges of the Election for Officers of said 

 Society, to be held Thursday, September 21, 1876, at the speaker's stand on the fair 

 ground in Jackson, do hereby certify that we will faithfully and impartially act as 

 said judges of such election in accordance with the rules and regulations heretofore 

 adopted by said Society. M. DOKRII.L, 



rSigned.') THOMAS F. MOOEE. 



E. K. PARK. 



Adolph Wheeler, Clerk. 



We hereby certify that in accordance with the foregoing appointment, we have 

 performed all the duties pertaining to the Judges of Election for officers of the 

 Michigan State Agricultural Society, and report the result as follows: 



The ballots cast were : 



For President, 540, of which E, O. Humphrey had 526 



Wm. M. Ferry 14 



540 



For Secretary— J. P. Thompson - 525 



A.M. Tinker - 14 



539 



For Treasurer — A. J. Dean 540 



540 



For Executive Committeemen for two years — 



G. S. Wormer 539 elected 



S.G.Ives 48 



J.F.Drew 51 



Preston Mitchell 48 



Orrin Snow 48 



Wm. M. Ferry 530 elected 



R.E.Trowbridge 51 



Ralph Ely 48 



E.L.Tracy 48 



J. G. Ramsdell 479 elected 



Geo. W. Phillips 492 



E.W. Rising 491 



J.M. Sterling 489 



C.W.Greene.. 492 



Henrv Fralick 492 



A.O.'Hyde 492 



D. A. Blodgett 476 



C.L.Whitney 55 



E.W.Wiley 14 



D. S. Holcomb 15 



And we further declare that the following is the vote for and against the report of 

 the Committee on Organic Law of the said Society: 



Yeas --.- 32 



Nays 482 



^ 514 



M. DORRILL, 

 THOS. X. MOORE. 

 E. K. PARK, 

 A. Wheeler, Cleric. Judges of Election, 



Jackson, Mich., Sept. 21, 1S76. 



Meeting was called to order by President Humphrey. 



Mr. Childs moved that the reading of the minutes of the last meeting be 

 dispensed with. 



Mr. Hanford said that one committee had failed to make a report on certain 

 articles and part of the committee gone home. As certain exhibitors were 



