198 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



and the effect upon public health. For this specific purpose the sum of 

 ten thousand dollars ($10,000) is hereby appropriated to be used, or as 

 much thereof as may be necessary, during the first biennial period. 



Sec. 26. There is hereby appropriated out of any funds of the state 

 treasury not otherwise appropriated the sum of twenty-five thousand dol- 

 lars ($25,000) annually hereafter for carrying on the work and meeting 

 the necessary expenses of the state live stock sanitary board. 



Sec. 27. All provisions of the code and all acts or parts of acts incon- 

 sistent or in conflict with the provisions of this act, including the annual 

 u.ppropriation of seven thousand, five hundred dollars ($7,500) for the 

 work and expenses of the state veterinary surgeon, are hereby repealed. 



Warrants were issued for per diem and mili^aue as follows: 



Xo. 6939 H. L. Pike (claims No. 6866-6869 ) $64.00 



Xo. 6940 Elmer M. Reeves (claim Xo. 6668) 24.30 



IN VACATION. 



Febi-uary 5. 1909. 



WarrMiit No. (i!>41 foi- .^4.00 was issued to the Billboard Publish- 

 inii' Company of Cincinnati. Ohio, in payment of subscription foi- 

 The Billboard for ensiiino; year. 



Also warrant Xo. 6942 for $28.50 issued to \V. C. Brown in pay- 

 ment of per diem and mileaoe for attending to work in connection 

 with llic ])rivili'oe and concessions for the 1909 state fair. 



EXECUTIVE CO.MMITTEE :\rEETL\(J. 



February 9-11. 1i)()9. 



Conniiittee met as per previous anauiiement with all nicmljers 

 picsent. 



The following i-ej^ort was received from Mr. Kirkpatrick with ref- 

 erence to landscapino' and havinu' made a permanent plan of the 

 grounds. 



Mr. .J. C. Simpson, Secretary State Board of Agriculture. 



Dear Sir: — I am submitting to you at this time the map and tracing of 

 the fair grounds prepared for you some weeks ago. 



In the scheme we have endeavored to embody a number of your sug- 

 gestions regarding the arrangement of buildings and drives. Further, we 

 have presumed in some instances to incorporate a number of ideas of 

 our own. We have done this where your instructions were inadequate. 



