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pamphlet form, in such number as his judgment may approve, and that the 
general work of advertising and otherwise preparing for the next Exhibition 
be confided to his charge. 
The several bills of members for expenses in attending upon this meeting 
having been audited and paid, on motion, 
The (Committee adjourned sine die. 
J. W. HOYT, Seci'elary. 
SPECIAL MEETING. 
State AGRiebLTURAL Rooms, June, 1861. 
The Committee m^t in response to a special call from the President. 
Present—Messrs. Hinkler, Hall, David Williams, Atwood and Hoyt. 
President Hinckley, on taking the chair, stated in general terms the ob¬ 
ject in making the call; whereupon the Secretary offered the following pre¬ 
amble and resolutions; 
Whereas, War, for the defense of the constitution and the laws of the 
United States, has been forced upon the Government by an o?en defiance of 
its authority, on the part of several of the States; and 
Whereas, It has become necessary, in order to the suppression of this re¬ 
bellion, that the State Govtrrnments promptly and efficiently co-operate with 
the Federal Government in raising and equipping forces for an increase of 
the military power ; and 
Whereas, It has come to the knowledge of this Committee that the grounds 
now in the possession of the State Agricultural Society, known as the State 
Fair Grounds, together with the improvements thereon, are desired by the 
Executive of this State, as a place for the encampment and discipline of the 
troops being raised under his call; therefore. 
Resolved., That the State Fair Grounds be, and the same are, hereby tend¬ 
ered to His Excellency, the Governor of Wisconsin, for use as a Campus Mar¬ 
tins until such time as the Society shall be able to resume possession thereof 
without serious detriment to the paramount interests of our common 
•country. 
Resolved, That the Secretary is hereby instructed to forward a copy of the 
foregoing resolution to His Excellency, the Governor, without delay. 
Adopted unanimously. 
The Secretary having been instructed to make provision for the Annual 
Fair, without reference to the temporary relinquishment of the Society’s 
Grounds, and at the same time authorized, in the event of its appearing to 
beiimpracticable to hold the Exhibition, after due consultation, by corres¬ 
pondence, with the members of the Executive Committee, to announce the 
postponment of the same through the papers of the State, 
The committee adjourned sine die. 
J. W. HOYT, Secretary. 
MEMORANDUM. 
State Agricultural RooMs,August 5, 1861. 
Having become satisfied, after a general correspondence with members of 
the Executive Committee, that a decided majority deem it expedient, if not, 
indeed necessary, to postpone the Annual Exhibition of the Society for at 
least one year, I have, with great reluctance, and with serious misgivings as 
