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Touching the matter of issuing tickets for booth renters and their employes, I have no 



recommendation to make, but some plan should be devised that shall be just to the 



Society and also to those why pay money for their privileges. 



All of which is respectfully submitted. 



WILLIAM BALL. 



Accepted and referred to the Committee on Eules. 



Mr. Franklin Wells, president of the State Board of Agriculture, invited 

 the Committee to visit the Agricultural College in June. 



Invitation was accepted. 



The President announced as the Committee on Finance, Messrs. Anderson, 

 Wells and Howard. 



The Committee took a recess until 3 o'clock. 



AFTBRNOOlSr SESSIOJS". 



The Executive Committee resumed its session pursuant to adjournment, 

 the President in the chair. 



The Committee on Conference with the committee from the Horticultural 

 Society, reported verbally. After a lengthy discussion the report was referred 

 back to the committee. 



The committee on that part of the President's address referring to the sal- 

 aries of officers, reported as follows : 

 To the President and Executive Committee of the State Agricultural Society : 



Your committee to whom was referred that portion of the President's address relat- 

 ing to salaries, would respectfully report that they have had the same under careful 

 consideration, and would recommend that the salary of the Secretary for the coming 

 year be fixed at eight hundred dollars ($800) ; and that the Treasurer be allowed the sum 

 of one hundred dollars (f 100) for the services of a book-keeper. 



RepectfuUy submitted, 



J. Q. A. BURRINGTON, 



F. L. REED, 



M. P. ANDERSON, 



Committee. 



The report was adopted by the following vote : 



Yeas — President Chamberlain, Messrs. Hanford, Ball, Reed, Burrington, 

 Turner, Shoemaker, J. P., Howard, Young, Butterfield and Anderson — 11. 

 Nays — Messrs. Eising, Lessiter, Hyde, Baxter, and Phillips — 5. 

 Mr. Turner moved to reconsider the vote. 

 The motion prevailed and the report was tabled. 

 The Finance Committee reported as follows : 



To the President and Executive Committee of the Michigan State Agricidtural Society : 

 Gentlemen — Your Committee on Finance to whom was referred the reports of the 

 Secretary, Business Committee and Treasurer, would state that they have made a care- 

 ful examination of all books and vouchers, and find their respective accounts as 

 rendered to this Society correct; also, that the bond of the Secretary has been received, 



approved and deposited with the President. 



M. P. ANDERSON, 



FRANKLIN WELLS, 



D. W. HOWARD, 



Finance Committee. 



