REPOKT 



OF THE LIYINGSTON COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Howell, December 15, 1853. 

 J. C Holmes, Esq., Secretary Michigan State Agricultural Society: 



Sir — I have the honor herewith to transmit a rejwrt of the organi- 

 zation of the Livingston County Agricultural Society, with a brief ab- 

 stract of its transactions for the year 1853. 



The Society was organized at Howell, on the 24th day of February 

 last, at a public meeting convened for that purpose, and a Constitution 

 adopted. 



Agreeable to article third, officers were duly elected for the year 

 1853. 



The first meeting of the Board of Directors, was held at the village 

 of Howell, on the 12th day of March, 1853, at which time by-laws 

 were adopted. 



The Board also adopted a resolution to the effect that the first Fair of 

 the Society would be held at the village or township of the county, the 

 citizens of which would contribute the largest amount of means toward 

 defraying the incidental expenses of the said Fair— and, under that 

 resolution, at a subsequent meeting, it was detennined to hold the first 

 Fair at the village of Brighton on the 6th and Vth days of October, 

 the citizens of that place having pledged to the Society the sum of $140 

 towards defraying the expenses of the same. 



