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years, she has divided the empire with her rival; her bounteous horn 

 of plenty — more ravishing, more inexhaustible, than the gold-inclos- 

 ing caves and river beds of her rival — has won the love not only of 

 you, her sons and daughters, but has commanded the homage of the 

 devotees of all lands. With the power of geometrical progression, 

 the conquest grows by what it feeds on, until I behold upon your 

 tables gold, and its mother quartz, taken from the shrine of Plutus, 

 the handicraft of the artisan and the artist taken from their shrines, 

 and all brought as offerings to the altar and throne of Ceres." 



The amount of premiums awarded and paid was $7,485. 



The annual election was held at Marysville on the 16th of 

 August. At this meeting the committee on permanent location of 

 the fair reported, enumerating the arguments on both sides of the 

 question and recommending a continuance of itineracy as best calcu- 

 lated to keep up the interest in the Society and the success of its fairs. 

 The report of the committee was adopted, and resolutions expressive 

 of these views were passed. At this meeting a new constitution was 

 adopted for the government of the Society. One of its new provis- 

 ions was that the annual meeting of the Society for the election of 

 officers shall be held at the Capital of the State during the month of 

 January — day to be fixed by the Board of Directors. Another was 

 that the three ex-Presidents of the Society who last occupied the 

 chair should be members of the Board of Managers, also three addi- 

 tional members of the Society. This last provision seems to have 

 been adopted for the purpose of keeping some members of experi- 

 ence in the Board. Life memberships were also provided for. The 

 officers elected at this meeting for the ensuing year were: C. I. 

 Hutchinson, of Sacramento, President. Vice-Presidents (one for 

 each judicial district as per new constitution), E. B. Crocker, Sacra- 

 mento; J. W. Osburn, Napa; J. R. Painter, Sutter; Gary Peebles, 

 Santa Clara; J. F. Pinkham, Nevada; A. H. Meyers, Alameda; J. C. 

 Davis, Yolo; John McConahue, Siskiyou; D. J. Staples, San Joaquin; 

 Levi H. Towers, Shasta; J. W. Thompson, Plumas; J. R. Crandall, 

 Placer; Wm. Blackburn, Santa Cruz; L. H. Bascom, Santa Clara; T. 

 J. White, Los Angeles; G. H. Howard, San Mateo; John Center, San 

 Francisco. Corresponding Secretary, 0. C. Wheeler, Sacramento. 

 Recording Secretary, A. G. Richardson, Sacramento. Treasurer, A. 

 Reddington, Sacramento. Additional Managers — P. A. McRea of 

 Butte, J. S. Silver of San Francisco, A. P. Smith of Sacramento. 



Sacramento was selected for holding the Annual Fair for 1859. The 

 Board of Managers afterwards fixed the time September 13th to the 

 23d. One of the first acts of the new Board was to provide a suitable 

 place to hold the fair. To this end they obtained authority from 

 the Legislature for the citizens of Sacramento City and County to 

 raise a tax of one-quarter of one per cent, on all taxable property in 

 the city and county for the purpose of purchasing grounds and erect- 

 ing buildings for the use of the Society in which to keep its offices 

 and hold its fairs. In pursuance of this authority the tax was voted 

 at an election for that purpose, the levy made and tax collected. 

 With the money raised in this manner, contributed by citizens, the 

 present site of the Pavilion on Sixth and M Streets was purchased, 

 and the original building erected, and the fair of- 1859 held in the 

 same. The title to the property is vested in the Supervisors of the 

 county, but the Society is guaranteed its use so long as desired. The 

 stock show was held on grounds set apart between and Q and Elev- 



