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It was also resolved at the July session to pay cash premiums at the annual 

 fair of 18 70 to amount of the receii^ts of the exhibition. 



The board of directors having previously authorized it, several life member- 

 ship tickets were issued at $10.00 each, as will be shown by the report of the 

 treasurer, hereunto annexed. 



Two acres of the site for a fair ground were cleared, a tight board fence built 

 upon two sides, — fronting on streets, — and a temporary fence around the 

 remainder. The cost of this work, and payment therefor, is shown in the 

 treasurers report. 



At the annual fair of 187G the election of oflticers for the coming year took 



place, at two o'clock P. M. of the second day. The following were chosen : 



P7'esident — Ralph H. Hollister. 

 Vice-President — Nelson H. McKee. 

 Secretary — <yhas. K. Kadclifle. 

 Treasurer — Lee S. Cobb. 



Directors^ for four years — Frank Skinner, Piiiora township; Henry Saunders, Chase; 

 Newton I. Kiune, Elk; Geo, W. Irving, Glencoe. 



All of which is respectfully submitted. 



CHAS. K. EADCLIFFE, Secretary. 

 Ralph H. Hollister, President. 



The report of the treasurer of this society (Wm. A. Deuress) for 1876 shows 

 total receipts, §416.52; disbursements, $422.53; balance due treasurer, $6.30. 



OAKLAND COUNTY. 



The twenty-eighth annual meeting for the election of officers was held on 

 Saturday, January 15, 1876, at which meeting the following officers were elected : 



President — Charles K. Carpenter, Orion. 



Secretary— ^(y'cxh Tyler, Pontiac. 



Treasurer — Charles Dawson, Pontiac. 



Z)«-ec!!ors— M, E. Crofoot, Pontiac; T, A, Smith, Commerce; J, K, Tindell, Davis- 

 burg; Wm. Saterlee, Birmingham; J. D. Bateman, Walled Lake, 



Directors holding over one year,— John Lessiter, Jersey; John H, Smith, Farmington; 

 W. H, Kimball, Pontiac; C. C. McCarty, Pontiac; H. A. Kipp, Highland. 



The Board of Directors, at their meeting to revise the premium list for the 

 annual fair of 1876, adopted the same rules as in 1875, and nearly the same 

 schedule of premiums. 



The time fixed for holding the fair for 1876 was the 4th, 5th, and 6th of 

 October, The w^eather during the entire fair w^as very unfavorable, being cold 

 and blustering, with occasional squalls of rain during the entire time. 



The exhibition was good in almost every thing for which a premium was 

 offered, but the display in farming implements was exceptionally good and 

 constituted a very interesting feature of the fair. 



Financially the receipts were, as might be expected with such extreme weather, 

 moderate. 



Total receipts from all sources during the year $3, 176 08 



Total expenses during year, including premiums jiaid 2, 135 68 



Surplus $1, 040 40 



