MEETING-  QW THE  STATE  BOARD  OF  AGRICULTURE

G-riswold  House,  D e t r o i t.

Jan.  29,  1915.

2:00  P.  M.

Present,  President  Snyder,  Messrs.  Doherty,  Wallace,  Woodman,

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Waterbury, and Beaumont.

The minutes of the previous meeting, having toeen in the hand30f the

members, were approved without reading.

On motion of Mr. Beaumont, tne Cosmopolitan Club wa3 given tne use

of tne old band room in Abbott Hall until such time a3 the President may call

for its vacation.

On motion of Mr. Woodman, Professor Patten was authorized to attend

the convention of the .American Concrete institute at Chicago, February 9 to 12,

with expenses paid.

On motion of Mr. Doherty, Professor French was authorized to attend

educational conferences at Columbus and Cincinnati, February 2K and Z%

0n motion of Mr. Doherty, the veterinary  building was accepted-,

and the Secretary authorized to make final settlement with the contractors.

On motion of Mr. Watsrbury, tne following rules and regulations Xith

reference to cooperative work with the counties of the State were adopted:

1.  The proportion of the funds avaiable in any single year, under
the terms of the Smith-Lever Act, which may be used to pay a portion of the
salary and expenses of the agricultural agents in the several counties of
the State, shall be such as is mutually agreed upon annually 'oy the State
Relations Committee of the united States Department of Agriculture and the
State Board of Agriculture; and the Board of Agriculture will determine in
each case the portion of such expense to be paid from said fund and the
portion to be paid by tha county.

2.  The counties wishing to secure such aid must make  application

to the superintendent of Extension Work upon blanks to be furnished by him,
and he shall present such applications to the Board in the order received,
with his recommendation indorsed  thereon.

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room.

Patten  to
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1 French  to 
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3.  The; Board will act upon such applications in the order presented,

to the extent  that the funds will permit, except where a different course •

shall seem to be warranted.

if.  Upon notification of the action of the Board of Agriculture and

of the amount of funds required to be furnished by^ the county, the Board of
Supervisors, if it wishes to accept the conditions xmder which the a^d is
given, shall cause to be paid to the Secretary of the Board of Agrieui tiire
the said amount due from the county, which shall be expended and accounted for
by him through the business office of the College, in the same manner as

are the other funds of the institution,

•5*  When the stipulated conditions have been met l^y the county, the
Board of Agriculture will appoint a suitable person to act as agricultural ,..:
agent for the said county, and such agent will be under 'the general direction

of the Superintendent of Extension Work.

6,  The Board of Agriculture may assign an agent to two or more

counties, and in that case it will determine the amount that each shall con-
tribute  toward the salary and expenses of such person, and this aiaount shall
be paid as provided in paragraph number four.

7,  The cooperative arrangement above outlined shall continue for

two years, andwill be deemed to be renewed from year to year, unless
objection is made by either of the parties concerned, or the county shall fail

to make the stipulated payment.

On motion of Mr. Beaumont, the following resolution was adopted:

RESOLVED,  That  appropriation  b i l ls  be prepared,  providing  for  a

continuous  appropriation  of  one-fifth  of  a  mill,  and a  special  appropriation
for  a  literary  and auditorium  of  #339*200.00,  being  the  difference  between  the
total  amount  that  would  nave  been  received  at  tne  close  of  tne fiscal  year
1914^-15i  under  the provisions  of  tne one-sixth  mill  act  and tne  amount  tnat
will  actually  be received  in  the  same  period  under  the  one-tenth  mill  act  now
in  force.

On motion  of Mr, Doherty,  the President  was requested  to  appoint  a

legislative  committee  to  assist  in  looking  after  the  appropriation;  b i l l s.

The  President  appointed  as  such  committee  Messrs.  Doherty,  Q-rahain  and Wallace*

On motion  of  Mr.  Woodman,  the expense  accounts  of  the Board -members

iBesolutiori
in  re  appro-
priation "
bills..;  ;

Legislative
Committee
appointed

were  approved.

On motion  adjourned.

Secretary

MEETING  OP  THE  STATE  BOARD  OP  AGRICITLTURE

President's  Office

March  17,  1915-

1:30  P, M.

Present, President  Snydei-, Messrs. Graham, Waterbury, Doherty, Wallace,

Beaumont and Woodman,

On motion of Mr. Doherty, the minutes of the previous meeting as furnished

the members were approved without reading.

Mr. Stroh, of the union Literary Society, presented  the following request

from that organization for permission  to make an addition to the present

society building;

We,  the Union Literary Society, do hereby petition your honorable body

to grant us certain privileges herein set forth.

We desire  to enlarge and remodel our present  society house  to furnish
dormitory facilities for our members, providing  that we may have your  cooperation
to that end, and- that.the society can make a satisfactory financial showing.

In return for and as a part of this privilege we wish to submit a few
propositions, to be later settled*upon by conference  and mutual agreement.

1.  That  the state Board shall have the privilege of purchasing  the property

subject to the conditions of our present lease.

2.  That the members of the Society  shall be under  the same control by  the

authorities as those residing in the dormitories.

3.  And further  that the matron shall have  the approval of the state Board.
k.  That  the architecture and construction of the house  shall have  the

Union Lit.
Society1 s
request for1
addition to
house.

approval of the Board. 

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respectfully  submitted,

Union Literary Society, '

Donald A. Stroh,

Chairman of  the Committee.

On motion of Mr. Doherty,  the matter was referred to a committee of the

faculty consisting of Prof. Eustace, Dean Bissell, Prof. Kedzie and Prof.

Hailigan, for report and recommendation  to the Board at a future meeting.

The President presented also  the following petition from the Belphic

Literary Society, which was on motion of Mr. Beaumont referred to the same

committee; •

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