Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-12-24
new FAIR CONTRACT
COMPELS SECRETARY
TO FURNISH REPORT
Agreement Reached Between
State of Idaho and State
Fair Corporation Following
Several Days Conference.
TERMS OF NEW FAIR CONTRACT.


Contract made July IL, 1919, abro-
gated by agreement, and new contract
entered into.
Fair corporation to furnish detailed
report of funds received and expended
by fair during 1919 by Dec. 81.
State to lease to fair corporation it's
fair grounds. and turn over to fair corr
poration states lease from Ada county
for period of three years, 1920, 1921
and 1922. during which a fair OF not
less than six days duration must be
held each autumn.
State agrees to approve claims now
standing against 1920 appropriation,
aggregating $19,474.
Secretary or manager of fairs to re-
ceive not more than $1,000 per annum.
o. p. Hendershot not to be employed
as director of fairs in the department
of agriculture. Gle will continue his
duties. It Is understood, as secretary of
the fair corporation)
No claims to be presented to the
state in excess of the $4,000 appro
priation for the biennium. Fair cor
poration must meet any accruing def
icit.
Contract may be terminated at the
end of the year or on or before March
10 of any legislative year. upon show
ing by fair corporation that there are
no liabilities against the state by rea
son of the fair.
State to furnish office rooms at
statehouse for use of fair corporation s
secretary.
Fair corporation to bear expense of
policing tair grounds during fair.
State may terminate contract upon
violation of any of its terms by lair
corporation, or upon violation 81 any
state laws governing the fair.
The foregoing is a complete list OF
the essential points agreed upon IN a
new contract entered into by the state,
through the state department OF agri-
culture and the state fair of Idaho, a
corporation, for the conduct OF the an
nual state fair and for the purpose of
settling differences that had arisen as
to the control of the fair and the re-
sponsibility of the fair corporation in
a financial way to the department Of
agriculture.
The agreement Is the result of almost
continuous conferences since last sat
urday morning between the state board
of examiners, who were interested IN
the financial aspects of the matter, the
state fair officials and Miles Cannon
state commissioner of agriculture. II
was reached at late hour Tuesday
night.
one of the principal matters settled
aside from the question of the state
agreeing to approve claims already
contracted against next years appro-
priation, IL that O. r. Henderson, who
was suspended as director Of fairs,
will not be continued in that office,
and that the director of fairs will re-
ceive $24OO per year, the salary that
was in effect when the office was sus-
pended by Commissioner Miles Cannon
pending settlement of the case.
The fair board voted to increase
Memberships salary TO $4,000 per year,
and an increase granted by the board
OF the Lewiston livestock show would
that institution. or $1,000 per year from
both institutions Under the new agree
ment Hendershot cannot receive this
amount from the state, but the fair
CORPORATION as private enterprise
non profit organization under contract
to run the fair may pay him whatever
amount it decides upon from runds
which 1t collects on its own response
bilitY.