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inspect and study their buildings prior to having preliminary 

 sketches drawn for such buildings as it was proposed to recommend 

 be erected another year. 



Plans for the program of the State Farmers' Institute were dis- 

 cussed and the secretary was instructed to arrange the program 

 as outlined by the committee. 



Secretary was authorized to have placed $10,000.00 tornado in- 

 surance on the amphitheater, if the same could be had. 



Committee visited the fair grounds and ordered the superin- 

 tendent of grounds to have the balance of the cement floor laid 

 under the front part of the amphitheater; also to finish the work 

 of grading the amphitheater paddock. Secretary was authorized 

 to issue warrants in payment of said work. 



SPECIAL MEETING OF STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



December 13, 1910. 



Board met with the following members present: Cameron, 

 Brown, Simpson, Johnston, Curtin, Wentworth, Curtiss, Ledger- 

 wood, Pike and Olson. 



President Cameron presented the resignation of Mr. Chas. 

 Escher, Jr., member of the board from the Ninth district, which 

 follows : 

 To the Honorable State Board of Agriculture: 



I hereby present for consideration by your honorable body my resigna- 

 tion, and while you have already been advised that it is with dire regret 

 that I present this resignation, other duties make it necessary. 



My short stay on the state board as one of its members has been very 

 pleasant and I only regret that I am obliged to lose my identification as 

 one of its members. Assuring you of many kind remembrances, I beg to 

 subscribe myself as, 



Yours very truly, 



CHARLES' ESCHER, JR. 



On motion the resignation was accepted. 



MEETING OF THE STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



December 15-16, 1910. 



Board met in the offices of the Department of Agriculture in the 

 capitol building with the following members present : President 



