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judgment calls for and report at once to the executive committee so 

 that a definite order may be issued. Under this plan the exhibitors 

 in the dairy and merchants' main building would receive no passes 

 whatever. 



Those who exhibit for premiums in the needle and art work depart- 

 ment would have membership tickets for which they would pay one 

 dollar and would receive .one admission ticket good on the first day 

 of the fair. The same class of exhibitors in the poultry, dairy, apiary, 

 sheep, swine, cattle and horse departments would be required to pur- 

 chase an exhibitor's ticket at two dollars which would include one coupon 

 ticket containing an admission for each day of the fair. 



The implement and vehicle exhibitors would receive one eight 

 coupon ticket entitling the bearer to admission once on each day of 

 the fair, for say each one hundred square feet of space taken. 



Concessionaries would be entitled to one eight coupon ticket for their 

 fee of twenty-five dollars or less, and then at the rate of forty single 

 admissions for each one hundred dollars on their contract and pro rata, 

 special contract like the bar and pool privilege, and side show would 

 get tickets according to the actual number of necessai^y employes. 



The actual employes of the association would have the eight-coupon 

 admission ticket. Officers and directors would have annual passes. 

 Policemen and sheriffs would be admitted on their official badges. The 

 Detroit newspapers would be taken care of through the manager of 

 such papers only. State newspapers would be cared for the same way 

 as this year. The free attraction people would have single admissions 

 issued to them daily. Other necessary passes would be issued care- 

 fulh' and curtailed as much as possible. 



I would suggest that a resolution l>e passed by this body, placing 

 proper restrictions on issuing passes, which will furnish those who have 

 the handling of passes good and sufficient excuse for refusing passes 

 to those who are not entitled to them, and who each year secure same, 

 thereby, imposing upon their friends and causing financial loss to the 

 state fair. 



I have reports from the different departments in my possession. The 

 cash reports I am referring to the finance committee. 



The suggested changes in the premium list, I will hand the premium 

 committee. 



There are demands for increased facilities and they will be turned 

 over to the 1908 business committee. 



Our finances, when the approved accounts of 1007 are paid, will 

 show a bank balance of about twenty-seven hundred dollars. Mr. 

 OTIearn owes us six hundred dollars, and this together with a few 

 small items due. added to this balance will amount to thirty-six hun- 

 dred dollars, which shouhl carry us until the time concession money l)e- 

 gins to come in, (if our notes are renewed) including the twenty-five 

 liundred dollar bond iiiJoresl due April 1st. T desire to submit for your 

 special commendation the seivices of general superintendent Dolierty 

 and manager Floyd. The real burdens rested with them and the re- 

 sults show that each well and creditably performed his full duty. 



I desire also to speak of the most excellent and satisfactory man- 

 ner in which the newspai)er publicity department was conducted by 

 James Slocum. 



