TRANSACTIONS OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE. 989 



§ 8. Should it be ascertained after the commencement of the 

 fair that any exhibitor is connected either by near consanguinity 

 or business relations with one of the judges, in the department or 

 class in which he is an exhibitor, it shall be the duty of the mana- 

 gers to substitute another judge. 



§ 9. The judges shall be notified to meet at a particular hour 

 and place, within the limits of the exhibition, and the Board of 

 Managers shall select one or more persons to meet such judges, 

 provide them with blanks, with a list of the articles to be exa- 

 mined, point out the location of the same, and extend to them the 

 requisite facilities for a thorough and impartial performance of 

 their duties. 



§ 10. The decisions of the judges as to the order of merit of 

 competing articles shall be binding upon the said Board in the 

 distribution of premiums, and in no instance shall an award be 

 made upon their own volition. If, however, it shall satisfactorily 

 appear that any article has not, for sufficient cause, received that 

 consideration which its merits seemed to require, it shall be the 

 duty of the Board to cause a I'c-examination before a final decision 

 shall be made ; and in case it can be shown that any decision is 

 the result of fraud and collusion, or from the obvious incompe- 

 tency of the judges, or in violation of any by-law of the Institute, 

 the same may be set aside or altered by a vote of two-thirds of the 

 managers present at any regular meeting of the Board. 



§ 11. No premium, or anything in lieu thereof, shall be awarded 

 by the Board of Managers, directly or indirectly, to any of 

 their members, or any of their employees, or to any judge appointed 

 by them, or to any member of other standing committees, or to 

 any trustee of the Institute, or to any person or company who 

 shall employ as agent either of the ofiicers and members aforesaid. 



§ 12. The kind of premium to be awarded to the exhibitor of 

 the best articles in any department shall be decided by a majority 

 of the Board, and they shall so award premiums of less value to 

 lesser grades of merits respectively. 



§ 13. All medals shall be made of bronze. The highest prize 

 at any exhibition shall be the large medal of honor, which shall }>e 

 given only for a new and useful invention, or for a new and highly 

 valuable product of the soil, never before exhibited. This prize 

 shall be awarded only to the originator of such invention or pro- 

 duct. 



§ 14. The large medal of honor, designating the highest prize. 



