Proceedings—Executive Meetings. 
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Result of informal ballot. 
Whole number of votes cast, 11 ; of which W. W. Field re¬ 
ceived 9, F. W. Case and 0. S. Willey, one each. 
On motion, the board proceed to a formal ballot for secretary. 
Result—Eleven votes cast, all of which were for W. W. Field. 
Mr. Field thanked the board for the honor conferred, and stated 
that as his duties of secretarv would conflict with that of chairman 
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of the auditing board, he desired the name of John L. Mitchell 
should be substituted in place of his, which was adopted. 
Mr. Eaton called up the subject of suitable provision for the de¬ 
partment of fine arts. There should be a building for the works 
of art, and it was impossible to get a creditable exhibition with¬ 
out it. He moved the appropriation of $500 for such purpose 5 
provided, that there should be raised and applied to such purpose, 
under direction of the board, the amount of $ 1,000 by the city of 
Milwaukee. Carried. 
Mr. Kingston offered the following resolution : 
Resolved, That yin fixing the salary of the secretary at $2,000, 
it was not intended to affect the salary of the retiring secretary. 
Adopted. 
Dr. Warren offered the following resolution : 
Resolved , That the salary of the president for the current year 
be $500, payable quarterly. Said compensation to be in full for 
services and expenses. Lost. 
Mr. Mitchell moved that there be appointed a committee of 
three to co operate with a similar committee appointed by the 
State Horticultural Society, in securing appropriate legislation for 
the encouraging of forest tree planting. Carried. 
Mr. Taylor moved that a committee consisting of Messrs. 
Clark, Mitchell, and the secretary, be appointed to consider 
the propriety of petitioning the legislature for an increase in the 
number of copies of Transactions at present printed and published 
by authority of the state, and to take such action in the premises 
as shall seem to them proper. Carried. 
The board then took up the premium list, and proceeded there¬ 
with as far as to “Division B,” when an adjournment was taken to 
7 o’clock P. M, 
