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the executive committee at the special meeting of the Board 

 at Greenfield, being in order, it was 



Voted, To authorize the secretary to take such member- 

 ship, if he concludes that it is likely to result to the advan- 

 tage of institute work in Massachusetts. 



Boston, March 3, 1897. 



The meeting was called in part to consider the request of 

 the Berkshire Agricultural Society for the approval by the 

 Board of Agriculture of the vote of the said society, at a 

 special meeting duly called for the purpose, Feb. 23, 1897, 

 that "the president and treasurer be authori^ied to increase 

 the loan given by the Greenfield Savings Bank, and secured 

 by mortgage on the fair grounds, from $5,500 to |7,000." 

 There was presented an attested copy of the call for the 

 meeting and of the vote of the society above quoted, which 

 copy stated that the vote was by two-thirds of the members 

 present, and that a quorum was present at the said meeting. 

 There were also presented copies of the " Evening Journal" 

 of . February 9 and 16, and of the "Evening Eagle" of the 

 same dates, containing notice of the special meeting above 

 referred to, and also copies of the "Evening Journal" of 

 February 24, 25 and 26, containing the required advertise- 

 ment of the hearing. 



No person appearing in opposition to the vote of the so- 

 ciety, it was 



Voted, To approve the vote of the Berkshire Agricultural 

 Society, above quoted, in accordance with the provisions of 

 chapter 274 of the Acts of 1890. 



A request having been received from the Worcester Agri- 

 cultural Society that it might change the dates assigned l)y 

 the Board of Agriculture for the holding of its 1897 fair, in 

 order that its dates might conform to the dates decided upon 

 by a joint committee of the Massachusetts State Grange and 

 the Worcester Agricultural Society for the holding of a joint 

 fair, namely, August 31 and September 1, 2 and 3, it was 



Voted, That the Worcester Agricultural Society be allowed 

 to change the dates for its 1897 fair to August 31 and Sep- 

 tember 1, 2 and 3, 



