12 BOARD OF AGEICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



society, and discussion, and no person appearing to object to 

 the sale of the real estate, it was 



Voted, That, whereas the officers of the "V\'orcester Agri- 

 cultural Society have expressed their intention to use the 

 proceeds of the sale of the society's grounds for the purposes 

 for which the society was incorporated, the Massachusetts 

 State Board of Agriculture hereby approves the vote of the 

 Worcester Agricultural Society, passed at a special meeting, 

 on March 10, 1899, "That Henry S. Pratt, William A. 

 Gile, Edwin P. Curtis, Cahnn L. Hartshorn, Francis A. Har- 

 rington and Frederick H. Chamberlain, all of Worcester, 

 and Ledyard Bill of Paxton, or a majority of them, be author- 

 ized to sell all the real estate belonging to the Worcester 

 Agricultural Society for the sum of $185,000, or for as much 

 more as can be obtained. A majority of said persons are 

 hereby given fiill and complete authority to determine the 

 terms, conditions and manner of sale, conveyance and pay- 

 ment of and for said real estate, and to do any and all things 

 necessary to carry out and complete said sale, conveyance 

 and payment, including executing, acknowledging and de- 

 livering all necessary deeds, written instruments and papers 

 in the name of said society. The said agents of the society 

 may take as part payment for said real estate a mortgage of 

 the same to the society, for such an amount, in such form 

 and on such terms as a majority of them may deem ex- 

 pedient," in accordance with the requirements of chapter 274 

 of the Acts of 1890. 



Fb^ec?, That the secretary be instructed to notify the sec- 

 retary of the Worcester Agricultural Society of the action 

 of the Board. 



On motion of General Appleton, it was 



Voted, That the Board of Agriculture assembled in special 

 meeting expresses to the Worcester Agricultural Society its 

 appreciation of all that said society has done in the past to 

 promote the cause of Massachusetts agriculture and the in- 

 terest of our agriculturists, and extends to it all encourage- 

 ment for the society's future efforts in that direction. 



The request of the Plymouth County Agricultural Society 

 for the approval by the Board of Agriculture of the vote of 



