THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 



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new membership, paid to and accounted for by 

 him : Provided, that no previous donation, sub- 

 scription, or other debt or engagement to the 

 State Society, shall be included in the Com- 

 missioner's operations, as subject to any deduc- 

 tion of per centage or other payment to him, 

 for such collections : And provided, also, that 

 in case the whole receipts shall fail to reimburse 

 the said Commissioner, or either of his assist- 

 ants, for actual travelling and other incidental 

 expenses, then the same, or as much thereof 

 as may be necessary, shall be paid out of the 

 funds of the Society. 



Resolved, That the Commissioner, at his 

 discretion, may cause to be printed, for facili- 

 tating and aiding his operations, any circulars 

 or other papers, the payment for which shall be 

 placed on the same footing and under the same re- 

 strictions as herein provided for the Commis- 

 sioner's necessary and actual travelling expenses. 



Resolved, That the Commissioner, if deem- 

 ing the measure expedient, may appoint any 

 number of Assistant Commissioners, to act in 

 different designated parts of the State — which 

 assistants, for their respective services and 

 spheres of action, shall each have the same du- 

 ties, powers, and rate and manner of compen- 

 sation, with the restrictions thereupon, as the 

 principal Commissioner; and shall report their 

 proceedings, as required above of the principal 

 Commissioner, but through him and in such 

 form as he may require from the Executive 

 Committee; and the Commissioner may in- 

 struct and direct, as he may deem proper, the 

 labors and particular action of his assistants, 

 within the limits of the foregoing general au- 

 thority, and may alter the same, or divide or 

 revoke the power so given, when he shall deem 

 the further exercise not required for the benefit 

 of the Society, and the best promotion of the 

 general objects in view. 



Resolved, That at the conclusion of the 

 aforesaid limited time of trial, the appointment 

 of the Agricultural Commissioner shall end, 

 and also all the authority given above, unless 

 it shall be otherwise expressly determined by 

 the Executive Committee. 



The foregoing resolutions were, at a future 

 state of the proceedings, adopted, as were the 

 following resolutions relative to a part of the 

 duties of the Commissioner, directed to be ap- 

 pointed, which were also offered by Mr. Ruffm : 

 Resolved, That it is recommended by the 

 Executive Committee, to the farmers of Vir- 

 ginia, to establish County Agricultural Socie- 

 ties, or Farmers' Clubs, to co-operate with and 

 be auxiliary to the State Agricultural Society, 

 in the great work of encouraging and aiding 

 agricultural improvement throughout Virginia. 



Resolved, That for necessary concurrence 

 and uniformity of action, it is recommended 

 to and required of such County Societies or 

 Clubs as desire to be auxiliary to the State 

 Society, that each shall adopt and include in 

 its standing rules, the following, viz : 



u Besides any other discretionary or volun- 

 tary services, it shall be the especial duty of 

 each member of the Society (or Club) annually 

 to commence and attempt to complete, at least 

 two experiments on some one or more subjects 

 of practical agriculture on some doubtful or 

 disputed questions, and designed to throw light 

 thereon ; which experiments shall be conducted 

 carefully and accurately, to the best of the 

 ability and the means of the experimenter, and 

 the circumstances noted minutely and with the 

 results, be reported in writing as simply and 

 concisely as may be, but minutely and fully, 

 at the next annual meeting, and whether the 

 results be deemed successful and profitable or 

 disencouraging, or the whole experiment be 

 deemed a failure ; and in default of such re- 

 ports, either of progress or completion of the 

 experiments by each member at each annual 

 meeting, the defaulter shall pay to the treasurer 

 $ for each experiment wanting. 



" Of the annual income of the Society, not 

 less than one-half of the whole amount shall 

 be appropriated as premiums offered for well 

 conducted experiments on subjects of practical 

 agriculture." 



Resolved, That every auxiliary County So- 

 ciety or Club, is requested to transmit to the 

 Secretary of the Executive Committee of the 

 State Agricultural Society, all their completed 

 and approved written communications convey- 

 ing useful, practical instruction in agriculture, 

 and which has not been previously published; 

 which communications shall be received and 

 disposed of in the same manner, as if made 

 directly to the State Society; and if any such 

 report of experiments or other communications 

 shall have previously obtained a premium from 

 the Society for which it was prepared, it will 

 not be the less entitled to compete for and re- 

 ceive a premium offered by the State Society, 

 if otherwise properly claiming and deserving 

 such honor and distinction. 



Resolved, That every such auxiliary County 

 Society or Farmers' Club may, and is request- 

 ed to send one delegate to the general annual 

 meeting of the State Agricultural Society; 

 and each delegate of auxiliary societies shall 

 have all the rights and privileges in such gene- 

 ral meeting of other and regular members of 

 the State Society. 



Mr. E. Rufiin was on the next day unani- 

 mously elected the Commissioner. 



