TWELFTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART V. 203 



The president informed the board that it was the desire of Mr. 

 Simpson that his resignation be accepted at once. Mr. Curtiss 

 moved that the resignation of Mr. Simpson be accepted and that 

 a committee be appointed to draw up resolutions expressing the 

 regret of the members of the State Board of Agriculture that 

 }klr. Simpson found it necessary to sever his connection with them. 

 The president appointed as such committee Messrs. Curtiss, Went- 

 worth and Barney. 



A motion was made and seconded that the president appoint 

 a committee of three to consider applications and the advisability 

 of the board at the present time in electing a secretary to succeed 

 Mr. Simpson. The president appointed as such committee Messrs. 

 Sheldon, Olson and Curtin. 



The board took a recess of thirty minutes, after which they 

 again assembled to listen to the report of the special committee on 

 the selection of a secretary. The said committee made a verbal re- 

 port in words to the following effect : That the committee had met 

 but had received no applications for the position of secretary, and 

 that after careful consideration of the matter they were unani- 

 mous in the opinion that Mr. C. E. Cameron would be the proper 

 man for the place and they therefore recommended that the board 

 select Mr. Cameron as secretary for the balance of the year. Mr. • 

 Cameron absolutely refused to consider the proposition and fur- 

 ther stated that he would decline to serve if elected. 



The following motion was then offered by Mr. Curtiss: Moved, 

 that Mr. A. R. Corey be elected acting secretary of the State 

 Board of Agriculture to serve at the pleasure of the board, and 

 that the committee on the selection of a secretary be continued 

 and the president be requested to call a meeting of the board 

 as soon as the committee was ready to report. 



On roll call the motion was unanimously adopted. 



Upon motion of Mr. Curtiss, which was duly seconded and 

 adopted, the salary of Mr. Corey as acting secretary was fixed at 

 $1,800.00 per year. 



Governor Carroll moved that the matter of amending Section 

 1657-n of the Supplement to the Code with reference to the sal- 

 ary of the secretary of the State Board of Agriculture be referred 

 to the legislative committee of the Board, and that they be in- 

 structed to prepare a bill amending said section and present same 



