250 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1919, 6:30 P. M. 



Banquet, 



The Chairman : I would Hke to hear at this time the report of 

 the Resolutions committee. 



REPORT OF THE RESOLUTIONS COMMITTEE. 



Your Committee on Resolutions beg to report the following: 



RESOLVED, that this convention as a body express their gratitude 

 to the members of the 38th General Assembly of Iowa for their courteous 

 treatment of representatives of the Association and their loyal support 

 in the passage of the bill for increased State Aid to County and District 

 Fairs, known as the Santee Bill. 



RESOLVED, that the name of the Association be changed from the 

 Iowa Association of County and District Fair Managers to the Iowa Fair 

 Managers' Association. 



RESOLVED, that the President of the Association appoint a Committee 

 of three to confer with the proper state officials in regard to licensing 

 concessioners, operating games and shows at all county and district 

 fairs within the state. 



RESOLVED, that this Association most heartily commend and con- 

 gratulate the officials of the Iowa State Fair in conducting an exposition 

 which in magnitude and educational value is in keeping with the reputa- 

 tion of the greatest agricultural state in the Union. 



RESOLVED, that this convention extend to the officers of our Asso- 

 ciation a vote of thanks for their untiring efforts in conducting the affairs 

 of the Association, and making the arrangements for this meeting. 



SIGNED, 



Roy Wilkinson 

 R. E. Bucknell 

 E. S. Estel 

 Members of the Committee. 



The Chairman : What will you have done with these resolutions ? 



Motion by Mr. Harvey, seconded by Mr. Bailey, and unanimously 

 adopted, that the report of the Resolutions Committee be accepted 

 and the committee discharged. 



The Chairman : Gentlemen, we are going to start our big show. 

 If you will allow me to say so, we will start the big show about 

 8 :30. In the meantime we are going to bring out the little ones, and 

 I first want to introduce to you, in the absence of Mr. Tom Fair- 

 weather, our good Governor Harding, who will entertain you for a 

 few minutes. 



