STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY, 109 



The Prcmhnt — Gentlemen, I thank yoxi for this very flattering appre- 

 ciation of my services. I will endeavor to fill the position to the best of 

 my ability. 



A. B. Nixon placed in nomination for Directors, the names of Edgar 

 Mills, J. H. Carroll, and C. T. Wheeler. 



The Frexldent — In answer to inquiries on the subject, I will state that 

 the Constitution prohibits voting by proxy. 



H. M. Bernard nominated Chris. Gi-een as one of the Board of Direct- 

 ors, and another member placed in nomination the name of M. Biggs. 



Marion BitfffS said that if elected he would enforce the Constitution 

 and rules of the societv to the letter, as far as one vote in the Board 

 would accomplish that object. 



William R. Cantwell moved that the nominations be closed, and the 

 ballot be jiroceeded with. Carried. 



The ballot for Board of Directors was then taken, with the^ following 

 result : 



Edgar Mills 



J. H. Carroll 



C. T. Wheeler.., 



M. Biggs 



Chris. Green 



W. P. Coleman 



99 

 66 

 69 

 34 

 36 

 1 



Edgar Mills, J. H. Carroll, and C. T. Wheeler, were thereupon declared 

 by the President elected members of the Board of Directors for the ensu- 

 ing term. 



THE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. 



A. B. Nixon renewed his motion to take up the matter of the appoint- 

 ment of an Agricultural College Committee. 



The motion prevailed, whereupon the following preamble and resolu- 

 tions were read : 



Whereas, the Miners' Convention, held in this city on the seventeenth 

 and eighteenth of this month, appointed a committee of its members to 

 consult with a similar committee which had already been a])poiMted by 

 the Assemoly, to consider the projiricty of establishing a college for the 

 benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts, and in connection wiih said 

 college establishing a mining dnd metallurgical department, especially 

 devoted to the mining interests of the State; and whereas, said commit- 

 tee, after such consultation, unanimously reported, and the Convention 

 adopted, the following resolutions, viz : 



" Rewhed, That this Convention recommend the immediate establish- 

 ment of a colIe!i;e for the benefit of au:riculture and the mechanic arts — 

 the first great leading object of which shall be the development of the 

 mining and agricultural resources of the State by the practical and 

 experinTcntai teaching and illustration of such arts and sciences as will 

 best contribute to these objects. 



''Resolvefl, That we recommend that the necessary steps be taken by 

 the Legislature for the location and entry, in the name of the State, of 

 the one hundred and fifty thousand acres of land donated by the General 



