MEETINGS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. BOSTON, May 14, 1908. The executive committee met in the office of the secretary of the Board this day, at 11 o'clock A.M. Present: Messrs. Kilbourn, Pratt, Richardson, Paige and Secretary Ellsworth. The petition of the Weymouth Agricultural and Industrial Society for approval of its vote to increase the mortgage on its property to $3,700 was taken up and the reasons therefor explained by Delegate Tirrell. No one appearing in opposition and the law appearing to have been complied with, it was voted to grant the petition and approve the vote. The credential of Mr. Wilfrid Wheeler of Concord, elected by the Massachusetts Horticultural Society as successor to the late William H. Spooner, was presented and accepted. Mr. Wilfrid Wheeler was then appointed to the committee on experiments and station work, to fill vacancy caused by the death of Mr. Spooner. BOSTON, Sept. 15, 1908. The executive committee met in the office of the secretary of the Board this day, at 11 o'clock A.M. Present: Messrs. Kilbourn, Pratt, Worth, Paige and Secretary Ellsworth. The matter of paying the bounty to the Bristol County Fair, Inc., referred to the executive committee at the recent meeting of the Board in Barre, was considered. Delegate Howard was present to represent said society. Voted, That the secretary be instructed to certify to the State Auditor that the usual bounty is due the Bristol County Fair, Inc., based upon its fair of 1907. |