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Hesolved, That said committee be instructed to urge upon tlie favor- 

 able consideration of the Legi-slature the memorial of this Society, ask- 

 ing an appropriation of One Thousand Dollars per annum, for the years 

 1853 and 1854, and the printing the 5tu and 6th Annual Reports, at 

 the expense of the State. ^ 



E^'BNIKG SESSION. 



Mr. Palmer, one of the Regents of the University, being present du- 

 ring the consideration of the resolution respecting an Agricultural School, 

 was, on motion of Jay R. Monroe, invited to make some remarks respec- 

 ting the intentions of the Regents and Professors with regard to said 

 school. Whereupon Mr. Palmer made a few brief remarks upon the 

 subject. 



On motion of Mr. Moore, 



Resolved, That Doct. H. P. Tappan, Chancellor of the University of 

 Michigan, be invited to deliver the Annual Address before the Society at 

 its Annual Fair, in Sept., 1853. 



At a quarter past 9 o'clock P. M., the committee adjourned to 8 A. 

 M., of the l7th. 



MORNIXG SESSION. 



Dec. iTth. — Committee called to order at 9 o'clock A. M. 



The President in the Chair. 



On motion of Mr. Dort, 



Resolved, That a premium of One Hundred Dollars be offered by 

 this Society for satisfactory evidence produced to the Executive Commit- 

 tee at its annual meeting in 1853, for a discovery of the cause and a 

 permanent cure of the Potato Rot. 



AFTERNOON" SESSION. 



. On motion of Mr. Moore, 



Resolved, That the Secretary's expenses be paid by the Society,wheu 

 he is absent from home on business of the Society. 



On motion of Mr. Smith, 



Resolved, That the unfinished business of the committee to whom 

 was referred the report of the Treasurer, be referred to the bvisiness 

 committee. 



