SEVENTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART IV. 147 



AFTERNOON SESSION. 



Pursuant to adjournment Board met at Fair Grounds at 2.00 

 o'clock P.M. 



After carefully considering the proposition offered by Mr. Geo. 

 Redhead for an exchange of land, Mr. St. John offered the follow- 

 ing motion : That the State Board of Agriculture, through its 

 Executive Committee, recommend to the Executive Council, of the 

 State of Iowa, an exchange of that portion of the land belonging 

 to the State and known as the State Fair Grounds, lying east of the 

 east line of section six (6) for the following described lots in Red- 

 head's addition to Grant Park in the City of Des Moines, Iowa, viz: 



Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, in Block K, 



Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, in Block G, 



Lots 1 to 42 inclusive in Block L, 



Lots 1 to 14 inclusive in Block J, 



Lots 1 to 14 inclusive in Block I, 



Motion was duly seconded by S. B. Packard. 



On roll-call members voted as follows: 



Yeas, Morrow, Cameron, Simpson, Johnston, Brown, St. John, 

 Legoe, Ledgedwood, McDonald, Olson, Pike, Packard and Phillips 

 (13). 



Nays, none. 



Absent, Cummins, Koto, Wright, Storm, Curtiss and Ellyson 

 (6). 



President declared the motion carried, it having received the 

 unanimous vote of the members present. 



The matter of installing a telephone system on the grounds was 

 taken up and on motion referred to Executive Committee with 

 power to act. 



I\Ir. Johnston moved that the Committee on Per Diem and Mile- 

 age be appointed. 



The President appointed as such committee Messrs. Johnston, 

 Pike and McDonald. 



Mr. Ledgerwood moved that on and after July 1, 1906, the 

 salary of the Secretary be fixed at $1,800 per year, payable monthly. 



Motion was seconded and carried by unanimous vote. 



Committee on Per Diem and Mileage submitted the following 

 report and on motion of Mr. Ledgerwood was adopted : 



