664 MASS. BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Governor Boutwell was requested to act as chairman, and 

 the Secretary of State appointed secretary pro tern. 



The members were classified by lot, according to the terms 

 of the law, as follows : — 



Members whose term of service expires in 1854, Messrs. 

 "Wilder, Page, Proctor, Sprague, Lincoln, Parkhurst. 



Members whose term expires in 1855, Messrs. Hitchcock, 

 Reed, Brewer, Smith, Brown, Lawton. 



Members whose term expires in 1856, Messrs. Wood, Fes- 

 senden, Grennell, Nash, Gray, French. 



Its organization being completed, the election of a permanent 

 Secretary first claimed the attention of the Board. 



After a discussion of the subject, a committee was appoint- 

 ed to report upon the duties of that officer, and submit the 

 name or names of suitable persons for the office. 



A committee of one for each of the incorporated agricultural 

 societies in the Commonwealth was appointed to attend the 

 next annual exhibitions, and report upon the same to this Board. 



A committee was also appointed to select such subject re- 

 lating to agriculture, as may be most worthy of attention, and 

 report at a future meeting. After further incidental business, 

 an adjournment was made to the 5th day of August. 



On that day the Board again assembled, and Mr. Wilder, 

 from the committee on the subject of appointing a Secretary 

 and defining his duties, submitted the following report : — 



The undersigned, a committee of this Board to prescribe the 

 duties of its Secretary, and to present the name or names of a 

 person or persons suitable for that office, having attended to 

 the subject, report as follows upon 



" THE DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY." 



1. To make a faithful record of the meetings of this Board. 



2. To keep a journal of all important communications, made 

 to or by the Board, in relation to the progress of his and their 

 labors, and of the art and science of agriculture. 



3. To open and conduct a correspondence with such prac- 

 tical and scientific cultivators, or other eminent individuals, 

 and with such agricultural associations in our own country, 

 and in other lands, as may be deemed expedient. 



