No. 4.] MEETINGS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 7 



A written request having been received from Mr. Francis 

 S, Thacher for employment in cataloguing the library of the 

 Board, it appearing that there were no funds available for 

 such work, it was 



Voted., To postpone action indefinitely. 



Boston, Oct. 12, 1897. 



The meeting was called to consider the request of the 

 Worcester Agricultural Society for the approval by the Board 

 of Agriculture of the vote of said society, passed at a special 

 meeting of the society on Oct. 2, 1897, "that the treasurer 

 be authorized to raise the sum of eleven thousand dollars by 

 a mortgage upon the property of the society, at a rate of 

 interest not to exceed four and one-half per cent, and that 

 the entire amount of the old mortgage and the eleven thou- 

 sand dollars additional be included in the mortgage." The 

 vote was unanimous in favor of such morti>:aoe. 



A copy of the vote as above was presented, with certificate 

 of the secretary that it was ' ' a true and accurate copy of the 

 records of the Worcester Agricultural Society, so far as it 

 relates to the vote to mortgage their property, passed Oct. 

 2, 1897." 



It was also shown that the special meeting of the society 

 was legally called in accordance with the by-laws of the 

 society, and that it was called for the purpose of voting upon 

 the matter of borrowing money to pay the indebtedness of 

 the society and of securing the loan by mortgage of the 

 property of the society. It was further shown that the hear- 

 ing by the Board of Agriculture on the matter had been 

 advertised according to the requirements of the Board by the 

 insertion in the "Worcester Spy" and "Telegram," on Oc- 

 tober 5, 6 and 7, of the necessary advertisement. 



No person appearing in opposition to the request of the 

 society, and it appearing that the best interests of the society 

 would be conserved thereby, it was 



Voted, To approve the vote of the Worcester Agricultural 

 Society, above quoted, in accordance with the provisions of 

 chapter 274 of the Acts of 1890. 



