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11. When a specimen is presented for identification, the exhibitor 

 shall communicate all the information he possesses as to the origin 

 and the local appellation. 



12. No member of any of the committees for awarding premiums 

 shall, in any case, vote or decide respecting an award for which such 

 member may be a competitor, or therein have an interest ; but in 

 such case such member shall temporarily vacate his place upon the 

 committee. 



13. All premiums awarded will be payable b}' the Treasurer in 

 sixty days after the close of the exhibition, subject, however, to the 

 following conditions and limitations, viz : 



1st — The Society guarantees to pay premiums and gratuities to 

 the amount of $500, but reserves the right, if more than that amount 

 is awarded, to make such a. pro rata reduction as will reduce the 

 whole amount payable to that sura. 



2d — All premiums not applied for before the first day of January 

 next shall revert to the Society. 



3d — The Society's premiums are open for competition to all per- 

 sons residing in the State ; but when premiums and gratuities 

 exceeding $1.00 and less than $20.00 are awarded to a person not a 

 member of the Society, the fee for membership will be deducted 

 therefrom ; and when premiums and gratuities amounting to $20,00 

 or more are awarded to any person not a life member of the Society, 

 the fee for life membership will be deducted therefrom ; and in either 

 case certificates of membership will be issued accordingly. 



