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the conclusion that this board should accord to the Kent County Agri- 

 cultural Society the full benefit of the act under -which they have made 

 their application to this board. 



This Society has maintained its organization for seven years, much of 

 the time under adverse circumstances, striving to infuse a spirit amongst 

 the people that should bring into action a more energetic life, by which 

 the arts of agriculture, mechanics and manufactures in all their branches 

 should receive a greater impetus, and one that shall give our county 

 that position which its resources warrant. Cramped in means, the So- 

 ciety has not been able to carry out its great objects as fully as it has 

 desired ; and to the public eye it may have seemed to languish without 

 eflfecting that amount of good it should have done. But its influence 

 has been silently working its way in the minds of the peo^ile until they 

 have become earnest for the advancement of the objects had in view by 

 the Society, and which, as they grow, make the people happy and inde- 

 pendent, elevating them in all that makes a nation noble and powerful. 



The result of the fairs of the Society have fully exemplified the truth 

 of this. But to be brief in our report, your committee therefore believe 

 that the time has arrived which is most opportune to lend a helping 

 hand, and the sooner bring our county to that position which the public 

 must acknowledge as first in the State, and a position in point of wealth 

 that all may be proud of — a high agricultural and mechanical one. 



Your committee, therefore, recommend the passage of the following 

 resolutions : 



Resolved, That this Board of Supervisors appropriate for the benefit 

 and use of the Kent County Agricultural Society, five hundred and 

 seventy-six dollars and thirty-six cents, it being one-tenth of one mill 

 tax on the dollar on the assessment roll of Kent county, for the year 

 1855. 



Resolved, That the said sum of $576 36 shall be expended by the 

 said Agricultural Society, as follows, to wit : A sum not to exceed one- 

 half thereof to liquidate the indebtedness of the Society, incurred in 

 the preparation of grounds, &c., for its recent fair, and the premiums 

 awarded thereat. The balance to be applied as the Society shall select, 

 on a purchase of permanent grounds, to be owned and held by the So- 

 ciety for its legitimate use, or in the purchase of agricultural, horticul- 



