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between life and lionorary members. A proper classification of 

 our membership is, therefore, now a desideratum, for tlie pur- 

 pose of enabling the secretary both to render a correct report to 

 the secretary of state, and to distinguish between those who 

 should be charged with annual dues and those who should not be 

 so charged. We have at present on our roll two life members, 

 five reverend gentlemen, two aged persons and one honorable 

 gentleman from abroad, none of whom are liable for dues ac- 

 cording to previous action of the society. There are also in the 

 ledger the names of several former active members who have 

 removed to other counties or states, relative to whom no action 

 of the society has been taken, and the secretary is not, therefore, 

 authorized to discontinue the collection from them of annual 

 dues. A number of others have persistently neglected, from the 

 first, to cancel their annual indebtedness, though their attention 

 has been duly called to the matter, in accordance with the order 

 of the society at its meeting of January 17, 1880. 



The secretary suggests that the subject of membership be re- 

 ferred to a special committee with instructions to report, at a 

 subsequent meeting, a proper classification, with definition of the 

 rights and obligations of each class, and also just and proper 

 rules regulating the continuance and termination of membership. 



Special Business. — 1. On the 27th day of May, the president 

 and secretary, in obedience to the instructions of the society at 

 the meeting of April 30th, effected the purchase of one hundred 

 and forty-four shares of stock in the Fox River Driving Park 

 Association, for which they gave the obligation of Brown County 

 Horticultural and Agricultural Society, for the sum of $720, to 

 be paid on demand out of any monies accruing to said society, 

 and being in its possession as net proceeds from fairs and other 

 exhibitions held under its auspices on the grounds of said joint 

 societies. 



2. At the meeting of April 30th, the following resolution was 

 adopted : 



Resolved, That at the next meeting of the stockholders of the Fox River 

 Driving Park Association for the election of director, the president of the 

 Brown County Horticultural and Agricultural Society be authorized to cast 

 ts full vote for such officer. 



