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to furnish five tons of hay at $12.00 per ton ; A. G. Walling was appointed to arrange for half -fare with the Portland ferry for all persons who intended to go to the State Fair, and Jacob S. Rinearson was appointed a committee to make the same arrangement with the Oregon City ferry; it was ordered that an entrance fee of $10.00 be charged for trotting horses over three years old; $2.50 for horses three years old and under ; a premium of $50.00 was fixed for the best trotter entered over three years old ; the trotting to take place on the third and fourth days of the fair; Jacob S. Rinearson was appointed marshal-in-chief of the Fair Grounds, with power to appoint as many assistants as he thought necessary in order to preserve good order; he was also appointed to contract with applicants for an eating table, meals not to exceed 25 cents, exclusive of coffee that to be an extra charge. The following persons were appointed superintendents of classes : Class No. I Jacob S. Risley, Oregon City. Class No. II D. C. Stewart, North Yamhill. Class No. Ill William Abernethy, Oregon City. Class No. IV M. S. Burrell, Portland. Class No. V T. G. Naylor, Forest Grove. Class No. VI S. D. Francis, Oregon City. Class No. VII Joseph Buchtel, Portland. Class No. VIII Thomas T. Eyre, Salem. Class No. IX W. Carey Johnson, Oregon City. Of these persons there are three now living, viz., William Abernethy, Forest Grove, and Joseph Buchtel and W. Carey Johnson, Portland. At the meeting of the board of managers on September 30, 1861, George Collier Robbins tendered his resignation as president of the society, and Simeon Francis was elected to that position. W. Carey Johnson, declining to serve as super- intendent of Class IX, John Gill Campbell was appointed to fill the vacancy. It was voted that an entrance fee of $1.00 be charged for running horses.