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WISCONSIN STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
SECTION V. 
OF PERMANENT COMMITTEES. 
There shall he two permanent committees of the Executive Committee, 
which shall be respectively styled the Standing Committee and the Finance 
Committee. 
The Standing Committee AioW consist of the President, the Secretary and the 
Treasurer, who shall have power in the recess of the Executive Committee to 
draw orders on the treasury for all necessary current incidental expenses. 
But the Executive Committee shall have authority, and are hereby required, 
tj revise the proceedings or transactions of said Standing Committee, and en¬ 
dorse or disapprove of the same. 
The Finance Committee shall consist of the President'and Treasurer, and it 
shall be their duty to suggest means for increasing the revenues of the So¬ 
ciety. 
They shall also have authority to invest any portion of the funds of the 
Society that may from time to lime be set apart, by the Executive Committee 
tor investment, disposing of such funds upon such terms and conditions as 
may be prescribed by the said Executive Committee. 
Each of the above named sub-cornmittees shall be responsible for the faith¬ 
ful discharge of their duties to the Executive Committee, to whom an appeal 
may at any time be taken from their acts or decisions. 
The auditing, adjusting, allowing or rejecting of all bills, claims or de¬ 
mands, of whatsoever nature, against the Society, and the issuing of orders 
upon the Treasurer for payment of the same — except for the current, inci¬ 
dental expenses of the Society, as by this section already provided for — shall 
devolve upon the Executive Committee; and it shall be the duty of said Com¬ 
mittee to annually examine the books, papers and vouchers of the Treasurer 
and Secretary, and compare the same, and adjust the accounts between those 
officers and the Society, and to report thereon at the annual meeting in De¬ 
cember. 
SECTION VI. 
OF THE ORDER OF BUSINESS. 
The following order of business shall be observed at all meetings of the 
Executive Committee: 
1. Beading the minutes of the preceding meeting. 
2. Reading the minutes and reports of the Standing Committees. 
3. Reading the minutes and reports of the Finance Committee. 
4. Report of Auditing Committee. 
5. Report from Special Committees. 
6. Communications from the Secretary. 
7. Communications from Members of the Committee. 
8. Unfinished business. 
9. Miscellaneous business. 
This order of business may be suspended, however, at any time, by a vote 
of the majority of the members present. 
SECTION VII. 
OF THE FISCAL YEAR. 
The fiscal year of this Society shall commence on the first Wednesday of 
December in each year, and all annual reports of the year previous shall be 
made up to that time. 
SECTION VIII. 
OF THE EXPIRATION OF THE TERMS OF OFFICE. 
The terms of office of all the officers of this Society shall expire on the 
31st day of December, in each year. 
SECTION IX. 
OF AMENDMENTS. 
These By-Laws may be amended at any regular meeting of the Executive 
Committee by a vote of eight of the members thereof. 
