28 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



MEETING STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE 

 Wednesday, December 12, 1918. 



The board met at ten o'clock A. M. with President Cameron in the chair. 

 The following members responded to roll call: Cameron, Mullen, Morrow, 

 Corey, Reeves, Curtin, Legoe, Curtiss, Sheldon and Pike. 



The secretary proceeded to read the minutes of the board and commit- 

 tee meetings beginning with the minutes of the board meeting on June 27th 

 and concluding with the minutes of the Executive Committee on Novem- 

 ber 8th and 9th. 



Mr. Curtin moved the minutes be approved as read. Motion seconded 

 by Mr. Mullen and carried. 



Mr. Mullen moved the old board adjourn sine die. Seconded by Mr. 

 Sheldon. Motion prevailed. 



Mr. J. V. Amey, Deputy Clerk of the Supreme Court, appeared before 

 the board and administered the oath of offlce to the following newly elected 

 officers and members of the State Board of Agriculture: C. E. Cameron, 

 President; J. P. Mullen, Vice President, and Directors E. J. Curtin, T. C. 

 Legoe and F. E. Sheldon. 



The secretary .called the roll and the following members responded: 

 Cameron, Mullen, Morrow, Corey, Reeves, Curtin, Legoe, Curtiss, Sheldon 

 and Pike. 



The board proceeded to elect a secretary, treasurer and superintendent 

 of grounds. 



Mr. Curtin moved A. R. Corey be elected secretary to succeed himself at 

 a salary of $3,500 as fixed by statute and that he be required to give a 

 surety bond of $10,000, and the ,premium amounting to $25.00 on said bond 

 to be paid out of funds of the department. Seconded by Mr. Mullen. Mo- 

 tion carried. 



Sheldon moved that W. W. Morrow, Afton, Iowa, be elected treasurer at 

 a salary of $100.00 per year, as provided by statute, and that he be required 

 to furnish a bond of $100,000. Seconded by Mr. Reeves. Motion carried. 



Mr. Legoe moved the matter of employing a superintendent of grounds 

 be delegated to the Executive Committee. The salary of the superinten- 

 dent not to exceed $1,500 per annum, with the usual privileges of house 

 rent and the right to keep a limited number of cattle, hogs and poultry on 

 the grounds. Seconded by Mr. Curtin and carried. 



The secretary presented to the board a plan for handling the incoming 

 and outgoing exhibits and paraphernalia carried by live stock exhibitors 

 and horsemen; also for handling the litter from barns and pens during 

 the period of the fair. 



Mr. Legoe moved that the suggestion made by Mr. Corey, providing for 

 eight or ten flat beds or boxes for carrying out this work be adopted and 

 that the Executive Committee be instructed to build these boxes. Also 

 that the Executive Committee be instructed to work out a schedule of 

 prices for unloading exhibits and equipment belonging to exhibitors. 

 Seconded by Mr. Pike. Motion carried. 



The matter of buying thirty or forty acres of additional land north of 

 the race track, to be used for the purpose of parking automobiles, was dis- 



