General Rules and Regulations. 



1. Intending exhibitors must make entries to the Secretary of the 

 Society at least three days prior to the opening of an exhibition. The 

 management reserves the right to reject or admit any exhibit for which 

 entry has not been received. 



2. All exhibits and renewals must be ready for examination by the 

 Committees at twelve o'clock on the morning of the exhibition or they may 

 be disqualified. 



3. During the preparations for all prize exhibitions a doorkeeper shall 

 be stationed at the door of the Hall who shall on no account leave his posi- 

 tion and shall see that no person, except members of Committees and 

 Exhibitors or their assistants, is admitted to the Hall upon any pretext 

 whatever. 



4. In order to afford the Committees an opportunity to exam- 

 ine AND REPORT ON THE ARTICLES EXHIBITED NO OTHER PERSON CAN 

 BE ADMITTED OR REMAIN IN THE HALL BETWEEN 12 o' CLOCK AND THE 

 HOUR OF OPENING. 



5. At the close of every exhibition a doorkeeper shall be stationed 

 at the door of the Hall who shall on no account leave his position 

 and shall on no pretext whatever admit any person to the Hall 

 except members of Committees and Exhibitors or those bearing 

 written orders from them for the delivery of articles exhibited; 

 and all other persons who may be in the Hall at the close of the 

 exhibition shall leave immediately. 



6. In the case of exhibitions continuing through the evening, no general 

 removal of articles shall take place until the next day, at such time as the 

 Committee on Exhibitions shall appoint; and a duly authorized officer 

 shall be present at such time and shall attend to the delivery of articles 

 exhibited. Highly perishable exhibits may, however, be removed at night 

 at the close of an exhibition, by permission of the Committee on Exhibi- 

 tions or its authorized officer in charge. 



7. The Superintendent of the Building shall employ all assistance neces- 

 sary strictly to enforce the above rules, including police. 



8. Exhibitors disposing of any of their exhibits must notify the 

 Officer in charge of such disposal, and he shall not deliver such 

 articles without a written order from the owner thereof. 



9. All Plants, Flowers, Fruits, and Vegetables offered for prizes or other 

 awards must have their names annexed, and must have been grown by 

 the competitors. Specimens offered for exhibition only, by others than the 

 growers, must in all cases have the names of the growers affixed. 



10. No prize shall be awarded for any plant or other article unless such 

 plant or the plant producing such other article shall have been the property 

 of the exhibitor for three months next preceding the award, except such 



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