The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1868-02-06
RULES ADOPTED Blythe ONO STATE

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raj Societies.
RULES ADOPTED sYrHE ONO STATE
BOARD OF AaRTcuLTuRR.
!. The Board ofDirectors for the
management Of County or District
Societies shall consist ofa President,
Vice President, Treasurer, Secrets.
ny, and not less than eight mana
gers TO be elected at such time in
each year as the societies shall de-
termine in their constitutions and
by-laws. The President and Vice
President shall hold their Offices for
one year, and the managers for two
years, and until their successors
shi'l be dAy elected.
The managers, at their meeting
after The FIRST election held in par.
suancc Of this rule shall be divided
by lot, as near as may be, into two
classes; the terms Of office shall cx-
pire, Of the first class, in one year,
and Of the second class in two
years, 50 that one-halfof the mana
gors may be annually chosen there
after.
III. The Board of Directors shall
elect Treasurer and Secretary,
who shall hold their Offices for one
year, and until their successors are
elected.
III. Members Of the Society
must bo residents of the county or
district, must be over twenty. one
years old, and must annually pay
the sum Of one dollar to the Treas
urer.
". The Treasurer shall keep
list Of the members of the Society,
80 Chat he may be able to report to
the State Board the number Of
members each year, and so that it
may be ascortained who are enti-
tied to vote for officers.
V. County or District Societies
may open thcir premium lists to all
persons, without restriction, except
on field crops, which shall be con-
fined to the county or district.
vi. Competitors for premiums,
residents of the county, must be
members Of the Society.
VII. All articles offered for pre-
miums must be owned by the per-
son Offering the same, or by some
member of his or her family.
VIII. Awarding committees must
comply with the provisions of the
law requiring competitors for pre-
miums on crops and other improve
ments to furnish full and accurate
statements of the process, expense
Of culture, production, etc.
TX. Competitors forpremiums on
crops shall be required to have tho
ground and its products accurately
measured, and satisfactory proof
under oath, must be furnished by
each competitor
y. Each Society shall have duly
prepared an annual report, and
shall present the same to the State
Board of Agriculture, on or before
the annual meeting Of said Board,
as prescribed to be held by the
sixth section Of the "act for the en-.
couragement Of Agriculture" pass
ed February 20, 1861,
XI, Said report shall contain the
following;
l. A list of thepremiums award
cd at the previous annual fair.
,. A copy of the published alb
straet Of the Treasurer's account,
the same was published in conform
ity with the third section Of tho
above named law.
3. All statements Of competitors
for premiums on crops or other i'm
provements in agriculture, detailing
mode Of tillage, etc.
4. A general account of the pro-
ceeAngs of the Society, the number
Of its members, and the prospects
Of its progress and usefulness.
.. "A statement Of the principal
crops raisedin the county or dis
tricti 40 estimate Of the amount of
eaeh raised; the average yield per
acre; the striking characteristics of
the precious season; the names Of
tho destructive insects which may
have injured crops; and such other
f-ats as will tend to give a full view
Of the state Of agriculture in each
county or district, so that the same
may be embodied in the succeeding
annual report, made by tho State
Board 10 the I,egislaturo.