THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 



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For the Southern Planter. 

 AMHERST AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



At a meeting; of sundry citizens of the county 

 of Amherst, at the Court House, on Saturday, 

 the 7th of June, 1845, for the purpose of form- 

 ing an Agricultural Society, Col. William Dil- 

 lard was called to the chair, and Za. Drummond 

 appointed Secretary. 



A Constitution was then presented by Philip 

 St. George Ambler, which, upon slight amend- 

 ment, was adopted, and which is in the following 

 words and figures, to wit : 



CONSTITUTION. 



Sec. 1. The name of this Society shall be \h-e 

 Amherst Auxiliary Agricultural Society ; the 

 object of which is to aid the Virginia State 

 Agricultural Society in raising the sum of ten 

 thousand dollars by private subscriptions and 

 donations, over and above the subscription for 

 membership, and in inducing the Legislature of 

 Virginia at its next session to appropriate other 

 ten thousand dollais; and thus to create a capi- 

 tal of twenty thousand dollars, the annual in- 

 terest of which is to be disbursed in premiums 

 at cattle shows and fairs. 



Sec. 2. This Society shall consist of such ci- 

 tizens of the county as shall signify their wish 

 to become members, and shall pay to the Trea- 

 surer not less than one dollar, and annually 

 thereafter also one dollar. 



Sec. 3. The officers of the Society shall con- 

 sist of a President, four Vice Presidents, (one 

 from each election precinct,) a Recording Secre- 

 tary,^ Corresponding Secretary, and a Treasurer. 



Sec. 4. The Recording Secretary shall keep 

 the minutes of the proceedings of the Society. 

 The Corresponding Secretary shall carry on a 

 correspondence with the Executive Committee 

 of the State Agricultural Society, with other 

 Agricultural Societies, and with individuals. — 

 The Treasurer shall receive and keep the funds 

 of the Society until its next meeting, when he 

 shall produce a statement of his accounts, and 

 if the amount in his hands shall be deemed by 

 the Society sufficiently large, he shall be in- 

 structed to transmit the same to Richard B. 

 Haxall, Treasurer of the Virginia State Agri- 

 cultural Society ; together with a list of the 

 names of each member of this Society, and the 

 amount by him subscribed ; requesting the said 

 R. B. Haxall to acknowledge the reception of 

 the same, which acknowledgment shall be pro- 

 duced to the Amherst Auxiliary Agricultural 

 Society at its meeting in the month of Novem- 

 ber next. 



Sec. 5. The President of this Society shall 

 appoint a committee of five persons, whose duty 

 it shall be to draft a memorial to be presented to 

 the next Legislature of Virginia, asking the ap- 

 propriation of ten thousand dollars ; and to so- 



licit signatures to said memorial, and to inform 

 this Society at each of its meetings what pro- 

 gress they make. 



Sec. 6. This Society shall hold meetings at 

 Amherst Court House, on Saturday the 2d day 

 of August, Saturday the 1st day of November, 

 on Saturday the 27ih day of December, 1845, 

 and at such other times thereafter as they may 

 designate. 



Sec. 7. Three officers and five members shall 

 constitute a quorum for business. 



On motion seconded, a committee of nine per- 

 sons were named by the Chair, to wit : Edmund 

 Penn, S. M. Garland, William C. Christian, H. 

 L. Davies, Philip St. George Ambler, Joseph R. 

 Carter, William Hix, Champe Carter, and Ed- 

 win S. Rucker, whose duty it should be to no- 

 minate officers for the Society; which committee, 

 after consultation, brought forward the following 

 list : — For President, Col. William Dillavd ; for 

 First Vice President, Philip St. George Ariibler ; 

 for Second Vice President, Maj A.Taliaferro; 

 for Third Vice President, Henry Loving; for 

 Fourth Vice President, William Kent ; for Re- 

 cording Secretary, H. L. Brown ; for Correspond- 

 ing Secretary, Za. Drummond, and for Trea- 

 surer, Ro. Tinsley ; which several nominations, 

 upon motion, were adopted. 



The President took his seat, and proceeded, 

 under the requisition of the 5th section of the 

 Constitution, to appoint the five gentlemen whose 

 names follow, as the committee to prepare i he 

 memorial mentioned, viz: S. M. Garland, W^m. 

 C. Christian, Robert Tinsley, P. St. George Am- 

 bler, and Dr. H. L. Davies. 



Ordered, That the Editor of the Southern 

 Planter, and the Editors of the Lynchburg Vir- 

 ginian and Republican be requested to publish 

 these proceedings in their respective papers. 



On motion, the meeting adjourned. 



Wm. Dillard, Chairman. 



Za. Drummond, Secretary. 



THE PLANTER— POSTAGE. 



We are fully aware of the drawback on our 

 subscription list caused by the ridiculous and 

 onerous imposition of postage to which we were 

 subjected under the old law. Now, that we are 

 freed from this grievance and put upon a fair 

 footing with our cotemporaries, we have thought 

 it not inopportune to send each of our present 

 subscribers a prospectus, with a request that he 

 would obtain us such additional names as he 

 can procure in his neighborhood. We have 

 had too many proofs of the kindness and good 

 will of our friends to fear that this draft upon 

 their good nature will be dishonored. Our list 

 has already been increased to an amount that 



