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As overseers of the college the Board of Agriculture may- 

 well rest satisfied in the progress of the past year, and take pride 

 in their connection with an institution which your Committee 

 believe will soon become a distinguished ornament of the 

 Commonwealth. 



L. Agassiz. 



Geo. a. King. 



J. B. Moore. 



The Report, after a lengthy discussion, was laid upon the 

 table, when the Board adjourned. 



THIRD DAY. 



Boston, January 30, 1869. 



The Board met at 10 o'clock, A. M. 



Present : Messrs. Agassiz, Baker, Bassett, Birnie, Blair, Boise, 

 Brown, Clark, Clement, Cole, Davis, Fearing, Hubbard, John- 

 son, Knowlton, Moore, Morton, Porter, Saltonstall, Sanderson, 

 Slade, Stone, Thatcher, Thompson, Ward and Watkins. 



Mr. Thatcher was requested to preside, and accordingly took 

 the chair. 



Mr. Baker submitted a report as delegate to the Hampden 

 East Society, and Mr. Thatcher one upon the Worcester West, 

 both of which were laid over. 



The report of the visiting committee of the Agricultural 

 College was then taken from the table and accepted. 



Voted, That the Examining Committee of the Agricultural 

 College for the current year be appointed by nomination. 



The committee was then constituted by the appointment of 

 Messrs. Agassiz, Slade and Thatcher. 



Voted, That the Board of Agriculture, as overseers of the 

 Massachusetts Agricultural College, petition the legislature in 

 aid of the petition of the trustees of said college for an appro- 

 priation for the erection of additional buildings, and for such 

 other objects as the continued prosperity of the institution 

 demands. 



Voted, That the Secretary present the above petition to the 

 legislature. 



