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ing a full statement of receipts and expenditures and furnishing 
vouchers for moneys paid out by him. 
The Auditing committee then proceeded to examine and com¬ 
pare the vouchers of the Treasurer with the stub-book and bills 
of the Secretary, and finding them correct, approved the same. 
Adjourned sine die. 
FEBRUARY MEETING. 
State Agricultural Rooms, 
Madison, Feb. 3, 1874. 
The Executive Board of the Wisconsin State Agricultural So¬ 
ciety met pursuant to the requirements of the by-laws, in their 
rooms in the Capitol, at 9 o’clock A. M. 
Present — Ex-President B. R. Hinkley, Vice Presidents Eli 
Stilson, Rufus Cheney, Satterlee Clark, J. H. Kingston, Geo. E. 
Bryant, Treasurer F. J. Blair, and additional members, of the 
Executive Board, Messrs. LeviB. Vilas, Curtis Mann, N. D. Fratt, 
J. 0. Eaton, Dr. C. L. Martin and Secretary W. W. Field. 
In the absence of President W. R. Taylor, ex-President B. R. 
Hinkley was called to the chair. 
On motion of Secretary Field, the board proceeded to revise 
the “general regulations,” “rules of entry,” etc. 
It was urged by several members of the board, that in conse¬ 
quence of the largely increased expense for forage incident to the 
rapidly increasing exhibits of stock, and of the great labor and 
care required in the management of this department, that a super¬ 
intendent of forage should be appointed, and on motion of J. O. 
Eaton, it was voted to create such department and appoint a su¬ 
perintendent for the same. 
Subdivision 3, under “ rules of entry,” was amended so as to 
embrace the volume of the Herd Book in which the animal is re¬ 
corded ; also by inserting the name of Eli Stilson in place of E. 
P. Brock way. 
Subdivision 8 was amended by adding to the end of the proviso 
these words: “except for the special premium in class 8.” 
Subdivision 10 was amended by striking out the w r ords “and 
