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days after ihc. payiiiont. of the said forty-five hundred dollars by the State, the execu- 

 tive committee shall file vouchers with the Auditor General showing the amount of 

 premiums paid on account of said fair in the year nineteen hundred one: Provided 

 further. That is case the said premiums, exclusive of tiiose paid by saiil society 

 for speed purposes, shall amount to less than nine thousand dollars, as shown by 

 the vouchers thus filed with tlie Auditor General, the treasurer ot said society 

 shall accompany the vouchers with a draft in such an amount as added to tlie total 

 payments represented by the vouchers will equal nine thousand dollars: Provided 

 further. That the forty-five thousand dollars appropriated for the fiscal year ending 

 June thirty, nineteen hundred three shall be subject to the same requirements as 

 provided for the appropriation for the fiscal year ending June thirty, nineteen hun- 

 dred two. No portion of the appropriation for the fiscal year ending June thirty, 

 nineteen hundred three, shall be paid to the treasurer of said Michigan State Agricul- 

 tural Society, unless the provisions applicable to the appropriation for the fiscal 

 year ending Jime thirty, nineteen hundred two, shall have been complied with. 



Sec. 4. The Auditor General shall incorporate in the State tax for the year nine- 

 teen hundred one the sura of forty-five hundred dollars, and for the year nineteen 

 hundred two the sura of forty-five hundred dollars, which, when collected, shall be 

 credited to the general fund to reimburse the same for the money hereby appropriated. 



The act luiAinji- been api»i'Oved bv the i^overnor a meeting of the execu- 

 tive committee was called h\ the president to meet at the Downey 

 House, Lansin«i, April 25, 1901. 



There were ])resent. the president, vice president, secretary, treasurer 

 and Messrs. Fifield. Jjarnes, Custard, Ball, Boyden, Jones, Rice, McKay, 

 HolTman. Hardy. Maynard, Reed, Dewey, Crraham, Hinds, Skeels, Hor- 

 ton. 



Mr. Young of the committee on legislation reported verbally the re- 

 sult of its work in securing an appropriation. 



The committee on location of the fair reported that it had visited 

 Jackson, Kalamazoo, Pontiau and Grand Rapids, and held conferences 

 with citizens of those places. Propositions had been asked for furnish- 

 ing buildings and grounds complete for holding the fair. 



Kalamazoo, Ponliac and drand Rapids had made verbal propositions. 



The report was accejjted and the re])resentatives of these places 

 being present were invited to confer with the executive committee, 

 Kajamazoo withdrew its proposition. Pontiac made a proposal to fur- 

 nish buildings and grounds complete for holding a fair free of all ex- 

 pense if held two years. 



Grand Rai)ids ollered to repair and improve the grounds heretofore 

 used and put them in order. The Society to arrange with the West 

 Michigan Agricultural Society as to rental. 



On motion an informal ballot was taken for location of fair. The 

 president apjKMnted Mr. Hoffman and ^Ir. Jones tellers. The vote was: 



For Grand Rapids 5 



For Pontiac 14 



For Kalamazoo 2 



Total 21 



On motion of Mr. Graham the vote was declared fornuil and Pontiac 

 declared the jtlacc foi* holding the fair. 



The business comiuittce was aullutrizcd to coniraet with representa- 

 tives of Pontiac for liolding the fair at that ])lace for two years. 



The election of general superintendent and member of the business 



