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Sec. 2. The Executive Committee shall, on the first clay of the Fair, appoint 

 three persons, who shall be members of the Society, to act as judges of the election, 

 and sliall at the same time fix the place on the Fair grounds where the election shall 

 be held. 



Sec. 3. Notice of the names of the judges and the place where the polls will be held, 

 shall be given on the second day of the Fair, by publication and posting notices in at 

 least twenty prominent places on the Fair grounds. 



Sec. 4. The names of all the officers to be voted for shall be on one ticket. 



Sec. 5. Each member shall vote in person. All annual members shall present a 

 membership certificate, which certificate tlie judges of election shall stamp to show 

 that the same has been voted upon; and the judges shall also take the names of all 

 life members who desire to vote and register the same, including the names of 

 annual members, in a poll list, and shall then deposit the ballot in the ballot box 

 provided for that purpose. 



Sec. 6. If any judges of elections appointed by the Executive Committee be not 

 present at the opening of the polls, the President shall immediately appoint some 

 person or persons from among the members of the Society to fill such vacancy or 

 vacancies. 



Sec. 7. Each of the judges shall, before entering upon the performance of his duties, 

 subscribe a declaration that he will faithfully and impartially act as a judge of such 

 election, and such declarations shall be filed with the Secretary. The Secretary shall 

 procure the necessary blank forms for such declarations. 



Sec. 8. The person having the liighest number of votes for the oflice of President 

 shall be declared elected, and a like rule shall be observed for the office of Secretary 

 and Treasurer. The persons voted for as Executive Committee, to the number to be 

 elected, having the highest number of votes, shall be declared elected, 

 - Sec. 9. Poll-lists shall be made to agree with the count of ballots; votes folded 

 together, and fraudulent and duplicate votes shall be governed by the rule prescribed 

 by law for the government of township elections. 



IV. — BOOTHS AND SHOWS. 



When booths or grounds are leased, no admission tickets for lessees or assistants 

 shall be given, nor shall any teams or employes with supplies be admitted between 

 8 A. M. and 6. p. M., during the Fair, without regular admission tickets. 



v.— BILLS AND CLAIMS. 



Persons having claims against the Society must present them to the Business Com- 

 mittee before the close of the Fair. No claims will be paid unless examined and 

 certified to by the Business Committee, or a majority thereof. 



VI.— LIQUORS. 



No spirituous or intoxicating liquors shall be allowed to be sold on the fair grounds 

 during the fair. 



VII.— AWARDING OR VIEWING COMMITTEES. 



The superintendent shall appoint the Viewing Committees to act in the several 

 departments under their charge. 



Section 1. The Aw^arding Committees are requested to report, as soon as they 

 arrive upon the grounds, to the superintendent of the division in which they are to 

 serve, vviio will record their presence and inform them when their committee will be 

 called upon to act. 



Sec. 2. On entering upon their duties. Awarding Committees will receive their 

 committee books and instructions relative to their work, from the superintendent in 

 charge, to whom they will apply in all cases of doubt or difficulty. 



Sec. 3. Superintendents in charge will appoint the time for each committee to 

 act; they will fill all vacancies in committees, and when the reports are finished they 

 will be returned to the superintendent. 



bEC. 4. P^ach superintendent in charge will see that the committee upon each 

 class in his department report fully upon each article or animal in each class. 



Sec. 5. Committees will examine the Premium List with care; they will in no 

 case award a premium where there is no merit, though there be no competition, and 

 in cases of partial merit, a 2d or 3d premium may be awarded, though no 1st or 2d 

 premium be given. No discretionary premium shall be recommended by Viewing 

 Committees, except it be for articles or animals not enumerated. 



Sec. U. Awarding Committees will be particular to have the number of awards, 



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