No. 4.] ANNUAL MEETING. 311 



The Board requires that the inspector's report shall be filed with 

 the secretary of the Board withiu two weeks after the close of the 

 fair he has visited. 



Voted, That copies of duties of inspectors and changes 

 made in by-laws and rules of the Board be printed, and a 

 copy sent to the secretary of each society, and also to each 

 inspector. 



At 10.30 A.M. the Board adjourned to 2 p.m., to enable 

 the members to attend the hearing on tuberculosis before the 

 committees of the Legislature. 



The Board was called to order at 2 p.m., Mr. Grinnell 

 in the chair. 



The recommendation of the committee on agricultural 

 societies, regarding towm farms, that no action be taken, was 

 adopted. 



The recommendation that no amendment of Rule 12 is 

 necessary was adopted. 



The recommendation that Rule 14 be not repealed was 

 adopted. 



The recommendation that Rule 14 be amended by adding, 

 " societies are requested to print in lists of premiums oifered 

 the requirements of the Board regarding entries, exhibits 

 and premiums," was adopted. 



The recommendation in regard to the use of scales of points 

 that no change be made, was adopted. 



The recommendation that Rule 5 be amended by striking 

 out in the sixth line the words "together with a statement 

 of which premiums have been paid from the State bounty," 

 and that there be added to the same rule the words ' ' and all 

 societies shall file with the secretary of the Board of Agri- 

 culture, on or before January 10, ten copies of their printed 

 transactions, and shall also seasonably file with the secretary 

 ten copies of printed premium lists and other printed docu- 

 ments issued by the societies," was adopted. 



The recommendation that Article 12 of the By-laws, re- 

 garding duties of inspectors, be amended by inserting after 



