No 4.] ANNUAL MEETING. 177 



SECOND DAY. 

 The Board met at 10 a.m., Mr. Wood in the chair. 



Present : Messrs. Allen, F. H. Appleton, Baker, Benedict, 

 Bowditch, Brewster, Bursley, Clark, Damon, Ellsworth, 

 Goodspeed, Green, Grinnell, Hall, Hersey, Horton, Kilbourn, 

 Lloyd, Pratt, Raymond, Reed, Richardson, Sargent, Sessions, 

 Shaw, F. H. Smith, Geo. P. Smith, Stetson, Stockwell, 

 Whitmore, E. E. Wood and E W. Wood. 



The records of the first day were read and approved. 



Voted, That the by-laws be amended by inserting in the 

 seventh line of Article L, after the word " committees" the 

 words '■'■ Provided, that each appointed or elected member oi 

 the Board shall be assigned to one of the committees, and 

 that the members in excess of the thirty-five necessary to till 

 the committees be assigned to certain committees by vote of 

 the Board at each annual meeting." 



Voted, That the two members over the number necessary 

 to fill the committees be assigned one to the committee on 

 domestic animals and sanitation and one to the committee on 

 Agricultural College and education. 



Election of officers being in order, ballots were taken, and 

 the elections resulted as follows : — 



President, ex officio, His Excellency Governor Roger Wolcott. 

 First vice-president, James S. Grinnell of Greenfield. 

 Second vice-president, Elljah W. Wood of West Newton. 

 Secretary, William R. Sessions of Hampden. 



The chairman announced the following standins: committees 

 (the secretary is by rule of the Board a member ex officio of 

 each of the standing committees) : — 



Executive committee : Messrs. E. W. Wood of West Newton, 

 W. A. Kilbourn of South Lancaster, Isaac Damon of Wayland, D. 

 A. Horton of Northampton, E. A. Harwood of North Brookfield, 

 Edmund Hersey of Hingham and Francis H. Appleton of Peabody. 



