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sic, musical instrumeiite, paintings, designs, 

 and models. Jv '^^ 1:'^^^£.: ;*^1*: ; 



9th. J. H. Stipp, supenntendent tez61e fab' 

 rics, Sua. 



10th. Bey. S. Y. McMasters, superintendent 

 natural history, geology, botany ^.chemistry, 



11th. John P. Ri^olds, superintendent of 

 miscellaneous department. 



12th. Uriah Mills, superintendent of plow- 

 ing match. : K ;r 



Adjourned till 2 o'clock P. M. when they 

 met pursuant to adjournment. 



On motion, W. S. Wait ofBond co.; W. Bebb, 

 Lockport, Winnebago co.; L. H. Elliott, of 

 Paris, Edgar co., were appointed committee on 

 farms. 



On motion, 'Resolved, That the Treasurer, 

 Becording Secretary and S. A. Buckmaster be 

 appointed a committee to contract for the plate 

 to be used by this society in, the ^yme^tof pre- 

 miums at the next fair. " .;: ^v i=f;.^ 



On motion, Resolved, That the cbtirespond- 

 ing Secretary be authorized to insert obvious 

 omissions in the premium list. 



Resolved, That the Corresponding Secretary 

 be authorized to draw upon the Treasurer for 

 fifty dollars for contingent expenses of his ofSce, 

 to be accounted for on settlement with the 

 Treasurer. 



Resolved, That the Corresponding Secretajry 

 be authorized to receive and distribute or e^ely 

 keep, as the esse may be, all books, seeds, or 

 other articles sent to, or provided by the Soci- 

 ety. 



Resolved, That L. Ellsworth and S. Francis 

 be appointed a committee to confer with Mr. 

 Powell in the selection of agricultural books 

 for the use of schools. 



Resolved, That we recommend to general 

 attention the series of. agricultural books pub- 

 lished by S. M. Saxton & Co., New York. 



Resolved, That a portion of the premiums of 

 the society be paid in agricultural books, and 

 that the Corresponding Secretary contract for 

 the same, subject to this provision, that no more 

 books be paid tor, than are distributed by the 

 Society as premiums. 



Resolved, That we desire the extensive intro- 

 duction of agricultural books in the District 

 school libraries throughout the State, as of 

 great practical importance to the interests of 

 the people. 



Resolved, That the Superintendents of De- 

 partments report their awarding committees to 

 the Corresponding Secretary, and that it shall 

 be the duty of the second Corresponding Sec- 

 retary to ascertain whether said committeemen 

 will serve ; that he shall report the facts to the 

 Superintendents of the respective Departments 

 to which tiie coouuittees belong ; that the Su~ 

 perintendents fill out said committees, if any 

 members decline to serve, and that the Superin- 

 tendents be held responsible that their com- 

 mittees are fiill. !. , .1 ,• I,'" 



The Premium list was gone through with by 



the Committee. .^ , »>i^^- .^,f .„^^^^^^^^ 



On motion, Resolved, ^ttxat the Corresponding 

 Secretary be authoriz^ to procure for each of 

 the Executive Conimittee, Agricultural and 

 Horticutural periodicals, to be designated by 

 the members respectively, to the amount of five 

 dollars for each, and that the Treasurer pay for 

 the same. 



On motion. Resolved, That the Corre^onding 

 Secretary direct that the periodicals awartffed 

 for premiums at the last Fair, be sent to, the 

 persons entitle! to them. , « -^ 



On motion, adjourned, t5 meet »t Pebria on 

 the Saturday evening previous to the next 

 Fair. 



Phil. Warren, Recording Sem^^i 

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Sangamon County Asricnltural Society. 



The annual meeting of the Sangamon County 

 Agricultural and Mechanical Association, was 

 held in Springfield, on the 7th, inst. at 2 o'clock, 

 the meeting was callea to order by the Presi- 

 dent, H. Jacoby, Esq. 



The minutes of the last meeting w«re read 



and approved, when, on motion of Mr. Vander- 

 en, it was— ^ ,. ■;.;.-:.:^,>^i?i.v: • .:..>i^,::;.^..^v-^^, 



Besofeed, That a committee of three be ap- 

 pointed to examine and revise the constitution 

 of this Association, and that the coitimittee re- 

 port at a special meeting of the Association, to 

 be ixeld at the office of the Secretary, on Satur- 

 day, the 11th day of April next, at 2 o^dock 

 P.M. 



On motion, the^President appointed the^fol- 

 lowing committee on this subject: Messrs. G. 

 W. Vanderen, S.,M. Parsons, and S. iVands. 



On motion of Mr. John MoConnell, the fol- 

 lowing amendment to the constitution was sub- 

 stituted for the present provision of the consti- 

 tution, relative to giving notice to stoekhoklers 

 to attend annual meetings of the Association. 



"Notice shall be ^ven to the stockholders of 

 this Association, of the time and place of hold- 

 ing their annual meetings, by circular, sent to 

 each stockholder, by the Secretary. 



On motion, it was Resolved, That the Treas- 

 urer report at the next special meeting of tills 

 Association, the names of the stocnbolders, 

 their post office, address, and the number of 

 shares held by each. 



Several accounts were audited and ordered to 



bejpaid. ;., \.:M'> > ■..- . : , . ■ -^-^ n? ^c^r^ 



The Treaburer presentMl his report, with 

 vouchers. 



On motion. Resolved, That the Secretary ex- 

 amine the report with. the accompanying y(^(^- 



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On motion. Reserved, That after the next 

 special meeting of tiie Board, it shall be the 

 duty of the Secretary to receive money for stock, 

 and pay the same to the Treasurer, and that 

 he slidU keep a list of stockholders, the amount 

 of tiie stock held by each, and he sh^ |^e 



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