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Record of meeting held in county commissioners’ rooms, court 
house, Minneapolis, 5 p. m., Dec. 8, 1899. 
Present, Messrs. Elliot, Harris, Andrews, Green and Latham. 
O. M. Lord, the treasurer-elect, having declined to serve, H. 
M. Lyman was appointed by unanimous vote of those present to fill 
the vacancy till the next annual election. 
Adjourned sine die. 
WYMAN ELLIOT, 
Chairman Executive Board. 
A. W. Latham, Sec. 
Record of meeting held in the secretary’s office, Minneapolis, 
8 p. m., June 18, 1900. 
Chairman Wyman Elliot, Pres. W. W. Pendergast, Clarence 
Wedge, L. R. Moyer, J. S. Harris and Sec. A. W. Latham were | 
present. | 
The secretary’s bill for expenses from Dec. 5, 1899, to date was 
duly examined, audited and allowed, namely, i 
Us WHOS, TEGO 0 TRS Gl ene | eel ee ae $908.74 
The “Gideon Memorial Committee,’ J. M. Underwood, chair- 
man, reported recommending that the sum of $1,000 be raised for a 
fund to be called “The Peter M. Gideon Memorial Fund for the 
Promotion of Education in Horticulture,’ which fund when collect- 
ed shall be deposited in trust with the Board of Regents of the Uni- 
versity of Minnesota, the interest only of which is to be used as 
premiums for members of the class, or classes, in horticulture in 
the Minnesota School of Agriculture, upon such conditions and 
under such circumstances as a board, consisting of the dean of said 
school of agriculture, the professor of horticulture of said school, 
and the president and chairman of the executive board of this so- 
ciety, may from time to time decide. This report was unanimously 
accepted and adopted, and the secretary directed to prepare and 
send out a circular letter to the members soliciting subscriptions 
to the proposed fund. 
Adjourned sine die. 
WYMAN ELLIOT, 
Chairman Executive Board. 
A. W. Latham, Sec. 
