126 WISCONSIN STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
The treasurer reports the balance in his hands at the commence¬ 
ment of the year... $5,954 00 
(An examination of the report of last year shows this to be the 
amount on hand at the close of that year.) 
He also reports the receipts from various sources, set forth in de¬ 
tail ip his report, the sum of. 13,704 67 
$19,658 67 
The amount paid out by him during the }^ear,for all of which he 
has orders properly signed by the secretary, is. 17,684 06 
Leaving the amount in his hands at the close of the year. $1,974 61 
The balance in the Treasurer at the commencement of the vear. 
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is as he states it. So far as the receipts from other sources are 
concerned, the committee have no means to decide whether the 
amounts are correct or otherwise, but there is no reason whatever 
to doubt as to their correctness. 
For all the money paid out he has the proper voucher and the 
committee have no hesitation in saying that they have full faith 
in the correctness of his report in every respect. 
The committee have noticed incidentally, in the course of the 
examinations they have been obliged to make, that there are no 
vouchers on file for quite a number of the claims upon which 
orders have been issued, but as the investigation of this matter 
was not referred to them, they do not deem it necessary to say 
anything more than simply to allude to the fact. 
Respectfully submitted, 
Sam’l D. Hastings, 
Levi B. Vilas, 
L. G. Armstrong, 
Committee. 
Madison, Dec. 4, 1872. 
Mr. Mitchell moved that the report of the committee be received 
and adopted ; which was agreed to without dissent. 
Secretary Field presented a full and detailed account of all or¬ 
ders drawn by the secretary during the fiscal year ending Decem¬ 
ber 4, 1872, with the name, object and amount of each, which he 
stated would be printed with the treasurer’s report, under a reso¬ 
lution of the society, adopted September 28, 1871, and a copy 
would be sent to each member .of the society. 
On motion, the society then adjourned sine die. 
