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Locating Committee be and they are authorized to locate the Fair at such place and on 

 such terms as shall be satisfactory to them. 



The President anuounced the following Executive Superintendents : 



Cattle— ButterReld. 



Horses — Phillips. 



Sheep — Howard. 



Swine — Lessiter. 



Poultry — Burrington. 



Miscellaneous — Wells. 



Fine Art — Baxter. 



Music — Anderson. 



Children's Department — Anderson. 



Needle Work — Anderson. 



Manufactures — Fralick. 

 Agriculture— Wood. 

 Machinery — Gilbert. 



Farm Implements — Young, Angel, Han- 

 ford. 

 Dairy — Shoemaker. 

 Vehicles — Reed. 

 Bees and Honey — Smith. 

 Forage — Rising. 



Mr. Lessiter moved to reconsider the vote adopting the report of the 

 Premium Committee. 



The motion prevailed. 



The same gentleman then moved to amend the report by striking out the 

 word " Lincoln " in Class 30. 



Carried. 



The report of the Premium Committee as amended was then adopted. 



On motion the report of the Committee on Salaries was then taken from 

 the table. 



Mr. Baxter moved to amend the report by substituting $1,000 for 1800 as 

 the salary of the Secretary. 



Carried by the following vote : 



Yeas — Messrs. Kising, Hanford, Ball, Lessiter, Cobb, Hyde, Wood, Turner, 

 Young, Butterfield, Anderson, Baxter, Phillips — 14. 



Nays — Messrs. Shoemaker, J. P., Angel, Howard, Wells, and President 

 Chamberlain — 5. 



Mr. Burrington moved to further amend by substituting $400 for $100 as 

 the amount to be paid Treasurer's book-keeper. 



Carried. 



The report as amended was lost by the following vote: 



Yeas — Messrs. Rising, Hanford, Lessiter, Cobb, Burrington, Anderson, 

 Baxter, Phillips — 8. 



Nays — Messrs. Ball, Hyde, Eeed, Wood, Turner, Shoemaker, J. P., How- 

 ard, Young, Butterfield, Wells, and the President — 11. 



Mr. Turner moved, and it was supported, that the President and Secretary 

 be instructed to make necessary arrangements to have the business office of 

 the Society located in the Capitol building at Lansing. 



Lost by the following vote : 



Yeas — Messrs. Eising, Burrington, Wood, Turner, Shoemaker, J. P., 

 Young, Butterfield, Wells, Baxter and the President — 10. 



Nays — Messrs. Hanford, Ball, Lessiter, Cobb, Eeed, Angel, Howard, 

 Anderson, Phillips and the Secretary — 11. 



Mr. Hanford was then called to the chair. 



President Chamberlain then moved that the salary of the Secretary for the 

 coming year be fixed at $800. 



Mr. Baxter moved to amend by making it $1,000. 



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