1889.] PUBLIC DOCUMENT — No. 4. 393 



EEGULATIONS OF THE BOARD OF AGRI- 

 CULTURE. 



1. The Board shall hold an annual business meet- Annual meet- 



Ing. 



mg at the office of the secretary in Boston, commencing 

 on the Tuesday preceding the first Wednesday in Feb- 

 ruary, and continuing through the following Wednes- 

 day, on which day the new members may take their 

 seats. The meeting will be prolonged as business may 

 require. The business of the Board shall be con- 

 ducted in accordance with the rules used by deliber- 

 ative bodies. 



No member shall speak more than once until others 

 who have not spoken shall speak if they desire it, nor 

 more than twice without first having obtained leave of 

 the Board. 



No member in debate shall occupy more than ten 

 minutes at a time without leave of the Board. 



2. At the annual meeting an executive committee Executive 

 consisting of five members shall be chosen, whose duty ''"™™' 

 shall be to act for the Board in cases of emergency. 



3. The times for holding the fairs of the agricul- Times for 



=• => holdini; the 



tural societies receiving bounty from the State of fairs of the 



° '' several 



Massachusetts shall be as follows : — eocietiee. 



Amcsbury and Salisbury, 5th Tuesday after the 1st Monday in 

 September. 



Barnstable, 4tli Tuesday after tlie 1st Monday in September. 



Bay State. 



Berksliire, 2d Tuesday after tlie 1st Monday in September. 



Blackstone Valley, 4tli Tuesday after the 1st Monday in Sep- 

 tember. 



Bristol, ith Tuesday after the 1st Monday in September. 



Deerfield Valley, 2d Thursday after the 1st Monday in Sep- 

 tember. 



Eastern Hampden, 3d Tuesday a^ter the 1st Monday in Sep- 

 tember. 



Essex, 4th Tuesday after the 1st Monday in September. 



