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shall not be awarded by the managers for any article unless its 

 pi'actical value shall exceed that of any similar one in use, known 

 to them, or intended to accomplish the same purpose. 



§ 15. The regular premiums of the exhibition shall be awarded 

 to the inventor, manufacturer or producer, in preference to the 

 owner or exhibitor of any article, and shall be as follows : 



First premium. First medal, and a diploma containing the rea- 

 sons in full Avhich governed the judges in rendering their decision. 



Second premium. Second medal, and diploma containing an 

 explanation of the merits of the article, and the points of utility 

 as presented by the judges. 



Third premium. Third medal, and a certificate of the relative 

 value of the article exhibited, as given in the judges' report. 



§ 16. The Board of Managers shall have sole power to admit or 

 exclude articles presented for exhibition, and to remove any arti- 

 cle already admitted they may deem objectionable. 



§ 17, No charge shall be made for space. 



§ 18. In all cases where materials or work and labor are required, 

 involving an expenditure of an amount exceeding ten dollars, it 

 shall be the duty of the manager or committee having the same in 

 charge to reduce the agreement to writing, which shall be executed 

 by the party thereto, before purchase shall be made or the employ- 

 ment begin. 



§ 19. No member of the Board of Managers shall take, or be 

 interested directly or remotely in, any contract, or do any work 

 ordered to be done by them, or any of their sub-committees, for 

 which any charge shall be made or compensation given. 



§ 20. Any individual desiring to become a member of the Insti- 

 tute, during the time of holding the annual fair, may make an 

 application, similar to that provided for in Art. XXI, sec. 1, to 

 the Board of Managers. Such application shall also be endorsed 

 by a member of the Board, A quorum of the Board shall be 

 required to act upon the same. If the applicant is admitted by 

 them, he shall, on the payment of five dollars, receive a member's 

 free ticket to the fair. At the next meeting of the Institute after 

 the fair, the Board of Managers shall report the name, residence 

 and occupation of such individual, and by whom endorsed, and the 

 meeting shall thereafter act upon the said report, as upon applica- 

 tions made for membership, provided for in Art. XXI. 



§ 21. The Board of Managers shall deposit daily the money 

 received by them from the sale of admission tickets, and from all 



