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There was a good feeling in my department the last year, everybody seemed to 

 be satisfied. 



E. W. RISING, 



Superintendent, 



Accepted and referred to Conimittee on Rules. 



Mr. A. 0. Hyde, Chief Marshal, submitted the following, which was 

 accepted and referred to Committee on Rules. 



MARSHAL'S DEPARTMENT. 



To the President and Executive Committee of the 3Iichigan State Agricultural Society: 



Mr. President and Gentlemen — The Marshal's duty is not always pleasant. It 

 is expected that he and his assistants will be at the service of everybody, nd tliere 

 all the time. This is all right. With tlie aid of a few volunteer policemen (fees 

 $1.50 per day), whose greatest anxiety i to see the show and to keep watch of the 

 man that is to furnish tliem with dinner tickets, on grounds located as the grounds 

 are at Jackson, it is quite out of the question for a marshal to please himself or any- 

 body else, the whole eastern side being open to the multitude constantly swaying 

 forward and back, between the various halls and the implement department, making, 

 in fact, a grand procession constantly crossing the track, composed of men. women, 

 and children, baby-carts, dogs, etc. While this was the last year a marked feature 

 on the eastern side, it was but little better at the hi ^hway kept open for the con- 

 venience of exhibitors at the northwest corner of the grounds. We were fortunate 

 in getting along without accident, largely owing, we think, to tlie general good 

 nature of the swaying multitudes. I would here sugges-t that in the future selection 

 of a location for the State Fair, care should be taken to get grounds where eshibi- 

 bitions inside of race tracks should be excluded as far as practicable. I will only add 

 that for any success we may have secured, I have largely to thank our ever-active and 

 efficient Assistant-Marshals, Messrs. Hodge. Hinds and Ervvin The programme was 

 so arranged tiiat no deviation was found necessary. Every day's work was accom- 

 plished as laid out, and in good, seasonable time. 



Submitted. A. O. HTDE, 



Marshal. 



Mr. W. J. Baxter, Chairman of Committee on President's Address, reported 

 as follows : 



To the President and Executive Committee : 



The Committee to whom the President's Address was referred for distribution of 

 topics, to appropriate committees, would recommend reference as follows: 



That so much as refers to general encouragement of agriculture in the State, to 

 Machinery, to Northern Exhibit, to Fine Arts Exhibits, to Needle and Fancy Work 

 and to Premium List, be referred to the Committee on Preminm List. 



So much as refers to judges and awarding committees, be referred to Committee 

 on Rules. 



So much as refers to finance, to the Committee on Finance. 



So much as refers to general policy of the society, as to prohibiting the sale of 

 spirits, granting booth and show permits, be to the Committee on Rules, to the end, 

 that if the rules on these matters are not already sufficiently explicit, they may be 

 so amended or changed, that no officer or committee can misunderstand or fail to 

 carry them out in their full intent and spirit. 



So much as refers to admission to the fairs and to rules, to Committee on Rules. 



So much as refers to sorghum, to Committee on Premium List. 



So much as rerers to forage, to Committee on Rules. 



So much as refers to bee culture, to Committee on Premium List. 



So much as refers to inviting Horticultural Society to exhibit with us, and amount 

 to be set aside to aid in such exhibition, be referred to a special committee of three, 

 to confer with a committee from said society. 



So much^s refers to Agricultural College, to a special committee of three. 



So much as refers to fair circuit, to a special committee of three, with authority to 

 meet witli like committees from other societies represented in such fair circuit. 



So much as refers to location of the next fair, to Business and Transportation 

 Committee, associated witli the president, treasurer, and secretary. 



So much as refer to securing several different places in the State, whenever suit- 

 able provisions may be made jointly bj' this society, and by local committees, for 

 holding annual fairs, be referred to a special committee of five, to whom the presi-- 



