EXECUTIVE MEETINGS. 
89 
communications in answer to a circular letter, issued by him 
on the 18th of January, soliciting suggestions in regard to the 
policy, general and special, of the Society. 
After which the subject of the location of the Fair was 
resumed. 
Voted that Dr. Wolcott's proposition for the location of the 
Fairs of the Society, for the period of ten years, be next 
taken up. 
After some little discussion, in which nearly all the members 
present participated, Mr. Willard offered the following reso¬ 
lution : . 
Resolved , That the Fair of the Wisconsin State Agricultural 
Seciety be located at Madison for the years 1860 and 1861; 
Provided , That the citizens of said place shall guarantee, on 
or before the 15th day of April next, the sum of two thousand 
dollars, to be paid into the treasury of the Society on or before 
the first day of September next, for the purpose of fitting up 
the Fair Grounds for the Exhibition of 1860, and the fur¬ 
ther sum of one thousand five hundred dollars to be paid into 
the said treasury on or before the first day of September, 1861; 
and that the President, Secretary, Treasurer, J. V. Robbins 
and C. H. Williams, be and are hereby constituted a committee 
to decide whether the said conditions have been complied with 
on the part of the citizens of Madison; in which event, it shall 
also be their duty to attend to the proper fitting up of the 
Grounds for the Exhibition. 
Mr. David Williams asked the withdrawal of the resolution, 
in order that he might move an informal ballot cn the number 
of years each member would prefer the Fairs of ihe Society 
to be held in one place. The resolution was withdrawn accor¬ 
dingly, and the informal ballot was taken with the following 
result: 
6 ballots for 2 years, 6 for 5 years, and 1 for 1 year. A 
formal ballot was taken and resulted as follows: 7 ballots for 
2 years, 4 for 5 years, and 1 for 1 year. 
Mr. Willard’s resolution was then taken up. 
Mr. David Williams moved to amend by adding the following 
