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ure of its vote, passed at a special meeting of the society, 

 on Dec. 11, 1899, "That the president and treasurer be 

 authorized to place a second mortgage on the society's prop- 

 erty, in accordance witli the rule and with the consent of the 

 State Board of Agriculture, for an amount not to exceed two 

 thousand dollars," being in order, the matter was heard. It 

 appearing that the action of the society was according to 

 law and properly advertised, and no person appearing in 

 opposition to the request of the society, it was 



Voted, That the Board of Agriculture approves of the vote 

 of the Eastern Hampden Agricultural Society, passed at a 

 special meeting, Dec. 11, 1899, as above quoted, in accord- 

 ance with the provisions of chapter 274 of the Acts of 1890. 



Adjourned at 12.15 to 1.30 p.m. 



The Board reassembled at 1.30 o'clock. 



Voted, That a place on the committee on gypsy moth, in- 

 sects and birds be left vacant, to be filled later by the execu- 

 tive committee. 



The Chair announced the standing committees as follows 

 (the secretary is, by rule of the Board, a member ex officio 

 of each of the standing committees) : — 



Executive committee : Messrs. W. A. Kilbourn of South Lan- 

 caster, Isaac Damon of Wayland, D. A. Horton of Northampton, 

 John Bursley of West Barnstable, Edmund Hersey of Hingham, 

 Francis H. Appleton of Manchester, Augustus Pratt of North 

 Middleborough, F. "W. Sargent of Amesbury. 



Committee on agricultural societies : W. A. Kilbourn of South 

 Lancaster, Q. L. Reed of South Weymouth, Chas. A. Gleason of 

 Springfield, Henry A. Howard of Colrain, Geo. P. Carpenter of 

 Williamstown. 



Committee on domestic animals and sanitation : Messrs. Isaac 

 Damon of Wayland, Oscar S. Thayer of Attleborough, Joshua 

 Clark of Lowell, F. L. Whitmore of Sunderland, Almon W. Lloyd 

 of Blandford. 



Committee on gypsy moth, insects and birds : Messrs. Augus- 

 tus Pratt of North Middleborough, F. W. Sargent of Amesbury, 

 John M. Danforth of Lynnfield, John G. Avery of Spencer. 



