EXECUTIVE MEETINGS. 
93 
On motion, it was Resolved , That the Secretary prepare a 
memorial to the Legislature of the State, praying for the pass¬ 
age of the bill for the protection of sheep, introduced by the 
Hon. Win. R. Taylor, and now pending in the Senate ; and 
that he be required to append the names of all the members of 
the Board here present, and see that the same is properly and 
promptly presented to the Legislature. 
The committee on the examination of old orders, &c., 
through their chairman, submitted the following report: Your 
committee appointed to examine the old Order Books and 
ascertain the number, date and amount of orders drawn and 
not called for, have performed their duty, and hereby report 
that the amount of such orders is $191,50, as appears by the 
following list: 
[The details of the report not being considered important, 
their publication is omitted.] 
The committee recommend that the orders herewith presen¬ 
ted be cancelled in the presence of the Executive Committee. 
Respectfully submitted, 
E. W. Edgerton, 1 
I. A. Lapham, , Committee. 
B. Pinckney, J 
On motion of David Williams, the report of the Committee 
was accepted and adopted; and the orders enumerated therein, 
pursuant to the recommendation of said Committee, were can¬ 
celled and ordered to be placed upon file with other cancelled 
orders. 
On motion of H. M. Billings, it was Resolved , That D. Wil¬ 
liams is hereby appointed a Committee to enquire into the 
claims of Henry Hunt, of Delavan, to the Manny’s Reaper 
offered in 1859 for the best field of wheat, and that he be re¬ 
quired to report as early as possible. 
There being no further business before the Executive Com¬ 
mittee, on motion, the accounts of the several members for 
necessary expenses incurred in attending this meeting were 
audited and paid. 
The Committee then adjourned sine die. 
J. W. IIoyt, Secretary. 
