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and district associations can bo supplied at wholesale rat'* ■-. 

 thus saving the large profits paid to wholesale stores. 



4th. After examination of the agency system as .< w 

 in operation, your Committee recommend that a coin mis- 

 sion be added to the ordinary rebate, to make the agency 

 self-supporting. And we further recommend that the 

 report of the State Agent be printed with the proceedings 

 of the Stale Grange. 



Respectfully submitted. 



Chas. Mayo, , 



Oliver Wilson, 



M . W. Gree i i . \ Com mittei 



E. W. Pearson, 



Amos Maltby, I 



Bro. Shinn moved to adopt the report. Motion carried:. 



Committee on Life Insurance presented the followingV 



report, which was adopted: 



Worthy Master and Members of the State Grange: 



Your Committee on Life Insurance respectfully report 

 that they are satisfied that the interests of the Order re- 

 quire the establishment of a safe and efficient life insur- 

 ance institution, and we respectfully recommend that the 

 Worthy Master of our State Grange be instructed to ap- 

 point a Committee of Three, whose duty it shall be to 

 procure the organization of such an institution 



Signed, John Tunnell, Chairman. 



Committee on Taxation reported as follows: 



Temperance Hall, Decatur, Dec. 15, 1876. 



Your Committee on Taxes would recommend to your 



honorable body, that we demand of our Legislators, of 



whatever political persuation, to use their best efforts in 



securing a revision of the law, that personal property not 



paid for must stand exempt from taxes the some as debts 

 and credits. 



Respectfully submitted. 



J. B. Colley. Chairman. 

 On motion the report was adopted. 



