The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-08-02
,Iale County ARsAlrral SDsisty.

fureuant - Call, tnero Wo8 . meet
! Ing Of the stockholdsn u Lake Count,
! .l:Agricultural Society helA In the ONO
I Of the Townsend House, ut 2 o'clock ,
! M Of this day. IS, 1, sl,.s r1.4 IS
The rnscting was called b order by
the President. Minutes Of the previou,
meeting were read and approved; also
the following statement of the receipt
and expenditures In purchasing ant
\ fttiag up Fair Ground was read By ths
n Secretary: tai ,anfa1asr,y e4g htu
a"In accordance With the instruction.
!, Of the Society, the committee to pro.
cure site purchased Of the r, a p. n
Railway Csnnpany,. Aug, 18th, 1875, the
southeast quarter Of the southeast guar
ter ef section 81, Tswn Is North, lG.nge
IL West, f0r the sum Of $500. One
fourth was paid down, and for the hal-
lance, notes were given ss follows In
terest ut 2 per cert. per annum: Note
4 Of $6tl60, due Mt Merchants National
Bank, East Saginaw, Mich., Aug. 18th,
1871 (T'his note was cancelled some
time ago, nnd the Interest saved - the
Soctsty,) Note for $57, due at same
place above named, Aug. l9th, 1878;
note for $3.50, due Aug. l9th, 1879.
There Is provision In the deed, in eff
4 feet that the land shall bs used only for
the purposes OF the Society, and shall
net be sold without a. three month";
notice TO the Company, and q chance
given IL 70 re-purchase 1t the price
shove named.
1 .'ShortIy after procuring tile site, a
\ bee was made, and about % acres, In
< cluding street, two rods wide, 1en two
sides, was cleared. Under the dIrec-
ton Of the officers of the Society, lum-
lser and other material was procured,
aud ~ building, 24x40 feet, one story
high, was built; . drive well, with
pump, put down; six pens for stock
were built, and tight board fence, six
feet high, erected on two sides Of the
ground, and common open board
fence, feur boards high, around the bal
ance. The entire cost Of building, fenc-
ing, &C., was as follows: {, -
Cash paid for material ao.r y =, ssl.ss
Labor and material paid for by mem. - -
Labor performed and pay uncailed for is1o
: Total expense. ca sb sns.7
/ Tho Second Animal Fair of the So
ciety was held Sept. 26th and 9th, 1876.
The attendance was not large; but the
exhibition was In every way credItable,
considering the infancy OF the Society
and newness Of the county. Owing tn
the flct that moat of the exhibitors and
members had paid f0rf membership
tickets by work and material for fenc-
ing and building on the ground, the
cssAh receipts were not as large as would
have been the case in ordinary years.
Tie receipts and expenditures Of this
Fair, were rs follows: ,e5,, i,:ss.-s'i IA,
Cash reed tor mem. tickess $500 ,o ~, -. !,
~. -, a. sdmit'nc. ii 1910 s2o.%o
7A- gatc keepers, &C., l'eIl llO0
Paid tickets fOr labor - 80 s.0o ~
Ssss paid as.I e. prs,siss M ados 500 3 60
~ President Hollister being called away
John Baker was chosen to preside.
ON motion, the Chair appointed &.
X. Radcliffe, G. w. Townsend and Lee
s. Cobb rs q committee on revision Of
the constitution; the report to be pre-
scented for action of the Secisty 1t Its
next meeting. .TA = sis g .''.s. ~, Il
The Chair alss, appointed the follow
ing ne "a committee to prepsre list or
premiums and rules and regulations for
Third Annual Fair: Lees. Cobb, p.
Mclaughlin and Il. A. Carpenter. i
\ On inotion, the time for holding
Third Annual Fair was fixed ON the
Sd and ith days Of october, 1877. 4
The following preamble and resolu-
tion were adopted: Jal
WHEREAS, A half-miie track has been laid
S ans vSs % I'M,
. Ressivsd, That the soeiety, hereby approves
work srssdy done ssS the sS WORK so
continue 20 coinpietion, under the dft~ction |
Of this hoard ofD!reciorS f,yvsdsd that no ex-
Issuing Of memberships or admittance tickets. I
< The following preamble and rcsolu-
ton were adopted: s.ss ed4' '7s'a'
wHEnEAs, Tn, ohiccrs and directors of the
Society found II necessary, IN the Fall or |
1 le7e, IN order to eornpleto arrangement OF |
Fair Grounds In time for holding second |
labor, over and sISye 30 that Previossiy s1-
thorized By the society; therefore,
cssy ss. Il sge SAID sesiSn Of scsrs snn drso
tors Is hereby approved. snH 9l l
On motion, the prices to be hereafter !
paid by the Society for labor were fixed
At $3.50 per day for each individual,
saa ,,sass ~ per way ''r F,S s0u0le 'eam @no ana
- I..u,, 80 - -. ~,
/. me comm'',ee on premium ms. ". ana |
'u'es anu rosu'a'' N' .i'' ne' ''auc .'u 'S !es
port, which was accepted, and the
discharged. ,aE ~ II
The report was then adopted, ~
On motion, Patrick McLaughlin, Of
psuoro and An ham A . C.su~nt.rg %
',.. @ 80. d.. ~ ..'. -. .., o
i '.,SAns -, - Z .a ws'e s's'' '"o'en D'fs''o'
~ NiA' sS""o'e7' iifvtl Si-fg
Ine Directors sss 2, then appointed the
Judges ON award Of premiums TO be