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■ State Agricultural Rooms, Feb. 10, 1853. 

 Society met, Hon. J. P. Beekman in the chair. 



The question pending before the committee, being on the motion 



of Mr. Monroe to recommit the report of the Executive Com- 

 mittee ; 



Ordered, that said report be recommitted. 



The reports of the several committees were then presented and 

 accepted. 



Mr. E. Comstock offered the following preamble and resolu- 

 tions : 



Whereas^ the Annual Exhibitions of this Society have, for seve- 

 ral years, been steadily and rapidly increasing, both in the dis- 

 play of ariicles for exhibition, and the attendance of farmers and 

 others, induced by the interest which such a collection can not 

 fail to excite in this great State ; and whereas, the annual ex- 

 pense which must be incurred, in the preparation for a show of 

 such magnitude, and the attendance of so many thousands of 

 persons, is becoming so large as to be onerous, whether borne by 

 the Society or by the citizens of the towns in which the exhibi- 

 tions are held ; and whereas, it is believed by many members of 

 the Society, and especially by the exhibitors at our annual fairs, 

 that the convenience of the masses who attend the shows, and the 

 safety and comfort of the animals, and the proper protection of 

 the articles exhibited, require more permanent fixtures and more 

 perfect arrangements than can be provided for at a single exhibi- 

 tion, without a great sacrifice of time and money : 



Resolved, That a committee, to consist of one member from 

 each judicial district in this State, be appointed by tlie Chair, to 

 whom shall be referred the subject matter embraced in the fore- 

 going preainble, wiUi instructions to report to the Society, at its 

 next annual meeting, upon the propriety of a location, for a term 

 of three, five, or more years, of the annual exliibition, and the 

 erection of more permanent structures and fixtures therefor, or 

 for such other plan as they may deem beneficial. 



The chairman appointed on the committee, Slio]ihcrd Knapp, 

 New-York ; T. B. Ardea, Putnam ; Antliony Van Bergen, 

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