286 STATE AGEICULTUKAL SOCIETY 
On motion of the Secretary, it was 
Resolved, That when this meeting shall adjourn, the Society will proceed, in 
a body, to the depot, to receive Maj. Gen. W. T. Sherman, who comes as the 
guest of the Society, and is expected to arrive at Janesville by a special 
train at 8 o’clock. 
Whereupon, on motion, the Society adjourned dne die. 
J. W. HOYT, Secretary. 
ANNUAL MEETING. 
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State Agricultural Booms, 
Madison, Dec. 13, 1866. 
The Society met at 8 o’clock of this day in these rooms. 
Quorum present. 
Vice-President Hinkley in the chair, the President having been detained 
at home by illness. 
On call, the Secretary proceeded to read the report of the fiscal affairs of 
the Society for the year just closed, from which it appeared that the re¬ 
ceipts into the treasury for the year 1866 had been $11,404 90, and the total 
disbursements $8,330 52; leaving a balance in the treasury^ at this date, of 
$3,074 38. [See Treasurer’s Report, page 232.] 
After congratulations by members of the Society on the highly favor¬ 
able condition of its finances, in view of all the difficulties under which its 
officers had labored during the past several years, together with some in¬ 
formal plans for the future. 
On motion, the Society adjourned sine die. 
J. W. HOYT, Secretary. 
