tio WISCONSIN STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
7 P. M. 
Board met pursuant to adjournment. 
Present: all members of the board. 
Revision of premium list resumed. 
The revision of regulations for the management having been 
taken up, Mr. Ludington offered the following resolution: 
Resolved , That the superintendent of each department of the 
Wisconsin State Agricultural Society, be empowered to hire what 
help may be required in his department, and have full charge 
of all matters pertaining to his department, subject to the ap¬ 
proval of the President. 
Which, after much discussion, was adopted. 
Bills having been audited for the payment of the expenses of 
members attending the meeting, on motion, the board adjourned 
sine die. 
Plankinton House, 
Milwaukee, Sept. 23, 1872. 
The executive board of the Wisconsin State Agricultural So¬ 
ciety met in the commodious and elegant rooms prepared for them 
by the generous and hospitable proprietor, W. H. Cottrill, Esq., at 
7 1-2 o’clock P. M. 
President Hinkley in the chair. Present. Messrs. Hinkley, 
Ludington, Taylor, Fratt, Mitchell, Greene, Williams, Stilson, 
Warren, Kingston, Martin, Cheney, Clark, Eaton and Field. 
The president made some general remarks relative to the con¬ 
dition of the grounds; that a new fine arts hall had been erected, 
which was not only ornamental but useful; that he congratulated 
the society upon now being able to place the finest works of art 
in a building where they could be protected and displayed to the 
best advantage, and that on behalf of the society he thanked the 
liberal and enterprising citizens of Milwaukee who contributed so 
generously towards the erection of this fine structure. That the 
building of this fine hall had given an additional hall for manu¬ 
factures, which he hoped would enable exhibitors in that interest¬ 
ing department ample room to display their articles, as he was 
