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Essex, to the third Tuesday after the first Monday in Sep- 

 tember ; the Hampden, to the third Thursday after the first 

 Monday in September ; the Hampshire, to the fourth Tuesday 

 after the first Monday in September ; the Martha's Vineyard, 

 to the fifth Tuesday after the first Monday in September ; 

 the Middlesex, to the third Tuesday after the first Monday 

 in September ; the Spencer, to the fourth Thursday after the 

 first Monday in September ; and that the time of the 

 Worcester East be fixed at the second Thursday after the 

 first Monday in September; the Attleborough, the fourth 

 Tuesday after the first Monday in September ; and the Wey- 

 mouth, the fifth Wednesday after the first Monday in 

 September. Report accepted and adopted, subject to the 

 revision of the executive committee, as circumstances may 

 seem in their judgment to warrant. 



On motion of Mr. Appleton, Voted, That the- committee 

 on legislation be authorized to appear before the committee 

 on federal relations, to whom was referred the Governor's 

 message relating to the representation of this State at the 

 World's Columbian Exposition at Chicago, and ask that the 

 interests of agriculture be duly considered in any appro- 

 priation that may be made, and that the Agricultural 

 College and the Experiment Station be included in their 

 requests. 



On motion of Mr. Appleton, Voted, That the following 

 be referred to the special committee to whom was referred 

 the essays, with instructions to report thereon at the next 

 public winter meeting : — 



The State Board of Agriculture, assembled at its annual 

 meeting, recognizing the serious injuries to human health, 

 which may and do too often result from the use of textile 

 goods, whose attractive colors are sometimes produced by 

 the use of arsenic, which is a poison, recommend that, 

 when colored textile goods are bought for household com- 

 fort or wearing apparel, the seller shall, when required by 

 the buyer, furnish a bill that shall state clearly that the 

 goods sold are "free from arsenic," and that a fair sample 

 of the goods (containing its several colors) shall then be 



