6 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



BosTox, Sept. 5, 1899. 



The meeting was called in part to consider the request 

 of the AVorcester Agricultural Society for change of date 

 for the holding of its 1899 fair. 



Voted, That the request of the Worcester Agricultural 

 Society for a change of date of its annual fair from Sept. 

 5, 6 and 7 to Sept. 21, 1899, be approved. 



Vbled, That the secretary be instructed to inform the 

 secretary of the Worcester Agricultural Society of the action 

 of the Board. 



The credential of Mr. Alfred C. Stoddard, elected by the 

 Spencer Farmers' and Mechanics' Association as a member 

 of the Board of Agriculture, to fill the vacancy caused by 

 the resignation of Mr. J. Elton Green, was presented. The 

 question of the legality of the election being raised, and it 

 appearing that Mr. Stoddard was elected at a meeting of the 

 trustees of the society, and it not appearing that this was 

 their customary manner of electing the delegate to the Board 

 of Agriculture, it was 



Voted, That the secretary be instructed to inform the 

 Spencer Farmers' and Mechanics' Association of the apparent 

 legal difficulties that have arisen, and inform it that, if it 

 will send a credential certifying that Alfred C. Stoddard has 

 been elected deles^ate to the State Board of Agriculture in 

 the usual manner, the committee will receive and consider 

 the credential, and that in the mean time the original 

 credential be laid on the table. 



The matter of the request to His Excellency of the man- 

 ager of the Mid-Continental Agricultural Exhibition and 

 Harvest Festival, to be held in Cincinnati September 25- 

 October 7, to appoint delegates to the national agricultural 

 congress, to be held in connection with the exhibition, being 

 in order, it was 



Voted, That the matter be referred to the secretary, with 

 full power to act. 



The question whether the members of the Board are enti- 

 tled to compensation for their travelling and necessary 



