PROCEEDINGS. 
EXECUTIVE MEETINGS. 
State Agricultural Rooms, 
February 3, 1863. 
Comittee met pursuant to requirement of By-Laws. 
Present—Messrs. Hinkley, Hall, D. Williams, Ferguson, Atwood and Hoyt. 
President Hinkley in the chair. 
It not being certain whether it would be practicable to hold an Exhibition 
the present year, it was 
Moved and carried, that it was not deemed necessary, at this time, to pre¬ 
pare a new list of premiums. 
The Secretary reported that there was good reason to believe that the So¬ 
ciety would ultimately secure payment of the amount due from the United 
States for the Fair Grounds improvements, but that, as yet, it had been out 
of his power to learn, either through the Quarter-Master General of the 
State or the representatives of the State now in Washington, why payment 
was delayed , and expressed the opinion that it might be necessary for some 
member of the Committee to visit Washington and press the claim to an 
early settlement. 
Whereupon Mr. Williams offered the following: 
Resolved^ That in case payment of the Society’s claim against the United 
States shall not have been made by the first day of May next, the Secretary 
is hereby authorized and directed to proceed to Washington and use his best 
endeavors to secure an immediate settlement. 
Unanimously adopted. 
On motion, Comittee adjourned sine die. 
J. W. HOYT, Secretary. 
MEMORANDA. 
State Agricultural Rooms, May 6, 1863. 
The Government of the United States not having made payment of 'the 
Society’s claim, pursuant to instructions given q,t the February Meeting of 
the Executive Committee, I shall, this day, leave for Washington, resolved 
to_bring with me, on my return, the full amount due. 
J. W. HOYT, Secretary. 
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