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On motion, the committee then proceeded to the election of officers, 

 whicti resulted as follows: 



President— Thomas W. Clagett, Lee county. 

 Vice-President — D. P. Inskeep, Wapello county. 

 Recording Secretary — J, M. Shaflfer, Jefiferson county 

 Corresponding Secretary — C W. Slagle, Jefiferson county. 

 Treasurer — W. B Chamberlain, Des Moines county. 



MANAGERS. 



Lee county— Arthur Bridgman, R. Brackett, J. Hinkle, 



Van Buren county — Timothy Day, Dr. Elbert, VVm. Campbell. 



Henry county — Thomas Siveter, A-. Lapham, J. W. Frazier. 



Jefiferson county— P. L. Huyett, John Andrews, B. B. Tuttle. 



Wapello county— Richard Warden, Gen. Ramsey, Uriah Briggs. 



Mahaska county — Wm. McKinley, Sr-, John White, M. T. Williams. 



Polk county — Dr. Brooks, Thos. Mitchell, Wm. McKay. 



Des Moines county — J. F. Tallant, A. K. Avery. G. Nerly. 



Louisa county — Geo Key, Francis Springer, T. Marshall. 



Muscatine coanty— J. H. Wallace, Jatnes Weed, John A. Parvin. 



Dubuqae county— W. Y. Lovill, V. McCraney, L. Langworthy. 



Johnson county — R. H. Sylvester, Le Grand Byington, C. Saunders. 



Scott county — J. A. Burchard, J. Thorington, L. Summers. 



Mr. Seward then ofifered the following: 



Resolved, That a committee of five be appointed to memoralize the Gen- 

 eral Assembly of the State of Iowa, praying for the passage of a bill render- 

 ing pecuniary aid to the furtherance of a permanent establishment of a State 

 Agricultural Society in this State. 



The chair named the following gentlemen: George W. McCleary, Iowa 

 City; George S. Hampton, Iowa City; David Rorer, Burlington; Ralph P. 

 Lowe, Lee county; George Gillaspy, Wapello county. 



On motion, 



Resolved, That the First Annual Fair of the State Agricultural Society 

 be held at Fairfield, Wednesday, 25th of October, 1854. 



On motion. 



Resolved, That the papers of Fairfield, the Iowa Partner and Horticul- 

 turist, and the papers throughout the State, be requested to publish the 

 proceedings of this convention. 



A paper being prepared, the undersigned agreed to become members of 

 the Iowa State Agricultural Society: 



Charles Negus, Stephen Frazier, 



J. M. Shaffer, Evan Marshall, 



D. P. Inskeep, Thomas Siveter, 



Aaron Lapham, John Andrews, 



J. W. Frazier, B. B. Tuttle, 



Josiah Hinkle, Eli Williams, 



J. T. Gibson, B. L. Kuyett. 



On motion adjourned sine die. 



D. P. Inskeep, Chairman. 

 D. Shewakd, Secretary. 

 Fairfield. December 28. 1853. 



