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State of Wisconsin, 
Dane County. 
John Griffith, being first duly sworn, saith that he is a printer in the 
office of the Wisconsin State Journal, a weekly newspaper published at 
Madison, the capital of said State, and that the advertisement, of which 
the above is a copy, has been published in said paper for four successive 
w r eeks commencing on the first of April, 1853. 
John Griffith. 
Subscribed and sworn before me, this 17th day of May, 1853. 
Albert C. Ingham, Notary Public. 
Which several papers having been read, 
On motion of Hon. Simeon Mills, of Madison, Samuel S. Daggett, 
Esq., of Milwaukee, was called to the chair. 
The Charter of the Society was then read as follows, to wit: 
“ An Act to incorporate the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society. 
The people of the State of Wisconsin represented in Senate and Assembly 
do enact as follows : 
“Section 1. The Wisconsin State Agricultural Society is hereby de¬ 
clared a body corporate and politic, and by that name it shall be known 
in all courts and places whatsoever. 
“ Section 2. The objects of the Society being to promote and improve 
the condition of Agriculture, Horticulture, and the Mechanical, Manu¬ 
facturing and Household Arts, it shall be allowed for those purposes 
only, to take, hold and convey real and personal estate, the former not 
exceeding in value ten thousand dollars. 
“ Section 3. The said corporation shall possess all the powers and 
privileges conferred, and be subject to all the liabilities imposed upon 
corporations by the revised statutes of this State, so far as the same 
may be applicable. 
“ Section 4. For the purpose of organizing said Society under the 
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Charter, and for the transaction of such other business as may come be¬ 
fore it, the Executive Committee of the Society may call a meeting of 
the same, at such time and place as they may deem proper, first giving 
due notice thereof. 
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