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rectors went to a bank and asked if they would like to have the 

 treasurership. They said yes, for a hundred dollars. We didn't 

 feel like paying it, so I wanted to ask this question to see who is 

 paying any money to the treasurer, whether a banker or outside of a 

 bank, that is what we would like to know. 



Mr. Moore : The Inter-State Fair at Sioux City does not pay the 

 treasurer any salary. 



President Estell : What do you ask the treasurer to do, do you ask 

 him to write checks ? 



Mr. Moore : No sir, I do the making of the checks. All we ask 

 is for him to get the money that week, and work. He is a member 

 of our board. 



A Member : Cass county has for many years had one of the bank- 

 ers as treasurer. He has been charging on a percentage basis that 

 cost our association something around about $125 a year. Two years 

 ago it was shifted to an outsider and pay a salary of $50 for handling 

 the business. 



A Member : With us, we are fortunate enough to have a Baptist 

 preacher as treasurer. All the salary he charges each year is each 

 one of the ministers of the county to come out to see a few good races 

 and some of the sports. 



A Member: Marshall county has had the same treasurer sixteen 

 years. He does not issue any checks, simply takes charge of the 

 ticket sales at the fair. We haven't paid him any salary as yet and 

 don't expect to. 



A Member : Hardin county divides the treasurership among three 

 banks, each one takes their turn, and we do not pay anything, only the 

 helpers at the ticket office. The treasurer looks after ticket sales 

 and he has helpers to help in the ticket office. 



A Member : The fair at Osage does not divide the account among 

 the banks, but the banks usually have to because it is always in the 

 red. But they don't pay any salary to their treasurer. 



A Member: Carroll county has never paid any salary and has 

 had the same treasurer for the last ten or fifteen years. He takes 

 charge of the ticket sales, looks after that and checks it up, makes 

 his annual report, has no pay for any part of it and loans us money 

 at six per cent. 



A Member: In addition to our treasurer in Marshall county 

 working sixteen years without pay, being a banker he loaned us 

 $5,000 to get out of the hole after our last fair. 



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