Columbian Jgricitltural Society. 



At a meeting of the Staadiag: Committee of the Co'- 

 iumhiixiv Agricultural Society, it was orclei-ed, 



1st. That the general meeting of the Society to 

 be hekl in Georgetown on the 3d Wednesday ei' May- 

 lust, be held at the Union Tavern at \cn o'Clock A. M. 



'2nd That ail articles of Madnnfaeiure, to be exhibited 

 for prcaiinms, on that day, be delivered to the- Se- 

 cretary at his House, or such place as he shall dii^set^ 

 on the evcnip.g preceding the <Jay of exhibition, before 

 S o'clock ; each article being marked or numbered, aa 

 the owner or exhibiter may think proper, and accomv-, 

 panied with a sealed letter, similarly marked or num-- 

 hcred, and containing the name of the owner or exM-- 

 blier. 



3d. Tliat all the cattle to be exhibited for Premiums- 

 be delivered to the Secretary or his agents, before 0^ 

 c'cloci^c on the morning of the exhibiiion, and at such, 

 place as shall be prescribed. 



4th. Tiiat John IMason and .John Tbrelkclcl toge-^ 

 rher with the Secretary, be appointed a Committee af 

 Arrangement to procure a suitable place for the Exhi- 

 bition of Manufactures, and proper Lots and Encb- 

 sures for the Cattle ; to provide and distribute Tickets 

 for the admission of Members of the Society and their 

 families, and such other Ladies and Gentlemen as they 

 may deem proper, and to do and direct such other things 

 as may be judged adviseable, previously to the exhibition. 



5th, That George Calvert, John Cox, Nathan Luf« 

 borough, John W. Bronaugh, and Tench Ringgold be 

 appointed Managers for the day — And it was 



Resolved, That no [iremium shall be adjudged to 

 any person, if the judges shall not consider the Animal 

 or Article exhibited, of such quality as to merit pre- 

 mium. 



And to afford still further encouragement to Farmers^ 

 «ind Manufacturers, it M'as Resolved, That all those who 



