FOURTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK — PART I. 67 



RESOLUTION. 



Your committee on resolutions to whom was referred the communica- 

 tion from the President of the National Live Stock Exhibitors' Union, 

 'neg leave to report the following preamble and resolution: 



Whereas, The custom has existed for the free return of live stock 

 exhibited at expositions and State fairs upon the direct return to the 

 ix)int of shipment of such exhibitors, and, 



Whereas, Exhibitors to the State fairs are necessitated to pass from 

 one fair to another on the circuit to exhibit their stock and not directly 

 returning- to the shipping point, thus under the rules of the railways 

 secrificing their half-rate claims; therefore be it 



Resolved, That the State Board of Agriculture respectfully solicit 

 from the railways an exercise of their liberal rates on one half full faro 

 U) exhibitors' following the circuit of the State fairs, which will greatly 

 encourage the exhibition of the products of the farms of the country and 

 thus add to the prosperity of the railways as well as the several states 

 interested. 



Resolved, That the society forward a copy to the proper railway asso- 

 ciation for the government of freight rates. 



S. B. Packard, 

 R. T. St. John. 

 M. McDonald, 



Committee. 



RESOLUTION. 



Whereas. Under the law creating the State Board of Agriculture one 

 of the duties imposed in section six is in the following words: "And It 

 shall be the duty of the board to look after and promote the interests of 

 agricultural education and animal and other industries throughout the 

 State," and 



Whereas, The high condition which the college has attained warrants 

 our support in maintaining its high standard; therefore be it 



Resolved, That the President of this board appoint a committee of 

 three members authorized to confer with the Board of Trustees of the 

 College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts on the subject of a president 

 for said college. 



S. B. Packard, 

 R. T. St. John, 

 M. McDonald, 



Committee. 



The president appointed as such committee, S. B. Packard, C. 

 A\'. Philhps and John Ledgerwood. 



Mr. Manatrey moved that the committee on adulterations of 

 foods be empowered to prepare a reix)rt on this subject and sub- 

 mit to the board at their meeting- next December, and that a sum 



