STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 501 



The Committee on Rules recommend the adoption of the following By-Laws : 



The Scorotary and Treasurer shall each within one month from this date, and 

 hereafter on or before the second ]\Ionday in January in each year, and hereafter, trive 

 bonds conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of the respective oilices. 

 and the acoountintj for and paying out of all moneys coniin<? into their hands, respec- 

 tively, and the delivery to their successors in oflice of all money, property and eflects 

 in their hands belonging to the Society, on or before the second Monday in January 

 in each year. 



The penalty of the bond of the Secretary shall be §1,000. The penalty of the 

 bond of the Treasurer shall be §30,000. 



Each of said officers shall furnish bonds with securities satisfactory to the Finance 

 Committee, who shall endorse their approval on such bonds. 



On motion of Mr. Sterling, the report was adopted. 



Treasurer Dean presented his official bond, whicli, on motion of Mr. Ster- 

 ling, was referred to the Finance Committee. 



Mr. Rising, from the committee appointed to investigate the charges of Mr. 

 Coller against II. 0. Hanford, re^wrted as follows : 



To the Executive Committee of the State A(jricullural Society of Michigan: 



Gentlemen, — Your committee to investigate the charges of L. Coller against H. 

 O. Hanford, superintendent of the department of farm machinery, wherein Mr. Han- 

 ford was accused of changing the award of the viewing committee on broadcast 

 seeders at the fair of 1877, would respectfully report that they have given the same 

 as full and careful consideration as circumstances would permit; and from the letters 

 of the viewing committee which were before us, and which we submit with this re- 

 port, and from the personal statements of Mr. Pettengill, the chairman of that com- 

 mittee, assuieiing all the blame in the transaction, your committee can come to no 

 other conclusion than that Mr. Hanford knew nothing of the change at the time, but 

 that the change was made by the committee, and the books returned by them to the 

 secretary's office and not to Mr. Hanford, as charged by Mr. Coller. 



We therefore are of the opinion that Mr. Hanford should be fully exonerated from 

 all blame in the matter by the Executive Committee, and that this report, together 

 with the accompanying letters, should be as widely published as were the charges of 

 Mr. Coller. And we recommend that the "Michigan Farmer" and the "Flint Citi- 

 zen" be requested to publish the same. 

 All of wliich is respectfully submitted. 



E. W. RISING, 



J. Q. A. BURRINGTON, 



H. A. KIPP, 



Committee. 



On motion of Mr. Sterling, the report was adopted and the secretary in- 

 structed to have the same published in the "Michigan Farmer" and ** Flint 

 Citizen," as recommended. 



On motion of Mr. Sterling, the date for holding the next State fair, was 

 .fixed for Monday, September 15th, 1879. 



On motion the committee then adjourned to meet at 7:30 P. M. 



EVENING SESSION. 



The committee reassembled at 7: 30 P. M. 



President Webber in the chair. 



Present — Messrs. Angel, Burrington, Dewey, Hanford, Howard, Manning, 

 Smith, Wood, Ball, Cobb, Fralick, Hyde, Kipp, Parsons, Phillips, Rising, 

 Sterling, M. Shoemaker, W. O. Beckwith, W. J. Baxter, E. 0. Humphrey, 

 the Treasurer, Secretary, and the President. 



