352 TRANSACTIONS OF THE STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



FIRST MEETING OF THE NEW BOARD OF AGRICULTURE, 



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FOB 1870. 



Sacramento, January 26th, 1870. 



A meeting of the Board was held at the Secretary's office, at three 

 o'clock p. m., and called to order by the President. 



Directors Carey, Larue, Wheeler, Coleman, Covey, Mills, Blanding, 

 Lewis and Hamilton (a full board) were present. 



On nomination of Mr. Coleman, .Robert Beck was re-elected Secretary; 

 and on nomination of Mr. Mills, R. T. Brown was reelected Treasurer. 



Messrs. Larue, Carey, Wheeler and Blanding were appointed a com- 

 mittee to prepare a memorial to the Legislature for an appropriation ; 

 and on motion of Mr. Wheeler, Lewis was added to the committee. 



On motion of Mr. Mills, it was ordered that the next State fair com- 

 mence on the twelfth and end on the seventeenth of September next. 



Messrs. Carey, Larue, Coleman, Blanding and the President were 

 appointed a committee to revise the premium list. 



On motion of Mr. Mills, the Secretaiy was authorized to have the 

 reports of the United States Commissioners to the Paris Exposition 

 bound, and also fifty copies of the report of the Board of Agriculture 

 for eighteen hundred and sixty-six and eighteen hundred and sixty- 

 seven, the bound copies all having been exhausted. 



On motion, the meeting adjourned to the call of the President. 



