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Which, on motion, was accepted, and after a careful comparison with the 
Secretary’s accounts and vouchers, approved by the committee. 
On motion of D. Williams, it was 
Resolved, That Dr. J. W. Hoyt, Secretary of this Society, be and he hereby 
is, granted leave of absence during the next spring and summer, to represent 
tliis State, by appointment of the Governor, as Commissioner to the Interna¬ 
tional Exhibition of 1862. 
On motion of the Secretary, it was 
Resolved, That the President and Treasurer be and they hereby are, appoint¬ 
ed a committee to wait upon the Governor and make application for the 
amount of one thousand dollars, as a consideration for the use of the Socie¬ 
ty’s Grounds, and the improvements thereon, during the past year, and that, 
if practicable, they report before the final adjournment of this meeting. 
On motion, the committee adjourned to 7 1-2 o’clock this evening. 
o’clock p. m. 
Committee met pursuant to adjournment. 
Present, same members as before. 
Committee appointed to negotiate with the Governor for payment of rent 
on grounds, not being ready to report, after the settlement of sundry bills. 
Adjourned sine die. 
J. W. HOYT, Secretary. 
ANNUAL MEETING OF SOCIETY. 
State Agricultural Rooms, Madison, Dec. 11, 1861. 
The Annual Meetihg was held pursuant to the requirements of the Consti¬ 
tution, at 3 o’clock P. M. of this day. 
President Hinkley in the chair. 
The Secretary on behalf of the Executive Committee, read the required 
statement of the Society’s fiscal affairs for the year 1861 ; showing the total 
receipts to have been $3,569 50, and the disbursements, $3,568 44. 
Which was approved. 
Secretary gave notice of an intent to offer, at the next annual meeting, 
the following amendments to the constitution, to wit: 
Strike out the second paragraph in Article V., as published in the 5th vol¬ 
ume of Transactions of the Society—suid paragraph commencing with the 
sixth line and ending with the twentieth of said Article V—and substitute 
therefor the following, to wit: 
“The election of all officers of this Society shall be held, each year, dur¬ 
ing and at the State Fair ; and the exact time and place of the election shall 
be notified by the Secretary in the public newspapers, at least twenty days 
before such election ; and the Life Members of the Society and the Presi¬ 
dents of the several County Agricultural Societies, legally organized and,in 
active operation within this state shall be the legal voters thereat; and the 
officers so elected shall continue in their respective offices during the period 
of one year from the first day of January subsequent to their election, and 
until their successors shall have been duly elected and qualified.” 
The Society voted an approval of the action of the Executive Committee 
in postponing the Annual Exhibition and then, on motion. 
Adjourned sine die. 
J. W. HOYT, Secretary. 
