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Resolved farther, That we tender to Captain Allen, the honored mayor of Ypsilanti, 

 our thanks for his disinterested persistency and efficient services in obtaining for us 

 the above concession. 



Resolved, That to Professor Stanley, and the Glee and Mandolin Clubs of the Uni- 

 versity of Michigan, we express our sincere thanks and hearty appreciation for the very 

 material aid they have rendered to the success of this Institute, in furnishing the most 

 excellent and entertaining music for our evening sessions. 



Resolved, That this Institute Society, through Superintendent C. D. Smith, request 

 of every Congressman and Senator from this State that he shall defend and support 

 the Grout bill, and that the Superintendent shall write to them to that effect. 



Resolved, That the State Farmers' Round-up Institute of Michigan heartily endorses 

 the efforts which are making to secure National legislation .looking to the regulation of 

 interstate traffic in adulterated foods, and to this end heartily approves of the Brosius 

 bill now pending before Congress. 



Resolved farther, That the Superintendent of this Institute be requested to send a 

 copy of these resolutions to each Senator and member in Congress from this State, 

 and to the Honorable Mr. Hepburn, Chairman of Interstate Commerce, and urge them to 

 take speedy and favorable action on this measure. 



Resolved, That it is the sense of this Institute that a reciprocity treaty with Argen- 

 tine Republic, whereby the present import duties on wool shall be lessened, is both 

 unwise as a matter of policy and unjust to the farming classes. 



Resolved, That we, the members of the Washtenaw Farmers' Institute Society, hereby 

 extend our most hearty congratulations to the State Board of Agriculture in having 

 selected so able and proficient a Superintendent of Institutes as Prof. C. D. Smith. 



Carried unanimously. 



WM. CAMPBELL, President. 

 F. E. MILLS, Secretary. 



