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STATE AGKICULTUKAL SOCIETY. 
EXECUTIVE MEETING. 
SPECIAL SESSION. 
State Agricultural Rooms. 
Madison, July 29, 1862. 
Pursuant to a call of the President for a Special Meeting of the Executive 
Committee, the following members were present: 
B. R, Hinkley, David Williams, David Atwood, S. S. Daggett, and Benj. 
Ferguson. 
B. R. Hinkley, President, in the chair. 
The President stated the object of the meeting to be to determine wheth¬ 
er the Sqciety should, this year, hold a Fair. He also gave an account of the 
action of himself and the Treasurer, in the disposal of the Fair Grounds at 
Madison, to the State Government for military purposes. 
After a free discussion of the propriety of holding an exhibition, in which 
the present condition of the country, growing out of the war, was comment¬ 
ed on, 
On motion of Mr. Williams, it was unanimously 
Resolved, 1. That the Executive Committee of the State Agricultural So¬ 
ciety deem it inexpedient to attempt the holding an exhibition during the 
present year. 
Resolved, 2. That the doings of the President and Treasurer, in disposino- 
of the interest of the Society in the Fair Grounds, at Madison, to the State” 
are hereby approved. 
On motion of Mr. Daggett, it was 
Resolved, That, in view of the present condition of the finances of the So¬ 
ciety, and the uncertainty when it will be possible to resume the holding of 
its accustomed exhibitions, and in consideration of the Secretary’s expres¬ 
sed preference that his salary be either reduced for the present or entirely 
discontinued, the said salary is hereby fixed at $1000 per annum from and af¬ 
ter the first day of January, 1862. 
The President laid before the committee a proposition from Geo. R. Chit¬ 
tenden, Esq., proposing to donate a Wheeler & Wilson’s Sewing Machine for 
the best specimen of work, done upon that kind of a machine, shown at the 
next Fair. 
