ety, now make their report. President Appleton, cliair- 

 man of the committee, made a report that, according to 

 estimates obtained by the committee, it would cost about 

 fl7,000 to purchase land, erect buildings, fence the 

 grounds, grading, etc., and recommended that the Society 

 locate in the town of Danvers, provided the}^ could get 

 land at a reasonable price. 



At this time a series of resolutions were presented by a 

 committee chosen at a meeting of the citizens of Danvers, 

 asking the Society to locate in that town, and the citizens 

 of Danvers had pledged themselves to give the Society 

 one thousand dollars toward the same. 



On motion of Mr. Butler of Georgetown, it was voted 

 that a committee, consisting of the president, secretary, 

 Sherman Nelson of Georgetown, James C. Poor of North 

 Andover, Charles C. Blunt of Andover, E. A. Emerson of 

 Haverhill, M. C. Pettingill of Danvers, Asa T. Newhall 

 of Lynn, Richard Newell of West Newbury, Edward 

 Kent of Newbury, and S. D. Hood of Topsfield, be chosen 

 by this Society, with full power to bond or purchase, grade 

 and fence land, and erect suitable buildings thereon for the 

 use of this Society, and the Society hereby authorize the 

 treasurer of the Society to pay for the same from the 

 Society's funds, upon the approval of the bills by the pres- 

 ident and secretary, unless the executive committee deem 

 it unwise to disturb some of the invested securities, in 

 which case they are hereby authorized by vote of this So- 

 ciety to borrow money and mortgage the property and 

 issue notes for the same, provided that said committee 

 shall not contract any bills exceeding the invested funds 

 of the Society. Vote was 81 in affirmative, 11 in negative. 

 Voted, that the committee shall incur no expense to the 

 Society beyond the funds of the Society, and establish no 

 debt. 



A vote of thanks was extended to the society for the 

 use of the church, and to all others who had lent their 

 assistance in making the fair a success. 



