226 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



The essay was read and laid over, under the rule, to come 

 up for a second reading, when the Board 



Adjourned. 



Second Day. 



The Board met at ten o'clock, a. m., Hon. Marshall 

 P. Wilder in the chair. 



Present : Messrs. Bagg, Baker, Bennett, Burnap, Chad- 

 bourne, Comius, Davis, Fenn, Goessinann, Hadwen, Hersey, 

 Holland, Johnson, Knowlton, Knox, Lewis, Loring, Macy, 

 Merrill, Perry, Phinney, Saltonstall, Shepley, Arthur A. 

 Smith, Metcalf J. Smith, Milo J. Smith, Upham, Vincent, 

 Wakefield and Wilder. 



The Committee on Credentials presented the following 



REPORT : 



The Committee appointed to examine the credentials of 

 newly elected members, have attended to that duty, and re- 

 spectfully report that the following are duly elected : By the — 



Massachusetts, . . . . • . . Charles S. Sargent. 



Middlesex North, James T. Burnap. 



Worcester North-West, .... Enoch T. Lewis. 



Worcester South, Nathaniel Upham. 



Hampshire, Henry C. Comins. 



Union, Franklin C. Knox. 



Franklin, Arthur A. Smith. 



Hoosac Valley, ...... William E. Johnson. 



Norfolk, . Henry S. Russell. 



Hingham, Edmund Hersey. 



Barnstable County, S. B. Piiinney. 



Martha's Vineyard, Hebron Vincent. 



Appointed by the Governor and Council, . Hon. Marshall P. Wilder. 



S. B. Phinney, 

 Horace P. Wakefield, 

 D. B. Fenn, 



Committee. 



The report was accepted. 



