Regulations of the Board of Agriculture. 



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REGULATIONS OF THE BOARD OF 

 AGRICULTURE. 



1. The Board shall hold an annual business meet- 

 ing 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 thaii ten 

 minutes at a time without leave of the Board. 



2. At the annual meeting an executive committee 

 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- 

 tural societies receiving bounty from the State of 

 Massachusetts shali be as follows : — 



Annual meet- 

 ing. 



Executive 

 committee. 



Times for 

 faoldinK tlie 

 fairs of the 

 several 

 societies. 



Amesbury and Salisbury, ^th Tuesday after the 1st Monday ia 

 September. J .-i 



Barnstable, 4^ Tuesday after the 1st Monday in September. 



Bay State. 



Berkshire, 2d Tuesday after the 1st Monday in September. 



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

 tember.^'^ ; ,;^ / ', ,i. 



Bristol, |th ' lUt e tjda ; ' after the 1st Monday in September. 



Deerflekl Valley, 2d Thursday after tlie 1st Monday in Sep- 

 tember. 



Eastern Hampden, .3d Tuesday after the 1st Monday in Sep- 

 tember. , (,_ 



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



