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nity to advance and promote its best interests, and the best interests of the cause 

 for which it was laboring. 



Hon. Andrew Palmer, of Janesville, moved that the Society elect the remain- 

 der of its Officers viva voce, which was carried ; whereupon N. B. Clapp, Esq., 

 of Kenosha, was nominated for Vice President, from the first congressional 

 district, by S. M. Booth, Esq., of Milwaukee. 



Orrin Densmore, Esq., of Emerald Grove, was nominated for Vice President, 

 from the second congressional district, by Isaac Woodle, Esq., of Janesville. 



Martin Webster, Esq., of Fox Lake, was nominated for Vice President 

 from the third congressional district, by Hon. Thomas R. Mott, of Watertown. 



And the question being put upon the several nominations, they were declared 

 unanimously elected. 



Albert C. Ingham, Esq., of Madison, was nominated for Recording Secretary, 

 and also for Corresponding Secretary, by Beriah Brown, Esq., of Madison. 



And the question being put upon the nomination, he was declared unani- 

 mously elected. 



Hon. Simeon Mills, of Madison, was nominated for Treasurer, by A. Hyatt 

 Smith, Esq., of Janesville. 



And the question being put upon the the nomination, he was declared una- 

 nimously elected. 



Messrs. Warren Chase, of Fond du Lac; E. B. Dean, jr., of Madison; S. S. 

 Daggett, of Milwaukee ; H. B. Hawley, of Milford ; and Jacob D. Merritt, 

 of Grant; were several!}' nominated, and declared elected as additional members 

 of the Executive Committee. 



Hon. E. B. Dean, jr., of Madison, introduced the following Resolution, which 

 was adopted, to wit : 



Resolved — That the unanimous and sincere thanks of this Society be, and the 

 same are hereby cordially tendei-ed to Albert C. Ingham, Esq., the able and 

 efficient Secretary of this Society, for his labors during the past year, and for 

 the valuable services he has rendered in the organization and carrying out of the 

 objects of the Society. 



Hon. Andrew Palmer, of Janesville, offered the following Resolution, which 

 was adopted, to wit : 



Resolved — That the Secretary be, and he is hereby authorized to procure the 

 printing of the Transactions and Correspondence of the Society for the past year. 



On motion of S. M. Booth, Esq., of Milwaukee, the Society adjourned. 



HENRY M. BILLINGS, 



President. 

 Madison, January 21st, 1852. 



