202 ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION 



Trusting that you will realize the importance of aiding 

 better sanitary conditions of milk products by offering suitable 

 premiums for the above classification, and assuring you of the 

 hearty support of the dairymen of the state in making this ex- 

 h^bit a success, I remain, 



Respectfully yours, 



L. N. Wiggins, President. 

 111. State Dairymen's Association. 



He also presented a copy of the bill for the regular appro- 

 priation to the association which bill was later passed by the 

 legislature supplying the money under which the association is 

 doing its work this year and will do its work next year. 



The following is a copy of the bill. 



A BILL. 



For an act making an appropriation for the Illinois Dairy- 

 men's Association. 



SECTION I— Be it enacted by the people of the State of 

 Illinois, represented in the General Assembly : That the sum of 

 Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00) per annum 

 for the years 1907 and 1908 be and the same is hereby, appro- 

 priated to aid the Illinois Dairymen's Association in compiling, 

 publishing and distributing its reports, and other necessary ex- 

 penses. 



SECTION II— The Auditor of Public Accounts is hereby 

 authorized to draw his warrant upon the State Treasurer for 

 the sum in this act specified, on bills of particulars certified to by 

 the officials of said association, to the order of the president of 

 said association, and the State Treasurer shall pay the same out 

 of any funds in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. 



The election of a secretary for the ensuing year was the 

 next business and Geo- Caven was reelected to that position. 

 Adolph Meyer of Greenville was duly elected treasurer to take 

 the office when the business of the year had been closed, or on 

 July 1, 107, when the new appropriation became available. 



President Wiggins reported on the operations of the feed- 



