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shall meet at the capitol in the city of Lincoln, and elect a president 

 and secretary and board of directors, consisting of not less than seven 

 members, which seven members shall constitute a board of directors, 

 who will take their office at the winter meeting next following. 



Sec. 3. There shall be appropriated for the promotion of agricult- 

 ure and horticulture, and delivered to the society herein organized, 

 the sum of $1,000 annually in exclusion of all other appropriations 

 provided for by law for agricultural purposes. 



Sec. 4. That chapter one (1) of an act to amend sections four (4), 

 six (6), and nine (9) of chapter two (2) of the Compiled Statutes of 

 Nebraska, and to repeal said original act, approved March 24, 1887, 

 be, and the same is hereby, repealed. 



Your committee saw that the passage of this bill would be destruc- 

 tion to our Society, and would cause enough dissensions to materially 

 cripple the horticultural interests of the state, so we met three times 

 and succeeded in getting the Legislature to pass a substitute bill, by 

 provisions of which we now receive annually $2,000. 



REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON REVISION OF 

 PREMIUM LIST. 



EEPORT OF COMMITTEE ON CLASS 1. 



Mr. President: Your Committee on Revision of Class I, Green 

 Fruits, beg leave to offer the following changes, omissions, and addi- 

 tions for your consideration : 



Lot 2 — Change first premium on county exhibits from $40 to $50; 

 second premium from $30 to $35. 



Lot 3 — Change premiums on Nebraska-grown autumn apples from 

 $12, $8, and $5 to $10, $7, and $5. Change premiums on seedling 

 apples from $5 and $3 to $3 and $2. Add best plate of five speci- 

 mens each of the following varieties: Wealthy, Dyer, Saxton, Early 

 Pennock, Calvert, and Chenango Strawberry, with prefuiums of $2 

 and $1 each, first and second premiums respectively. 



Lot 4 — Change premium on Nebraska-grown pears from $3 and 

 $2 to $15, $10, and $5. And premiums of $2 and $1, first and sec- 

 ond respectively, for plates of five specimens of the following varie- 

 ties : Flemish Beauty, Bartlett, Clapp's Favorite, Seckel, Duchess 

 D'Angouleme, Keiffer, and Louise Bonne de Jersey. 



