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 General Rules. 



Competitors are requested to carefully read the rules and 

 premium list before making entries. 



Claims (entries) for premiums to be awarded at the Exhibi- 

 tion on the Fair Grounds, other than live stock, must be en- 

 tered with the Secretary of the Society, or his agent, and in 

 the Exhibition Hall, on or before 11 A. M., of the first day 

 thereof. 



All entries of live stock must be entered with the Secretary 

 at least one week previous to the holding of the Fair, and no 

 entries will be received after that date. 



Any person 7iot a m^emher of the Society, awarded seven dol- 

 lars and upwards, shall receive a certificate of membership, 

 for which three dollars of his award will be taken to increase 

 the funds of the Society. 



Diplomas awarded will be delivered and premiums paid, to 

 the person to whom the premium or gratuity is awarded or 

 an agent duly authorized, on application to the Treasurer, at 

 First National Bank, Salem, on and after the first Monday of 

 November. 



All premiums and gratuities awarded., the payment of which 

 is not demanded of the Treasurer on or before the first day of 

 April next succeeding the Exhibition, will be considered as 

 given to increase the funds of the Society. 



In all cases the reports of awards of premiums and gratui- 

 ties made by the several committees and adopted by the Soci- 

 ety shall be final. Committees should see that the premium 

 cards issued, correspond with the premiums and gratuities 

 awarded in their reports. 



No person shall be entitled to receive a premium, unless he 

 complies with the conditions on which the premiums are of- 

 fered, and by proper entry as required, gives notice of his in- 

 tention to compete for the same ; and committees are instruct- 

 ed to award no premium unless the animal or article offered 

 is worthy. 



No animal or object that is entered in one class, with one 

 committee, shall be entered in another class, working oxen, 

 working steers, (three year old steers may be entered for 

 ploughing in a double team) and farm horses which may be 

 entered for ploughing, horses for fast walking, and milch 

 cows, which may be entered with a herd. 



All stock eligible for premium must be owned by residents 

 and kept in the county. 



In regard to all subjects for which premiums are offered, it 

 is to be distinctly understood that the Trustees reserve to 



