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On motion the Business Committee was instructed to provide Register gates 

 for the next annual Fair. 



On motion the Committee adjourned sine die. 



WM. CHAMBERLAIN, 



Preside fit. 

 J. C. Steeling, 



iSecretary. 



LANSING MEETING. 



Lansing, Jrme 1, 1887. 



In pursuance of a resolution adopted by the Executive Committee at the 

 last winter meeting, a meeting was held this evening at the Hudson House. 

 President Chamberlain in the chair. 



The roll was called and the following named gentlemen found present : 

 President Chamberlain, Messrs. Ball, Rising, Hanford, Hyde, Lessiter, Reed, 

 Smith, Burrington, Wood, Turner, Shoemaker, J. P., Shoemaker, M., How- 

 ard, Anderson, Wells, Baxter, Phillips, Fralick and the Secretary. 



Chairman Hyde of the Business Committee reported that the fire on the 

 Jackson County Fair Grounds destroyed about one hundred and fifty cattle 

 stalls and two hundred sheep and swine pens, that the roofs on Main Hall, 

 Horticultural and Agricultural Halls are in very bad condition and the 

 grounds and balance of buildings in very good order. 



The Secretary reported that Mr. Hatch had not furnished proof that his 

 stallion Hambletonian Gift was standard at the time of the last Annual Fair. 

 Upon motion Mr. Hatch was given further time to furnish evidence. 



Col. Shoemaker moved and it was supported to reconsider the motion 

 adopted at the last meeting of the committee sustaining the protest against 

 the award to the stallion " Young Contest " in class 15. The motion pre- 

 vailed and Mr. Wood moved that the protest be sustained. Mr. Wood's 

 motion was lost and "Young Contest " awarded the premium. 



On motion of Mr. Ball it was resolved that if the Business Committee offer 

 a prize for a Military drill the amount offered shall not exceed $1,000.00, and 

 that the drill be held under the auspices of the Society with no division of 

 gate receipts. 



After a lengthy discussion on the subject of transportation the committee 

 adjourned to meet at 8:30 o'clock to-morrow A. M. 



Hudson House, Lansing, ) 

 June 2, 1887, \ 



President Chamberlain called the meeting to order at 8:30 A. M. 

 Mr. Fralick moved that the invitation of the Board of Agriculture to visit 

 the College Farm be accepted and the committee go to the Farm in a body. 



