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STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
Treasurer at the close of the last fiscal year, is found to have 
been eight hundred and seventy-nine dollars and eighty-one 
cents, which has been duly charged to him on the Cash Book 
of the Society, under date of 21st December, 1859. 
E. W. Edgerton, Ch’n. 
Executive Committee then adjourned to 8 o’clock of suc¬ 
ceeding day. 
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Wednesday, February 8, 8 A. M. 
The Committee met pursuant to adjournment. Present, B. 
R. Hinkley, President; J. Y. Robbins, J. I. Case and Bertine 
Pinckney, Vice-Presidents; J. W. Hoyt, Secretary; David At¬ 
wood, Treasurer; H. M. Billings, Benj. Ferguson, David Wil¬ 
liams, I. A. Lapham and C. H. Williams; E. W. Edgerton and 
J. F. Willard, members ex-officio. 
President Hinkley in the chair. 
On motion, the communications from the Secretary, which 
were next in “order of business,” were postponed for the 
present, in order to take up the Premium List for the next Fair, 
while the Board was full. 
Premium List was then taken up. 
At this stage of the proceedings Dr. E. B. Wolcott was in¬ 
troduced to the Executive Committee, and, on motion, was 
permitted to make a written offer (with verbal explanations,) of 
grounds to him belonging, and located near Milwaukee, and of 
certain sums of money, for the use and accommodation of the 
next State Agricultural Exhibition. 
Which, after sundry enquiries on the part of the members of 
the Committee, was laid on the table for subsequent consider¬ 
ation. 
The appointment of officers for the Fair being next in order, 
Mr. Ployt moved that there be a General Superintendent ap¬ 
pointed, with power to appoint the entire body of police, and 
any extraordinary assistants that may be necessary; and that 
he be allowed a clerk of his own appointment, and be required 
to keep a record of the names and posts of all persons under 
