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warranted in saying that if they continued to come in as rapidly 
until the following day at 2 o’clock, P. M., the utmost limit of the 
society’s accomodations would be reached. 
Superintendents Mitchell and Williams said that the horse and 
cattle stalls and sheds were then full, and that it would be impos¬ 
sible to accommodate more in their respective departments with¬ 
out additional room. On motion Messrs. Mitchell, Greene and 
Martin were appointed a committee to arrange a daily programme 
for trials of speed, and for a general exhibition in the horse de¬ 
partment : Messrs. Williams and Stilson on exhibition of cattle 
in the ring, and president Taylor and secretary Field on the an¬ 
nual addresses and other exercises of the society during the con¬ 
tinuance of the fair. Superintendent Fratt was requested to 
close the gates at 9 o’clock on the following day. Adjourned un¬ 
til 8 P. M., Tuesday. 
Office of the Society, 
Planhinton House , 
Milwaukee, Sept. 23, 1873. 
Board met pursuant to adjournment, at 8 P. M. 
President Taylor in the chair. 
Full board present. The board continued in session for a brief 
time on this and Wednesday evening, the 24th. A few questions 
of a local nature were brought before them by the superinten¬ 
dents of the several departments, were adjusted with no opposi¬ 
tion, and are thought to be of little interest to the public, hence 
will not be given in detail. 
Adjourned to 7 1-2 P. M., Friday. 
Office of the Society, 
Planhinton House , 
Milwaukee, Sept. 26, 1873. 
Board met at 7 1-2 P. M. 
Present—President Taylor, Secretary Field, Treasurer Blair and 
Auditing Committee Mitchell, Fratt and Douseman. 
Secretary Field said that the wet and unfavorable weather of 
Wednesday had prevented the committee'from prosecuting their 
labors with their usual promptness, hence an arrangement of his 
