4 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



Society, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 274 

 of the Acts of 1890. 



Voted, That the secretary be instructed to notify the sec- 

 retary of the Weymouth Agricultural and Industrial Society 

 of the action of the Board. 



There was also presented the request of the Worcester 

 North-west Agricultural and Mechanical Society for the 

 approval by the Board of Agriculture of the vote of the 

 said society, passed at a special meeting of the society, 

 Jan. 27, 1899, " That the treasurer of the Worcester North- 

 west Agricultural and Mechanical Society be and hereby is 

 authorized and instructed to borrow the sum of $3,500, and 

 give the note of the society therefor, and secure payment 

 of the same by a good and sufficient mortgage of all the real 

 estate owned by the society, and is hereby empowered to 

 execute said mortgage in the name of, and for, said society, 

 and with the mone}' thus borrowed to immediately pay that 

 amount of the present indebtedness of said society." 



There was presented a statement of the secretary of the 

 society, giving a certified copy of the vote above quoted ; a 

 statement that the special meeting was legally called for the 

 purpose of voting on this matter ; that the affirmative vote 

 was unanimous ; and that a quorum was present. It was 

 also shown that the hearing on the matter was advertised as 

 required by the notice of the secretary of the Board of 

 Agriculture. 



No person appearing in opposition, it was 



Voted, To approve for the Board of Agriculture the above- 

 quoted vote of the Worcester North-west Agricultural and 

 Mechanical Society, in accordance with the provisions of 

 chapter 274 of the Acts of 1890. 



Voted, That the secretary be instructed to notify the 

 secretary of the Worcester North-west Agricultural and 

 Mechanical Society of the action of the Board. 



The credential of Mr. Francis H. Appleton of Manchester, 

 appointed by His Excellency, February 1, to fill the vacancy 

 on the Board of Agriculture occasioned by the death of Mr. 

 S. S. Stetson of Lakeville, was presented and approved. 



