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STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
“Accordingly, I called a meeting of the members of the Executive Com¬ 
mittee with the view of laying this matter before them and determining up¬ 
on what course to pursue. 
“The number of members in attendance was not large, but the decision was 
unanimous that the improvements should be sold, and the President and 
Treasurer were appointed a committee to make disposition of them to the 
best advantage of the Society. 
“In the performance of this duty the committee waited upon the Q. M. 
General of the State and endeavored to secure a satisfactory settlement with 
him. He felt unwilling, however, to acknowledge the whole amount of the 
Society’s claim, and accordingly it was agreed that the amount to be audited 
should be determined by arbitration, and A. A. McDonnel and H. A. Tenney 
were chosen as the parties who, together with a third to be selected by them, 
should examine the Society’s books and property and settle the amount that 
ought to be paid by the government. These gentlemen selected Simeon 
Mills as the third member of the board of appraisement, and after a 
careful investigation, agreed that the value of the Society’s Fair Grounds 
improvements was $4,956 22; which sum they recommended be allowed by 
the anthorities of the United States. 
“ The Q. M. General approved of this decision and put the claim for that 
account in the way of collection. Up to this date, however, nothing has been 
received by the Treasurer, and we are unable to determine the cause of the 
delay. The balance sheet of the Treasurer reveals the necessity that exists 
for its payment, and I recommend that the Secretary spare no pains to se¬ 
cure a settlement at the earliest day practicable.” 
The Secretary stated that he had already sought, by enquiry at the office of 
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the Q. M. General, and by correspondence with the War and Treasury De¬ 
partments, to learn the cause of non-payment, but as yet, with no satisfacto¬ 
ry results. 
After the settlement of sundry claims against the Society, by securing 
postponment of demand, on motion. 
The Committee adjourned dne die. 
J. W. HOYT, Secretary. 
ANNUAL MEETING OF SOCIETY. 
State Agricultural Rooms, 
Dec. 10, 1862. 
Pursuant to the requirements of ^he Constitution, the Wisconsin State 
Agricultural Society met in their rooms this day at 3 o’clock P. M. 
President B. R. Hinkley in the chair. 
The attendance was larger than at any previous meeting since the modifi¬ 
cation of the constitution requiring the election to be held at and during the 
Annual Fair. 
The President made a general statement of the transactions of the officers 
of the Society, during the year, including the sale of the improvements 
on the Fair Grounds to the general government for the amount of $4,966 22. 
The Treasurer reported the total receipts for the year as being $1,618 26 ; 
the expenditures $1,688 02. 
[See statement reported to the Governor, on page 107.] 
