petitor is antagonistic to the spirit of the institution, and subjects 

 the offender to a penalty ; and the Committee in conducting their 

 examinations and in determining their awards, will be governed 

 strictly b}' these considerations. 



Committees in their awards shall not exceed the appropri- 

 ations in their Divisions, nor will the}' be permitted to award 

 any extra premiums except when the regulations in such Divi- 

 sions allow it; see, also. Article XV of the By-Laws. 



Committees are instructed to place premium cards bearing 

 the names of the persons receiving premiums upon the articles or 

 animals immediately after the awards — bhie for fii^st ; red for 

 second; white for third. If any animal or any article be exhib- 

 ited which would receive a premium but for the rules of the 

 Societ}' making such animal or articles ineligible, the exhibitor 

 shall receive a certificate from the Committee certif3dng the facts. 



All persons appointed to serve as Committees, who shall de- 

 sire to compete for premiums in their own Divisions, and who do 

 not notify the Secretary to that effect at least one week before the 

 opening of the Fair, shall be excluded from competing for such 

 premiums. 



Examining Committees must present themselves at the Secre- 

 tary^ 's office, ready for duty, on the da}^ their services are re- 

 quired, fifteen minutes before the time for examining of articles 

 or animals. 



Where any premium appears to have been illegally awarded, 

 the Treasurer may withhold it at the time of distributing the 

 awards, and the Executive Committee wall meet at Great Bar- 

 rington on the Monday next succeeding the Fair, for the purpose 

 of examining the list of aw^ards, and if it shall appear that any 

 premium has been improperly withheld, they shall authorize the 

 Treasurer to deliver the same to the claimant, or if they shall 

 find that any premium has been awarded by mistake, or in vio- 

 lation of the By-Laws and Regulations of the Society, the Com- 

 mittee shall require that person so receiving the premium to re- 

 turn the same, and may recommend such proceedings in the case 

 as they deem proper. 



All premiums remaining uncalled for in the Treasurer's 

 hands on the first day of December succeeding the award will 

 revert to the Society. 



Merchants and others wishing to make a displav of their 

 goods and wares, for exhibition onlv, wall have facilities afforded 



