212 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



Ledgerwood, A. R. Corey, G. S. Gilbertson, 11. S. Johnston, C. W. 

 Phillips, E. M. Reeves, E. J. Curtin, E. M. W^ntworth, T. C. 

 Legoe, C. V. Curtiss, F. E. Sheldon, 0. A. Olson and H. L. Pike. 



]Minutes of the board meeting of January 2;3rd were read and 

 ajjproved. 



Tlie president informed the board that the object of the meeting 

 was to eons-jider inatters pertaining to the construction of th;- 

 machinery building, sanitary closets, and the purchase of addi- 

 tional land, as provided for by an appropriation of the Thirty- 

 fourth General Assembly. 



The bill as passed read as follows : 



A BILL 



For an act making appropriation for additional iniprovenients and land at 

 the Iowa State Fair and Exposition Grounds. 



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



Section 1. There is hereby appropriated to the Iowa Department of 

 Agriculture, out of any money in the state treasury not otherwise appro- 

 priated, the sum of eighty-five thousand dollars ($8.'J,000.00) for the fol- 

 lowing purposes: 



For the purchase of additional land and lots $ 12,000.00 



For building for exhibits of farm implements, machinery, ve- 

 hicles, etc 65,000.00 



For sanitary toilets 8,000.00 



Total $ 85,000.00 



Sec. 2. In allotting space to exhibitors in the building erected with this 

 appropriation, the State Board of Agriculture, under such reasonable 

 rules as it may prescribe, shall give preference to Iowa manufacturers. 



Sec. ?j. All moneys appropriated by this act shall be drawn from the 

 state treasurer upon warrants issued by the state auditor upon order of 

 the State Board of Agriculture. 



Sec. 4. This act being deemed of immediate importance, shall take ef- 

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

 Leader and Des Moines Capital, newspapers published in Des Moines, Iowa. 



At this time Architect 0. O. Smith was called l)efore the board 

 and explained in detail the plans for tlie machinery building and 

 for the sanitary closets under each end of the amphitheater. 



On motion the board adjourned until 1 i^iO j). m. 



