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27. At the close of the annual meeting the new board of directors shall meet 

 and elect from among themselves a president and a vice-president, and shall 

 finally decide at what points in the district regular and supi»lementary meetings 

 shall be held during the current institute year. The points selected shall be 

 entered on page C of the secretary's minute book, and a copy of this page shall 

 be sent to the su])erintendent and shall be considered as i)art of the report of 

 the annual meeting. 



28. The board of directors sliall, at the close of the first annual meeting, and 

 when afterwards necessary, appoint from among themselves ov otherwise a 

 secretary-treasurer, who shall remain in office during pleasure. 



29. In case an institute shall, through any cause, fail to hold its annual meet- 

 ing within the time specified, the superintendent may appoint a date for hold- 

 ing same, the meeting to be called as provided for the regular annual meeting, 

 and this meeting shall, in all pnrticulars, be taken as the annual meeting of the 

 institute. 



Other General, Meetings. 



30. In addition to the annual meeting, each institute shall hold at least two 

 meetings each year, at which iiai)ers shall be read or addresses delivered on 

 topics relating to agriculture, horticulture, dairying, or kindred subjects. Free 

 discussion shall be encouraged. 



.31. All institutes orgnnized under the act shall be strictly nonpartisan and 

 nonsectarian in every ijhase of their work, and no institute shall be operated 

 in the interest of any party, sect, or society, but for the equal good of all 

 citizens and the farming community. 



?,2. No subject shiill l)e presented at an institute meeting, or discussion 

 allowed, of a political or sectarian nature; nor shall any speaker be allowed in 

 his lecture, essay, or speech, or in any discussion, to advertise wares, or schemes 

 in which he has a direct or indirect pecuniary interest. The delegates and offi- 

 cers of the institutes shall stn^ that the exercises are not suliordinate to any 

 low or frivolous entertainments, or to the aggrandizement of any individual, 

 Iiarty, or sect. 



33. The regular delegation shall visit two ])oints only in one year in each 

 institute district, or when said d(>leg;ition spends two days at one ])lace, that 

 point only shall be visited. The government will defray the cost of sending 

 these delegates, but officers and members of institutes are expected to lighten 

 as far as possible the expenses of delegates while in their district. 



.''.4. Should any institute require a speaker or speakers at any other period 

 during the year to assist in holding supplementary meetings, • apitlication for 

 assistance shall be m:ide to the superintendcMit at the time of rejiorting the 

 annual meeting. The department will pay for the services of such supple- 

 mentary speaker or speakers for two days in each year for each institute dis- 

 trict, but the institute recjuiring the services of said speaker or speakers shall 

 pay all legitimate expenses from the time said person or i)ersons leave home 

 until they return thereto. When a delegate or delegates address meetings in 

 more than one district, the expenses will be equitably divided between said insti- 

 tutes and collected from the institute or deducted from their grant. 



35. If an institute decides to hold supplementary meetings other than those 

 asked for at the time of reporting the annual meeting, or for more than four 

 days during one year, said institute shall pay all expenses and wages. This 

 clause shall not apply to the annual meeting. 



36. If a regular or supplementary meeting has been granted, and the time and 

 place published in the annual bulletin, no change shall be made in said time or 



