TENTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART VI -Jl,-, 



After carefiil consideration of the laws in operation in Minnesota, Wis- 

 consin, Pennsylvania, New York and other states, a bill was drafted in 

 co-operation with the committee on Animal Industry, of the house of 

 representatives of the Thirty-third General Assembly. This bill was in 

 trcduced by Mr. Ward, the chaiiman of the committee. The bill received 

 quite favorable consideration for a time. A movement, however, was in- 

 augurated ;o consolidate the work of the State Veterinary Surgeon, the 

 State Eoaid of Health, and four or five other state commis5icns, un:iei" 

 one head. This plan and some unfavorable reports which eminated from 

 a minority of the investigating committee of the Minnesota legislature 

 concerning the operation of the live stock sanitary board in that state, to- 

 gether V ith the limited funds available for appropriations by the legis- 

 lature, tended to retard the progress of any measure of this kind at the 

 present session of the legislature, and the committee en animal industry 

 concluded to abandon the effort to secure legislation concerning tuber- 

 culosis and other contagius diseases in domestic animals at this session. 



Respectfully submitted, 



C. F. CtRri.ss. 



E. M. Rki:vk.s. 



H. L. Piivi:. 



Committee. 



^Ir. Reeves moved that the hst of improvemi'iits as shown in the 

 .schedule presented by the Elxeeutive Committee on Thuisday b»' 

 approved, and that said eommittee be authorized to proceed witli 

 them so far as in their judunient eonditions will warrant, ^ilotion 

 prevailed. 



The foiluwihu resolution was offeri d by .Mr. Reeves and adopted: 



Resolved. That the board approve the plans and specifications for the 

 steel and concrete constructed amphitheater submitted by Architect 0. 0. 

 Smith, and be it further 



Resolved. That the location for the building of the new track and site 

 for the speed barns as agreed upon by the board in their visit to the 

 grounds yesterday be approved, and be it further 



Resolved. That the executive committee be and they are hereby au- 

 thorized and instructed to advertise for bids as per plans and specifica- 

 tions submitted in the manner agreed upon yesterday for the erection of 

 the amphitheater provided for in House File No. 231, a bill for an act 

 appropriating funds for the pm-pose, and be it further 



Resolved. That they be instructed to proceed in the proper manner to 

 have the new track surveyed, and advertise for bids for its construction, 

 also the grading of the grounds upon which the speed barns are to be 

 moved, and be it further 



Resolved. That the executive committee be and they are hereby au- 

 thorized to award contracts for the above work to the lowest respon- 

 sible and advantageous bidder or bidders, limiting the total amount of 

 cost, including architects's and engineer's fees, to the appropriation of 

 $100,000 made for this purpose, and be it further 



