PROCEEDINGS. 
EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETINGS. 
Office of the Society, Plankiktoh House, 
Milwaukee, September 7, 1874. 
In accordance with the by-laws of the society, the Executive 
Board met in the elegant and commodious parlor of the Plankin- 
ton House, at 8 o’clock P. M., the room having been kindly and 
generously furnished them by W. H. Cottrill, Esq., the proprietor, 
for their exclusive use, a week prior to, and during the continuance 
of the fair. 
President Eli Stilson, in the chair. 
Present :—Vice-Presidents Clark, Cheney. Warren, Mitchell and 
Bryant, and additional members of the board, Messrs. Martin, 
Green, Fratt, Eaton, Mann, Treasurer Blair and Secretary Field. 
President Stilson called the board to order and briefly stated the 
committee were convened under the by-laws to take such action as 
might be deemed necessary and for the interest of the association 
in view of the fair to be opened on the following day. Milwaukee 
he said had responded nobly and even magnanimously in again 
donating to the society the use of the spacious fair grounds, in put¬ 
ting them in first-class condition, ready for occupancy by exhibitors 
in the various departments, and by the erection of a new and con¬ 
venient poultry house, and many additional stalls for cattle, all 
without cost to the society. The president said that he desired on 
behalf of this'board and of the society, to extend to the Common 
Council of Milwaukee and to all of the public spirited citizens of 
