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It was moved that the protest be referred to the suiiei-inteiMlent with 

 power to act. 



Carried. 



Mr. Maynard moved tliat Avlien tlie committee adjourn, it be adjourned 

 to meet in Detroit on September 27th, at o'clock a. m., at such place 

 as the president and secretary' may engage, 



;Mr. Fifield moved as a substitute that the president be requested to 

 call a meeting of the executive committee to meet in Detroit at 9 o'clock 

 a. m., September 27th. 



Substitute carried. 



It was moved that the place of meeting at Detroit be left with tlie 

 president and secretary. 



Carried. 



Mr. Maynard moved that all after the reading of the minutes of the 

 proceedings of the meeting on Thursday' be striken from the record. 



Carried. 



Adjourned. 



Meeting of the executive committee at Xormandie Hotel, Detroit, Sep- 

 tember 27th, at 9 o'clock a. m. 



Present— President Howland, Vice President Baldwin, Treasurer 

 Young, Secretary Butterfield, Fifield, Barnes, Custard, Ball, Boyden, 

 Rice, Waldron, McKay, Hoifman, Hardy, Dewey, Skeels, Collier, Hall, 

 Marshall, German, Anderson. 



Minutes of last meeting read and approved. 



Superintendent of Horses reported protest in lot 190 was sustained hy 

 bim. 



Mr. Boyden reported that he had asked for affidavit in case of protest 

 in Class 10 and would report to secretary later. 



President stated that the meeting was for the purpose of considering 

 the site question. 



Mr. Baldwin stated that the Detroit Citizens' Committee were ready 

 with automobiles, to show sites. 



Mr. Hall moved that the hospitality of the citizens committee be ac- 

 cepted. 



A recess was taken to 2 o'clock p. m. 



2 o'clock p. m. 



Committee met, same members present, and Mr. Jacobs. 



Mr. Anderson moved that the vote locating at Detroit be reconsidered. 



The motion was lost on a division 8 to 9. 



Mr. Jacobs appealed from the ruling, and asked for roll call. Vote, 

 11 ayes, 11 nays, motion lost. 



Mr. Young moved that the committee accept the site known as the 

 7I/2 mile site on ^yoodward Avenue, provided that the conditions prom- 

 ised in the proposals made at Battle Creek, are fulfilled. 



Mr. Fifield, Mr. Baldwin, Ml^?ColIier. 



It was moved as a substitute by ]Mr. Collier, that the Detroit Citizens' 

 Committee be invited to meet with this committee for conference. 



Substitute carried. 



Mr. Jacobs moved that the vote at the meeting of May 6th, accepting 

 the Medbury site be rescinded. 



Mr. Young made the point of order, that the motion is not in order. 



