6 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



The committee prepared the following bill relative to the salary 

 of the secretary and arranged to have the same introduced in the 

 House by Hutchins of Kossuth county : 



A BILL 



For an Act to amend Section Sixteen Hundred Fifty-seven-n (1657-n), 

 Supplement to the Code, 1907, relative to the Compensation of the 

 Secretary of the Department of Agriculture. 



Be It Enacted, by the General Assembly of the State of Iowa: 



Section 1. That section sixteen hundred fifty-seven-n (1657-n), Supple- 

 ment to the Code, 1907, be and the same is hereby amended by striking 

 out all of that part of said section following the period after the word 

 "supplied" in the fifth (5th) line and substituting in lieu thereof the fol- 

 lowing: The secretary shall receive as salary such compensation as may 

 be fixed and allowed by the state board of agriculture from the funds 

 derived from the state fair. 



Sec. 2. This act being deemed of immediate importance shall take 

 effect and be in force from and after its publication in the Register and 

 Leader and Des Moines Capital, newspapers published in the city of Des 

 Moines, Iowa. 



Howard N. Whitney, superintendent of the publicity depart- 

 ment, was authorized to attend the meeting of the Associated Ad 

 Clubs at "Waterloo, Iowa, on February 5th-6th. 



EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING. 

 FEBRUARY 5, 6, 7, 8, 1913. 



Committee met with all members present, also J. P. Mullen, 

 member of the legislative committee. 



The minutes of the executive committee meetings on January 10 

 and 11, January 15, 17 and 29, were read and approved. 



Architect 0. 0. Smith submitted sketches and elevations of the 

 sheep and cattle bams and the following estimates on same : 



CATTLE BARN. 



Fred Weitz, general contract $ 68,281.00 



Des Moines Bridge & Iron Co., steel 28,800.00 



Plumbing to be estimated 



$ 07,081.00 



SHEEP BARN. 



Fred Weitz, general contract $ 22,230.00 



Des Moines Bridge & Iron Co., steel 19,200.00 



Plumbing to be estimated 



$ 41,430.00 



