PART V. 



SYNOPSIS OF PROCEEDINGS 



OF 



STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE 



AND 



COMMITTEE MEETINGS, 



1907. 



EXECUTIVE COMBIITTEE MEETING. 



January 16, 17 and 18, 1907. 



Committee met on call of the president with all members present. 



The matter of vaudeville attractions for the State Fair of 1907 

 was considered but the closing of contracts was deferred until a 

 later meeting. 



Bonds of the secretary and treasurer were presented and ap- 

 proved 



Arrangements were made whereby the treasurer, G. D. Ellyson, 

 agreed to pay, through the I\Iarquardt Savings Bank, four per cent 

 interest on the $15,000.00 reserve fund and two per cent on the daily 

 balance of the State Fair funds. 



Secretary notified the committee that the Greater Des Moines 

 committee had deeded to the state the strip of land known as the 

 Redhead Tract, lying between the south line of the Fair Grounds 

 and the Rock Island switch. 



Architect 0. 0. Smith presented plans and estimates on an 

 amphitheater and a hog barn, and the committee decided to recom- 

 mend to the General Assembly that the appropriation for such 

 buildings be made in the following amounts: $75,000.00 for a 



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