560 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



9th. Miscellaneous business. 

 10th. Motions and resolutions, 

 nth. Notices. 



This order of business may be suspended or changed, for that meeting only, by a 

 two-tliirds vote of the members present at any meeting of the Executive Committee. 



GENERAL RULES AND REGULATIONS. 



I. — MEMBERS. 



Section 1. Any person may become a member of this society for one year by pay- 

 ing one dollar into the treasury. He will receive an annual certificate of member- 

 ship, with one coupon admission ticket attached. 



Sec. 2. Members are entitled to the privilege of voting and holding ofiice, and 

 competing for all premiums in any department, without further payment. 



Sec. 3. Life members shall be entitled to the same rights and privileges in all 

 respects as other members of the society. 



II. — OFFICERS. 



Section 1. The Executive Committee will meet on the evening of each day of the 

 fair at 1}4, o'clock, at sucii place as the President shall designate, to transact such 

 business as may be brougiit before them, and to hear reports of executive superin- 

 tendents. 



Sec. 2. OfHcers will be designated by ribbon badges, with the name of the ofTice 

 printed thereon. 



Sec. 3. The President's and Superintendent's office, during the days of the fair, 

 will be on the fair grounds. 



Sec. 4. The President of the society will be at his ofiice on the fair grounds at 9 

 o'clock A. M. each day for the transaction of business. He may confirm the nomina- 

 tions of all assistants made by the members of tlie Executive Board in charge, and 

 give general direction to the exhibition, and see that the published rules are 

 executed. 



Sec. 5. The Secretary's ofl[ice will be on the fair grounds each day of the fair, where 

 all business of his department will be transacted. 



Sec. C. The office of the Marshal will be near the entrance gate, and distinguished 

 by a red flag. 



Sec. 7. The ofiice of the general superintendent of the grounds, during the fair, 

 will be at the President's ofiice. 



Sec. 8, Each department will be in charge of one or more members of the Execu- 

 tive Committee, and exhibitors and judges will apply to such superintendent for 

 instructions in his department. Such superintendents of each division shall be pro- 

 vided with a suitable office in the department of the hall and grounds assigned to 

 them, which shall be designated by appropriate and conspicuous signs. Superintend- 

 ents of departments requiring an assistant may appoint such assistant by and with 

 the advice and consent of the President. Each superintendent of a department may 

 also appoint a messenger, and if more than one messenger is considei'ed necessary in 

 any department, additional messengers may be appointed by and with the advice 

 and consent of the President. Each superintendent of a department shall in person 

 or by his assistant and messenger be present at his ofiice during the hours of exhi- 

 bition. 



III.— ELECTION OF OFFICERS. 



Section 1. The annual election of officers will take place on Thursday of the week 

 of the fair, and the secretary shall give public notice of the same through the post- 

 ers and regular advertisements of the fair, and such election shall be conducted as 

 follows: The Executive Committee shall provide a proper ballot box, to be kept at 

 some convenient place on the fair grounds, and they shall appoint three proper per- 

 sons, who shall conduct the election and receive the ballots of all the members who 

 are entitled and shall offer to vote, and said judges shall require each person oflFering 

 to vote to present the proper certificate of membership, and shall keep a full register 

 of names of all persons voting at such election. The polls of such election shall be 

 open at 9 o'clock a. m., and be closed at 5 o'clock v. m., on Thursday of the week of 

 the Annual Fair. In case of a tie vote the judges shall decide the matter in the man- 

 ner provided by law for deciding the votes at township elections. The judges of 

 election, together with the President of the Society, shall duly canvass the votes so 

 cast, and shall publicly announce the result immediately thereafter. The following 

 rules shall govern such election: 



