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granted, he would find it possible to indefinitely postpone bis 
resignation. Besides which the president and other members 
offered by extra labors on their own part to give to the secre¬ 
tary larger liberty as to time, and the performance of other du¬ 
ties than he would otherwise have. 
In response to this highly complimentary action of the 
board and to the offers so kindly made by individual members 
thereof, the secretary in a few appropriate remarks returned 
his warmest thanks for the generous concessions made by them 
in his interest and accepted the terms offered as the basis of 
his continuance during the remainder of the year. 
The accounts of the several members for their expenses in 
attending this meeting having been audited, on motion the 
board adjourned sine die. 
Newhall House, 
Milwaukee, Wis., September 26, 1870. 
The executive board of the Wisconsin State Agricultural 
Society met in the office of the society, which had been temporary 
ly established at room number two, Newhall House, at seven 
o’clock, P. M. 
Present—Messrs. B. R. Hinkley, president, David Atwood, 
treasurer, and Messrs. Wm. R. Taylor, Rufus Cheney, Eli Stil- 
son, W. W. Field, Saterlee Clark, N. S. Greene, Nelson Dewey, 
C. H. Williams, L. B. Vilas, J. 0. Eaton, and J. W. Hoyt. 
President Hinkley in the chair. 
The president on behalf of the committee of arrangements, 
of which he had acted as chairman, made a satisfactory state¬ 
ment of the condtion of the fair grounds, complimenting the 
local committee of citizens upon the interest they had mani¬ 
fested in the success of the exhibition, and the pecuniary sac¬ 
rifices they had made in putting the grounds and buildings in 
good shape for the society’s use. 
Various matters of detail affecting the readiness of the differ- 
