MEETINGS 
OF TIIK 
COMMITTEE OE PREPARATION FOR FAIR. 
State Agricultural Rooms, 
Madison , April 1 6th, 1860. 
Pursuant to a resolution of the Executive Committee, passed 
February 9, 1860, the sub-committee appointed to locate the 
State Fair for the years 1860 and ’61, met in the State Agri¬ 
cultural Rooms, on Monday, April 16, at 7 o’clock, P. M. 
Present, Messrs. Hinkley, Robbins, C. H. Williams, Atwood 
and Hoyt. President Hinkley in the chair. 
On behalf of the citizens of Madison, D. Atwood presented 
a bond, signed by responsible persons, guaranteeing, as a con¬ 
dition requisite to the location of the State Fair at Madison, 
for the years 1860 and 1861, the payment into the Treas¬ 
ury of the Society, the sum of two thousand dollars, on or 
before the 1st day of September, 1860, and the further sum 
of fifteen hundred on or before the 1st day of September 1861. 
On motion, the said guaranty was accepted, and the Fair 
was declared to be located at Madison, for the period above 
mentioned. 
The Secretary laid before the committee sundry papers, per¬ 
taining to the “ Manny Reaper Prize,’' and moved that the 
matter be considered and disposed of without further delay.— 
The motion was adopted, and after a careful examination into 
