No. 4.] MEETINGS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 7 



sale or mortgage of their real estate must be by aye and 

 nay, and that the societies be so notified. 



Voted, That the secretary ask the opinion of the At- 

 torney-General as to the powers of the Board of Agriculture 

 under chapter 274, Acts of 1890. 



BosTOx, July 12, 1900. 



Voted, That the action of the Dairy Bureau, in employing 

 Mr. Geo. M. AVhitaker as general agent, temporarily, until 

 the next annual meeting of the Board, be approved. 



Voted, That the first and second vice-presidents of the 

 Board, the chairman of the executive committee, the pres- 

 ident of the Massachusetts Agricultural College and the 

 secretary of the Board be appointed a committee of the 

 Board, to represent the claims of the agriculture of the State 

 before the commissioners on the exhibit of the State at the 

 Pan-American Exposition at Buffalo, N. Y., in 1901, and 

 to have full powers in the disposition of any monies which 

 may be devoted to the agricultural exhibit. 



Voted, That the action of the secretary in regard to the 

 Marshfield field meeting be approved. 



Marshfield, Sept. 4, 1900. 



The executive committee this day authorized the Plym- 

 outh County Agricultural Society, on its request, to unite 

 with the Marshfield Agricultural and Horticultural Society 

 in the holding of its 1900 fair; and the dates of the Plym- 

 outh County Society were changed accordingly, — i.e., to 

 September 19, 20 and 21. 



Boston, Oct. 30, 1900 



The executive committee, sitting jointly with the com- 

 mittee on institutes, rules and legislation, considered and 

 acted upon the revision of the by-laws, rules and recom- 

 mendations of the Board, and the matter was left subject 

 to the approval of the Board. 



