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ANNUAL MEETING 



OF THE 



STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY FOR 1872 



BEING THE EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING. 



The eighteenth annual meeting of the State Agricultural Society took 

 place January 24th, at the Pavilion. There was a full attendance of the 

 members, not only from Sacramento and vicinity, but from the adjoining 

 counties. The proceedings were characterized by great harmony and 

 unanimity of feeling. 



At half-past twelve o'clock the meeting was called to order by the 

 President, Charles F. Eeed. He announced that the business in order 

 before the Society was the reports of the officers and the election of a 

 President and three Trustees. The first thing in order, he remarked, 

 was the reading of the annual minutes, which would now take place. 



The Corresponding Secretary commenced reading, when Senator Lewis 

 moved that the further reading be dispensed with, which motion was 

 carried. 



The President announced that the next business in order would be the 



REPORT OP THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. 



The Secretary commenced the reading of the report, when it was 

 moved that its further reading be dispensed with. Motion adopted. 

 [The report in full will be found on page three.] 



GENERAL BUSINESS. 



Dr. Harkness moved that a committee of five be appointed by the 

 Chair to consider and report upon the financial statement of the Secre- 

 tary. 



It was moved as an amendment that the committee be composed of 

 three members instead of five. Carried. 



The President announced as the committee, Dr. Harkness, L. A. Upson, 

 and John H. Carroll. 



Dr. Harkness stated that he must decline acting on the committee. 



The President said he would name in the place of Dr. Harkness, Mar- 

 cus D. Boruck, of San Francisco. 



Mr. Boruck declined, when the President appointed in his place Sen- 

 ator Perkins, of Butte. 



