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STATE AGKICULTUEAL SOCIETY. 
Mr. Burgess offered the following resolution: 
Resolved, That a committee, consisting of one person from each Congres* 
sional district of the State, be appointed by the Chair to investigate the 
financial affairs of the Society, and report the results through the State 
Journal at their earliest convenience. 
The President and Mr. Hinkley explained that the adoption of this resolution 
would involve a good deal of expense to the Society, and be of no practical 
value, since the financial transactions of the Society had been annually re¬ 
ported to the Governor and published in the journals of the Senate and As- 
ssembly; and that, at every annual meeting, it was customary to submit the 
accounts of the Secretary and Treasurer to the inspe'ition of members of the 
Society not included among the officers, so that, practically, all that was 
sought to be accomplished by the resolution had been already accomplished. 
Mr. Hinkley further stated, that for several years the officers had labored 
to procure the passage of a bill through the Legislature providing for the 
regular annual publication of the Society’s Transactions in book form, for 
distribution to all the members of the Society and to those societies and 
persons interested in the progress of industry, but that, owing to the oppo¬ 
sition made by the legislative representatives of the mover of this resolution, 
and the opposition of other representatives equally unappreciative and il¬ 
liberal, those bills had failed in the popular branch of the Legislature. 
On taking the vote, the resolution was lost by a large majority against it. 
At this stage of the proceedings, the committee on nominations returned 
and through their chairman reported the following as the list of officers for 
the year 186Y: 
For President —K, A. Darling, Fond du Lac. 
Vice-Hresidents—^. R. Hinkley, Summit; 0. H. Williams, Baraboo; J. I. 
Case, Racine. 
Secretary —J. W. Hoyt, Madison. 
Treojmrer —R. J. Richardson. 
Additional Members of the Executive Committee —J. B. Dousman, Milwaukee ; 
W. R. Taylor, Cottage Grove ; A. Ludlow, Monroe ; Eli Stilson, Oshkosh ; 
J. 0. Eaton, Lodi; K F. Mabie, Delavan. 
After much discussion as to the method in which the ballot should be taken 
ballots were finally cast for each officer separately; which resulted in the^ 
election of all the gentlemen whose names were reported by the committee, 
except R. J. Richardson, nominee for Treasurer, for whose name that of Da¬ 
vid Atwood, present incumbent, was substituted by a majority of the electors. 
Subsequent to the election, the following resolutions were adopted: 
Offered by Sat. Clark: 
Resolved, That the President and Secretary of this Society are hereby di¬ 
rected to memorialize the Legislature, at the next session, for an appropri¬ 
ation sufficient to publish the Transactions of the Society. 
By Mr. N. B. Yan Slyke: 
Resolved, That at each Annual Meeting for the election of officers, and 
previous to such election, the Executive Committee are required tb make a 
statement of the financial condition of the Society. 
By Jas. Ross: 
Reeolved, That the thanks of the members are hereby tendered to the pres¬ 
ent officers of this Society for their excellent and acceptable management of 
