PROCEEDINGS—EXECUTIVE MEETINGS. 
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auditing board for the settlement of claims and the payment 
of premiums ; continuing in session until 10 o’clock. 
Adjourned to meet the following (Saturday) morning at 8 
o’clock. 
Office of the Society, Plankinton House, 
Milwaukee, Sept., 30, 1871. 
The board met at the appointed hour and continued in the 
work of paying bills and premiums, with an intermission be¬ 
tween 1 and 2 o’clock P. M., until 3 1-2 o’clock P. M., when 
an adjournment was taken until October 13th; the treasurer 
having occasion to be absent from the state until about that 
date. 
Office of H. Ludington, Treasurer of the Society, 
Milwaukee, October 13,1871. 
Pursuant to adjournment, B. R Hinkley, president, Harri¬ 
son Ludington, treasurer, met at the office of the treasurer in 
Milwaukee, to resume the payment of local accounts and pre¬ 
miums. The secretary having found it necessary to visit Col¬ 
orado soon after the conclusion of the fair, and having found 
it impracticable tc reach home in time for this meeting, was 
represented by his assistant, Mr. F. W. Case, acting in the ca¬ 
pacity of chief clerk. 
The session continued throughout the day, when an adjourn¬ 
ment was taken to October 26th. 
Office of H. Ludington, Treasurer of the Society, 
Milwaukee, October 26,1871. 
Messrs. B. R Hinkley, president, Harrison Ludington, treas¬ 
urer, and J. W. Hoyt, secretary, met pursuant to adjournment, 
in the office of the treasurer at Milwaukee, on the morning of 
the 26th of October, and resumed the work of paying loial 
bills and premiums; notice of their purpose to do so having 
been given through the press of the city. 
The secretary came prepared to deliver diplomas and medals 
to citizens of Milwaukee and vicinity, who were entitled to 
them, and many were so delivered. 
At 4 o’clock P. M., applications having ceased, the board 
adjourned sine die. 
