PROCEEDINGS. 
305' ■ 
Mr, Hinkl'ey moved that Mr, Roe be’ paid $16 as damages for injury done to 
stock at Fair of 1866, and that the same be considered a final settlement of 
his claim. Carried. 
Secretary presented an account of $39 for services of an assistant previous 
to the Fair. Which, on motion of Mr. Taylor, was allowed. 
Mr. Williams stated, that the salary of the Secretary was entirely inade¬ 
quate compensation for the important and arduous duties performed by him, 
and closed his remarks by moving that the salary for the present year be fixed 
at $2,000. 
Which motion, after further remarks by several members of the Committee, 
was carried unanimously. 
The bills of members of the Committee, for expenses in aWending this 
meeting, having been audited and paid. 
On motion, the Committee adjourned sine die. 
J. W. HOYT, Secretary. 
MEMORANDA. 
State Agricultural Rooms, 
March 13, 1866. 
Having accepted a commission from the Governor to represent this State 
at the approaching Paris Universal Exhibion of 186Y, to be opened on the 
Ist day of April next, under leave of absence granted by the Executive Com¬ 
mittee of the State Agricultural Society, on December 12, 1866, I shall, this 
day, start for Europe, in the further discharge of my duties as President of 
the Wisconsin Commission to said Universal Exposition. Arrangements 
have been made for prompt attention to the correspondence of the Society 
during my absence and for the early issue of the List of Premiums for the 
next State Exhibition, but otherwise the oflSce will be closed until my 
return. 
J. W, HOYT, Secretary. 
State Agricultural Rooms, 
August 16, 1867. 
After an absence of over five months, a portion of which was spent at the 
Paris Exposition, and the remainder in making an industrial and educational 
tour through France, Wurtemburg, Bavaria, Switzerland, Italy, Austria, 
Saxony, the Middle States of Germany, Hanover, Prussia, Denmark, Norway, 
Sweden, Finland, Russia, Poland, Holland and Belgum, I have this day re¬ 
turned to Wisconsin, and resumed my labors on behalf of the State Agricul¬ 
tural Society. 
J. W. HOYT, Secretary. 
20 Ag. Trans. 
