372 [Senate 



ORANGE COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Abstract of the proceedings of the Orange County Agricultural So- 

 ciety, for the year ending October 12thj 1842, prepared pur- 

 suant to the last clause of the 4:th section of the " Act to promote 

 Agriculture^ passed May 5, 184 L 



The funds at the disposal of the Society consisted of cash on hand 



not expended last year, $75 10 



Cash received from members this year, 162 00 



Cash received from the Comptroller of New-York, 152 00 



Total, 1389 10 



In the month of August a notice was prepared by the Society, and 

 published in all of the newspapers in the county, containing a state- 

 ment of the time of holding the fair and cattle show, the premiums 

 which would then be awarded, the rules and regulations for the fair 

 and the committees of judges. 



The fair and cattle show was held on the 12th day of October, and 

 was attended by a large portion of the agriculturists of the county; 

 there was a very spirited competition for nearly all of the premiums 

 offered by the Society, and the articles offered for premium were 

 generally esteemed by the committees of judges worthy of the favora- 

 ble notice of the Society, 



The whole funds of the Society were expended in the premiums 

 awarded, but as a portion of the premiums have not yet been called 

 for, the w'ritten statements required by the last clause of the 3d sec- 

 tion of the statute above referred to, have not all been yet delivered 

 to the president of the Society, and cannot therefore be transmitted 

 herewith. 



At the time of the fair, the Society, after adopting certain amend- 

 ments to their constitution, and receiving an address from their pre- 

 sident, proceeded to elect their officers for the ensuing year, when 

 the following persons were elected: 



Frederick J. Betts, Newburgh, President. 



Aaron Van Duzer, Jeffrey Wisner, Lewis H. Roe, William Sayre, 

 James R. Dixon, Henry Robinson, Jacob C. Tooker, Robert R. 

 Thompson, John C. Webber, William S. Little, Thomas Van Elton, 

 Roswell Mead. Jesse H. Bull, and William Jackson, Vice-Presidents. 



John R. Caldwell, Samuel Wait, Jr. Alexander Thompson, Nicho- 

 las Dederer and John J. Heard, Executive Committee. 



John Wilson, Recording Secretary. 



Joseph W. Gott, Goshen, Corresponding Secretary. 



Charles Downing, Treasurer. 



It was then resolved that a committee of three in each town in the 

 county be appointed to solicit subscribers to the Society, and that 

 the assessors in each town, to be elected at the ensuing spring elec- 

 tion, be requested to compose said committees. 



The Society then adjourned sine die. 



