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with the provisions of the Act. As a result, the attention of 

 the Commissioners has not been called to a single case of 

 Spanish fever, and it is believed that such an one has not 

 occurred. The expense of " carrying out and enforcing " the 

 provisions of the Act, has been but forty-five dollars and 

 thirty-five cents ($45.35). The last Legislature appropriated 

 five hundred dollars to enable the Commissioners to discharge 

 the needful duties of their office. Of this sum but about one- 

 fifth has been expended, and it is hoped that the unexpended 

 balance will be abundantly sufficient for the current year. 

 Therefore no appropriation by the present Legislature will be 

 required. 



Levi Stockbridge, 

 E. F. Thayer, 

 E. W. Jordan, 

 Commissioners on Contagious Diseases among Cattle. 



ANNUAL MEETING OF THE BOAKD. 



The Board met at the office of the Secretary, in Boston, on 

 Tuesday, the 6th of February, 1877, at twelve o'clock, His 

 Excellency, Governor Rice, in the chair. 



Present : Messrs. Bagg, Baker, Bennett, Chadbourne, 

 Davis, Dwight, Fenn, Goessmann, Hadwen, Hersey, Holland, 

 Knox, Ladd, Loring, Macy, Merrill, Moore, Peirce, Perry, 

 Phinney, Rice, Saltonstall, Sanderson, Shepley, Milo J. 

 Smith, Stone, Vincent, Wakefield, L. P. Warner, W. L. 

 Warner and Wilder. 



Messrs. Wilder, Moore and Chadbourne were appointed a 

 committee to consider and report on the order of business. 



This committee subsequently submitted the following re- 

 port : — 



1. Reports of Delegates. 



2. Report of Committee on the Agricultural College. 



3. Report of the Committee of Arrangements on the Country 

 Meeting at Worcester. 



